14th plenary meeting - Commission on the Status of Women, Seventieth session (CSW70) - General discussion (resumed)

The Seventieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) will take place from 9 to 19 March 2026 at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

• Video Length: 03:02:52
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Corporate Name: COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN - CSW; UNITED NATIONS ENTITY FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN - UN-WOMEN; FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN
• Subject Topical: GENDER EQUALITY; JUSTICE; STATUS OF WOMEN; WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; GIRLS; GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
• MAMS Id: 3545696
• Parent Id: 3544850
• Alternate Title: MTG ECOSOC CSW 70 SESSION 14 PLENARY 17 MAR 2026 AM

Description

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

• General discussion

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

Review theme: Women's full and effective participation and decision making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls (agreed conclusions of the sixty-fifth session)

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. A functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), it was established by Council resolution 11(II) of 21 June 1946.

The CSW is instrumental in promoting women's rights, documenting the reality of women's lives throughout the world, and shaping global standards on gender equality and the empowerment of women.

Statements Delivered:

• Fiji (on behalf of Pacific Small Islands Developing States)
• Bangladesh
• Canada (on behalf of Group of Countries of the Justice Action Coalition)
• Hungary
• South Sudan
• Namibia
• Malta
• Poland
• Slovenia
• Qatar (on behalf of the League of Arab States)
• Albania (on behalf of Albania, Australia, Spain, Uruguay and a group of countries)
• Nicaragua
• Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• Czechia
• Oman
• Brunei Darussalam
• Costa Rica (on behalf of the Group of friends of human security)
• Yemen
• Monaco
• Lesotho
• Ethiopia
• Sri Lanka
• Afghanistan
• Lebanon
• Holy See
• Belarus
• Iraq
• Micronesia (Federated States of)
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea
• Qatar
• Myanmar
• Suriname
• Eritrea
• Marshall Islands
• Niger
• Vanuatu
• Papua New Guinea
• Republic of Korea
• Tunisia
• Italy
• Mauritius
• Seychelles
• Nauru
• Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
• Burkina Faso
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Kuwait
• Equatorial Guinea

Related Sites and Documents

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

CSW70 (2026) Website