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CSW64 / Beijing +25 (2020)

In 2020, the global community will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995). A five-year milestone will be reached towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 2020 is therefore a pivotal year for the accelerated realization of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, everywhere.

The sixty-fourth session of the Commission on the Status of Women is planned to take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 9 to 20 March 2020. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs)from all regions of the world are invited to attend the session.

Themes

The main focus of the session will be on the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the 23rd special session of the General Assembly. The review will include an assessment of current challenges that affect the implementation of the Platform for Action and the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and its contribution towards the full realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Read more on the unwomen.org website.

CSW101 Webinar

Aimed at first time attendees and those interested in CSW.  Visit https://www.security4women.org.au/2019/csw-101-webinar/ 

CSW Bringing it Home Webinar

CSW63 – Bringing it home webinar

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The how and why of using the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 63) Agreed Conclusions to drive your organisation’s policy and advocacy.

The Webinar is aimed at

  • providing the ‘virtual’ space for those new to the UN / CSW processes and procedures of CSW
  • learn and interact with those who have attended and to discuss the Agreed Conclusions (AG) why they are relevant and important to Australian domestic policy
  • explore how the AG can contribute to your organisations work and the issues you identified in your work with eS4W last year
  • moving forward into Beijing +25
  • how eS4W member organisations can build and support advocacy work with the key issues identified by eS4W
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We wish to acknowledge the expertise and valuable contribution of JERA Internationals’ Joint CEOs, Judith van Unen and Carole Shaw and to Prudence Mooney, Director, International Engagement Section, Office for Women, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Submissions for CSW63

The Office for Women invited interested non-government and civil society organisations to put forward submissions to contribute to the Australian Government’s priority setting for CSW63.

The National Women's Alliances submitted submissions to contribute.  Please download the submissions below:

AWAVA submission on Government Priorities for CSW63

ERA CSW63 submission to Australian Government Final 20190204

eS4W CSW63 Submission to support Australian priorities

Harmony Alliance Submission on Government priorities for CSW63