15th plenary meeting (resumed) - Commission on the Status of Women, Sixty-eighth session (CSW68) - Interactive dialogue
- Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century" - Item 3
- Emerging issues, trends, focus areas and new approaches to questions affecting the situation of women, including equality between women and men - Item 3 (b)
- Interactive dialogue
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. A functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), it was established by Council resolution 11(II) of 21 June 1946.
The CSW is instrumental in promoting women's rights, documenting the reality of women's lives throughout the world, and shaping global standards on gender equality and the empowerment of women.