Pages tagged “CSW”

  • Hackathon Synthesis Report from Geneva, NGO Committee on the Status of Women

    With the potential merger of UN Women and UN Population Fund (UNFPA), the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, Geneva encouraged dialog and consultations for potential solutions. On 31 July 2026, the NGO Committee held a hackathon, inviting all to contribute their ideas to a single document. There were nearly 90 different statements with many insightful views and diverse perspectives. The final statement recorded left a sting: 'Questions need to be asked about why it is UN Women and...

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    25 August 2026

  • CSW69 Highlighted the Lack of Government Action on Gender Equality

    At the sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), women’s civil society representatives voiced deep concerns over the persistent barriers to achieving gender equality and lack of government action on the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action. More than fifty New Zealand civil society delegates were in New York for the first week of the CSW session 10 to 14 March.

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    7 April 2025

  • Aleisha Amohia selected as NGO delegate for CSW68

    Manatū Wāhine Ministry for Women selected Aleisha Amohia, President of the Wellington Branch of the National Council of Women New Zealand, as the non-governmental delegate to join the official New Zealand Government delegation to the sixty-eight session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) from 11 – 22 March 2024. Applications were assessed by a selection panel comprising representatives from the International Women’s Caucus. Aleisha earned two degrees from Victoria University of Wellington: a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science and Artificial...

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    22 February 2024