Monday, 05 October 2020 / Published in Monthly Newsletter

NGO CSW/NY Monthly Newsletter
Volume 3 | Issue 2

In this issue

Recording: September Monthly Meeting
CSW65 Expert Group Meeting
CSW65 Written Statements for NGOs
NGO CSWs in the Regions Updates
Briefing: Trends in specific recommendations issued by the CEDAW Committee
Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security
Save the Date: October Monthly Meeting
Feminist & Women’s Movement Action Plan Updates
NGO CSW/NY Calendar of Events

Recording: September Monthly Meeting

Did you miss our September Monthly Meeting on Youth, Regional Engagement & Beijing+25? Watch the recording on Youtube.

CSW65 Written Statements for NGOs

Submission of written statements for CSW65 will be open for NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC from 25 September to 16 October 2020. Late submissions will not be accepted.

NGOs in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) may submit written statements on the thematic issues considered by CSW, in accordance with Council resolution 1996/31. Find more information on opportunities to address the Commission here.

Please be aware that UN Women handles written statement submissions and NGO CSW/NY is not able to assist in the process.

NGO CSWs in the Regions Updates

Asia / Pacific
Generation Equality: Youth Webinar Series
Saathi has started “Generation Equality: Youth Webinar Series”. The webinars are being organized fortnightly on different themes in line with generation equality approach. In building the youth movement further, Saathi decided to continue the engagement with diverse youth from all the provinces and districts and local government units. We envisaged that this would be helpful to initiate youth movement from grassroots level.

Latin America and the Caribbean
Beijing + 25 Dialogue: Perspectives from Latin America and the Caribbean

On Wednesday, a Latin America and the Caribbean Women Ministers’ Dialogue was held with representatives of regional organizations and networks that are members of the Committee of NGOs for the Legal and Social Status of Women of Latin America and the Caribbean, preparatory to the Special Session of Beijing+25, which will take place in the framework of the next UN General Assembly, on October 1, 2020. The meeting was broadcast live on the NGO CSW LAC Facebook channel, with a reach of more than 8000 people. Watch the full meeting here.

Briefing: Leaving now woman or girl behind: Trends in specific recommendations issued by the CEDAW Committee

As part of the Beijing+25 and Generation Equality Forum processes, and in accordance with the principle of leaving no one behind enshrined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the present analysis provides an overview of trends in relation to specific recommendations issued by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) on different groups of women that often face intersecting forms inequality and discrimination.

2020 Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security Calendar of Events

UN Women is keeping a running list of events happening throughout October in the run up to the annual Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security.

See the list here.

Save the Date: October Monthly Meeting

Join us for our October Monthly Meeting about UN Security Council Resolution 1325, Women, Peace and Security, and poverty.

When: 22 October | 1PM EST
Where: Zoom

Innovations for Women’s Rights Advocacy: Beijing +25 and Beyond

Co-sponsored by fwMAP, Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute and Columbia Global Health Justice & Governance

Mark your calendars!

The next event in the Beijing+25 series on Innovating Women’s Rights is coming on 9 October at 12pm EST. Art as Activism: Documenting Change will highlight connections between visual representation and how artists and photographers document change through the creation of their artistic practice.