By Tara Scott (AW Central Scotland)

The UN brings into focus issues which need to be discussed, analysed and resolved, as they are affecting people on a global level. The Beijing+25 Regional Review meeting was focused on the current status of women. The consensus is that while progress has been made during the last 25 years, there is still a...

By Rhonda Staudt (AWC Berlin) 

October 29-30, 2019, UN Geneva

The Beijing+25 UNECE Regional Review Meeting provided an exceptional forum to review the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA), The Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs) in particular SDG 5...

By Rhonda Staudt (AWC Berlin)

28 October 2019, Geneva

Approximately 500 civil society stakeholders from across the UNECE region gathered to strengthen civil society cooperation and their role in UN processes on Beijing+25, and the interlinkages with the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), Convention to Eliminate all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Istanbul Convention and Agenda...

After the Civil Society Forum, some women's organizations did not endorse the Civil Society Statement presented at the UNECE intergovernmental meeting. Some had serious disagreements about language, process and positions. In the end, most of the NGOs represented at the Civil Society Forum acknowledged the diversity of the views represented in the opening statement. The far more important priority is...