The UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), part of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), promotes gender equality and the advancement of women. Its charge is to measure progress towards equality and highlight challenges, set standards and formulate concrete policies to promote equality and women’s empowerment, and encourage mainstreaming of the gender perspective in all UN activities worldwide.
FAWCO is a member of the NGO Committees on the Status of Women (NGO CSWs) in NY, Geneva and Vienna. FAWCO members and UN Representatives regularly attend the annual CSW in New York. You can read blogs by members of FAWCO's delegations to CSW.
FAWCO signs on to Written and Oral Statements submitted to UN Women for consideration by CSW, joining our partner women's NGOs with consultative status to ECOSOC. You can read these statements on the Advocacy page.
| Key Links | |
| UN CSW | http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw |
| NGO CSW New York | www.ngocsw.org |
| NGO CSW Geneva | www.ngocsw-geneva.ch/ |
| NGO CSW Vienna | https://ngocswvienna.org/ |
Eight FAWCO members from Athens, Bern, Berlin, Paris, Vienna and Zürich attended the UN Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Beijing+25 Regional Review Meetings in Geneva, Oct. 29-30, as well as the preparatory Civil Society Forum on October 28.
From left to right: Paula Daeppen (AWC Zürich), Rhonda Staudt (AWC Berlin), Georgia Kallis (AWO Greece), Laurie Richardson, UN Liaison (AWA Vienna), Salle Chaballier (AAWE Paris), Pam Perraud...
Olga Algayerova, Under Secretary General and Executive Secretary, UNECE, opened the meeting on October 29, pointing out the need for more women’s political involvement and participation in decision making: “Let us work together so every girl and woman can live in safety and dignity.” Gender equality is both an objective and a driver of sustainable development. Despite significant progress and lessons...
FAWCO members will participate actively in Beijing+25 events around the world beginning in 2019, leading up to the 2020 reviews, civil society fora and intergovernmental meetings. Learn more about Beijing+25 and Generation Equality here.
FAWCO had an impressive delegation of members from around the world at CSW63.
Anette Arnold (AWC Berlin)
Karen Boeker (AWC Denmark)
Karen Castellon (AWC Berlin) and her daughter Claire
Hari Kitching (FAUSA)
Dorothy Wagle (Mumbai)
Yolanda Henry (FAUSA)
Claire Mathijsen (AAWE Paris)
Elizabeth Tunoi (Claire's Kenyan colleague)
Honorary FAWCO Member Amanda Lane (CRP) and her daughter
Members of the FAWCO UN...
The poster for the NGO Forum event on March 14, 2019.
Thanks to Yolanda Henry (FAUSA), Dottie Wagle (AIWC Mumbai), Claire Mathijsen (AAWE Paris) and her partner Elizabeth Tunoi, and Amanda Lane (CRP Jordan) for being part of this important panel discussion.
By Karen Boeker (AWC Denmark)
CSW 63 was an inspiring and encouraging experience – again. It started on Sunday, March 10 with the NGO Forum's Consultation Day, which was for me the perfect start into the week.
One of the events at CSW63 was a call to join the fight against child marriage in Bangladesh. It is a movement based...
March 14, 2019
Realizing the 2030 Agenda requires mobilizing resources, talents and goodwill. People around the world are stepping up to the challenge, making contributions, filling gaps and providing services for people in need, leaving no one behind. When governments don't provide adequate social services, people fall through the cracks, and may not be able to access needed services. Why? Political...
The rooms are always standing-room-only crowded, so we were happy to have seats for this event.
Laurie Richardson, Melissa Ruggles, Karen Boeker, Hari Kitching (L-R)
Melissa, Karen and Hari
By Melissa Ruggles, AWC Amsterdam
March 18, 2019
As I type this, I’m looking out over the glimmering East River to the Long Island skyline—a view that begs one to reflect. Laurie Richardson, FAWCO UN Liaison, and I just attended another session at the 63rd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63) at UN headquarters in New York City. We...
