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UN Member States Affirm Commitment To Gender Equality Without Taking Further Steps To Achieve It

NewsdeskWorld - LGBTQ RightsMarch 10, 2020

Twenty five years after the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action on gender equality, at the 64th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) of the UN, governments have reaffirmed the commitments made in 1995, but fallen short of taking any further steps toward committing to achieving gender equality or explicitly recognising the impact of gender inequalities on LGBTIQ people.

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Commission on the Status of Women Agrees Inclusive Conclusions Despite Backlash

NewsdeskWorld - LGBTQ RightsMarch 25, 2019

Despite an increasingly polarised environment and strong pressure against inclusivity and diversity, the 63rd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the foremost intergovernmental body dedicated to gender equality, came to a close late on Friday, March 22, with participating states having agreed conclusions which aim to strengthen the rights of all women to social protection systems, access to public services, and sustainable infrastructure.

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Stop Anti-Trans Delegate Bethany Kozma from Representing the U.S at CSW

PressdeskTransgender RightsMarch 21, 2018April 14, 2024

Following in last year’s footsteps, the Trump administration has yet again appointed a known anti-trans activist to its official delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The CSW is the largest meeting of governments, UN agencies, civil society, and other stakeholders, on progressing women’s rights and gender justice globally.

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C-FAM Violates Federal Ethics Laws: Remove Hate Group From U.S. Delegation

NewsdeskUSA - LGBTQ RightsMarch 20, 2017

The hate group Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) has used its place on the official U.S delegation to the annual United Nations women’s rights meeting, Commission on the Status of Women, to fundraise for itself in what appears to be a violation of federal ethics rules.

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U.S Sends Group Rejecting Rights to UN Women’s Commission

NewsdeskUSA - LGBTQ RightsMarch 16, 2017

In recent years, the United States has played a significant role protecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, both domestically and internationally, consistent with the universality of human rights as inclusive and indivisible.

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U.S Government Appoints Hate Group Representatives to Annual Women’s Rights Meeting at United Nations

NewsdeskUSA - LGBTQ RightsMarch 15, 2017March 15, 2017

On Monday, 13 March, the United States Department of State announced that its official delegation to the 61st annual United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) includes representatives of two organisations known to oppose the UN human rights system, LGBTIQ rights, and women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights: the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-FAM) and the Heritage Foundation.

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