Opening of the session –

General discussion

High-level round table on the priority theme (in two parallel meetings)

Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls (Item 3 (a) (i))

The fifty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 4 to 15 March 2013. The priority theme will be “Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls.” The review theme chosen is “the equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS (agreed conclusions from the fifty-third session).”

More information: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/57sess.htm