Beijing+25 and Generation Equality Updates Vol 1 Issue 1

Sep 27, 2019 | CSW64 UN Communications

Volume I | Issue 1 | NGO CSW/NY Publications


In this issue

Beijing+25/Generation Equality Civil Society Deck
UN Women Generation Equality Deck
Feminist & Women’s Movement Action Plan Thematic Working Groups
Advisory Working Group
Civil Society Advisory Group to the Core Group
NGO Parallel Reports
Regional Meeting Information
Women’s Major Group Survey
NGO CSW64 Forum Updates


Beijing+25/Generation Equality Civil Society Deck

Curious about the Civil Society processes for Beijing+25 and the Generation Equality Campaign? Download our Civil Society deck that explains the different groups and objectives that have been formed!


 UN Women Generation Equality Forum Deck

Download UN Women’s Generation Equality Forum Deck for information about the processes in organizing the Generation Equality Forum.


Feminist and Women’s Movement Action Plan Thematic Working Group updates

We’re up to almost 1500 registrants for the six Thematic Working Groups for Beijing+25!

The Thematic Working Groups will be organized by October. Please review the Guidance Framework Resource Kit which is a starter for the follow-up to the 6 thematic clusters; a more comprehensive chart of human rights treaties will be sent out soon.

Read the Feminist and Women’s Movement Action Plan concept note that the thematic clusters are based on. If you are interested in joining, you can register here.


Advisory Working Group information

The Advisory Working Group advises the Civil Society Advisory Group to the Core Group about the pressing issues and gender equality priorities on the ground.

For more information about the Group, click here.


Civil Society Advisory Group to the Core Group

At the end of August, the 21-members Advisory Group to the Core Group (Advisory Group) was formed for the Generation Equality Forum. Read about the members here.


NGO Parallel Reports

Thank you to those who have sent us your National Parallel Reports in preparation for Beijing+25!

For more information about the Parallel Reports and a list of reports we have received thus far, click here.

Please send all reports to info@ngocsw.org.


Regional Meetings information

United Nations Regional Commissions Intergovernmental Meetings Multi Stakeholder Consultations
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) 27 October – 1 November 2019 November 2019
Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) 29 – 30 October 2019 28 October 2019
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) 2 – 8 November 2019 TBD November 2019
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) November 2019 23 – 24 November 2019
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia February 2020 TBD February 2020

Women’s Major Group’s Beijing+25 Survey

Ready to participate? Start with this survey prepared by WMG!

WMG has developed the following short survey, using the ‘Anger-Hope-Action’ framework, to hear from feminist movements worldwide on (1) the barriers to realizing the Beijing Platform commitments (2) the successes of the feminist movement that we should celebrate and build on (3) the ideas for reforming the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) methods of work and for future themes and vision for what comes next within our movements.

Arabic – English – Spanish – French – Russian

Please complete the survey by 20 October, 9am EST.

If it is not possible to complete it using the Survey Monkey platform, please use the attached Word versions and send the completed version to ahasurvey@protonmail.com.


NGO CSW64 Forum Updates

Applications for hosting a Parallel Event through NGO CSW/NY will be opening mid-October.

UN CSW64 Orientation Videos

To see all videos in the playlist, click on the icon in the top left corner.