Overheard at CSW, UN´s largest annual gathering on women´s rights
(WorldNews Environment)

Date: Friday, March 22, 2019 More than 5,200 women and men representing civil society, along with at least 1,850 delegates from governments attended this year`s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the UN`s largest gathering on women`s rights issues. Since the Commission started on 11 March, governments and civil society organizations have debated and negotiated over the theme, which focused on what it would mean for countries to ensure social protection, public services and sustainable infrastructure that promote rights and equality of women and girls. Hundreds of side events and the official meetings covered the varying experiences of women all over the world and gave a platform to the...