“国际妇女之友”专访Sister Archana修女：从印度乡村到联合国，一场关于正义与慈悲的旅程
作为CSW会议中为数不多的男性官方代表，Prince John王国权专程赴会、公益出席，持续以实际行动为妇女权益发声。
从银幕到现实：当圣经故事成为真实生命
专访中，Sister Archana修女向Prince John展示了一系列项目影像。当麻风病康复村的照片出现在屏幕上时，王国权陷入了短暂的沉默——”以前只在电影、电视剧里见过麻风病人的故事，圣经里也有关于他们的记载，总觉得那是遥远的历史，或是虚构的悲情。”他坦言，”没想到在这个时代，在21世纪的今天，还有这么多人因为这种疾病被家族遗弃、被社会驱逐，住在偏远的康复村里。”
影像中，Sarvodaya Nagar的居民们正拥抱着来访的工作人员，那些扭曲的手指、斑驳的皮肤、却绽放着灿烂笑容的脸庞，让王国权感到一种近乎 surreal 的震撼：”一位老人告诉我，’这是我人生中第一次被人这样拥抱’——这句话让我久久不能平静。在现代社会，还有人在等待第一个拥抱，这种孤独和渴望超出了我的想象。”
“真正的特蕾莎修女精神传承者”
随着专访深入，Sister Archana讲述了更多细节：她如何带领团队深入丛林寻找被隐藏的麻风病患者，如何在暴雨中为患者修缮漏雨的屋顶，如何说服恐惧的村民接受康复后的患者回归社区……王国权听得动容：”她做的每一件事，都让人想到特蕾莎修女——那种不问回报、不怕污秽、把最卑微的生命当作基督来服侍的精神。
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“但Sister Archana不是历史人物，她就活在当下，在印度的最南端，每天面对真实的苦难和真实的改变。”王国权强调，”她没有宏大的教堂 backing，没有全球媒体的聚焦，只有一群同样坚定的姐妹，和近三十年来从未动摇的信念——’人们需要爱与关怀，被遗弃者需要得更多’。”
三十年扎根边缘群体
自1997年由圣母玛利亚修女会（Daughters of Mary）创立以来，Sister Archana修女领导的圣玛丽发展研究学院（SMIDS）始终致力于边缘群体的全面赋权与康复。该组织总部位于印度最南端的坎亚库马里地区，这里是泰米尔纳德邦最贫困的区域之一，聚集了大量被社会遗弃的麻风病患者、贫困妇女、孤儿和部落居民。
在CSW70主题框架下，Sister Archana呼吁国际社会加大对印度基层非政府组织的支持力度，打破贫困、污名与歧视的恶性循环。她强调，真正的正义不仅是法律层面的公正，更是让每个边缘个体重获尊严与希望。
SMIDS核心工作领域：
• 妇女赋权与经济独立：组建超过2000个自助小组（SHGs）和联合责任小组（JLGs），直接惠及14600余名妇女及其家庭。通过海贝壳手工艺、缝纫、肥皂制作、山羊养殖、蘑菇种植、腌菜加工等技能培训，配合微型信贷支持，帮助妇女创办冰淇淋摊位、蜂蜜养殖、海贝壳工艺品店等小生意，彻底摆脱高利贷盘剥。许多妇女从家庭暴力的受害者转变为家庭经济支柱。
• Sarvodaya Nagar麻风病康复中心：为从全国各地被遗弃的麻风病患者及其家属提供独立住房、电力、水源、诊所、花园、社区活动厅及禽畜养殖空间。定期体检、情感支持及创收机会帮助他们重获生命尊严。一位居民动情地说：”这是我人生中第一次被人这样拥抱。”这里不仅是康复中心，更是被社会抛弃者重新找到归属感的”家”。
• Bala Bhavan儿童与长者关怀：运营泰米尔纳德邦全境11所Bala Bhavan孤儿院，收留弃婴、父母患病或贫困儿童，提供教育资助直至他们自立；设立精神病患妇女之家、老人之家（支持400余名长者）；建立针对结核病与癌症患者的临终关怀中心。
• Kani部落教育与健康：为Kani部落提供教育资助、晚间课业辅导、防止儿童贩卖及家访监督；开展性与生殖健康教育（已惠及7200名成年妇女、6200名青少年）；举办22期健康营，服务23300人次。
• 可持续生计与灾害重建：针对2004年印度洋海啸后的社区重建，开发可持续生计项目；提供房屋修缮、创业培训、微型保险、手工艺推广等服务，累计惠及近70万边缘群体。
“让我现在就去做”
专访尾声，Sister Archana热情邀请王国权未来赴印度实地考察：”欢迎来坎亚库马里，亲眼看看这些姐妹们真实的生活。”她引用《马太福音》25章40节：”你们做在我这弟兄中一个最小的身上，就是做在我身上。”并说道：”任何我能做的好事、任何善意……让我现在就去做吧。”
王国权感慨道：”在这个追求效率的时代，还有人愿意为一群’被社会删除的人’停留三十年，这不是愚钝，是信仰的力量。Sister Archana让我相信，特蕾莎修女的精神从未离开，它只是换了双手、换了双脚，继续在坎亚库马里的泥土路上行走。”
“国际妇女之友”的持续 advocacy
“国际妇女之友”Prince John王国权，情歌王子国际主持人，先后获纽约州参议院及纽约市议会官方授予”情歌王子国际主持人”荣誉称号，是中美文化交流的积极推动者。作为CSW会议中为数不多的男性官方代表，他专程赴会、公益出席，以实际行动为妇女权益发声。
去年美国妇女月期间，他在联合国第69届CSW69上主持多场论坛、参与联合国时装秀、演唱公益歌曲，并亮相”美国和平和发展基金会”国际妇女节晚会、纽约市政厅个人演唱会、卡内基音乐厅、林肯中心、哥伦比亚大学、耶鲁大学等地标性场所，整个三月不间断助力全球性别平等事业，被各国妇女代表亲切称为”国际妇女之友”。
更多信息请访问：SMIDS官网 www.smids.org，联系邮箱 archanadmc@gmail.com
（纽约综合新闻报道）
English Version
“Friend of International Women” Exclusive: Sister Archana — From Rural India to the UN, A Journey of Justice and Compassion
New York Consolidated News New York, March 20, 2026 — The 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) concluded at 1:00 PM on March 19 in Conference Room 4 at UN Headquarters, following three hours of deliberations on “Ensuring and strengthening access to justice for all women and girls.” Shortly after the closing gavel, Sister Archana Das DM (Sr. Dr. Archana Das) from Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India, sat down with “Friend of International Women” Prince John Wang Guoquan for an in-depth, hour-long interview.
As one of the few male official delegates at the CSW session, Prince John Wang Guoquan traveled across the ocean for this session, attending in a philanthropic capacity and continuing his hands-on advocacy for women’s rights.
From Screen to Reality: When Biblical Stories Become Living Truth
During the interview, Sister Archana shared a series of project photographs with Prince John. When images from the leprosy rehabilitation village appeared on screen, Wang Guoquan fell into a brief silence — “I had only seen stories of leprosy patients in films, television dramas, and the Bible. They always felt like distant history, or fictional tragedies,” he admitted. “I never imagined that in this era, in the 21st century, so many people are still abandoned by their families and cast out by society because of this disease, living in remote rehabilitation villages.”
In the photographs, residents of Sarvodaya Nagar were embracing visiting staff members — twisted fingers, scarred skin, yet radiant smiles — creating a surreal impact on Wang Guoquan. “One elderly resident told me, ‘This is the first time in my life anyone has held me like this.’ That sentence haunted me for a long time. In modern society, there are still people waiting for their first embrace. This loneliness and longing is beyond imagination.”
“A True Heir to Mother Teresa’s Spirit”
As the interview deepened, Sister Archana recounted more details: how she led teams deep into jungles to find hidden leprosy patients, how she repaired leaking roofs for patients during torrential rains, how she persuaded fearful villagers to accept rehabilitated patients back into the community. Wang Guoquan listened, visibly moved: “Everything she does evokes Mother Teresa — that spirit of unconditional service, unafraid of filth, treating the most humble lives as if they were Christ himself.”
“But Sister Archana isn’t a historical figure — she lives in the present, at the southernmost tip of India, facing real suffering and real transformation every day,” Wang Guoquan emphasized. “She has no grand cathedral backing her, no global media spotlight — only a group of equally determined sisters, and a belief that has never wavered over nearly three decades: ‘People need love and care; the abandoned need it most.'”
Three Decades at the Margins
Since its founding in 1997 by the Daughters of Mary Congregation, the Stella Maris Institute of Development Studies (SMIDS), led by Sister Archana, has dedicated itself to the holistic empowerment and rehabilitation of marginalized communities. Headquartered in Kanyakumari, one of Tamil Nadu’s most impoverished regions, SMIDS serves society’s most abandoned — leprosy patients, impoverished women, orphans, and tribal populations.
Aligning with CSW70’s theme, Sister Archana urged the international community to bolster grassroots NGOs across India, breaking the vicious cycles of poverty, stigma, and discrimination. True justice, she stressed, transcends legal frameworks — it is about restoring dignity and hope to every marginalized individual.
SMIDS’s Core Programs:
• Women’s Economic Empowerment: Over 2,000 Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and Joint Liability Groups (JLGs) directly benefiting 14,600+ women. Skills training in sea-shell crafts, tailoring, soap-making, goat rearing, mushroom cultivation, and pickle production, combined with microcredit access, liberate women from predatory moneylenders. Many have transformed from domestic violence victims into family breadwinners.
• Sarvodaya Nagar Leprosy Rehabilitation Centre: Independent housing with electricity, water supply, on-site clinics, gardens, community halls, and livestock spaces for abandoned leprosy patients nationwide. Regular medical check-ups, emotional support, and income-generating opportunities help restore dignity. One resident’s words captured the transformation: “This is the first time in my life anyone has held me like this.” The center is more than a facility — it is a home for those society has cast aside.
• Bala Bhavan Child and Elder Care: A network of 11 Bala Bhavan orphanages across Tamil Nadu; specialized homes for mentally ill women and senior citizens (400+ elderly residents); hospice services for tuberculosis and cancer patients.
• Kani Tribal Outreach and Health Education: Educational sponsorship and anti-trafficking monitoring for Kani tribal children; sexual and reproductive health education reaching 7,200 adult women and 6,200 adolescents; 22 health camps serving 23,300 beneficiaries.
• Sustainable Livelihoods and Disaster Recovery: Following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, sustainable livelihood projects for community reconstruction; housing repairs, entrepreneurship training, micro-insurance programs — cumulatively benefiting nearly 700,000 marginalized individuals.
“Let Me Do It Now”
As the interview drew to a close, Sister Archana extended a warm invitation for Wang Guoquan to visit India: “Come to Kanyakumari — see these sisters’ real lives with your own eyes.” She quoted Matthew 25:40: “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me,” adding, “Whatever good I can do, any kindness I can show — let me do it now.”
Wang Guoquan reflected: “In an age obsessed with efficiency, there are still people willing to spend thirty years with those ‘deleted by society.’ This isn’t foolishness — it is the power of faith. Sister Archana convinced me that Mother Teresa’s spirit never left. It simply changed hands, changed feet, and continues walking the dirt roads of Kanyakumari.”
The Continuous Advocacy of “Friend of International Women”
“Friend of International Women” Prince John Wang Guoquan, Prince of Love Songs International Host, honored with official titles by both the New York State Senate and New York City Council, is an active promoter of China-U.S. cultural exchange. As one of the few male official delegates at CSW sessions, he traveled across the ocean for this session, attending in a philanthropic capacity and advocating for gender equality through concrete action.
During the 2025 Women’s History Month, he hosted multiple forums at CSW69, performed at the UN Fashion Show, sang for empowerment causes, and appeared at the American Peace and Development Foundation’s International Women’s Day Gala, a solo concert at New York City Hall, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Columbia University, and Yale University — non-stop advocacy throughout March that earned him the affectionate moniker from women delegates worldwide.
For more information: www.smids.org | archanadmc@gmail.com
(New York Consolidated News Report)
