United Nations Advocacy
UN Women & Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- March 24, 2011: Call for UN Women to Design its Policy and Program on Women’s Economic Empowerment from an Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Framework
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Updates
- January 24, 2011: Charlotte Bunch, Founding Director and Senior Scholar, CWGL, delivers statement at UN Women’s first Executive Board Meeting on behalf of the GEAR Campaign. Click here for statement.
- November 18, 2010: CSW 2011 Submission: Civil Society Organizations Call on UN Women to Prioritize Economic and Social Rights
- November 2010: UN Women & Civil Society Engagement
- October 19, 2010: CWGL endorsed a letter to the UN addressing civil society participation at the 2010 Summit of the Millennium Development Goals
- September 22, 2010: The MDGs: Addressing the enabling environment through the ethical framework of human rights, by Natalia Cardona, Program Director
- September 14, 2010: PRESS RELEASE
The GEAR Campaign Enthusiastically Welcomes the New Under-Secretary-General, Michelle Bachelet, Former Chilean President

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June 15, 2010, United Nations Headquarters, New York: Executive Director, Radhika Balakrishnan, spoke at the MDG Summit Informal Interactive Hearings of the General Assembly with Non-governmental organizations, Civil society organizations and the Private sector. Click on photo for larger view. |
Thematic Areas
CWGL at the United Nations
- Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), February-March 2011
- Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), Beijing+15, March 2010
- Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), March 2009
- Human Rights Council (HRC), 9th Session, September 2008
- Human Rights Council (HRC), 8th Session, June 2008
- Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), February-March 2008
- Human Rights Council (HRC), March-April 2007
- Commission
on the Status of Women (CSW), February-March 2007
- XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, Canada, August 2006 / Five Year Review of the UNGASS Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, May-June 2006
- Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), February-March 2006
- 2005 World Summit, September 2005
- Commission on Human Rights (CHR), March-April 2005
- Commission
on the Status of Women (CSW), February-March 2005
- Commission
on Human Rights (CHR), March-April 2004
- Commission
on the Status of Women (CSW), March 2004
- Vienna +10 activities, 2003
- Commission
on the Status of Women (CSW), March 2003
- Commission
on the Status of Women (CSW), March 2002
- CWGL activities at the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR),
August-September 2001
- CWGL statement at the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), April
2001
- CWGL activities at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW),
March 2001
- Women
2000: Beijing +5 Special Session
- 1999
Monitoring & Advocacy at the United Nations
- 1998
Monitoring & Advocacy at the United Nations
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