UNITED NATIONS WOMEN part II: The empowerment of rural women

Gender equality has been  hot topics for years. I’m passionate about this topic that would create  public outreach for women’s right that will results in women empowerment. Whether it is a workforce relation issue, violence against women and girls, hunger and poverty and access to educations for women and young girls.  This is where UN Women brings forth this issues and to take actions together to make a difference.

A global policy-making body, the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), dedicated exclusively to gender equality and the advancement of women. Every year, representatives of Member States gather at the 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. read more: About CSW, Documentation, NGO Participation

The fifty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 22 February to 4 March 2011. Representatives from Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world will attend the session. There will be a number of activities, including interactive dialogues and panels, during the two-week session.

Watch live webcast: The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges