The NGO CSW Geneva Global Consultation Day promises to be interactive, informational, and entertaining as we set the stage for the CSW and the Civil Society Forum. The Day aims to inspire, build knowledge, and galvanise women’s movements around the world to build back better.

The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, Geneva (NGO CSW Geneva) was formally created in 1973 to prepare for the First World Conference on Women. Since then, we have become a strategic body for international advocacy towards the promotion of women’s rights to sustainable development, gender equality and their empowerment. Through collaboration with the other NGO CSW Regional groups and the national affiliates of our more than 20 member organizations, we collectively work very closely with the United Nations and its agencies as well as local and national governments to advance the status of women and the girlchild in economic, social and cultural rights as well as civil and political rights.

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NGO CSW/NY organizes the civil society side of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The NGO CSW Forum runs parallel to the official session taking place at the UN Headquarters. This provides civil society the opportunity to engage in the processes and CSW sessions without ECOSOC-accreditation or a UN grounds pass. Over the two weeks of the UN CSW, NGO CSW/NY organizes more than 500 events that inform, engage and inspire grassroots efforts and advocacy needed to empower women and girls. In 2021, the NGO CSW65 Forum was entirely virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.