By: Susan O’Malley
IFBPWC UN Representative

Information on CSW69 (10 March - 21 March 2025) at UN Headquarters, NY

1. CSW69 is the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and Adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

2. Representatives of Member States, UN entities   (UN Women is an UN entity), and ECOSO accredited Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOS) numbering in the thousands from all regions of the world will attend to work together to assess the progress and lack of progress achieved by the Beijing Platform of Action in the last 30 years. [The problem: although the Beijing Platform of Action is an excellent transformative document, it is 30 years old and is not always relevant to today and is not legally binding.] A document will be produced by the Member States with NGOs trying to influence the contents.

3. If you Google “UN Women/CSW69,” you can find the National Reports from most of the Member States. (The US report has not been posted yet.) Reports from all of the ECOSOC Accredited NGOs, including IFBPW, will be posted as soon as UN Women finishes editing them. Their website is an excellent source of information. Do consult it.

4. Across the street from the UN in the Church Center NGOs present Parallel Events on the CSW69 theme. If you are applying to present a Parallel Event, either in person or on Zoom, do it as soon as possible. Google NGO CSW69 Forum Parallel Events Applications to apply.

In-Person Events: Deadline is 25 November. Two to three or more NGOs need to collaborate together because there are not enough available rooms. The cost is $400/$500 depending on size of room.

Virtual Events: Deadline is 2 December. The cost is $100.

Do email me if you have questions: susanomalley4@gmail.com