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Commission on the Status of Women 61 (CSW61/2017)

MANDATE OF THE COMMISSION

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), is a global policymaking body dedicated exclusively to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women. The Commission was established by ECOSOC resolution 11(II) of 21 June 1946 with a mandate to prepare recommendations on promoting women’s rights in political, economic, civil, social and educational fields. The Commission is also responsible for monitoring, reviewing and appraising progress achieved and problems encountered in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action of 1995 and of the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly of 2000, at all levels, and to support gender mainstreaming. The Commission also contributes to the follow-up to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development so as to accelerate the realization of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.

PROGRAMME OF WORK AND WORKING METHODS
The Commission’s annual programme of work and its working methods are set out in relevant ECOSOC resolutions. The current working methods call for a thematic approach, and determine the interactive nature of the session, the format of the outcomes and the participation of nongovernmental organizations (see ECOSOC resolution 2015/6). The Commission’s multi-year programme of work for the period 2017-2019 is laid out in ECOSOC resolution 2016/3.

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Video message from H.E. Mr. Antonio de Aguiar Patriota (Brazil), Chair of the 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women. - See more at: http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw61-2017#sthash.eNMZqCIj.dpuf

The sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 13 to 24 March 2017.

Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world are invited to attend the session. 

- See more at: http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw61-2017#sthash.eNMZqCIj.dpuf

The sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 13 to 24 March 2017.

Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world are invited to attend the session. 

- See more at: http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw61-2017#sthash.eNMZqCIj.dpuf