From March 12th to 23rd 2018, thousands of women from every corner of the globe, braved the blizzards and cold in New York to be part of big decisions about rights of women and girls in rural areas. For two weeks, representatives of United Nations Member States, civil society organisations and United Nations agencies partook in the 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at United Nations Headquarters, with the priority theme: “Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls’.
CSW is a Commission of Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) established in 1946 and dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and empowerment of women and girls. While progress are discussed, gaps are highlighted in the implementation of the 1995 Beijing Platform For Action( BPFA) as well as emerging issues that affects gender equality and empowerment of women and girls all over the globe . It is the largest gathering of all UN Member State and other stakeholders that is focused on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women.
