The 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from March 10 to 21, 2025.

2025 marks the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995) at the Fourth World Conference on Women. CSW69 will focus on reviewing: the implementation of the Platform for Action; the current challenges that affect its implementation, the achievement of gender equality, and the empowerment of women; and its contribution toward realizing Sustainable Development Goals.

Though adopting the Platform for Action was the most comprehensive commitment to gender equality at the time, many governments have failed to follow through with their commitments to policy reform. Women and girls still face systemic inequality worldwide, especially with the renewed efforts of various governments to reduce rights.

WEDO is sending a delegation to CSW69 to convene and connect with our coalition partners and other gender advocates as we collectively work to identify how we will mobilize in this moment, how we will hold the line on progress, and where we have opportunities to learn and grow.

Throughout CSW69, the WEDO team will work closely with other members of the Women and Gender Constituency, Gender + Environment Data Alliance (GEDA), Women’s Major Group (WMG), among others, as part of our commitment towards collective advocacy for gender-just policies.

KEY SPACES Where WEDO is plugging in at CSW69

March 8, 2025

• • iCount Coalition strategy meeting (IWDA) — 9 am–5 pm, 15 W. 38th St.: Jay Suites – Presley Room

March 11, 2025

• • Parallel Events | Advancing Data for Synergies between Gender, Climate and Environment with the Gender and Environment Data Alliance (GEDA) — 8:30–10 am EST / 1:30–3 pm GMT, Virtual
  • The iCount Coalition: Shaping data futures that centre individuals — 4:30-6:30 pm, Church Center UN: 10th Floor

March 12, 2025

• • No Backlash Against Women’s Rights: UN CSW March & Rally — 12:30 – 2 pm, Gather at Ralph Bunche Plaza at 12:15 pm
  • Empowerment of Women Across the Rio Conventions: Gender-perspective in Addressing Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss, and Desertification — 1:15–2:30 pm, UN Headquarters: Conference Room 12

March 13, 2025

• • Celebrating Progress and Reigniting Momentum on Gender Equality — 1:30–3 pm, 730 Third Ave 

March 14, 2025

• • Women’s Major Group OP Strategy Meeting at CSW69 — 9–11:45 am, Church Center UN
  • Centering Feminist Well-being Economies for humans and the planet — 12:30–2 pm, Church Center UN, 2nd Floor
  • WGC Strategy Meeting: Advancing an Ambitious Gender Action Plan for COP30 — 12–4 pm, 730 Third Avenue
  • Informal GEDA & WGC Meetup — 4–6 pm, 730 Third Avenue: 2nd Floor – Sky Lounge

March 15, 2025

• • Women’s Major Group Strategy Meeting: Resisting the Backlash: Charting Feminist Futures for HLPF 2025 — 11 am–3:30 pm, People’s Forum

March 21, 2025

• • Fulfilling the True Vision of Beijing (and Rio):
    A whole-of-society approach to gender and environment data — 11:30 am–12:45 pm, UN Headquarters: Conference Room E