Indigenous women know they are already empowered; we hear how they have fought wars, (even if history has forgotten them), lead communities (even if this goes unrecognised by the state) and continue to protest inequalities (even when governments...
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Today NAWO would like to celebrate young women and girls all over the world. The International Day of the Girl exists not to limit our actions to one day, but to promote the human rights of young women and girls every day – and act as a...
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It’s fantastic to read long term advocate for women’s rights, Margaret Owen, speaking up for women’s voices in The Guardian recently. Read what she had to say on the sad loss of overseas women speakers to the UK below and at the...
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NAWO is very grateful to the University of Exeter and World Associations of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts for holding their Gender Symposium on 12th September 2017, focusing on how organisations can support young women in leadership. NAWO took this...
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Preparing for a successful CSW that can deliver real change. We have sent our statements on the priority and review themes to UN Women. This will be returned to us on the 27th of February incorporated with other countries input and we...
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The Commission on the Status of Women Alliance has made submission to the Consultation of the Women and Equalities Committee inquiry into the Government’s plans for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal 5. Please see excerpt...
READ MOREA Statement from NAWO – CSW 61 Work provides women with the opportunity to develop their capacities to create and develop intellect, to contribute to the advancement of society, to influence positive change as well as to provide and care...
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Lakshmi Puri, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women, has written an 18-page analysis report on CSW 60, highlighting the key developments that took place in March, earlier this year. To read the report, click...
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Margaret Owen recently published an article on openDemocracy, commenting on the use of CEDAW for empowering women, instead of CSW: “The most effective international mechanism to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment is not the...
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On 23 February 2016, the National Alliance of Women’s Organisations (NAWO) organised a Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Alliance meeting at Europe House. In anticipation of the upcoming CSW60 session at the United Nations Headquarters in...
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On Monday 9th November, from 13:30 – 16:30 the Government Equalities Office (GEO) invited women’s rights NGOs and those working towards gender equality to comment on their priorities for CSW60. We shared with you our summary from the event , and...
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The priority theme for CSW59 is Beijing+20, based on reviewing the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, implemented at the fourth world conference on women in Beijing 1995. Members of the UK NGO CSW Alliance have produced a report on...
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