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52nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women - Feb. 25 - March 7

The 52nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was held at the United Nations headquarters in New York from 25 February to 7 March 2008. The theme of CSW this year was financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women and the emerging issue was gender perspectives on climate change. >> See Choike's in depth reports: The UN reform... and what about women?, Gender in economics, Beijing +10: Conference on Women review, Climate change, Financing for Development. Versión en español Agreed conclusions and resolutions Concusions on financing for gender equality and empowerment; women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS, assistance to Palestinian women; ending female genital mutilation. [see more] Women, commitments and impotence The U.N. Commission on the Status of Women concluded its annual meeting noting that "global commitments to achieve gender equality and women empowerment have not yet been implemented." [see more] U.N. confident of new agency for women As the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) concluded its two-week session in New York Friday, United Nations officials remain hopeful that the proposal for a new U.N. agency for women would become a reality. [see more]

News Reports U.N. confident of new agency for women Women must participate in all aspects of climate change debate U.N.'s main women's body remains leaderless NGOs call to end HIV AIDS and violence against women and girls. NOW! Meeting of parliamentarians on financing for gender equality and women's empowerment Latin America and the Caribbean Caucus meeting Event on women's housing rights NGOs submitt annotations for the agreed conclusion on financing for gender equality For a stronger gender equality architecture reform (GEAR) at the UN Dialogues are on and many ministers arrive for discussions DAWN panel: What happened to financing for gender equality? Opening of the 52nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women Launch of the gender equality architecture reform campaign Blogging the Comission on the Status of Women Gender equality gets a drop of the funding bucket UNFPA to call for higher investments in women during UN global meeting The ins and outs of NGO participation by the International Women's Tribune Centre Calendar of parallel events organised by NGOs UN budgeting bypasses women Agreed conclusions and resolutions Women, commitments and impotence New gender equity index 2008 Women prepare policy options for CSW negotiations (pdf) Paper on strengthening the UN's gender architecture in the UN system (PDF) Aid effectiveness and women's rights series by AWID Press conference on financing for development and gender equality WEDO's resource page on Gender and financing for development

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