CSW70 Recommendations for the First Draft
NGO CSW/NY Advocacy & Research Group | Published 23 December 2025
Overview & Core Imperative
We formally present recommendations for the CSW70 First Draft, urgently advocating for the rights of all women and girls in their full diversity, including underrepresented, indigenous, disabled, and LGBTQI+ people.
The priority theme requires dismantling structural barriers across social, economic, political, cultural, and digital dimensions. With 2026 preparatory negotiations starting for a Crimes against Humanity Treaty, this expanded justice framework must prioritize accountability, center women’s agency, and connect prevention with enforcement to end systemic discrimination.
Key Recommendation Areas
1. Expanded Transitional Justice
Integrates accountability for systemic rights violations into national frameworks. Mandates truth-telling, guarantees non-recurrence, and implements transformative reparations.
2. Social Justice & Agency
Centers all women’s voices and leadership in decision-making. Demands intersectional mechanisms to end structural violence and invest in reproductive autonomy.
3. Economic Reform
Reforms labor/property laws for equal pay, expands publicly funded childcare and legal aid, and implements ILO Convention 190 to eliminate workplace violence.
4. Political Participation
Expands civic/legal literacy, funds independent bodies to document political violence, and enforces gender-responsive electoral laws and quotas.
5. Cultural Justice
Engages men and boys as allies against misogyny, combats digital hate speech, and promotes positive role models to transform restrictive social norms.
6. Digital Safety & Equity
Enforces laws against online violence and algorithmic bias, expands affordable internet to marginalized groups, and mandates AI gender impact assessments.
CSW Revitalization & UN Liquidity
Under the UN80 Initiative, member states must fulfill Article 17 funding obligations in full and on time. UN Women’s specialized mandate must be preserved and strengthened through assessed funding to safeguard Beijing Platform programs from budget curtailments.
Past ARG Recommendations & Reports
- CSW69 ARG Recommendations & Position Paper Published 2025 • Advocacy & Research Group
- CSW68 Priority Theme Recommendations Published 2024 • Advocacy & Research Group