CSW68-2024
68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) | 11-22 March 2024 | United Nations Headquarters
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Themes and Bureau
September 2, 2023
The sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 11 to 22 March 2024.
- Priority 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 (agreed conclusions of the sixty-third session).
- Bureau
The Bureau of the Commission plays a crucial role in facilitating the preparation for, and in ensuring the successful outcome of the annual sessions of the Commission. Bureau members serve for two years. In 2002, in order to improve its work and ensure continuity, the Commission decided to hold the first meeting of its subsequent session, immediately following the closure of the regular session, for the sole purpose of electing the new Chairperson and other members of the Bureau (ECOSOC decision 2002/234).
The Bureau for the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (2024) comprises the following members:
- H.E. Mr. Antonio Manuel Revilla Lagdameo (Philippines), Chair (Asia and Pacific States Group)
- H.E. Ms. María del Carmen Squeff (Argentina), Vice-Chair (Latin American and Caribbean States Group)
- Mr. Māris Burbergs (Latvia), Vice-Chair (Eastern European States Group)
- H.E. Ms. Yoka Brandt (Netherlands), Vice-Chair designate (Western European and Other States Group)
- Ms. Dúnia Eloisa Pires do Canto (Cabo Verde), Vice-Chair designate, African States Group)
News
March 5, 2024
NGO CSW68 Forum in New York - 10-22 March 2024
We have compiled all the BPW parallel events taking place during CSW68 for you. Many of them are in-person events, others will take place virtually so that those at home can also take part. All events are free of charge and open for everyone; registration is required for many of the events. Please read the descriptions carefully so that you can find your way to the event, be it through the streets of New York or through the vastness of the internet.
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December 20, 2023
Leaders' Summit and Clare Fulcher Reception 2024 in New York
Online Pre-Registration is closed.
Pre-Registration for Leaders’ Summit on March 8-9, 2024 and Clare Fulcher Dinner on March 8, 2024
The annual BPW International Leader's Summit in New York is a meeting for BPW members from all over the world who are interested in developing our association and who take their findings back to their countries and disseminate them there.
The Clare Fulcher Dinner, initiated as a meeting to acknowledge the UN Representatives, is open to all and brings the Leader's Summit to close in a festive setting.
Leaders' Summit - Friday and Saturday, March 8-9, 2024, Harmonie Club, 4 East 60th Street, New York, https://www.harmonieclub.org/: 90 places available, Ticket: 300 Euros for the catering (breakfast upon arrival - coffee break - buffet lunch - coffee break) on both days (tickets for both days only). This price is lower than the cost price; BPW International is paying for the Leaders' Summit venue in full and for part of the catering costs; all speakers, moderators and contributors are working voluntarily and free of charge.
Clare Fulcher Dinner - Friday, March 8, 2024, Reception with Aperitif Riche 17:00-19:00pm local time, Harmonie Club, 4 East 60th Street, New York, https://www.harmonieclub.org/: 90 places available. Ticket: 75 Euros. The program allows us to network and includes an Aperitif Riche and a Candle Lighting Ceremony. Registration is mandatory; participation in the Leaders' Summit does not include registration for the Clare Fulcher Dinner.
💥 TICKETS
Tickets will be allocated, with BPW members holding an office having first priority. In addition, participants from as many countries as possible will be considered. Registrations from Young BPW will also be accepted.
Please send in your pre-registration details as early as possible.
As we have only 90 places available for the Leaders’ Summit and 90 for the Clare Fulcher Dinner, we need you to pre-register. Please fill out the online forms. You will receive an automatic reply that we have received your pre-registration.
From January 10th, 2024, you will receive an email with a response to your pre-registration, with a link and a personal code to buy tickets and pay by credit card. Please wait for this email. Pre-registration does not entitle you to definitive registration.
Please then buy your ticket by using the link and the personal code sent to you as soon as possible; the code will be valid for 5 days.
Cash payment at the entrance is only possible upon justified request. All Tickets must be paid for before the event.
💥 VISA
If you require a visa, you will receive the conditional personal code to purchase a ticket only after you have sent us a photo of your visa. Please note the deadline of March 4th, 2024, for purchasing a ticket.
💥CANCELLATION
Should you have registered and then realize that you will not be able to travel, please cancel your registration before February 15, 2023. After this date, we will not be able to reimburse the registration fee.
Hotel in New York - Westgate New York Grand Central
As in previous years, hotel rooms have been reserved for BPW members at the Westgate Hotel in 2024. All details can be found in the adjacent flyer from the Westgate Hotel.
> Please use the following links to book:
Booking Code on the website: 65-245
October 23, 2023
Parallel Event Application are open
NOTE If you wish to hold a parallel event in the name of BPW International, you must first discuss this project with Dr. Catherine Bosshart.
NOTE Please report your parallel event that you are holding in the name of your BPW club or BPW federation to BPW International. We will create a directory of it on the website.
What are Parallel Events?
One of the key components of the NGO CSW Forum is the Parallel Events. Each year, we invite civil society organizations (CSOs) around the globe to apply to host a Parallel Event, regardless of their ECOSOC status. These events are organized by the host NGO or CSO and address the CSW priority and/or review theme in some way. This year, the themes are:
- Priority 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 (agreed conclusions of the sixty-third session);
Parallel Events not only provide a space and voice for NGOs and CSOs who may not have a voice at/access to the UN, but they also allow for education and galvanizing around different issues and topics within the feminist and women’s movement. Parallel Events are totally free to attend and open to the public.
The deadline to apply is Monday, 4 December 2023.
Documents
March 6, 202
Commission on the Status of Women
Sixty-eighth session, 11-22 March 2024
Zero Draft
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
1. The Commission on the Status of Women reaffirms the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the outcome documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly and the declarations adopted by the Commission on the occasion of the tenth, fifteenth, twentieth and twenty-fifth anniversaries of the Fourth World Conference on Women, and stresses the need to further strengthen their implementation. (VerbatimCSW67 (para 1) and CSW66 (para 1); and based on CSW65 (para 1), CSW63 (para 1), CSW62 (para 1), CSW61 (para 1), CSW60 (para 1))
September 30, 2023
BPW International submitted this Written Statement. It will be proceeded by the UN, and we will publish the definitive and accepted version as soon as it is available.
