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UN Photo15th plenary meeting - Commission on the Status of Women, Seventieth session (CSW70) - General discussion (resumed)
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:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (on behalf of Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Palau, Republic of Moldova, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Uruguay)
- Argentina
- United Arab Emirates
- Sudan
- Indonesia
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Malaysia
- Greece
- Maldives
- League of Arab States
- African Union
- International Development Law Organization
- International Institute for Democracy & Electoral Assistance
- International Union for Conservation of Nature
- International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)
- Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Pan African Intergovernmental Agency for Water and Sanitation for Africa
- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development
- International Organization for Migration
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- World Health Organization
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- Zambia
- International Telecommunication Union
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
- The International Labour Organization
- Economic Community of West African States
- Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- ACT Alliance – Action by Churches Together
- United Nations Office for Project Services
- Associação de Jovens Engajamundo
- Association for the Defence of the Rights of Azerbaijani Women in Iran (ARC)
- Best Practices Policy Project
- Campaign Life Coalition
- C-Fam, Inc
- Christian Council International
- Concepts of Truth, Inc.
- Congregations of St. Joseph
- Coptic Orphans Support Association
- Australian Graduate Women
- Federatie van Nederlandse Verenigingen tot Integratie Van Homoseksualiteit – COC Nederland
- Forum méditerranéen pour la promotion des droits du citoyen
- Foundation for Studies and Research on Women
- Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network
- Imam Ali’s Popular Students Relief Society
- International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists
- International Disability Alliance
- International Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW)
- International Federation of Medical Students' Associations
- International Trade Union Confederation
- IRIS Sustainable Development
- Justiça Global
- MenEngage Global Alliance
