Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is a principal U.N. intergovernmental body dedicated to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women. The CSW was instrumental in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and a number of international conventions, making it the central global forum for policy-making on women's rights.

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French demonstrators carry signs for women's rights at a Paris gathering in March 2017 (AN/Jeanne Menjoulet)

Human Rights

U.N. reboots 1995 plan for gender equality

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A U.N.-led global commission recommitted the world to achieving gender equality, in a relaunch and update of a quarter-century old landmark agreement.