Events

Online streaming of the documentary "Burden of Peace" in April

Streaming throughout April on SIMA RAMA, Burden of Peace follows Guatemala’s first female Attorney General Claudia Paz y Paz in her fight against impunity. Faced with a system that has permitted…

CSW Side Event on "“The Role of Parliaments as Partners in Women, Peace and Security”

For the 62nd Session of the Commission of the Status on Women, the Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations, the United National Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Civil…

Launch Event at CSW 62: A Practitioner’s Toolkit on Women’s Access to Justice Programming

Under the priority theme: “Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls,” the sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women (…

Side Event at CSW 62 on fighting violence against women in politics

Collective work to eliminate VAWP must become a global matter of priority. Building on their ongoing collaboration on the subject and on their expressed commitment to address the issue, the Special…

Side Event at CSW 62 on making it safe for women in politics: Seeking institutional solutions

The movement set off by the #MeToo campaign exemplifies the global magnitude of the culture of sexual harassment and assault. Political institutions are among the workplaces where behaviour hostile…

High Level Side Event at CSW 62 on Advancing Gender-equal Nationality Rights

Over 50 countries maintain nationality laws that discriminate on the basis of gender, denying women the right to confer nationality on their children and spouses on an equal basis with men. These sex…

Side Event at CSW 62 on gender and youth quotas: Complementary or in competition?

Both women’s and youth representation are key to the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 16 and the promotion of democracy through inclusive institutions and societies. IPU data show that…

Parliamentary Meeting at CSW 62: Parliaments deliver for rural women and girls

The 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place in New York from 12 to 23 March 2018. On that occasion, the IPU, in cooperation with UN Women, will hold its…

CSW Side Event on "Transformative Financing for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Rural Women"

On the margins of CSW 62, join an exciting group of leading voices on gender budgeting to explore innovative strategies to increase investment in rural women and girls. Panelists: H.E. Ms.…