CSW68 General Information and Registration
On this page you can find: General information on CSW68 GWI Parallel Event & NFA and Regional Groups Parallel Events Let’s go Virtual Information Breakfast Briefings and Social Dinner invitations GWI CSW68 Written Statement & Oral Statement & Cosponsored Statements Information on registration for the NGO CSW68 Forum
Priority theme: Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective
CSW68 Priority and Review Themes
Educating Outside the Classroom: Women’s Museums Empowering Girls and Women 12 March 2024, 7:30 p.m. Central European Time (CET) / 2:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) Developed by GWI VP Education, Shirley Gillett, and GWI Education Committee Chair Lucia Guzman, with support from EduCom and MemCom.The parallel event will treat the subject of relatively recently established specific women’s museums or a women’s section of a current museum. Such institutions are a public good, and funding them is vital in the education and empowerment of girls and women and the achievement of gender equality. Depending on which country they are in, poor women and girls may or may not have access to museums. This must be changed so everyone, regardless of background, can participate in museum activities. GWI will show examples of how museums, as a living embodiment of history and culture, are valuable in deconstructing the status and position of women. We invite you to click HERE to register for this parallel event. Financial Institutions and Infrastructure Perpetuating Poverty – Gender Bias in Economic Policy 18 March 2024, 7:30 p.m. Central European Time (CET) / 2:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) Developed by GWI VP Advocacy, Shaila Rao Mistry, and GWI VP Membership, Meera Bondre. The parallel event will consider financial institutions and infrastructures intended to promote economic growth and alleviate poverty, systematically contribute to perpetuating and widening gender bias. Understanding inhibitive financial policies exposes the causal linkage with poverty, and the intersectionality of infrastructures with mindsets, which exclude women’s economic participation. Our expert speakers urge improved access to financial services as foundational to economic growth and gender equity. We identify effective policies for inclusion of women, particularly the unbanked women and diversity, as critical steps redress these exclusionary, gender biased differentiating practices and predatory individuals. Join us to drive meaningful advancement to ameliorate systemic barriers to access the money-well. We invite you to click HERE to register for this parallel event. Sustainable Financing for Gender Equality: Young Women’s Perspective 19 March 2024, 1:30 p.m. Central European Time (CET) / 8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) This parallel event is developed by GWI Young Member Network President and GWI Treasurer, Sudha Srivastava, and GWI Executive Director Stacy Dry Lara. As the world is moving towards a sustainable future, we cannot imagine gender equality without sustainable financing specially for young women. This interactive event will explore gender disparities due to financial factors with examples from various regions of the world. An expert panel of young women will present a comparative analysis based on strong database and research. Range of innovative solutions from various collaborations will be presented including public-private partnerships, development finance, public policies, gender budgeting and international funding. There will be opportunities for audience interaction via opinion polls and Q&A session and a surprise performance by a young woman. We invite you to click HERE to register for this parallel event.
GWI NFA and Regional Groups Virtual Parallel Events #1. Women’s Multidimensional Poverty Challenges and Grassroots Responses: Insights from Japan, Sri Lanka, and Guatemala, Friday, March 15 – 8:00 a.m. EST / 9:00 p.m. JST Women Graduates- USA Sponsored Parallel Events #2. Improving infrastructure and Financing to Support Global Women in Midlife (40+) and Beyond, Sunday, March 17 – 2:30 p.m. EST Presenters: Dr. Nirshila Chand and Dr. Rajasree Nambron #3. Title: Challenge To Empowerment: “Experience and Replicable Strategies of Refugee Women”, Tuesday, March 19 – at 2:30 p.m. EST Sponsored by: CAMEUS and presented by 3 refugee women explaining their pathway to professional success as they traveled from their home countries through Canada, Mexico and/or the United States. #4. Poverty Impacting Women’s Healthcare Access: Gender Biased Artificial Intelligence and Infrastructure Creating Barriers, Wednesday, March 20 – at 12:30 p.m. EST Organizer: Shaila Roa Misty In-Person Parallel and Side Events #1. Barriers to Economic Stability for Women and Girls Due to Political Instability, War and Lack of Education”, Thursday at 8:30 a.m. EST (in the Congo) Dr. Magda Kaniki and Dr. Francisca Ramoni #2.WG-USA sponsored Luncheon on Tuesday, March 12 at 12:30 PM $46 per person, IIE personnel are invited as our guests, you must register to attend
Cosponsors of this statement are nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) with General or Special Consultative status to the Economic and Social Council: Australian Graduate Women Inc, Afrikanische Frauenorganisation, Associated Country Women of the World, Canadian Federation of University Women, International Federation on Ageing, International Federation of Business and Professional Women, Soroptimist International, Tandem Project, The, Widows Rights International, Women’s Federation for World Peace International, Women Graduates-USA, Inc, Zonta International. Graduate Women International CSW68 Oral statement: The following written statements were cosponsored by Graduate Women International: GWI National Federation and Association Written Statements: Canadian Federation of University Women Other Organizations:
International Federation of Business and Professional Women Women’s Federation for World Peace International
Registration for the NGO CSW68 Forum is open! One of the key components of the NGO CSW Forum is the Parallel Events. Each year, we invite civil society organizations (CSOs) around the globe to apply to host a Parallel Event, regardless of their ECOSOC status. These events are organized by the host NGO or CSO and address the CSW priority and/or review theme in some way.
Parallel Events not only provide a space and voice for NGOs and CSOs who may not have a voice at/access to the UN, but they also allow for education and galvanizing around different issues and topics within the feminist and women’s movement. Parallel Events are totally free to attend and open to the public.
Learn more and apply now: HERE.
GWI inscribed to participate in the three Interactive Dialogs (ID) A limited number of NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC will be able to make oral interventions during the interactive panels, subject to time availability. Interventions must be focused on the theme of the panel and not on any other issues. GWI inscribed to make an intervention at three ID. Prepared by Stacy Dry Lara, Executive Director, Graduate Women International Topic: Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective. Does your organization work on financing for gender equality in the context of addressing poverty and inequality? Based on your organization’s work, what social/economic/fiscal policies would be most effective in ending women and girl’s poverty? Does your organization work with or represent constituencies including trade unions/women’s collectives/worker movements advocating for the rights of women and girls living in poverty? We invite you to read the full ID submission here.
Prepared by Sudha Srivastava, President, Graduate Women International Young Member Network Topic: Interactive dialogue with youth representatives on the priority theme: How does your organization work with young people? What innovative approaches or policies has your organization adopted to ensure youth participation and leadership? Please share concrete examples where young people have played a pivotal role in your organization’s strategies or actions. We invite you to read the full ID submission here.
Prepared by Shaila Rao Mistry, GWI Vice President Advocacy and Founder Advocacy Influencers Global – Advocacy Without Borders Topic: Artificial intelligence to advance gender equality: challenged and opportunities. Does your organization have experience working on the intersection of gender and AI? Has your organization been engaged with policy dialogue and influencing gender and AI, including during the consultations on/around the Global digital compact? Has your organization produced written material or spoken in public (in conferences, symposia, workshops, etc.) on the interlinkages between AI and women’s rights? We invite you to read the full ID submission here.ID Opportunity #1 Monday, 18 March 2024 | 10.00 am – 1.00 pm EST
Opportunity #2 Thursday, 14 March 2024 | 3.00 – 6.00 p.m. EST
ID Opportunity #3 Thursday, 21 March 2024 | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm EST
