New York, 26 February 2023 (TDI): The 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place from 6 to 17 March 2023 in the UN headquarters, in New York.
Denmark along with Hungary, Finland, Netherlands, and Sweden is representing European Union (EU) at the UN.
The session’s priority theme for this year is “Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls”.
The session will also evaluate the agreed recommendations of the sixty-second session “Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls”.
Moreover, Representatives of the UN member states, UN organs, and acclaimed non-governmental organizations from across the world have been invited to contribute to the session.
The attendees of the event will directly be hearing from women migrant workers and labor rights unions.
The session will be addressed by human rights activists who will be bringing to light the harmful effects of technologies under the pretext of labor exploitation and trafficking.
A considerable insight will be provided to the listeners about the plight of female workers in South Asia, North America, and the Gulf countries. The emphasis will be on women working in informal sectors and domestic and sex work.
Although the advancement in digital technologies has ensued more work opportunities for women migrant workers and pushed for a better work environment.
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On contrary, these technologies work at disposal of people who benefit from structural inequalities in the informal labor economy.
Furthermore, the guest speakers will also be sharing views on issues such exclusion of female migrant workers from Gulf counties’ cashless economy.
The rise of digital platforms in South Asia which perpetuate structural inequalities in the informal economy of India will also be brought into the discussion.
Background of CSW
The CSW is a global-level intergovernmental body dedicated to promoting gender inequality and women empowerment. It was established by the UN Economic and Social Council on 21 June 1946.
Since then, the CSW has played a substantial role in shaping global policies to help alleviate women suffering due to inequalities.
It is a champion of Women’s rights and documents the reality of women’s lives to present it to the world. The CSW has been instrumental in mainstreaming women’s perspectives on global platforms.
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