WPP at the 59th CSW

From March 9-20, 2015, the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) took place at the UN Headquarters in New York.toThe main focus of the session was to review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted 20 years ago. There were many discussions on current challenges that affect its implementation and obstruct the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women.

Besides participating in several lobby and advocacy meetings for a transformative Women, Peace and Security agenda, WPP organized and participated in three panel discussions. Get an impression of the panels from the pictures and make sure to read the press releases and policy briefs of the panels!

Panel events:

• Masculinities, Conflict and Militarism: How Should Peacebuilders Respond?
  Organized by Saferworld, Care Burundi, Promundo and WPP

• A Transformative Women, Peace & Security Agenda: The Need to Challenge Militarism 
  Organized by WPP, the Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights, WILPF, SAMYAK and Saferworld
  Read the press release
  
• Counterterrorism Measures and Their Effects on the Implementation of the Women, Peace & Security Agenda
  Organized by WPP, Human Security Collective, WinG India, Ecumenical Women's Initiative, Duke Law, and the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
  Read the Policy Brief: Counterterrorism Measures and Their Effects on the Implementation of the Women, Peace & Security Agenda
  Read the Press Release