Gender Minister leads delegation to 60th session of CSW
The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur is leading a delegation to the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from March 14 to 24, 2016.
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The delegation is made up of government officials, representatives of women’s groups and traditional leaders.
The priority theme for this year’s event is “Women’s empowerment and its link to sustainable development” while the review theme is “The elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls”.
The CSW, which is held annually, brings together representatives of UN Member States, UN entities, and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), which is the United Nations central platform for reflection, debate and innovative thinking on sustainable development.
Regarded as the biggest conference on women, the CSW will also bring together accredited non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from all regions of the world.
Ghana’s Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection will hold a side event on the “Situation of sexual and gender-based violence in Ghana”.
About CSW
The CSW is the principal global inter-governmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women.
It is instrumental in promoting women’s rights, documenting the reality of women’s lives across the world, and shaping global standards on gender equality and the empowerment of women.
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Within the period of its meeting, the delegates will discuss progress and gaps in the implementation of the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the key global policy document on gender equality, and the 23rd special session of the General Assembly, held in 2000 (Beijing+5), as well as emerging issues that affect gender equality and the empowerment of women.
Member States at the end of the session will agree on further actions to accelerate progress and promote women’s enjoyment of their rights in political, economic and social fields.
Methods of Work
The Commission adopts multi-year work programmes to appraise progress and make further recommendations to accelerate the implementation of the Platform for Action. These recommendations take the form of negotiated agreed conclusions on a priority theme.
Under its current methods of work, the Commission engages in general discussion on the status of gender equality, identifying goals attained, achievements, gaps and challenges in relation to implementation of key commitments.
A high-level roundtable will also be held to exchange experiences, lessons learned and good practices on the priority theme as well as evaluate progress in implementing agreed conclusions from previous sessions as a review theme and address emerging issues that affect gender equality.