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FAWCO at the UN

In 2025 at the sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) we will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995).  This is called Beijing +30 in shorthand.

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) will take place at...

UN Reps and Human Rights

UN Sustainable Development Goal #5: Gender Equality

FAWCO supports UN Sustainable Development Goal #5 

UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

FAWCO delegations participate actively in CSW at UN Headquarters in New York each year. FAWCO joins with other women's organizations in advocacy on gender equality issues through submitting written and oral statements to CSW. We partner with other NGOs...

Migration

NGO Committee on Migration and UN Global Compact on Migration 

FAWCO UN Rep Jane Politi is Vice Chair of the NGO Committee on Migration (NGO CoM) in New York. FAWCO is proud to support the NGO CoM's efforts, including co-sponsoring a position paper that was featured on a UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) blog.

In September 2019, FAWCO UN Rep Jane Politi attended side...

UN Reps and Health

UN Sustainable Goal #3: Good Health and Well-Being

FAWCO supports UN Sustainable Development Goal #3 

Health Team

Many FAWCO members contribute their time and talents to help women who have undergone surgery for breast cancer treatment, by creating and donating heart pillows to make their recovery more comfortable. The Health Team promotes heart pillow projects, and encourages FAWCO members to improve...

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UN Reps and Environment

UN Sustainable Development Goal #13: Climate Action

FAWCO supports UN Sustainable Development Goal #13   

At the FAWCO International Conference in Mumbai in April 2017, the delegates unanimously adopted a Resolution stating: 

Having actively supported efforts to protect the environment for over thirty years and encouraging its members to be environmentally responsible citizens, FAWCO reconfirms its commitment to the UN Sustainable...

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