Poverty Task Force
The NGO CSW Geneva Task Force on Poverty seeks to enhance the cooperation of the members of NGO CSW Geneva on SDG # 1 “No Poverty”. Sustainable Development Goal 1, established by the United Nations in 2015, calls for the end of poverty in all forms. The Task Force plans to strengthen relations with the representatives of the Working Group on the Right to Development which meets annually in Geneva and the representatives of the NGO Committee on Social Development in Geneva which follows the Commission on Social Development (CSocD) and focuses on three main goals: Poverty Eradication, Productive and Full Employment, and Social Inclusion.
UNECE & Beijing+30 Task Force
The UNECE & B+30 Task Force was created to strengthen relations between the NGO CSW Geneva and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The UNECE is one of five regional commissions of the UN that includes 56 member states in Europe, North America and Asia. Consultations between the Task Force and UNECE show that there are numerous ways in which we can work together for all women and girls across our regions. The UNECE has a number of Conventions and we seek to bring the expertise of our members into consultations on these Conventions.
Our main area of work in recent months was the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action. Our endeavors included Working Groups covering the 12 critical areas concern outlined in the BPfA and we created civil society statements, Expert Round tables on these issues with Member States, an analysis of the last 30 years, and an in-person event in Geneva and participation with Member States as part of their review. https://ngocsw-geneva.ch/beijing-30/
Previous Task Forces