Africa: Governments Reach a Powerful Global Agreement to Strengthen Access to Justice for All Women and Girls

Africa: Governments Reach a Powerful Global Agreement to Strengthen Access to Justice for All Women and Girls

Press Release - New York  – As the largest United Nations convening dedicated to gender equality and women's rights opens today, governments meeting at the 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) have adopted by broad consensus a powerful set of Agreed Conclusions aimed at strengthening access to justice for all women and girls and advancing gender equality worldwide.

U.S. Rejects UN Document That Won’t Properly Define Women

The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women kicked off its 70th session on Monday in New York, drawing delegates from around the globe. This annual meeting aims to hammer out agreed conclusions — global policy recommendations — on this year’s priority of ensuring justice for women and girls. Yet controversy erupted right away. For the first time in decades, the document wasn’t adopted by consensus but passed by a rare recorded vote: 37 …

States back UN roadmap on women’s rights and access to justice

At the opening of its session, the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) adopted its Agreed Conclusions on strengthening access to justice for all women and girls, following weeks of intense pressure from a small, but vocal group of states seeking to derail the negotiations and the adoption of the text.   The Commission adopted the Agreed Conclusions through a vote after the United States blocked adoption by consensus. An overwhelming major…

States back UN roadmap on women’s rights despite attempts to derail negotiations

At the opening of its session, the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) adopted its Agreed Conclusions on strengthening access to justice for all women and girls, following weeks of intense pressure from a small, but vocal group of states seeking to derail the negotiations and the adoption of the text.   The Commission adopted the Agreed Conclusions through a vote after the United States blocked adoption by consensus. An overwhelming major…

How US Tried but Failed to Wipe Out 70 Years of Global Consent on Women's Rights

Malala Yousafzi, the Pakistani rights activist, speaking at the UN’s observance of International Women’s Day, led by the theme of “Rights, Justice, Action for all Women and Girls,” March 9, 2026. The theme was carried through on the same day at the opening of the annual UN women’s rights conference in which member states resoundingly approved an agreed text advancing gender equality, crushing attempts led by the United States to derail the proce…