NGO CSW Geneva Convenes Discussions on Preserving Robust Single UN Entity for Women

NGO CSW Geneva has worked with member organizations and sister organizations to bring together a wide variety of stakeholders to consult on UN gender architecture. In light of the UN80 discussions and the Summit of the Future recommendations including a proposed merger of UN Women and UNFPA, our members have brought together their expertise to consider solutions to the challenges faced by the UN.

Read the reports and notes from the discussions here.

The UNECE Working Group of NGO CSW Geneva organized a side event on Women and Water on April 21 at the beginning of the UNECE Regional Forum on Social Development.

Report on Emerging Issue for UN Commission on the Status of Women 70th Session: Consultation UNECE region

Read the report here.

NGO CSW Geneva Holds 8th Meeting of the Breakfast Briefing Series“Men and Women Working Together for Gender Equality” on September 17, 2025

Read the report summary here.

NGO CSW Geneva’s letter to UN Secretary António Guterres on the importance of preserving UN Women as a separate UN entity

The NGO CSW Geneva recently wrote to UN Secretary António Guterres on the importance of preserving UN Women as a separate UN entity. In particular, the letter calls on the Secretary General to:

• Maintain UN Women as an autonomous body within the United Nations system.
• Strengthen its mandate and increase its resources.
• Reaffirm its central role in advancing the rights, participation, and empowerment of all women and girls globally.
  
  Read the full text of the letter here.

About Us

The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, Geneva (NGO CSW Geneva) is a not-for-profit association established under Articles 60 et seq. of the Swiss Civil Code. The NGO CSW Geneva acts as a strategic platform for UN accredited Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) with consultative status with ECOSOC for the advancement of human rights and the empowerment of women. It facilitates the activities of its member organizations, in support of the United Nations and its goals and with Member States, for gender equality and the empowerment and defense of the rights of women and girls across the globe.

The Committee acts as a forum for the exchange of information and views on matters of common interest and coordinates the drafting of joint statements to UN agencies and commissions. It cooperates with its sister committees in New York and Vienna and supports the work of UN Women and the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

In particular the NGO CSW Geneva supports implementation of the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, UN Security Resolution 1325, the Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development) in particular SDG #5 on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

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