Special Message from the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)

Note the activities being planned by WILPF -

The fifty-eighth session on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will occur from 10 to 21 March 2014 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. 

WILPF's delegation, consisting of 60 women from around the world, will joining representatives of United Nations (UN) Member States, UN entities and ECOSOC accredited non-governmental organizations for an exciting two weeks full of UN side events, panel discussions, movie screenings and interactive dialogues.


The Priority Theme of CSW 58 is “Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls”. As a response to this year's Priority Theme, WILPF calls for a "post 2015 development agenda that invests in gender equality and peace for sustainable development rather than current investments in degenerative development, inequality and violence". Read more on WILPF's official statement here. WILPF is organizing and supporting numerous activities and events including:

• March 8 - WILPF Orientation
• March 9 - NGO CSW Forum Consultation Day
• March 11 - WILPF Event: No Development with Disarmament
• March 12 - WILPF Event: Breaking Down Barriers to a Holistic Women, Peace, and Security Agenda
• March 12 - WILPF Event: An Integrated Approach to Peace and Security: Ensuring Women's Rights in Post-Conflict Syria
• March 13 - Control Arms Foundation of India, Manipur Women Gun Survivor’s Network, Royal Tripura, with support of WILPF Event - Engaging Women for Resolving Conflicts, Usher in Peace, Disarmament and Development: Focus on South Asia.

Join us! For the full list of WILPF Events at the CSW 58, click here.