Every year, the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) holds a meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in NYC to address pressing issues facing women and work towards ending women's poverty and advancing gender equality.
NEW YORK CITY — Every year, the Commission on the Status of Women gathers thousands of individuals from governments, civil society organizations, experts and activists at United Nations Headquarters in NYC to discuss the most pressing issues facing women and agree on actions that can end women’s poverty and advance gender equality .
I spent most of my time inside conference rooms where side events were taking place. At talks like “Holistic Digital Transformation towards Strengthening Institutions and Gender Financing to Achieve Poverty Alleviation, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment,” I heard about the current challenges facing women and what solutions the public and private sectors are proposing.Poverty caused by loss of employment or business.
Meanwhile, in the Philippine House of Representatives, Roman says, “We just passed the expansion of the Anti-VAWC Act to include online forms of violence and harassment, that penalizes online forms of harassment against women and minors, fully cognizant that such criminal activities create obstacles for women in their access to the digital economy. Criminal acts include online scams, online sexual harassment — which usually victimizes young women — and online shaming.
Inequality and lack of safety in the workplace. Lagdameo says the Philippines has laws to ensure equal pay for equal work between men and women, as well as laws to address discrimination against women in hiring and promotion. After the adoption of the Agreed Conclusions in New York, the PCW convenes an interagency and intersectoral conference in Manila to present the Agreed Conclusions with the aim of aligning the policies and programs of the government with the Agreed Conclusions, he continues. “It must be noted, however, that the outcome documents of the CSW are not legally binding. They are guidelines, norms, and good practices that the government can adopt, according to its own national laws and policies.
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