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The Climate Crisis is a Human Rights Crisis

UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment David R. Boyd spoke at the virtual CSW66 Consultation Day organized by NGO CSW Geneva and NGO CSW Vienna. Our Consultation Day theme was based on the Human Rights Council Resolution on The Human Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment (HRC48/13) 

David Boyd and Dunja Mijatović, Commissioner for Human...

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CSW vs NGO CSW Clarification

The UN Commission on the Status of Women is the CSW. The 2022 meetings are the 66th Session of the Commission, therefore CSW66.

NGO CSW refers to NGO Committees on the Status of Women, made up of NGOs like FAWCO with consultative status with ECOSOC. There are NGO CSWs in NY, Geneva, Vienna, and four regional NGO CSWs: Africa, Latin...

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What You Should Know about the Gender Equality Agenda: Recommended Background for CSW

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The SDGs: The UN's 2030 Development Agenda

You should be familiar with SDG #5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. The stand-alone goal on gender equality was a major victory for women in the SDGs. SDG #5 Targets relate to violence against women and girls, trafficking, early marriage, FGM, recognition of unpaid and domestic work, increasing women...

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