The 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63) begins March 11 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York (11 – 22March).
An international delegation from the School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND), including students from SSND schools in Brazil, Hungary, and the United States, will attend the meeting. You can follow their activities during the meeting here and on Facebook.
Themes
- Priority theme: Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls;
- Review theme: Women’s empowerment and the link to sustainable development (agreed conclusions of the sixtieth session)
CSW63 SSND Press Release 2019 (pdf 163 KB)
Updates / Activities
CSW63 is over: Now the work begins
After two somewhat frenzied weeks of negotiations, the UN Commission on the Status of Women came to agreement about an “Outcome Document,” late Friday evening, hours after the scheduled time. ...
CSW63: Closing for students and faculty
Time to bring closure to the presence of students and faculty at CSW63, to share learnings, and express gratitude.
CSW63: Friday, March 15
Paying tribute to fallen UN personnel; Social protection, public services and sustainable infrastructure are closely interrelated; Valuing unpaid Work and caregiving ...
CSW63: Thursday, March 14
New York City, Beijing+25, Journalism, Human Trafficking ...
CSW63: Wednesday, March 13
The sessions on this third day of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63) continued with dialogue and discussion (general and focused), the sharing of experiences and learnings, in various formats and locations in and around the United Nations. ...
CSW63: Tuesday, March 12
"...women’s rights are human rights and human rights are at the heart of our agenda."
CSW63: Monday, March 11
Opening CSW63 opened March 11 at UN headquarters in [...]
CSW63: Sunday, March 10
... we stood in line with over a hundred others to secure our United Nations (UN) Badges that would confirm our status as official delegates to the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). ...
March 8: International Women’s Day
Greetings from Sister Eileen Reilly, director of the SSND UN-NGO office, on March 8, International Women's Day.
