Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is a functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality, women’s rights and the empowerment of women. CSW plays a lead role in the monitoring and review of implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action.
With Agenda 2030, there is an opportunity to bolster the achievement of the BPfA. At the same time, the WMG is clear that the full BPfA should not be subsumed or diminished by Agenda 2030.
During the annual CSW in New York, the Women’s Major Group typically holds open meetings and strategy meetings of the WMG, as well as hosts outreach and content-oriented side events related to the core work of the WMG and its links to the CSW theme. Recent themes have related to sustainable development: Women’s empowerment and its link to sustainable development (2016); Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls (2015); and The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges (2012).
Women’s Major Group at CSW67
As March wraps up, our advocacy is running in full force! Some of our members headed to the 67th UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) and began the process of strategizing for the High Level P [...]
WMG supports the Women’s Rights Caucus’ press release on CSW65
WMG supports the press release of our feminist ally constituency, Women's Rights Caucus, on CSW65. "The WRC welcomes the adoption of the agreed conclusions and the renewal of a global commitment to a [...]
WMG CSW65 Parallel Event
WMG was delighted to contribute to the discussions at the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, through its parallel event "5 years of SDGs & Feminist Paths to Just Recovery," whi [...]
CSW 63: Women’s Major Group Side Event on Callenges and Successes
Join us at our side event during the CSW 63 Meeting Local: Church Center, 2nd Floor Time: 2:30 pm Date: 19th March 2019 [...]
Solidarity Strike for Climate at CSW63
We are calling on all feminists and activists at CSW63 in New York who are concerned about our urgent climate crisis to walk out of the UN and other spaces they are in on Friday, March 15 at 11:00 [...]
CSW 62, 2018
'The sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 12 to 23 March 2018. The priority theme is the challenges and o [...]
CSW 61 Side Event: “Sexual and Reproductive Rights Agendas, from 2030 Agenda to Catalan Agenda”
"The Sexual and Reproductive Rights in the Global and Catalonia Agenda (regional and local level) project was launched in 2014 by Creacion Positiva, Cooperaccio and Associació Planificació Familia [...]
CSW 61 Side Event: “On A Gender-Just & Sustainable Trade Agenda”
Save the Date and Join the Temple of Understanding and the Women’s Major Group on this Side Event!! This panel will consider the impacts of international trade on women’s empowerment in diverse coun [...]
Save the Date! Women’s Major Group Strategy Meeting “CSW61”
The WMG invites you for the Strategy Meeting during the Commission of Status of Women (CSW61). We would like to come together to envision and strategize on moving our work forward related to imple [...]
CSW 61, Side Event: Roots of Change: Reclaiming Economics for Women and Community
"Women’s opportunity and necessity has traditionally been in farming and textiles; it is crucial to re-vision women’s roles in a broader context. Women's economic empowerment needs to involve equi [...]