The global escalation of conflict-related sexual violence — disproportionately affecting women and girls — must be addressed through demilitarization, enforcement of arms embargoes, gender-responsive arms control and strengthened accountability, the Security Council heard today during its annual open debate on the matter.
Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s briefing to Member States on the system-wide gender equality acceleration plan, in New York today:
The Commission on the Status of Women met this morning to conclude its sixty-eighth session. After the closure of the sixty-eighth session, the Commission then briefly opened the sixty-ninth session.
The Commission on the Status of Women met this afternoon to conclude its sixty-eighth session. The Commission adopted its report on the work of the session, then suspended the meeting to resume at a later date.
The Commission on the Status of Women met this morning to continue its sixty-eighth session, holding an interactive dialogue on the emerging issue “Artificial intelligence to advance gender equality: challenges and opportunities”.
Transformative care-led strategies, gender-responsive budgeting and greater investments in social services are vital for empowering women and promoting gender equality, panellists told the Commission on the Status of Women today, highlighting the need for changes in the international financial architecture.
Representatives of Member States today delivered voluntary presentations on their national efforts on the review theme “Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls” as the Commission on the Status of Women continued its sixty-eighth session.
Young women and non-binary people want to live on a planet that prioritizes social protection and inclusion and not a world built for heterosexual men, youth delegates told the Commission on the Status of Women, as it continued its sixty-eighth session.
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the town hall meeting with civil society on the occasion of the sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women, in New York today:
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and its partners today launched a $852.4 million response plan for nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees and their Bangladeshi hosts. Ninety-five per cent of Rohingya households in Bangladesh are vulnerable and dependent on humanitarian aid.
