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UN Photo17th plenary meeting - Commission on the Status of Women, Sixty-eighth session (CSW68) 1) Action and closing of CSW68. 2) Opening of CSW69
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The sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 11 to 22 March 2024 under the theme "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective". Review theme: Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
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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
Action on draft agreed conclusions contained in E/CN.6/2024/L.3 (to be issued)
Adoption of the report of the Commission on its sixty-eighth session. The proposed organization of work will be issued as E/CN.6/2024/1/Add.1 - Item 7
Consideration of the draft report: E/CN.6/2024/L.1
Conclusion of the session
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.
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