The fifty-fourth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was held at the United Nations headquarters in New York from 1 to 12 March 2010. The 2010 CSW was the 15-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995) and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly.

Documents

• Operational Plan for UNAIDS Action Framework: Addressing Women, Girls, Gender Equality, and HIV. Released by The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Download the 3 page PDF (in English) here
• Declaration on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women. Released by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Download the 2 page PDF (in English) here
• Resolution on ending female genital mutilation. Download the 6 page PDF (in English) here
• Eliminating Preventable Maternal Mortality and Morbidity through the Empowerment of Women. Download the 8 page PDF (in English) here.
• Draft resolution on Strengthening the institutional arrangements of the United Nationsfor support of gender equality and the empowerment of women byconsolidating the four existing offices into a composite entity. Released by the united Nations Economic and Social Council. Download the 1 page PDF (in English) here.
• Draft resolution on Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women. Released by the united Nations Economic and Social Council. Download the 3 page PDF (in English) here.
• Oral Statement to be submitted to the 54th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women at the 15th  Year Review of the Beijing Platform for Action, by the International Sexual and Reproductive Rights Coalition. Download the 1 page PDF (in English) here.

Akimbo Blog Coverage

• Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality, transcript of a speech given by Adrienne Germain at luncheon event at the UN hosted by the Global Health Council on linkages between Health & Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality on February 22, 2010
• Speaking Up and Acting Out: Advocates Come to NY for Major UN Meeting by Kelly Castagnaro on February 23, 2010
• Live From New York, It's Advocacy in Practice! by Kelly Castagnaro on March 3, 2010
• A Missed Opportunity for Global Participation: Advocates Face Barriers to Access and Input at the 54th Commission on the Status of Women by Lori Adelman on March 5, 2010 
• Women ARISE Launches at United Nations by Audacia Ray on March 4, 2010 
• Youth Activists Claim Their Rights at the UN by Audacia Ray on March 9, 2010
  
• Youth Face Barriers to Access at UN Commission on the Status of Women by Caitlin Mitchell on March 16, 2010

Resources & History

• IWHC report back: United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (New York, 2007) Government delegates and advocates from around the world convened for a ten day conference on eliminating violence and discrimination against girls and women worldwide.   Read more>>
• The UN has an online catalog of the official documents from the 1992-2010 CSWs.

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