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The 59^th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women convened during March 2015, Women’s Month, to review and appraise the 20^th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action which was signed by 189 nations at the 4^th World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. It also considered the outcome documents of the 23^rd Special Session of the General Assembly which reviewed the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action five years after its adoption. (more…)

Thousands of women gathered in New York March 2-20, 2015 for the 59^th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Having as theme “Beijing + 20,” the session had as its main focus the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, both the progress achieved and the challenges that remain. (more…)

In early February, I attended the first week of meetings at the 53^rd Commission for Social Development at the UN.  It was a rich and wonderful experience as people gathered from around the world to talk about what is needed in the world today.  Ban Ki Moon addressed the group by calling for global action: (more…)