Following are remarks by UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed at the launch of the Core Principles for Meaningful Youth Participation in Intergovernmental Processes and UN Work, delivered in New York on Monday, 16 March 2026:
Gender justice, whether on a remote island or in digital spaces, must be grounded in the lived realities of young women and girls, civil society speakers from around the world told the Commission on the Status of Women today.
Speakers at a high-level dialogue on ending violence against women and girls today underscored the urgent need for survivor-centred justice, stronger legal protections and services, and coordinated action to address femicide, conflict-related sexual violence and technology-facilitated abuse.
The Commission on the Status of Women continues its seventieth session at UN Headquarters in New York under the priority theme “Ensuring and strengthening access to justice for all women and girls, including by promoting inclusive and equitable legal systems, eliminating discriminatory laws, policies, and practices, and addressing structural barriers”.
Ministers gathering at the Commission on the Status of Women today urged States to remove discriminatory laws and structural barriers so women can denounce crimes without fear and receive protection, support and redress.
The General Assembly hall filled with feminists from around the world as the Commission on the Status of Women began its annual two-week gathering with a contentious recorded vote to adopt its outcome document.
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the opening of the seventieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women, in New York today:
The Commission for Social Development concluded its sixty-fourth session today, approving several texts without a vote, despite differences among delegates, including about the definition of gender and the absence of certain terms relating to development.
Today, as the Commission for Social Development discussed priorities for transformative social development — as well as local innovations to realize them — much of the dialogue centred on the need to address informal labour.
The Commission for Social Development continued its sixty-fourth session today with a panel discussion on how resilient care and support systems can help eradicate poverty and safeguard dignity.
