Francesca Fletcher Williams gives us an insight to how negotiations work at the United Nations, and what they mean for CSW65 and beyond.
CSW65 (2021)
The sixty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 15 to 26 March 2021.
Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from all regions of the world are welcome to attend the session.
Priority theme: Women’s full and effective participation and decision-making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls;
Review theme: Women’s empowerment and the link to sustainable development (agreed conclusions of the sixtieth session)
Amplifying The Voices On Ending Female Genital Mutilation Parallel Event at CSW65.
The Special Event of the President of the General Assembly’s event, a CSW65 Side Event, “Political Leadership and Violence Against Women and Girls: Prevention First” was held on 23 March 2021.
The 25 years since the visionary Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action for Women have seen dramatic changes globally. While there has been important progress on some fronts, new challenges have emerged, including the current COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, the concerns outlined 25 years ago remain deafeningly relevant for women’s and girl’s rights.
SI Advocacy Coordinator, Hannah Agius, blogs from the Soroptimist International CSW65 Parallel Event.
New York SI UN Representatives, Siren Fadler and Maria Fornella-Oehninger, report on the CSW65 Virtual Side Event, "Digital Gender Gaps and Opportunities", organised by Germany and the Council of Europe.
On the last day of the first week of CSW65, members of Soroptimist International (SI) and others from civil society met with the facilitator of the CSW negotiations, Armenia’s Ambassador Mher Margaryan and Lopa Banerjee, Director of UN Women’s Civil Society Division, during a Civil Society Briefing.
New York SI UN Representatives, Siren Fadler and Maria Fornella-Oehninger, report on the CSW65 Virtual Side Event, "Digital Gender Gaps and Opportunities", organised by Germany and the Council of Europe.
Blog by Dawn Marie Lemonds, SI Newport Harbor Area.
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Blog by Pat Black, SI Special Advisor to Advocacy.
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres candidly speaks of gender inequality as "a shadow pandemic” during the Virtual Townhall Meeting with Women's Civil Society.
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