The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), established by the UN in 1946, is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women.
With this as its focus, its mandate includes drafting recommendations and reports to the Council on promoting women’s rights, the monitoring of implementation of measures for the advancement of women and the identification of issues affecting gender equality. Furthermore, CSW takes a leading role in monitoring and reviewing progress and problems in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and in mainstreaming a gender perspective in UN activities.
Meeting annually in New York to discuss progress and gaps in the implementation of key global policy documents, CSW affords a unique opportunity for representatives of UN Member States, civil society organisations and UN entities to promote and document emerging issues that affect gender equality and the empowerment of women. Member States agree on further actions to accelerate progress and promote women’s enjoyment of their rights in political, economic and social fields. The outcomes and recommendations of each session are forwarded to ECOSOC for follow-up.
Every year the SI International President leads a Soroptimist delegation at CSW, New York.
Revisit CSW59 – CSW67 below. We will be posting information on CSW68 towards the end of the year.
CSW68
The sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in March 2024. The sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 11 - 22 March 2024. Representatives of Member States, UN entities,
CSW67
The sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 6 - 17 March 2023. The sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place on 6 to 17 March 2023. Representatives of Member States, UN entities,
CSW66
The sixty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 14 to 25 March 2022. This year, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, CSW66 side events in addition to Parallel events held by Non-Governmental Organisations, will take
CSW65
The sixty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 15 to 26 March 2021. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from all regions of the world are welcome to attend the
CSW63
The sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 11 to 22 March 2019. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world are welcome to attend the session. Priority theme: Social
CSW62
The sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 12 to 23 March 2018. Priority theme: Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls Review theme: Participation in and access of women
CSW61
The sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 13 to 24 March 2017. Priority theme: Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work Review theme: Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for
CSW60
The sixtieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 14 to 24 March 2016. Following the agreement of the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, CSW60 focused on: Priority theme: Women’s empowerment and its link to sustainable development Review
CSW59
The fifty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 9 to 20 March 2015. The main focus of the session was on the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA), as 2015 marked the 20th Anniversary of its adoption. The
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