Commission on the Status of Women Sixty-second session 12 – 23 March 2018 'Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls' Agreed conclusions 23 March 2018. Photo: Following the release of Draft 2 of the agreed conclusions and after a full day of

A blog by Paula Freschi Kamena (Ret.) Marin County District Attorney and Soroptimist of Marin County "The Nation’s Future: Ending Child Marriage, hosted by the Permanent Mission of Ghana to the United Nations and Zonta International Leslie Wright, Moderator Zonta International United Nations Committee Chair H.E, Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee – Opening

A blog covering two events by Paula Freschi Kamena (Ret.) Marin County District Attorney and Soroptimist of Marin County Human Trafficking In America:  Risks for Women and Girls in Rural Areas and Faith-Based Prevention Panel: Rev. Jan Hagetsu, Hoebreichts, Heart Circle Sanghe  Alicia Webber, Salvation Army SAFE-T Program, Member Nebraska Human Trafficking

A blog by Margaret Clark, SIGBI Assistant Programme Director, Advocacy "The UK Mission and Civil Society held their first joint event at CSW62 -  A flagship occasion organised by the UK Gender Equality Office and UK CSW Alliance. This was the fruition of months of working in partnership, and together

A blog by Dawn Marie Lemonds "Some of the most productive time I have spent at CSW starts “IN THE QUEUE" or Line as Americans say. This is a perfect time to start engaging, sharing the story of why we are here, and developing new networks and contacts that further

A blog by Pat Black Lead image courtesy of : UN Women/Ryan Brown UN Women flagship event 15 March - Leaving No One Behind for Planet 50-50 by 2030: every rural woman and girl everywhere "UN Women partnered with an extensive group of civil society organisations on Thursday, to hold an

A blog by Sandy Hecker, SI UN Representative, New York Event hosted by The Permanent Missions of Argentina, Bangladesh, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Nigeria, and United Kingdom to the UN, 14 March 2018 Photo: L-R Sandy Hecker, Lata Shastri, Vivian Walczesky "Nigeria held a national event for their task force to deal

The NGO CSW Forum Consultation Day was held on 11 March 2018. The purpose of NGO CSW Forum Consultation Day is to set the stage for the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meetings (12-23 March 2018) and facilitate interactions between participants. A blog by Christine Johnstone "What

"Little Stones" was a CSW62 Parallel Event held on 14 March A blog by Dawn Marie Lemonds "I attended a most fabulous program that aired a documentary about the use of contemporary art forms to address several situations of violence against women. The art forms were hip/hop and rap in