United Nations member countries recently voted by secret ballot to elect 15 countries to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Human rights observers have raised concerns about the election of China, Cuba and Russia to the body. Saudi Arabia was a candidate, but was not elected. The US withdrew from the HRC in 2018; many observers regretted the US decision...
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To create the feeling of interaction during the virtual UN Women Town Hall Meeting with Civil Society (October 19, 2020), the organizers used Mentimeter, an interesting tool which was new to me. Participants were invited to respond to two questions using one word, and the responses were represented graphically. The words which were most often used were displayed larger. This...
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What will people say 25 years from now say about what happened in 2020? With over 600 people from around the world joining an online Town Hall Meeting on October 19, 2020, Lopa Bannerjee, Director of the UN Women Civil Society Division, opened with this thought-provoking question.
The first speaker was Asa Regner, Deputy Executive Director...
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The 65th UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65) will take place in March 2021. NGO advocacy work starts months ahead, and we have already submitted several written statements to UN Women. The priority theme of CSW65 is women in leadership and decision-making, as well as ending violence against women, to achieve women's empowerment. FAWCO was the lead organization...
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By Sue England, IWC Munich and Tia McLaughlin, AW Berkshire & Surrey
On August 31, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres held a town hall meeting on the issue of Women and the UN. Normally, this meeting would have taken place during the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in March in NYC, but CSW was cancelled this year due to...
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The CSW64 Bureau convened on Monday March 9 for a procedural meeting. All side events and NGO CSW Forum parallel events were cancelled. The opening session is available to view on UN Web TV.
At the March 9 session, the Commission members voted unanimously to ratify a political declaration reiterating support for the gender equality action plan adopted at the...