FAWCO members will participate actively in Beijing+25 events around the world beginning in 2019, leading up to the 2020 reviews, civil society fora and intergovernmental meetings. Learn more about Beijing+25 and Generation Equality here.
The CEDAW Committee recently adopted a new General Recommendation No. 35, a milestone and a tool for accelerated implementation of regional and international obligations to eliminate gender-based violence. FAWCO was pleased to note language in the Recommendation explicitly acknowledging the important role of civil society in advancing gender-based violence as a priority on the global agenda.
"The Committee acknowledges that civil society groups,
FAWCO's delegation to CSW61 is getting ready to participate in a particularly important CSW in March. On March 12, many of us will attend NGO Consultation Day, where UN Liaison Laurie Richardson will help facilitate a working group on Ending All Forms of Forced Labour, Early Marriage, and Trafficking. FAWCO is co-sponsoring a parallel event on Monday March 13 with...
FAWCO's mission is to empower women and girls worldwide. Through our global programs, we raise awareness, promote action, advocate for policies, and support projects that contribute to achieving gender equality. FAWCO UN Reps are active in the NGO Committees on the Status of Women in New York, Geneva and Vienna, and we send delegations to the Commission on the Status...
You can participate in one of the largest gathering of women's rights advocates in the world! The 60th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from March 14 – 24, 2016. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from around the world will attend. In...
Making the global local
Cities for CEDAW is a grassroots campaign launched at the UN Commission on the Status of Women in 2014 to gain support for the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) from US Mayors and secure 100 municipal CEDAW ordinances by January 2016.
The US is considered a leading nation in...