"STATUS OF WOMEN"

Briefing reporters today, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan said that “humanitarian needs are absolutely enormous” and the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan should be “absolutely preserved”. UNIFEED

Economic and Social Council adopts controversial draft resolution to remove Iran from Commission on Status of Women, emphasizing lack of rights in country.

A Resolution to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) for the remainder of its 2022–2026 term was adopted at a meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). UNIFEED

As one of Africa’s most populous countries with one of the biggest economies, Nigeria has one record it wants to remedy – ending AIDS in children. UNAIDS

United States Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said, “we cannot stay silent as security forces detain, torture and gun down peaceful protesters” in Iran, and called for Iran to be removed from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). UNIFEED

The Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, said Afghans “didn't expect support in perpetuity from the international community, but nor did they expect to be dropped off a cliff 14 months ago.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Afghan parliamentarian Naheed Farid, human rights activist and feminist Najiba Sanjar, and Permanent Representative of Norway to the UN Mona Juul, on the situation of women in Afghanistan.

Press briefing by Assistant Secretary-General and UN Women Deputy Executive Director for UN Coordination, Partnerships, Resources and Sustainability Anita Bhatia, joined by Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs for the Department of Economic and Social Affairs Maria-Francesca Spatolisano, and Senior Programme Manager for Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) Katie Tobin, on the “Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot.”

Concluding 2022 management segment, Economic and Social Council focuses on role in attaining inclusive recovery guided by sustainable development agenda.

Opening 2022 management segment, Economic and Social Council adopts 6 texts, 11 decisions proposed by its subsidiary bodies.