Ensuring justice and equality for all women and girls
Source: EESC
At its January 2026 plenary session, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted a resolution outlining the EU’s priorities for the 70th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW70). With a strong focus on access to justice, women’s participation in public life and the elimination of gender‑based violence, the EESC sets out a roadmap to strengthen women’s rights and reinforce democracy across Europe and beyond.
The resolution builds on the EESC’s longstanding engagement with global gender‑equality frameworks and its sustained cooperation with the European Union at the UN level. With democratic backsliding, harassment in digital and real life and structural discrimination affecting women and girls in every region of the world, the Committee calls for a renewed commitment to advancing women’s rights in all their diversity and for placing access to justice at the centre of this work.
At its January 2026 plenary session, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted a resolution outlining the EU’s priorities for the 70th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW70). With a strong focus on access to justice, women’s participation in public life and the elimination of gender‑based violence, the EESC sets out a roadmap to strengthen women’s rights and reinforce democracy across Europe and beyond.
The resolution builds on the EESC’s longstanding engagement with global gender‑equality frameworks and its sustained cooperation with the European Union at the UN level. With democratic backsliding, harassment in digital and real life and structural discrimination affecting women and girls in every region of the world, the Committee calls for a renewed commitment to advancing women’s rights in all their diversity and for placing access to justice at the centre of this work.