Let’s Talk About It and Then Step It Up: UN CSW59 Review

by Ann Marie Morrow, AWC Finland

I remember when I was about 8 years old being asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. I answered, “A boy!”. Why did I give this answer? I remember thinking that if I could just be a boy, then...

Elizabeth Abbot describes what she learned:

Notes from CSW59

Finishing the “unfinished business of the 21^st century” (Hillary Clinton)

Accountability – we need to hold all levels of government accountable to creating laws and allocating resources to the gender equality and GBV agenda. Example: the Istanbul Convention signed in 2012 for European countries that requires countries to monitor progress and the...

Colleen Gilbert (AWC Brussels) followed climate change, energy, and mental health issues at CSW59.

Climate Change and Gender Equality  

Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and current Director of the Mary Robinson Foundation-Climate Justice believes that gender equality and climate justice are the most severe human rights issues of this century. She believes women must be participants and benefactors...

Erica Higbie, UN Rep in NY and Chair of the Working Group on Girls Advocacy Committee, writes:

March 10

What inspired me

"We can only walk the last mile if we stand by the last girl." Ruchira Gupta on young prostitutes in India

"It is not a problem WHAT to do but HOW to get it done"

"The key now is...