UN Commission on the Status of Women

Essential for inclusivity and for attracting women-focused brand sponsors. South Asia is one of the world's worst regions for female economic participation — this committee is personally relevant for every delegate from India and Nepal. High emotion, high quality of debate.

The Commission on the Status of Women was created by ECOSOC resolution 11(II) on 21 June 1946, making it one of the very first functional bodies established within the UN system, and it held its inaugural session at Lake Success, New York in February 1947 with all fifteen government delegates being women. As the UN's principal intergovernmental body dedicated exclusively to gender equality, CSW operates under the Economic and Social Council, setting global standards, drafting conventions, and shaping policy on women's rights worldwide. Its most significant milestone came with the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, which produced the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action — a roadmap identifying twelve critical areas for advancing women's empowerment that CSW has monitored and reviewed every five years since. Recent sessions, including the 2025 "Beijing+30" review at CSW69, have assessed three decades of progress and continuing gaps in achieving gender equality. CSW remains a key forum where governments, UN agencies, and civil society negotiate the global agenda on women's rights.