The fifty-ninth annual session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 59) took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 9 to 20 March 2015. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world attend the session to discuss global women’s issues. The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), established in June 1946, is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. For its long-run commitment in inclusion of the equal rights of men and women, CSW has achieved the recognition that women’s status is an issue that belongs on the international stage and has propagated the notion that women’s rights are human rights.
The main focus of CSW 59 is the celebration and review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a global pledge adopted at the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women for advancing women’s rights. In addition, CSW 59 discussed current challenges that affect the Platform’s implementation, the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women.
UN Women, as the United Nations entity for gender equality, expands CSW’s mandate and supports all aspects of CSW’s work. With a strong foundation of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, UN Women continues to work toward a world that promotes women’s rights and documents and recognizes the reality of women’s lives internationally.nt of women.
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