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UN Secretary-General addresses Commission on the Status of Women in New York

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Seventieth session held 9–19 March at UN Headquarters in New York
Delegates adopted text on women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS amid objections by some Member States over the Agreed Conclusions

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CSW70 priority theme: ensuring and strengthening access to justice for all women and girls.
Speakers urged survivor-centred justice, stronger legal protections and coordinated action on femicide, conflict-related sexual violence and technology-facilitated abuse.
Panel linked Palestinian women’s rights to liberation from Israeli occupation; UN officials including Amina Mohammed and António Guterres delivered remarks and launches in New York.

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The Commission on the Status of Women holds its seventieth session at UN Headquarters in New York from 9 to 19 March under the 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”. The Commission on the Status of Women concluded its seventieth session today, with delegates adopting a text on “women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS”, and many airing pent-up concerns over the Agreed Conclusions adopted last week, which they argued had been weakened by unprecedented objections of some Member States. Palestinian women’s rights cannot be separated from their struggle for liberation from Israeli occupation, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People heard today in a conversation that ranged from tackling laws designed to discriminate to ensuring reparations for war crimes. Gender justice, whether on a remote island or in digital spaces, must be grounded in the lived realities of young women and girls, civil society speakers from around the world told the Commission on the Status of Women today. Following are remarks by UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed at the launch of the Core Principles for Meaningful Youth Participation in Intergovernmental Processes and UN Work, delivered in New York on Monday, 16 March 2026: Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the high-level meeting of the Group of Friends for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls, in New York today: Speakers at a high-level dialogue on ending violence against women and girls today underscored the urgent need for survivor-centred justice, stronger legal protections and services, and coordinated action to address femicide, conflict-related sexual violence and technology-facilitated abuse. The Commission on the Status of Women continues its seventieth session at UN Headquarters in New York under the 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”. Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the occasion of the briefing for Member States on the Gender Equality Acceleration Plan: The United Nations system-wide shift for Gender Equality, in New York today: Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Town Hall of Women Civil Society Leaders, in New York today:

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