Laurie's Guide to Selected Events at CSW66
CSW66 Orientation Session #1 Slide Presentation by My-Linh Kunst
CSW66 Orientatioon Session #2 Slides
Secretary General’s Report on CSW66
The SDGs: The UN's 2030 Development Agenda
You should be familiar with SDG #5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. The stand-alone goal on gender equality was a major victory for women in the SDGs. SDG #5 Targets relate to violence against women and girls, trafficking, early marriage, FGM, recognition of unpaid and domestic work, increasing women...
The UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. CSW, a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), was established in 1946. CSW is instrumental in promoting women’s rights and shaping global standards on gender equality and the empowerment...
I highly recommend this recent article in Foreign Affairs magazine (by Erica Chenowith and Zoe Marks) on the right-wing backlash against gender equality activists.
"In recent years, authoritarian leaders have launched a simultaneous assault on women’s rights and democracy that threatens to roll back decades of progress on both fronts."
"Internationally, a multinational coalition is needed to explicitly reject patriarchal...
The second Generation Equality Forum (GEF) took place in Paris from June 30 to July 2, 2021. Close to 20 FAWCO members joined GEF events virtually, joining some 47,000 people online. Over 1,000 commitments were made to take concrete action to advance the women’s rights agenda around the world.
GEF, sponsored by the governments of Mexico and France, convened by...
Women's rights advocates were shocked when Turkey's President Erdogan announced unilaterally that Turkey would withdraw from the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. Since the Convention was drafted in Istanbul, Turkey, and Turkey was the first country to sign it, it became known as the Istanbul Convention. A leaflet produced by the...
NGO CSW NY Consultation Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eitqt75dw9w&t=16s
NGO CSW Geneva Consultation Day (Laurie Richardson's presentation about NGO CSW Vienna starts at 40:44)
Femicide Hotspot Germany: Let's Break the Structural Pattern!
(FAWCO co-sponsored with Femicide Observation Center Germany and FEMEN Germany)
https://ngocsw65forum.us2.pathable.com/meetings/virtual/g64npsa9GQ34mxLeS
North America and Europe CSW Caucus Meeting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPs3xB6TWZQ
Beijing – COVID – What Next? (Organizer: