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New York — As the largest United Nations convening dedicated to gender equality and women’s rights opens today, governments meeting at the 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) have adopted by broad consensus a powerful set of Agreed Conclusions aimed at strengthening access to justice for all women and girls and advancing gender equality worldwide.
This year’s 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) – the United Nations’ highest-level intergovernmental body that sets global standards for women’s rights and gender equality – is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reverse rollback of women’s rights and ensure justice.
On 20 March 2025, the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) held a panel discussion entitled “Women Who Shaped the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, which focused on ...
On 31 October, the United Nations marked the 25th anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS). In honour of this milestone, the Department of Peace Operations ...