The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, NY (NGO CSW/NY), supports the work of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and UN Women. NGO CSW/NY is an untiring advocate with Member States for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls across the globe in support of the work of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and UN Women. NGO CSW/NY supports the implementation of the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, UN Security Resolution 1325, the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Week 2 will wrap up the negotiations and on
the final day we hope Member States will be
able to come up with Agreed Conclusions on
“Social protection systems, access to public
services and sustainable infrastructure for
gender equality and the empowerment of
women and girls.” The negotiations will be
discussed at the morning briefings.

A good resource during CSW is the NGO
Forum Handbook.
The handbook lists all parallel events
happening during CSW and all events
organized and co-sponsored by NGO
CSW/NY.

Side events at the UN organized by Member
States or UN are not listed. UN Women’s
website lists these events and also offers their
own app which you can download. Please
check their website for more information.

If you are going to Consultation Day, you will
receive a hard copy for free of the handbook.
Otherwise you will need to purchase one for
$5.

There is also an online handbook version on
the NGO CSW/NY website.

We suggest if possible, to download the
mobile Guidebook app. In guidebook, search
“ngo csw”. It will be available a few weeks to
a month prior to CSW. The app and website
event listings are updated regularly. Any
changes will be made as soon as we are aware
of them.

Unfortunately as the printed version of the
handbook is made more than a month prior
to CSW, it is impossible for it to be updated.

If you are a parallel event organizer, please
contact the office with any changes.