NGO CSW/NY facilitates a platform for the voices and leadership of feminists and women’s rights organizations globally to lobby for their inclusion in the UN.
"For the first time, the
#CSW67
session included an interactive youth session with
#youngpeople
, youth representatives of delegations,
#civilsociety
and
#UN
organizations (🧵)
(Source of the text below)
If you visit the UN headquarters, stop by the
#NGOCSW67
banner and take a photo of your participation in the Forum.
This year, we have 700+ virtual and in-person events representing civil society advocacy in the
#CSW67
Civil society voices matters!
📣 Support and share these five Key Recommendations for inclusion in the
#CSW67
Zero Draft on behalf of girls and women, created by the Advocacy and Research Group of
#NGOCSW
in dialogue with over 700 people in our global community.
➡️Visit and sign in!
- Ways to hold GBV perpetrators accountable.
- Cyber-crime should be punishable in the same way as any other crime.
- Funding for training and lifelong learning to ensure sustainable employment.
- Mandate women in decision making rooms
- Tangible accountability
@antonioguterres
Policy makers at all levels must create and implement laws, policies, and programs to advance gender equality and gender-responsive budgeting, specifically to support Gender Based Violence survivors.
📣Share this information and
#OrangetheWorld
!
#16Days
#PushForward
The NGO CSW/NY team at the
#CSW64
Opening Session! We’re so heartbroken that the
#NGOCSW64Forum
had to be cancelled, but we’re not going to let this slow us down! Keep checking our website and social media for updates on what we’re planning for the next few weeks!
📣This is part of the team that makes the
#NGOCSW67
possible
🗓️Join us for the last days of the Forum; check out the agenda of our events: :
🗣️Also, review the other parallel events:
#NGOCSW67
#CSW
#UN
#CSW67
Agreed conclussions (Part 2) 🧵
- Mainstream a gender perspective in the design of
#emergingtechnologies
and adopt regulations to ensure they are subject to adequate safeguards to combat new risks, gender stereotypes and negative social norms,
📣NGO CSW NY Chair Houry Geudelekian moderated the
#CSW67
side event: “
#Platform5
: Strategic Collaboration for Women’s Economic Empowerment", an event to explore how this mechanism has helped women’s entrepreneurship by creating a
#SDG
-aligned ecosystem in
#Armenia
.
📣With less than 48 to go before
#CSW67
negotiations, we call on
@UN
Member States to pay attention to this graphic that includes the culmination of thousands of grassroots consultations plus experts like
@UNTechEnvoy
Learn more:
Help us by sharing it!
The
#GenerationEquality
Forum in Mexico City has come to a close. Read some highlights and other updates in this month's
#Beijing25
and GEF newsletter:
⬇️ See the recommendations of the Advocacy & Research Group, made up of the 7 global NGO CSWs, for
#CSW66
on gender responsive policies and prioritization of knowledge management.
#NGOCSW66
#SDG4
#SDG5
#SDG13
It will be a representation of the strength of Afghan women and an opportunity for their voices to be heard across the world." For Gharsanay's full bio, check out her feature on our website!
500 people are tuning into our virtual rally right now! We're so inspired by everyone showing up to celebrate and acknowledge all the work that still needs to be done!
Join the
#NGOCSW65VirtualForum
events organized by NGO CSW/NY including Conversation Circles, Orientation and Advocacy Training, regional caucuses and more! -
"Women also need to be at the table when discussing climate solutions, they are on the ground helping already, leaders alone can’t discuss solutions without them! We can’t be sidelined anymore, we are being killed by war, climate, disasters..."
@houri61
to
@antonioguterres
NGO CSW NY in the Civil Society briefing of the
#CSW67
. An opportunity to gather together to receive the updates of the civil society participation in the CSW 67 negotiations.
#NGOCSW67
"We are all in this together. I appeal to you to reflect, to heal and to bring kindness and love into the circle. if we are going to
#pushforward
against patriarchy we gotta bring that power of
#women
into the circle"
@houri61
#NGOCSW67
#CSW67
#UN
📣"We need a global, joined-up approach to stopping harmful content and offering digital space victims justice. And that’s got to include holding platforms accountable for the harmful content that’s posted on them"
Emma Gibson, Equality Now Campaign Lead, (
@equalitynow
)
"If we lift up women and make sure they can use the voices they already have in all places of power...those women and girls will lift up everyone else." Powerful words from
@melindagates
📣 In the framework of the
#IWD2023
, We share this beautiful illustration that summarizes the collective effort of the ARG team and 700 advocates for women's rights and gender equality.
➡️ Learn more://ngocsw.org/ngocsw67/
#InternationalWomensDay
#PowerOn
“Women and girls constitute at least 50% of revenue for the tech industry, so our well-being and safety must take priority as the industry grows”
@houri61
, NGOCSW NY Chair
#NGOCSW67
#CSW67
Thank you to the almost 600 people who joined our Virtual Consultation Day yesterday! We are so heartened by and proud of the feminist and women activists who are still galvanizing and working toward gender equality during this difficult time.
NGO CSW NY Chair Ivy Koek is sharing the five key recommendations co-created with more than 700 leaders worldwide with this beautiful illustration!
Learn more about this proposal and support with your sign by visiting:
@ivykoek
#NGOCSW67
This Sunday, March 14th, at 10:00 AM EST join our Consultation Day live stream for education, storytelling, and entertainment to prepare for the upcoming CSW. You can tune into this event through our youtube channel:
📣 None of us are free until all of us are free.
Sign the Affirmation of Feminist Principles to commit to learning & deepening our collective understanding of intersectionality, feminism, & the rights of the LGBTQI+ community.
Learn more & sign on at
📣 Ambassador Mathu Joyini, Permanent Representative of South Africa to the UN: "I can not imagine the CSW Forum without civil society participation and leaders making sure access to technology for women and girls worldwide".
#NGOCSW67
#MathuJoyini
@SAMissionNY
Join NGO CSW/NY for a Rally for
#Peace
!
Together, we will promote the Global
#WomenPeaceSecurity
Agenda and UN Security Council Resolution 1325, which will be commemorated at the
#UN
that day.
📍Meet us outside of the Church Center for the UN (777 United Nations Plaza) at 1pm!
📣Join the first event of the YLYP's Youth Preparation Series where young artists, civil society representatives, and elected local officials will discuss on how storytelling can cultivate inclusion and collective response-ability.
Register here:
Happening now! Join our Orientation & Advocacy Training for an introduction on the
#NGOCSW65VirtualForum
and
#CSW65
! Watch live on our Youtube Channel: youtube.con/cswngo
📣 "How many people in this room have felt hurt online? Rise your hand"
Digital violence is real and must be included in
#CSW67
negotiations, considering the challenges that women and girls in all their diversity face every day.
Learn more:
There's only 30 days until the
#GenerationEquality
Forum in Paris! Now is the time to act!
Join the mobilization event on
@GenEgaliteFR
social media now!
Mark your calendars and join our joyful disruption at the NGO CSW Forum Rally on Friday, March 13! The rally will gather activists from around the world as we celebrate our continued resistance and unrelenting persistence, at the Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza at 12 pm. See you there!
Apply for a virtual Parallel Event at
#NGOCSW66
today! Hosting a Parallel Event is a fantastic way to promote your organization’s work to thousands of other activists and organizations! Learn more and apply here:
Listening to civil society voices is essential if we are to make informed decisions at the UN🇺🇳
This morning we join civil society from around the world to discuss the Commission on the Status of Women
#CSW66
.
🙏🙏
@Denmark_UN
&
@CostaRicaONU
for organising!
#UnMuteCivilSociety
Introducing our Youth Network Series: an 8-week series to engage our youth members in the UN system and prepare for the UN Commission on the Status of Women. We hope to see you there!
Yesterday, the NGO CSW NY team met with the
#DrewUniversity
Social Entrepreneurship class, led by Jennifer Olmsted, to share the experience of the
#NGOCSW67
Forum and learn more about non-profits projects developed by students.
Kudos to these
#youngadvocates
!
"This fight is about everything... Not just women's rights, but human rights." Klementyna Suchanow, Founder of the Polish "All-Poland Women's Strike" movement talks about the danger of fundamentalist movements and the importance of pushing back against them.
#GenerationEquality
📣Sima Bahous: "Internet is an empowering tool that helped me understand my situation and connect with different information. The
#CSW
priority theme matters because if we talk about leaving no women behind, that must include technology and education."
@unwomenchief
@UN_Women
A Gendered Approach to the UN High Level Political Forum 2018
"I hadn't realized how important & useful our report is until I looked at the VNRs...
#SDG5
is rarely mentioned... & only in certain contexts."
@OMalleySusan
#HLPF2018
@LopaUN
@phumzileunwomen
This Wednesday, join our Advocacy Training for CSW specifically geared towards youth advocates! We'll go over everything you need to know to advocate at the
#CSW66
and
#NGOCSW66
Forum in March!
Register here:
Apply to host a Parallel Event at
#NGOCSW66
by 15 December! Parallel Events are a great opportunity to promote your organization's work and engage with others in the feminist and women's rights space!
Register here:
The NGOCSW/NY Rally for
#peace
aimed to recognize women's contribution to the
#peaceandsecurity
agenda, emphasizing their participation in decision-making processes (🧵)
🙌🏼Grateful for the dynamic Chair of
#CSW
, committed to working with civil society’s recommendations.
📣Let’s speak up for women and girls together! Learn more and sign on our five key recommendations on behalf of women and girls by visiting
✨Exciting news about the NGO CSW65 Virtual Forum✨ Due to an overwhelming response to our virtual platform and Parallel Event application, we have opened registrations for becoming a NGO CSW65 Virtual Forum Advocate for free!
Register here:
"Even in times of crisis, and especially in times of crisis, women's and girls' rights are not negotiable."
@Atayeshe
, ED of UNPF speaking the truth!
#GenerationEquality
📣Thank you to Anielka Medina (
@Chava_App
), Jeyda Bicer (
@UNGEI
) and Pashtana Durrani (
@LEARNAfg
) for sharing their experiences and expertise about digital education and Innovation.
🗨️And to our Advocacy Intern Micaela Tompkins for the great moderation of the event.
#NGOCSWNY
#GenderEquality
is a
#HumanRight
& a pre-condition for
#SustainableDevelopment
.
@IUCN
is committed to furthering it to build a Union that understands the importance of equal opportunity & inclusion, & whose policies respect diversity ♀️
See how we work:
#WomenLifeFreedom
Thank you to our first panelists Raha Behman, Roya Hakakian, and Neda Bolourchi for sharing your strong messages with our 320 participants
📣Announcing the NGO CSW65 Young Feminist Awards! With
@WomenHaveWings
, the YLYPs excited to announce five $5,000 grant awards to youth leaders and young professionals. Read more here: -
NGO CSW/NY meets
#CSW62
woman of distinction awardee Sizani Ngubane of the Rural Women’s Movement. She will give the keynote address tomorrow at consultation day.
#ruralwomen
📣In preparation for
#CSW67
, our February Monthly Meeting will provide tips and resources to help you to prepare for the
#NGOCSW67
Forum activities in March.
(➡️Tip: Learn the differences between CSW and NGOCSW with the second graphic)
Registration!:
Consultation day program will include a conversation between
@phumzileunwomen
, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN_Women, and H.E. Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason, Permanent Representative Mission of Ireland; Bureau Chair, Commission on the Status of Women.
Are you a youth advocate or young professional passionate about gender equality? Get involved with our Youth Leaders & Young Professionals program!
Join our introductory meeting this Thursday to learn more: