International Council of Women's
CSW 65 Events
14-26 March 2021
The 65th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65) took place from 15 to
26 March 2021. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, CSW65 was held in a hybrid format with mostly virtual
meetings.
The priority theme was “Women’s full and effective participation and decision-making in public life,
as well as the elimination of violence, for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and
girls”.
18 March 2021 - 3:30 to 5:00PM - online
Women's Empowerment in a Future World of Work Impacted by Climate Change
- in English
Due to the continued impact of the COVID-19, the 66th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66) once again took place in a hybrid format from 14 to 25 March 2022. Priority theme was “Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes”.
During the CSW66, International Council of Women also organized virtual parallel event with the theme “Women’s Empowerment in a Future World of Work Impacted by Climate Change”.
Meet our Panelists
Dubravka Simonovic
UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women
Hilary Gbedemah
Member and Immediate Past Chair of UN CEDAW Committee
Diana Arango
Senior Gender-Based Violence and Development Specialist, World Bank
Hyeshin Park
Economist, Gender Programm Co-ordinator, OECD
Grizelda Grootbroom
Director Survivor Exit Foundation / Survivor-turned activist supporting surivors of the sex trade
Mohinder Watson
Founder of Action on Child, Early and Forced Marriage / Survivor advocate against forced marriage and honour based violence
Linda Liu
ICW-CIF’s Vice-President