Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
New York
The Commission on the Status of Women is a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), dedicated exclusively to gender equality and advancement of women. It is the principal global policy-making body. Every year, representatives of Member States gather at United Nations Headquarters in New York to evaluate progress on gender equality, identify challenges, set global standards and formulate concrete policies to promote gender equality and advancement of women worldwide. SI is an active participant in this annual meeting, sending delegations of leaders and volunteers, hosting events, presenting our work as panellists, and advocating on issues relating to each year’s priority theme.
If you are interested in reading any reports from before 2009, please email SIHQ: hq@soroptimistinternational.org.
Resources
- CSW56 Letter for Decision Makers
- CSW 56 Postcard for Decision Makers
- CSW 56 - Briefing Pack: What is CSW? What can you do?
- CSW 56 Soroptimist International Written Statement, November 2011
- News: CSW 55 Concludes 2011 Session with Adoption of Agreed Conclusion
- SI and WAGGGS Oral Statement from CSW 55, March 2011
- SI, WYWCA and WAGGGS Joint Written Statement: Violence Against Women, CSW 55, March 2011
- CSW 55 Composite Report 2011
- Soroptimist International written statement submitted in preparation for CSW 55: Access and participation of women and girls to education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women's equal access to full employment and decent work, 2011
- Co-signed NGO statement from Vienna NGO CSW submitted in preparation for CSW 55: Access and participation of women and girls to education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women's equal access to full employment and decent work, 2011
- SI UN Rep Wilfrida Hendrickx reports on the Vienna NGO CSW for International Women's Day, 2010
- Co-signed NGO statement from Vienna NGO CSW submitted in preparation for CSW 54: Beijing + 15, 2010
- Soroptimists meet the needs of women and girls with projects relating to the Beijing Platform for Action (1995) and the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (2000)SI's CSW 54th Session, The 54th Commission on the Status of Women "Beijing+15!" New York, 2010
- Soroptimist International written statement submitted in preparation for CSW 53: The equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS, 2009
- SI UN Rep Elizabeth Williamson reports on the NGO CSW: Working Group on Women's Employment and the Economics of Gender, 2008
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