The 68th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) will take place from 11-22 March, with a priority theme of “accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective.”
WEDO will engage in this space to share related work on economic justice and climate finance; connect with the wider feminist and women’s rights movements; and amplify the work of the coalitions that make up our ecosystem of economic, climate, and gender justice advocacy.
Join WEDO and our allies at the following events (organized by theme) at CSW68!
13 March | 2-4 PM ET
Convened by WEDO and the Center for Economic and Social Rights
This small, invite-only workshop will discuss upcoming opportunities for collective advocacy around debt, tax, and climate finance. Please email Katie Tobin ([email protected]) for more info.
15 March | 8:15-9:45 AM ET
Location: Permanent Mission of Mexico (2 United Nations Plaza, 28th Fl)
Convened by Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas (ECMIA), International Indigenous Women’s Forum (IIWF-FIMI), Government of Mexico
This event will highlight the vision and proposals on economic justice and the multidimensionality of poverties of indigenous women and young women, and contribute to building strategic alliances among indigenous organizations, governments, UN agencies,
civil society and other agents to aim towards economic justice. Bridget Burns, WEDO’s Executive Director, will be a speaker in the panel.
18 March | 8:30-10 AM ET
Location: Salvation Army Lower Level, 221 E. 52nd St., New York
Convened by Oxfam GB, Akina Mama wa Afrika, WEDO, Bretton Woods Project, Christian Aid, ActionAid, Public Services International, Greenpeace, and Center for Economic and Social Rights
This event will spotlight the growing global consensus of the need to move beyond GDP in order to measure what matters — and transform economies to prioritize the wellbeing of people and planet.
19 March | 4:30-6 PM ET
Location: Church Center for the UN, 2nd Fl, 777 UN Plaza, New York
Convened by ActionAid International, Global Movements of Young Urban Women, Akina Mama wa Afrika, Oxfam, Public Services International, Trade Collective, Feminist Macro-Economics Alliance, and WEDO
This session will leverage feminist political thought aimed at advancing advocacy for feminist well-being economies, as a key avenue for strengthening social protection systems, access to public services, and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality.
12 March | 8-9:30 AM ET
Location: Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice, 320 East 43rd Street, New York
Convened by Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action (GAGGA) and Global Affairs Canada
RSVP required
This discussion will focus on the intersection of climate and gender justice — specifically on financing mechanisms for gender-just climate solutions.
13 March | 9AM-11 AM ET
Location: Blue Gallery, 222 East 46th St., New York
RSVP full name as on ID and org/affiliation to: [email protected], [email protected]
This event will amplify the urgency of the messages of the Pacific Feminist Defending the Living Planet Campaign, highlighting the work of grassroots communities towards climate justice. WEDO Senior Program Manager Katie Tobin will be one of the speakers.
14 March, 10:45 AM–12 PM ET
Location: Church of Sweden, 5 E 48th St, New York
Convened by ACT Alliance, Christian Aid, and many others
WEDO Senior Program Manager Tara Daniel will provide closing remarks at this event, which will highlight examples of gender transformative approaches to climate action and advocate for the power of gender-responsive finance to turn words into action.
18 March | 2:30-4 PM ET
Location: Church Center, 8th Fl, 777 UN Plaza, New York
The approval of a new Loss & Damage Fund at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai was a historical milestone. What lessons learned from existing climate funding mechanisms, such as the Green Climate Fund (GCF), must the newest climate fund apply to ensure its operational policies and funding approaches are truly gender-responsive? What is needed for the Loss & Damage Fund to provide both gender justice and climate justice?
18 March 2024, 1:15-2:30 PM
Location: Conference Room 6, UN Headquarters, New York
Convened by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, UN Women, UNFPA, Australia, the Philippines, Norway
This launch event seeks to generate commitments to implement the Sendai Gender Action Plan (GAP) from a range of stakeholders, kick-start implementation of the Sendai GAP, and share and celebrate good practices in gender-responsive disaster risk reduction. WEDO’s Senior Global Policy Lead, Mwanahamisi Singano, will offer her perspectives as one of the speakers.
15 March, 2:30-4 PM
Location: Church Center for the UN, 8th Floor, New York
20 March, 3-5 PM
Location: Near UN Headquarters, New York
This informal gathering of members of the Gender and Environment Data Alliance will allow space for collective strategizing and networking. Open to current GEDA members only.
19 March 2024, 8:30-10:00 AM ET
Location: Church Center for the UN, 10th Fl, 777 UN Plaza, New York
Convened by the Women’s Major Group and WECF
Through interactive roundtable discussions, key experts will gather recommendations on how to strengthen gender-transformative initiatives to tackle energy, water, and menstrual poverty.
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