The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women concluded its 59th annual session Friday night with an agreement by UN Member States on steps to boost its efforts to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Governments attending the meeting agreed on new working methods for the Commission to continue setting standards related to the 1995 Beijing Declaration and strengthen its role in global policy-making and coordination of actions around implementation.
They also affirmed the commission’s central contributions to shaping the landmark post-2015 sustainable development agenda slated for adoption by a global summit of heads of state and government next September.
The 59th session included a range of high-level roundtables and panels on critical topics ranging from scaled-up financing for gender equality, to responsibilities of men and boys, to improved gender-disaggregated data. Discussions on lessons from the Millennium Development Goals will further shape the post-2015 development agenda.
Source: Petra