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Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), established by the UN in 1946, is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women.
With this as its focus, its mandate includes drafting recommendations and reports to the Council on promoting women’s rights, the monitoring of implementation of measures for the advancement of women and the identification of issues affecting gender equality. Furthermore, CSW takes a leading role in monitoring and reviewing progress and problems in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and in mainstreaming a gender perspective in UN activities.
Meeting annually in New York to discuss progress and gaps in the implementation of key global policy documents, CSW affords a unique opportunity for representatives of UN Member States, civil society organisations and UN entities to promote and document emerging issues that affect gender equality and the empowerment of women. Member States agree on further actions to accelerate progress and promote women’s enjoyment of their rights in political, economic and social fields. The outcomes and recommendations of each session are forwarded to ECOSOC for follow-up.
Every year the SI International President leads a Soroptimist delegation at CSW, New York.

CSW70 (2026)

The seventieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 9 – 20 March 2026.

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CSW69 (2025)

The sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place from 10 – 21 March 2025.

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CSW68 (2024)

The sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place from 11 – 22 March 2024.

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CSW67 (2023)

The sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 6 – 17 March 2023.

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CSW66 (2022)

The sixty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 14 to 25 March 2022.

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CSW65 (2021)

The sixty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 15 to 26 March 2021.

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CSW63 (2019)

The sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 11 to 22 March 2019.

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CSW62 (2018)

The sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 12 to 23 March 2018.

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CSW61 (2017)

The sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 13 to 24 March 2017.

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CSW60 (2016)

The sixtieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 14 to 24 March 2016.

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CSW59 (2015)

The fifty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 9 to 20 March 2015.

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