FAO at the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69)
10/03/2025 - 21/03/2025
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the empowerment of women. The CSW is instrumental in promoting women’s rights, documenting the reality of women’s lives throughout the world, and shaping global standards on the empowerment of women. During the Commission’s annual two-week session, representatives of UN Member States, civil society organizations and UN entities gather at UN headquarters in New York.
The sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 10 to 21 March 2025.
In 2025, the global community will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995).
The main focus of the sixty-ninth session will be on the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the 23rd special session of the General Assembly. The review will include an assessment of current challenges that affect the implementation of the Platform for Action and the achievement of the empowerment of women and its contribution towards the full realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
FAO at CSW69 Agenda
Side events
12 March 2025 | 8:00 - 9.45 am (EDT) | In-Person (Convening Center, The Rockefeller Foundation)
Commit to Grow Equality: Making Agrifood Systems Work Better for Women and Girls, organized by FAO.
FAO speakers: Angélica Jácome, Director, FAO Liaison Office in New York; Lauren Phillips, Deputy Director, Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division
During this event, CGE will present its first annual report, introduce its most recent set of new partners who will have joined the initiative in late 2024 and early 2025, and articulate a way forward for the initiative.
12 March 2025 | 11:30 am -12:45 pm (EDT) | In-Person (Conference Room E, UNHQ)
Towards Rights-Based and Gender-Just Food Security and Nutrition: Pathways to Ending Hunger and Leaving No One Behind, co-organized by FAO, WFP, IFAD, together with Malawi and Nepal.
FAO speaker: Lauren Phillips, Deputy Director, Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division, to moderate
13 March 2025 | 9:00 am -10:30 am (EDT) | In-Person (EU Delegation in New York)
High-level Roundtable: Addressing the interlinkages of Conflict, Hunger and the disproportionate effects on Women and Girls, organized by the European Union, Sierra Leone, the African Union, and the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) in collaboration with FAO and WFP.
FAO speaker: Beth Bechdol, Deputy Director-General, FAO
19 March 2025 | 11:30 am - 12:45 pm (EDT) | Virtual
From Learning to Leading: Youth Perspectives on Empowering Young Women in Agrifood Systems through Education and Training, organized by FAO with the support of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the UN and the Permanent Mission of Italy to the UN.
FAO speakers: Angélica Jácome, Director, FAO Liaison Office in New York; Kazuki Kitaoka, Director, FAO Office of Youth and Women; Martina Borrello, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Specialist, FAO Office of Youth and Women, to moderate; Lorenzo Gentile, Operations Specialist, FAO Office of Youth and Women
20 March 2025 | 4:45 - 6:00 pm (EDT) | In-Person (Conference Room 9, UNHQ)
Measuring Women's Empowerment in Large Scale Surveys, organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and FAO.
FAO speaker: Chiara Brunelli, Statistician, Statistics Division
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Other events with FAO participation:
14 March 2025 | 12:00 - 4:00 pm (EDT) | In-Person
30+ Beijing: Gender Priority Strategy Global Ambassadors Forum, organized by the Africana Women Group.
FAO speaker: Tacko Ndiaye, Gender Team Leader, FAO
18 March 2025 | 10:30 am - 12:00 pm (EDT) | In-Person (Salvation Army 221 E. 52nd St. New York)
Empowering Women through Sustainable Agriculture, organized by the Juno Evidence Alliance.
FAO speaker: Angélica Jácome, Director, FAO Liaison Office in New York
19 March 2025 | 1:15 – 2:30 pm (EDT) | In-Person (Conference Room A, UNHQ)
Accelerating Gender Equality in the Digital Age: Leveraging WSIS+20 Milestones and Beyond, organized by the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
FAO speaker: Angélica Jácome, Director, FAO Liaison Office in New York
19 March 2025 | 3:00 - 4:15 pm (EDT) | In-Person (Conference Room 12, UNHQ)
30 Years After Beijing: Promising Practices on Gender Mainstreaming and Disability Inclusion across the Beijing Platform for Action 12 Critical Areas of Concern, organized by The United Nations Interagency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) and United Nations Inter-Agency Working Group on Gender and Disability Inclusion (UNWGDI).
FAO speaker: Angélica Jácome, Director, FAO Liaison Office in New York