The UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. CSW, a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), was established in 1946. CSW is instrumental in promoting women’s rights and shaping global standards on gender equality and the empowerment...
I highly recommend this recent article in Foreign Affairs magazine (by Erica Chenowith and Zoe Marks) on the right-wing backlash against gender equality activists.
"In recent years, authoritarian leaders have launched a simultaneous assault on women’s rights and democracy that threatens to roll back decades of progress on both fronts."
"Internationally, a multinational coalition is needed to explicitly reject patriarchal...
By UN Rep Tara Scott, AWC Central Scotland
While I was waiting to enter this meeting about protecting global forests by the Office of the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, I felt excitement that I was able to attend this meeting. As the others around me were making their introductions to each other and declaring their field of scientific...
By UN Liaison Laurie Richardson, AWA Vienna
During COP26 in November 2021, and leading up to CSW66 in March 2022, FAWCO is joining in advocacy initiatives to promote the importance of including women in efforts to combat the climate crisis, and to insist that the differential impacts of climate change on women and girls be examined and taken into consideration...
Glasgow, November 1, 2021
from the UN Secretary General's website
"Dear Prime Minister Johnson, I want to thank you and to thank COP President Alok Sharma for your hospitality, your leadership, and your tireless efforts in the preparation of this COP.
Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
The six years...
By UN Rep Tara Scott, AWC Ccentral Scotland
This session made it abundantly clear that the voices of Indigenous people must be heard and followed so as a global society we become better custodians of the Earth which has suffered anthropogenic harm for so many years. The Indigenous have long abided by cultural norms of respecting the Earth, however now,