Articles about Commission On The Status Of Women
Editorial Note
13 April 12
Welcome to the 25th edition of the Roadmap to Equality! Tracking progress towards the implementation and ratification of the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development. As March - International Women's Month - ends, there is cause for celebration and concern.
SADC witnessed the swearing in of the first female... [read more]
Global: CSW fails to reach a consensus on key resolutions
10 April 12
The 56th Commission on the Status of Women whose main theme was scheduled to have concluded on 9 March, but protracted negotiations on the agreed conclusions forced the Commission to extend its work by one week.
Even then, they still did not manage to reach a consensus on the agreed conclusions on the priority... [read more]
Roadmap to Equality, Issue 24, February 2012
16 March 12
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
Welcome to the 24th edition of the Roadmap to Equality! - tracking progress towards the implementation and ratification of the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development.
It is not just SADC but the world over that is abuzz with activities as NGOs, government, development partners and lately the corporate sector... [read more]
Southern Africa @ CSW
12 March 12
Southern Africa gender advocates and rural women alike made their mark at the just ended Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) as witness by their robust contributions made in formal panels and during dialogues at the sessions they attended.
The Southern Africa Gender Protocol Alliance which was represented by... [read more]
Global: Rural women are leading the way - will the world follow?
11 March 12
The United Nations' 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) opened 27 February 2012 in New York, with the empowerment of rural women high on a list of priorities for this year.
According to a press release issued last week by UN Women, "Rural women constitute one-fourth of the world's... [read more]
Upcoming events
09 March 12
South Africa: 9th March, UN agencies round table discussion on Gender Links' Gauteng GBV Indicators research - UN agencies led by UNAIDS will hold the round table discussion as part of International Women's Day celebrations. [read more]
Launches of the SADC Gender Protocol 2010 Barometer
29 June 11
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
GL and Alliance partners launched the regional Gender Protocol 2010 Barometer in 11 countries, 10 within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, as well as in New York during the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) annual meeting. Three regional launches took place: in Namibia during the Heads... [read more]
Shaudzirai Mudekunye
25 March 11
They never said it would be easy, though at the same time they never alluded to it being this hard. I have to start my learning journey with a phrase: Deep end. [read more]
International Women's Day: My battery-powered legacy
07 March 11
Regional relevance: Zimbabwe
In a speech at the recent Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), UN Women’s Executive Director, Michelle Bachelet, noted that even within the UN system itself, gender parity is still an unreached ideal. At policy formulation level, women only constitute 28% of the UN system’s workforce. [read more]
GMDC Advisory Group meeting
01 November 10
On 12 October the GMDC hosted our bi-annual Advisory Group Meeting. The theme of the meeting was Taking stock of the GMDC and was intended to assess how well the GMDC is meeting the benchmarks previously laid out. Eighteen existing and potential members took part, comprising media educators, media professionals,... [read more]
