Thursday, November 14, 2013

Welcome to the NCWC Blog for CSW 58!

Welcome! 

Since 2010, the National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC) has done a blog leading up to and during the meetings of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). It provides a way of keeping in touch, and a way of sharing information, all in one easy to use space. If you send comments, I will receive them, and try to respond to questions. Attending the CSW is sometimes confusing, and not always easy to find what you are looking for.

Note the dates are March 10th to the 21st, a bit later then usual. 
This year's CSW promises to be an important one for many reasons. The theme for one thing. The Millennium Development Goals, which range from halving extreme poverty rates to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. Of what benefit have they been for women will be the question discussed at the CSW. And what are the goals and objectives following the MDGs - The World We Want.

Priority theme for 2014:
Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls

Review theme for 2014:
Access and participation of women and girls to education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work (agreed conclusions from the fifty-fifth session).


NCWC has ECOSOC status, and generally has a delegation of 5 members attending the CSW. We have had delegations with students, and with long time members from across the country. We have put on an NGO side event which promotes NCWC, and has generally attracted interest. We have made a point of working with other Canadian NGOs to bring focus to the needs of women locally and globally. We work extensively with the International Council of Women and their delegation. If you are interested, please contact NCWC.

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