8th plenary meeting - Commission on the Status of Women, Seventieth session (CSW70) - High-level meeting on violence against women and girls

Speakers call for survivor-centred justice, coordinated action against violence, as Commission on the Status of Women Enters fourth day

• Video Length: 02:59:52
• Production Date: 12 March 2026
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: SIMA SAMI BAHOUS
• Corporate Name: COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN - CSW; UNITED NATIONS ENTITY FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN - UN-WOMEN
• Subject Topical: GENDER EQUALITY; JUSTICE; WOMEN; GIRLS; GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE; SEXUAL VIOLENCE
• MAMS Id: 3544587
• Parent Id: 3543117
• Alternate Title: MTG ECOSOC CSW 70 SESSION 08 PLENARY 12 MAR 2026 AM

Description

Speakers at a high-level dialogue on ending violence against women and girls today underscored the urgent need for survivor-centred justice, stronger legal protections and services, and coordinated action to address femicide, conflict-related sexual violence and technology-facilitated abuse.

The Commission on the Status of Women is meeting in New York through 19 March with ministers, feminists and civil society in attendance. The annual forum kicked off its seventieth session on 9 March, adopting an outcome document by a contentious recorded vote. Today’s round table was moderated by Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications.

Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century” - Item 3

Priority theme: ensuring and strengthening access to justice for all women and girls, including by promoting inclusive and equitable legal systems, eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices, and addressing structural barriers - Item 3 (a) (i)

• High-level meeting on violence against women and girls

Statements Delivered:

• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Lithuania
• Finland
• Portugal
• Ghana
• Montenegro
• Costa Rica
• Angola
• Central African Republic
• Tonga
• Georgia
• Malawi
• Russian Federation
• Senegal
• Guyana
• Samoa
• Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
• Philippines
• Botswana
• Cyprus
• Cuba
• Nepal

Related Sites and Documents

UN Meetings Coverage

E/CN.6/2026/1/ADD.1

CSW70 (2026) Website