See also: Day 1: https://youtu.be/k3asmvRe2uY
[Recording, English] The Asia-Pacific CSW67 Regional Consultation took place on 8-9 February 2023 and was jointly organized by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

The Regional Consultation provided an interactive forum for ESCAP member States and key stakeholders in the Asia-Pacific region to explore ways to accelerate progress on key frameworks including the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (in particular, the 2019 Asia-Pacific Declaration on Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Beijing+25 Review), the Financing for Development, Addis Ababa Action Agenda (FfD), and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Regional Consultation also provided an opportunity to examine trends, needs, gaps in policy responses, and good practices, as well as potential areas for joint interventions to address innovation, technological change, and education in the digital age in order to provide recommendations to encourage a more inclusive and equitable digital evolution which ensures that ‘no one is left-behind’. The Regional Consultation provided a set of recommendations on areas for accelerated action within the region, which can inform member state contributions to the agreed conclusions of the session.

The Regional Consultation brought together participants from the Asia-Pacific countries (from both National Coordination Mechanisms for gender equality and women’s empowerment and other relevant ministries) as well as experts and practitioners from a variety of fields, including academia, civil society, inter-governmental organizations, United Nations entities, private sector and international financial institutions.

Learn more: https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/stories/in-focus/2022/12/csw67-2023

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