13 March 2025 - Controversy Erupts as Saudi Arabia chairs the UN Commission on the Status of Women
‘It’s surreal’: Outrage as Saudi Arabia chairs the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Jessie Tu (Womens Agenda, 12/03/2025)
One of the most important annual global forums working to advance gender equality and women’s rights is this year controversially being chaired by Saudi Arabia.
Global: UN member states recommit to gender equality amid backlash against human rights
Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 11/03/2025)
The adoption of a political declaration on gender equality at the UN yesterday, despite relentless opposition from a handful of states, is a win for human rights. Now governments must put words into action and ensure that those commitments translate into real changes for women and girls whose rights are violated and abused around the world, said Amnesty International at the start of the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
Explainer: The Commission on the Status of Women and why it matters
Eileen Travers (UN News, 09/03/2025)
Ever since former US First Lady and human rights champion Eleanor Roosevelt inspired the first UN sub-commission on the status of women in the 1940s, thousands of women around the world meet at UN Headquarters in New York every March to take the pulse of the planet and make their voices heard.
Everything you need to know about CSW
United Nations (United Nations, 10/03/2025)
The work of the Commission began in 1946, days after the UN General Assembly’s inaugural meetings heard former US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and part of the country’s delegation, read an open letter addressed to “the women of the world”. Here is a brief five-point guide to this high-profile UN event.
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