59 session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

59 session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

<p> The fifty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 9 – 20 March 2014.
</p><p>Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world attend the session.
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<div id="toc"><h2>Table of Contents</h2>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_priority-theme"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Priority theme</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_review-theme"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Review theme</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_emerging-issue"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Emerging issue</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_read-more"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Read more</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_see-also"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li>
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</div><h2 id="w_priority-theme">Priority theme</h2>
<p>The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action: current challenges that affect its implementation and the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women
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<h2 id="w_review-theme">Review theme</h2>
<p>The Commission will undertake a review of progress made in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 20 years after its adoption at the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995. The review (Beijing+20) will also include the outcomes of the 23rd special session of the General Assembly, the first five-year assessment conducted after the adoption of the Platform for Action, which highlighted further actions and initiatives.
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<h2 id="w_emerging-issue">Emerging issue</h2>
<p>opportunities for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women in the post-2015 development agenda
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<h2 id="w_read-more">Read more</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw59-2015" alt="UN Women website">UN Women website</a>
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<h2 id="w_see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li>"Achieving (11 March 2015, side event)
</li><li>"Live (12 March, from 10am EST/4pm GMT+1)
</li><li>"Side (17 March 2015, side event)
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