Feminist activists faced two key battles at this year’s session of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women, held over two weeks in March.
The first was a wave of opposition from anti-rights groups, who continued their cynical ploys to undermine rights relating to gender and sexuality. The second was in the form of inaction on climate change, from countries, mostly from the Global North, who consider themselves “gender champions”.
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body dedicated exclusively to gender equality. It holds a summit every spring. Its agreed conclusions are adopted by consensus through intergovernmental negotiations, and affect how women in almost 200 countries access their rights.
