The UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), part of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), promotes gender equality and the advancement of women. Its charge is to measure progress towards equality and highlight challenges, set standards and formulate concrete policies to promote equality and women’s empowerment, and encourage mainstreaming of the gender perspective in all UN activities worldwide.
FAWCO is a member of the NGO Committees on the Status of Women (NGO CSWs) in NY, Geneva and Vienna. FAWCO members and UN Representatives regularly attend the annual CSW in New York. You can read blogs by members of FAWCO's delegations to CSW.
FAWCO signs on to Written and Oral Statements submitted to UN Women for consideration by CSW, joining our partner women's NGOs with consultative status to ECOSOC. You can read these statements on the Advocacy page.
| Key Links | |
| UN CSW | http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw |
| NGO CSW New York | www.ngocsw.org |
| NGO CSW Geneva | www.ngocsw-geneva.ch/ |
| NGO CSW Vienna | https://ngocswvienna.org/ |
Carol Strametz of AWC Hamburg reported:
I had the pleasure and privilege of attending three days of CSW60, the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), at United Nations Headquarters in New York. FAWCO had a delegation of 14 members, several of whom were present throughout the session.
In preparation for CSW60, FAWCO joined with other...
Reflections on CSW at the UN in March 2016 by Angela Anderson, AWC Shanghai
I left the Interim Meeting in Seeheim on Monday morning and rode to the Frankfurt airport on the shuttle bus with several conference attendees. Region 11 was well represented on the bus (China, India and Australia). Instead of heading back to Shanghai, I took a direct...
UN CSW: Rozanne VanRie (AWC Antwerp)
After a week long stint at the two week long UN Commission on the Status of Women this past March,, we were all asked to write a report about our experience in order to share with our colleagues at FAWCO.
So, after a my trans-Atlantic trip home to Belgium, I took a long hot...
On March 24, the final day of CSW60, the NGO Committee on Migration in NY, along with the Organization for Early Childhood Education, UNHCR, FAWCO and other organizations co-sponsored an important event: Empowering Syrian Refugee Women and Children for a Better Future: Challenges and Innovative Solutions in Early Childhood Development. The flyer for the event lists the impressive line-up of speakers.
I found a quiet place where I can take a breath, reflect and write about CSW60, so I can share my thoughts and experiences. I had the East Lounge to myself until about 11 AM, when it began to fill up with delegates and NGO reps eagerly talking and networking. Here is a photo of the view from my workspace, looking...
Monday March 21
Every morning at the 8.30 AM NGO Briefing, we hear updates on the negotiations on the Agreed Conclusions by the CSW delegations. On Monday March 21, as we started Week 2 of CSW, the third revised draft had been disseminated, and the lead facilitator of the negotiations talked about their progress and sticking points. Substantive improvements were...
Tuesday March 22
UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka attended the NGO Briefing at CSW this morning. She wanted to give us her impressions of the CSW work to date, and to hear from us about our priorities and concerns.It was a great honor to be invited to speak at this session. FAWCOs statement on protection of women...
Wednesday March 16
FAWCO UN Liaison Laurie Richardson co moderated today's NGO Briefing at CSW 60, as a member of the NGO CSW in Vienna Executive Committee. Her co moderator was from the NGO CSW in Geneva. Click here to see the video in full size.