CSW69: Despite a Precarious Context, All is Not Lost

As the 69th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) in New York City came to a close on March 21, 2025, feminists reflected on the impact of anti-rights actors on the outcomes of the session, in a context where gender justice goals seemed ready to be sacrificed. 

Beijing+30 & CSW: Feminist meaning-making at a time of polycrisis

by Gopika Bashi

Many of the activists who were present in Beijing in 1995 continue to engage with the CSW, and are peppered across government, academic, multilateral and civil society spaces. Retrospectives about the conference speak of the solidarity, connection and sense of hope.