UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
57th Session • March 4 - 15, 2013
Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls
CWGL Statements
The Center is pleased to share the Joint Statement to Promote an End to Gender-Based Violence, submitted to the United Nations 57th Session on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW57) on behalf of the 16 Days Campaign Partners. We call on Member States to eliminate violence against women, facilitate disarmament and promote peace and human security, and respect, protect, promote and fulfill all human rights and take urgent and concrete measures to secure gender equality.
We were thrilled to receive over 130 signatures in 48 hours when we sent out our call for signatures in November 2012. Many thanks to all of those who responded so quickly. Please email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you would like to add your name and/or organization to the statement.
CWGL is also happy to share the Center for Women's Global Leadership Statement to CSW57, which calls on Member States to eliminate all forms of violence against women, implement their agreed recommendations, respect international human rights law and agreements, and commit to the principles and goals embodied within them.
CWGL Events
- March 4, 2013 (10:30am-12pm): Investing in Peace? Violence Against Women, Militarism, and Budgeting for "Security", with Global Fund for Women and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Salvation Army Auditorium, 221 East 52nd Street, New York, NY.
- March 5, 2013 (2:30-4pm): 16 Days Campaign Open Forum. United Nations Church Center Boss Room (8th floor), 777 UN Plaza, New York, NY.
- March 12, 2013 (11:30am-12:45pm): Austerity, Fiscal Policies and ESCR Twenty Years After Vienna, with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. United Nations North Lawn Building, Conference Room D. 1st Avenue at East 46th Street, New York, NY.
CWGL Co-Sponsored Events
- March 5, 2013 (10:30am-12pm): The Post 2015 Development Agenda: What's at Stake for the World's Women?, with Women's Coalition on Post-2015. United Nations Church Center Chapel (1st floor), 777 UN Plaza, New York, NY.
- March 6, 2013 (2:30-4:00pm): Women, Peace and Security: Elusive Opportunity for Afro-Colombian Women in Conflict Zones, with Black Communities Process in Colombia. Armenian Convention Center Y-Room, 630 2nd Avenue, New York, NY.
- March 7, 2013 (10:30am-12pm): Challenging Discrimination and Violence against the LGBT Community in Haiti, with MADRE. Armenian Convention Center, Guild Hall, 630 2nd Avenue, New York, NY.
- March 7, 2013 (10:30am-12pm): Violence against Migrant Women and the Human Rights Framework, with United Methodist Women and the Women and Global Migration Working Group. United Nations Church Center (2nd floor), 777 UN Plaza, New York, NY.
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