A key event in support of the Commission on the Status of Women
(CSW) at the United Nations is the NGO Consultation Day. Presented as a kind of
kick-off to the upcoming two weeks of UN events examining the status of women
throughout the world and acting as a kind of barometer for advancement on the
front of women's empowerment, this daylong global interchange not only
highlights the work being done by NGOs around the world, but highlights
specific avenues being pursued to move the agenda forward.
The backdrop of these efforts is the 1995 Beijing Declaration and
the Platform for Action, which together deliver a blueprint agenda for women's
empowerment and advancement through decisions and policy. The 2016 Consultation
Day brought together the purpose, thoughts, needs and anticipated directions of
numerous NGOs and the people who power them.
Chief on the agenda was
the concept and framework of advocacy to stop violence against women worldwide.
The idea that violence is experienced in myriad formats through such broad
areas as migration; education and health; poverty and finance; and water and
climate change became the basis for the breakout sessions centered around these
topical areas. This look into challenges faced and barriers overcome stemmed
from the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030, most specifically
SDG5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls and
SDG6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all.
With these central tenets as guideposts, the 2016 NGO CSW Consultation
Day created the opportunity to re-engage the discussion, re-visit the path
which brought the women's empowerment movement to this point and re-envision
the journey to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of 2030.
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