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The sixty-first session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW61) addressed a critical theme –the empowerment of women in the changing world of work – at a critical moment in world affairs. This is a time to come together, and that is precisely what we did at the UNCSW61.

The focus of this year's 59th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59) was a 20-year anniversary review of the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, unanimously adopted by 189 countries at the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women as an agenda for women’s empowerment and a global policy document on gender equality.

Minutes of a Standing Committee meeting held at St Andrew’s House, London, 6 to 9 May 2014

The fifty-seventh session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women was devoted to “ending violence against women.”

This year’s 53rd Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was focused on the priority theme of the equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS.

On Tuesday, 22 February, 2011, the 55th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women will commence with the Opening Plenary Session.