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CSW 66 - COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN

The sixty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take
place from 14 to 25 March 2022. Due to the continued impact of the COVID-19 pan-
demic, CSW66 will take place in a hybrid format. All side events and parallel
events will be fully virtual.

Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-
governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world are invited to
contribute to the session.

Session Themes

Priority theme:

Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the con-
text of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and pro-
grammes;

Review theme:

Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work
(agreed conclusions of the sixty-first session).

BPW International plan to run two parallel virtual workshops:
• Economic Empowerment of Women through Public Procurement and Financial Inclusion,
and
• Women’s Innovative Response to Climate Change

All BPW events will be summarised in the NGO CSW New York handbook.
More information, documents, videos and a link to register for the NGO CSW66 Forum can be
found on the BPW International website at https://www.bpw-un.org/