CSW Blogs

Share This Content


CSW63 banner

Featured

Bringing Home Solutions from CSW69

by Anna Roberts (daughter of Michelle Gates Roberts, FAUSA)

 

CSW pulls you in, and doesn’t let you go.

As a first-time attendee, I was struck by the synergistic nature of the programming. Though session titles ranged far and wide, from “Financing Facism and Fundamentalism” to “Putting the She in STI” to “Increasing Youth Political Participation with Global Scouting”– each...

Featured

Michelle's CSW69 Blog Post #4

by Michelle Gates Roberts, FAUSA, AWC Korea

Blog 4 general UN pic with group Anna

The United Nations CSW69 was just as intense as CSW68, but the stakes were and are so much higher. It didn’t have to be said, IT COULD BE FELT.

While some governments are leaning towards isolationism, it’s clear – the world is small. We truly are all in this together – whether that’s...

Featured

Michelle's CSW69 Blog Post #3

by Michelle Gates Roberts, FAUSA, AWC Korea

Ann R Blog UNGA photo CSW69

I learned so much in the >25% of my life spent studying, living and working in multiple countries. One of the largest lessons? The world is small. And we are all connected.

My time at the United Nations is one of my favorite times of the year. Yes, it’s tough hearing about how...

Featured

Michelle's CSW69 Blog Post #2

by Michelle Gates Roberts, AWC Korea, FAUSA

CSW69 Girls Scout Back image Anna R pic

I have over 10 million reasons to feel hopeful about our future.

Walking into the room I could feel the familiar buzz of Girl Scout energy. Youthful, curious, vibrant, get-stuff-done. 

I felt right at home in the “Empowering Women through Non-Formal Education: Developing Leadership and Decision-Making Skills” session at CSW69 facilitated by Girl Scouts of...

Featured

Michelle's CSW69 Blog Post #1

by Michelle Gates Roberts, FAUSA, AWC Korea

 

Financing Fascism and Fundamentalism – Sounds like fun conversation, right??

Extremism has been rearing its ugly head for quite some time now. It seems like it’s everywhere, all the time. That’s because it is. It’s threatening a wide range of rights and 

It’s.  Not.  Slowing.  Down.

The panelists of this CSW69 session...

Featured

Ann Marie’s Reflections from CSW69: A Meeting Just for Women?

by Ann Marie Morrow, AWC Finland

They have a meeting just for women? When is the meeting for men?

That is what I overheard outside the entrance to the UN buildings in New York City on my first day of attending CSW69 in March 2025. It was said half-jokingly by a middle-aged man who worked at the UN to his...

Featured

Prachi's CSW69 Blog: Sisterhood

by Prachi Shah, AWC Berlin, FAUSA

Sisterhood Has No Borders

My initial reaction walking into the United Nations building on Day 1 of CSW69 was pure shock, excitement and joy. I’ve never experienced anything quite like it: thousands of women from around the world gathered in one place to have their voices heard, to advocate for meaningful, global change. Coming...

Featured

CSW69 Blog: Gender Equality in Europe

by Connie Phlipot, AWA Vienna

Gender equality in Europe: the Nordics and East European EU accession countries

Two official side events during the first two days CSW69 presented an insightful picture of the fluid gender situation in Europe, from the Nordic countries with their enviable track record of gender equality to the countries of Eastern Europe and the Balkans that...

Featured

My Experience at CSW69

by Laureen Scharps, AIWC Frankfurt

 

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) session takes place annually at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The 69th session took place March 10 to 21, 2025. Twenty-four FAWCO delegates participated. This session marked the 30th anniversary of the 1995 World Conference on Women and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for...

Share This Content

Visit Our Partners