The Commission on the Status of Women
posted byThe fifty-third session on the Commission on the Status of Women is taking place March 2-13 here in New York City. The Commission on the Status of Women (hereafter referred to as “CSW” or “the Commission”) is a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), dedicated exclusively to gender equality and advancement of women. It is the principal global policy-making body. Every year, representatives of Member States gather at United Nations Headquarters in New York to evaluate progress on gender equality, identify challenges, set global standards and formulate concrete policies to promote gender equality and advancement of women worldwide.
Many advocates and activists would agree that gender equality and advancement of women worldwide is one of the key structural factors that needs to be addressed if we are to have an impact on the HIV/AIDS epidemic among women. As part of and effort to figure out how the issues of women of color in the United States living with and affected by HIV/AIDS could have a place in this global conversation twenty-five advocates convened by Women of Color United and the Women of Color Resource Center met in person and by phone to discuss some of the barriers that prevent U.S. women of color from engaging this international process and strategies for how to overcome them.
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