My third day at CSW saw a markedly reduced number of side and parallel sessions.  I learned from Erica that one should plan on being here the first week as that is when all the high level speakers are here and there are many more sessions. Something to note for next year.

I also decided that since FAWCO can bring...

First up was an ECOSOC session on the 58^th Commission on the Status of Women that considered position statements from civil society, which included the following issues:

• Rule of Law and women’s participation in legal processes
  
  
• Women’s participation in decision making – private sector and government/political
  
  
• Underlying economic and political structures that support discrimination against women
  
  
• Unequal distribution of care work and unpaid work
  
  
• Women...