Committee on the Status of Women (CSW)
The Commission on the Status of Women, established by ECOSOC in 1946, is the principal global policy-making body dedicated exclusively to gender equality and advancement of women. Every year, representatives of Member States gather at United Nations Headquarters in New York to evaluate progress on gender equality, identify challenges, set global standards and formulate concrete policies to promote gender equality and women's empowerment worldwide.
The aim of the Commission is to prepare recommendations and reports to the Council on promoting women's rights in political, economic, civil, social and educational fields. The Commission also makes recommendations to the Council on urgent problems requiring immediate attention in the field of women's rights.
Next you can find information about the recent session of the Commission on the Status of Women. For detailed information on past sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women, please click the link "View All Sessions" at the bottom of this page.
56th Session (February - March 2012)
The fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place in New York from 27 February to 9 March 2012. The priority theme is 'The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges'.
More information on this session.
The International Disability Alliance carried out its advocacy activities through contributions towards the resolutions adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women during this session, bilateral meetings and by participating in side events in order to achieve a disability inclusive gender policy in the UN. Please click the link to read IDA´s report on this session.
Myra Kovary highlighted IDA's role at the side event on “Rural women and girls with disabilities – Economic empowerment and political participation” organized by Australia, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), Women Enabled, Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) and Women’s UN Report Network (WUNRN). More information on this side event.
