The 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women
UN CSW61 & NGO CSW Forum 時間Date | 2017.03.13-24 地點Venue | 紐約聯合國總部United Nations Headquarters in New York 主題Theme | 職場變遷下的女性經濟賦權Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work
聯合國婦女地位委員會(Commission on the Status of Women,簡稱 CSW)隸屬於經濟暨社會理事會(Economic and Social Council,簡稱 ECOSOC),為聯合國推動婦女議題的專責機構,是目前聯合國中層級最高的婦女人權委員會。CSW的主要任務在於「提升婦女在政治、經濟、公民、社會與教育等方面的權利,向經濟暨社會理事會提交報告和建議」,針對「需要立即關注的緊急婦女權益問題」 提出建言,並從 1987 年起每年三月間於紐約召開大會。今(2017)年為 CSW 第 61 屆 會議,大會優先主題定為「職場變遷下的女性經濟賦權」。今年參加 CSW 的國家數目及人數有多項打破往年紀錄: 今年參與 CSW 的聯合國會員國有 162 國(其中有 89 位部長親自出席),以及超過 3900個來自 138 國、580 個組織的公民社會參與者。最重要的,NGOs 提出了 131 個建言給婦女地位委員會(CSW) 。
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), is a global policy-making body dedicated exclusively to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women. Every year, representatives of Member States, United Nations entities and non-governmental organizations in consultative status with ECOSOC gather at United Nations Headquarters in New York for the Commission’s annual session. The sixty-first session of the Commission took place from 13 to 24 March 2017, with its priority theme ‘Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work’. This year’s Commission saw the attendance of 162 Member States, including 89 representatives at the Ministerial level. Over 3,900 representatives from 580 civil society organizations came to New York from 138 countries, attesting to the growing strength and unity of women’s voices around the world.