P A C I F I C W I N
Pacific Regional Focal Point on Migration
Pacific Migrants & Pacific Statelessness & Pacific Diaspora
& Pacific Climate Change Migrants & Pacific Against Trafficking Humans

Women's Coalition revamps itself for next phase of work on 2030 Agenda

to achieve gender equality and ensure human rights and dignity for all

LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK—As the 2030 Agenda calls on the United Nations System and Member States to conduct evaluations on whether they are “fit for purpose,”

discuss collective and regional visions and strategies as well as address challenges and gaps in its work and structure

...ahead of the 60th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women(CSW), which will be held in New York from March 14-24

“Women's empowerment and its link to sustainable development.”

included national and regional strategists, groups working on various priority issues, young feminist leaders,

representatives from the Women's Major Group, human rights organizations based in the U.S., and organizations of indigenous women and persons with disabilities.

participants engaged in visioning and feminist standard setting, highlighting women's inherent rights and dignity and utilizing existing international frameworks

the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 – to implement and monitor the SDGs

“In visioning, we must be sure to include the most marginalized groups in our societies

. If we are able to reach them, then we can reach everyone,”

...discussed critical issues faced by women in their regions, key upcoming opportunities for strategic intervention in their regions and recommendations on the training, resources, and other support needed

the gaps within the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),