Friday, 03 September 2021 / Published in Monthly Newsletter

NGO CSW/NY Monthly Newsletter
Volume 3 | Issue 12

In this issue

Generation Equality Forum Paris Opening Ceremony
2021 – 2023 NGO CSW/NY Executive Committee
Announcing the Young Feminist Award Winners!
Recording: June Monthly Meeting
Beijing+25 Memories & Messages Online Book
Sign-On Statement: A Clarification of Feminist Principles and Intersectionality
NGO CSW/NY Calendar of Events

Generation Equality Forum Paris Opening Ceremony

The Generation Equality Forum in Paris officially closed on Friday. Thousands of people around the world joined the three-day multilateral event virtually and in-person. Participants learned about and discussed urgent issues and actions for gender equality across the six Action Coalitions and the Women, Peace & Security and Humanitarian Action Compact.

If you missed it, you can watch the opening ceremony here. Keep an eye out for more recordings and reflections from the GEF Paris coming soon!

NGO CSW/NY Executive Committee

During our June Monthly Meeting on Thursday, 17 June, the new NGO CSW/NY Executive Committee was announced for the 2021 – 2023 term.

Meet the Executive Committee here!

Announcing the NGO CSW65 Young Feminist Award Winners!

In collaboration with Women Have Wings, the Youth Leaders & Young Professionals are thrilled to announce the five winners of the NGO CSW65 $5,000 Young Feminist Awards! These youth-led, transformative projects and organizations were chosen from over 900 submissions. Because we received so many amazing submissions, we’d also like to highlight the 20 runner-ups as well.

Download the full announcement to learn more about the Young Feminist Award winners and runner-ups.

Recording: June Monthly Meeting

Thank you to everyone who joined our June Monthly Meeting! View the program with more information and speakers’ bios.

If you missed it, you can watch the recording on Youtube now.

Beijing+25 Memories & Messages Online Book

The Beijing+25 Memories and Messages online book is live now!

Read the inspiring stories told by participants at the UN Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing 1995 and enjoy lots of photos of the historic event.

Did you miss the deadline to submit your story? Email fwmap2021@gmail.com

Sign-On Statement: A Clarification of Feminist Principles and Intersectionality

“We the undersigned organizations and individuals from across the world have written this statement out of concern that an initiative to support inclusiveness and intersectionality in the women’s movement is being used to promote prostitution as labour. The notion that “sex work is work” is one we believe to be fundamentally incompatible with the values laid out in a statement called “The Affirmation of Feminist Principles” which claims to oppose exploitation and discrimination in all its forms.”

Download the full letter and sign on here.