70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
- Mar 09 - 19, 2026
- United Nations Headquarters in New York
The 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from March 9 to 19, 2026.
Priority theme: Ensuring and strengthening access to justice for all women and girls, including by promoting inclusive and equitable legal systems, eliminating discriminatory laws, policies, and practices, and addressing structural barriers.
Review theme: 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
Events
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Don’t Stop Them Now: Education Without Barriers
March 10, 2026 | 10:00–111:15 a.m. (EST) | Conference Room E - General Assembly Building (405 East 42nd Street, New York) The side event aims to highlight the role of States and educational institutions in removing structural barriers to safe and inclusive learning. It will examine how education systems can better respond to the diverse realities of girls and boys. Register here → -
Pathways Toward People-Centered Justice: Trajectories and Inequalities Faced by Women in Ibero-America
March 13, 2026 | 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | Bahá'í International Community United Nations Office (866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 120) | Hybrid The event will present the Ibero-American Alliance on Access to Justice’s new thematic report “Women’s Access to Justice in Ibero-America—Structural Gaps, Institutional Pathways, and People-Centered Responses.” The report provides a concise, evidence-based overview of the main barriers women face in accessing justice. It analyzes structural inequalities, due diligence gaps, violence, stereotypes, and barriers linked to care responsibilities, migration, ethnicity, and disability, connecting this diagnosis to international standards and prevailing institutional practices in the region. Register here → -
Addressing the Laws and Practices that Criminalize Women Due to Poverty and Status Worldwide
March 18, 2026 | 10:00–11:15 a.m. (EST) | UNHQ, Conference Room E The discussions will focus on expanding rights-based non-custodial measures and transitional interventions to mitigate harms while broader legal reforms are pursued, strengthening justice, gender equality, and the transformation of criminal justice systems in line with international commitments. Register by March 12 →