Live reports from Erica Higbie who is attending the UN Commission on the Status of Women at the UN in New York.
Read Final Report on CSW 57 from UN Rep Erica Higbie.
Today, the Working Group on Girls, a coalition of over 80 national and international NGOs with representation at the United Nations, held the first Girl’s Tribunal on Violence. The Tribunal involved girl activists from around the world who testified about their personal experiences witnessing violence in their communities, schools and in the media.
The 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women was officially opened in the General Assembly of the United Nations today. Webcasts of this session and many of the CSW events at the UN are available by webcast on http://www.unwomen.org/news-events/in-focus/CSW57/webcasts/.
The 57th UN CSW officially begins tomorrow in New York City with 6,000 delegates from 800 organizations expected to attend. CSW stands for the Commission on the Status of Women and it takes place every year during the first 2 weeks of March at the United Nations.