In times of COVID19, NGO participation in CSW sessions has been virtual. Nevertheless, we are actively submitting statements and coordinating our actions to advance LBTI rights. We have done so for CSW64, and continue to do it for CSW65.
65th session of the CSW – 2021
ARC International actively participated in the sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Our Communications Officer Mariana Winocur was part of the side event “Inclusive Public Services for LGBT+ Persons”, co-hosted by Canada and the United Kingdom. We also had an intense activity with civil society organizations to make LBTI rights visible and guarantee that they were included in the Agreed Conclusions.
63rd session of the CSW – 2019
ARC International participated in the 62nd session of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women. In this occasion, we co-hosted a side event on “Human Rights Principles for the treatment of LGBTI rural women and people” with OutRight Action International and TGEU. We also actively participated in the development and dissemination of LBTI caucus messages.
62nd session of the CSW – 2018
ARC International was present and had an intensive activity during the 61st session of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women. Among others, our side event co-hosted with the Government of Canada, and the Permanent Mission of the Argentine Republic to the UN was an unique space to discuss about “Successes and Barriers to LBT Women’s Economic Empowerment”.
61st session of the CSW – 2017
ARC participated in the 60th session of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women. After two-week deliberations, CSW delivered their Agreed Conclusions that aim to diminish the gender gaps that women and girls suffer, but exclude explicit references to the particular discrimination that many people suffer on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity.
60th session of the CSW – 2016
ARC International has added its voice to the following CSO statement in reaction to the political statement of the 59th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the United Nations. The sign-on will remain open for the duration of the CSW and we urge all partners to add your signature to strengthen the statement.
59th session of the CSW – 2015
The 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 10 to 21 March 2014. The priority theme of that year’s session was on the “Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls”.
A significant SOGI caucus met throughout the session to discuss strategies and developments on the negotiations of the outcome document and resolutions. Key areas of contention in government negotiations on language focused on the usual suspects – SOGI, SRR, gender, family, comprehensive sexuality education, state sovereignty and so on.
58th session of the CSW – 2014
The fifty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 4 to 15 March 2013. The two-week session included a high-level round table, interactive dialogues and panels, and parallel events. A Priority Theme was the “Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls”. ARC co-director, Kim Vance, spoke during a parallel event on “Killings and Violence against Women based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity” and co-organized the event with COC Netherlands, AWID, International Planned Parenthood Federation, Transgender Europe, Human Rights Watch, Astraea, and the CWGL.
57th session of the CSW – 2013
ARC’s Director, Kim Vance, attended portions of the 56th CSW session in New York in late February. Led by COC Netherlands and CREA, ARC co-sponsored a successful side-event on Violence and Discrimination: Activism and Challenges. The panel focused on the recent OHCHR report and featured panellists from the organization Women Living Under Muslim Laws and LBT groups in Botswana and Sri Lanka.
56th session of the CSW – 2012
CSW-55 was attended by lesbian, bisexual and transgender activists from countries as diverse as Brazil, Indonesia, Namibia, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, and Sweden. Activists strategized with mission and UN staff to discuss strategy and planning for upcoming projects, including some focusing on HIV/AIDS, anti-discrimination and the development of the newly created UN Women. ARC International was pleased to convene the lesbian, bisexual and transgender caucus, and work with colleagues to spearhead a well-attended New York launch of the Activist’s Guide to the Yogyakarta Principles. ILGA and RFSL Sweden co-hosted an event on homophobia and education, and other side events focusing on feminist and women’s issues also integrated LGBT concerns throughout.
55th session of the CSW – 2011
ARC International at Beijing + 15
From 1-12 March 2010, the CSW undertook a fifteen-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly. Beijing turned 15 in 2010 and its anniversary events took place at the UN in New York.
In the first two weeks of March, the anniversary was commemorated in policy and networking among women activists and allies during the proceedings of the annual UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). In its daily presence at the two week CSW, ARC International played a key role in the coordination and facilitation of various sexual rights activities.
Read more about ARC at Beijing+15
Oral Intervention to the 49th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Presented by Dorothy Aken’Ova on behalf of the DIVERSE SEXUALITIES CAUCUS – 10 March 2005
49th session of the CSW – 2005
In times of COVID19, NGO participation in CSW sessions has been virtual. Nevertheless, we are actively submitting statements and coordinating our actions to advance LBTI rights. We have done so for CSW64, and continue to do it for CSW65.
65th session of the CSW – 2021
ARC International actively participated in the sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Our Communications Officer Mariana Winocur was part of the side event “Inclusive Public Services for LGBT+ Persons”, co-hosted by Canada and the United Kingdom. We also had an intense activity with civil society organizations to make LBTI rights visible and guarantee that they were included in the Agreed Conclusions.
63rd session of the CSW – 2019
ARC International participated in the 62nd session of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women. In this occasion, we co-hosted a side event on “Human Rights Principles for the treatment of LGBTI rural women and people” with OutRight Action International and TGEU. We also actively participated in the development and dissemination of LBTI caucus messages.
62nd session of the CSW – 2018
ARC International was present and had an intensive activity during the 61st session of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women. Among others, our side event co-hosted with the Government of Canada, and the Permanent Mission of the Argentine Republic to the UN was an unique space to discuss about “Successes and Barriers to LBT Women’s Economic Empowerment”.
61st session of the CSW – 2017
ARC participated in the 60th session of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women. After two-week deliberations, CSW delivered their Agreed Conclusions that aim to diminish the gender gaps that women and girls suffer, but exclude explicit references to the particular discrimination that many people suffer on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity.
60th session of the CSW – 2016
ARC International has added its voice to the following CSO statement in reaction to the political statement of the 59th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the United Nations. The sign-on will remain open for the duration of the CSW and we urge all partners to add your signature to strengthen the statement.
59th session of the CSW – 2015
The 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 10 to 21 March 2014. The priority theme of that year’s session was on the “Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls”.
A significant SOGI caucus met throughout the session to discuss strategies and developments on the negotiations of the outcome document and resolutions. Key areas of contention in government negotiations on language focused on the usual suspects – SOGI, SRR, gender, family, comprehensive sexuality education, state sovereignty and so on.
58th session of the CSW – 2014
The fifty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 4 to 15 March 2013. The two-week session included a high-level round table, interactive dialogues and panels, and parallel events. A Priority Theme was the “Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls”. ARC co-director, Kim Vance, spoke during a parallel event on “Killings and Violence against Women based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity” and co-organized the event with COC Netherlands, AWID, International Planned Parenthood Federation, Transgender Europe, Human Rights Watch, Astraea, and the CWGL.
57th session of the CSW – 2013
ARC’s Director, Kim Vance, attended portions of the 56th CSW session in New York in late February. Led by COC Netherlands and CREA, ARC co-sponsored a successful side-event on Violence and Discrimination: Activism and Challenges. The panel focused on the recent OHCHR report and featured panellists from the organization Women Living Under Muslim Laws and LBT groups in Botswana and Sri Lanka.
56th session of the CSW – 2012
CSW-55 was attended by lesbian, bisexual and transgender activists from countries as diverse as Brazil, Indonesia, Namibia, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, and Sweden. Activists strategized with mission and UN staff to discuss strategy and planning for upcoming projects, including some focusing on HIV/AIDS, anti-discrimination and the development of the newly created UN Women. ARC International was pleased to convene the lesbian, bisexual and transgender caucus, and work with colleagues to spearhead a well-attended New York launch of the Activist’s Guide to the Yogyakarta Principles. ILGA and RFSL Sweden co-hosted an event on homophobia and education, and other side events focusing on feminist and women’s issues also integrated LGBT concerns throughout.
55th session of the CSW – 2011
ARC International at Beijing + 15
From 1-12 March 2010, the CSW undertook a fifteen-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly. Beijing turned 15 in 2010 and its anniversary events took place at the UN in New York.
In the first two weeks of March, the anniversary was commemorated in policy and networking among women activists and allies during the proceedings of the annual UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). In its daily presence at the two week CSW, ARC International played a key role in the coordination and facilitation of various sexual rights activities.
Read more about ARC at Beijing+15
Oral Intervention to the 49th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Presented by Dorothy Aken’Ova on behalf of the DIVERSE SEXUALITIES CAUCUS – 10 March 2005
49th session of the CSW – 2005