CSW Ends in Avoidance of the Meaning of “Gender”
By: Mislav Barišić, WYA Director of Policy and Research The 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) marked an unprecedented moment in United Nations history. For the first time, Agreed Conclusions, traditionally adopted by consensus, were put to a vote – as we reported in our previous article. The final day […]
Procedural manipulation silences debate and impacts final CSW document
By: WYA Advocacy Fellows On the first day of the 70th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70), shortly following the lunch recess, the Chair, Maritza Chan Valverde, Ambassador of Costa Rica to the UN, declared that the Agreed Conclusions draft that had been circulated in the early hours of that day had been sufficiently […]