12th plenary meeting - Commission on the Status of Women, Seventieth session (CSW70) - Interactive expert panel on priority theme

From digital spaces to remote islands, speakers demand orotection, equality under law, as Commission on Status of Women enters week two.

• Video Length: 02:15:24
• Production Date: 16 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; INTERNET; JUSTICE; STATUS OF WOMEN; WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; GIRLS; LAW; GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE; RELIGION; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
• MAMS Id: 3545433
• Parent Id: 3544425
• Alternate Title: MTG ECOSOC CSW 70 SESSION 12 PLENARY 16 MAR 2026 AM

Description

Gender justice, whether on a remote island or in digital spaces, must be grounded in the lived realities of young women and girls, civil society speakers from around the world told the Commission on the Status of Women today.

As it entered the second week of its seventieth session, the Commission held two conversations focused on this year’s 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”.

• 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)
    • Interactive expert panel on “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”

Statements Delivered:

• Geledés - Instituto da Mulher Negra
• Kenya
• Burundi
• International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)
• Nadam Foundation
• Penal Reform International
• Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA)

Related Sites and Documents

UN Meetings Coverage

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

CSW70 (2026) Website