United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the primary intergovernmental authority on promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women.

In this session, the CSW will convene to discuss the ever-prevalent threats to the wellbeing of women that lie in conflict zones and in developing nations. As countries go into conflict, and new ones are born, violence against women continues to grow internationally, perpetuated by government non-efficacy. when new countries and developing countries construct the legal frameworks for the operation of the government, women are often left unprotected and left without many of the fundamental rights their opposite-sex counterparts enjoy regularly. This committee will confront means of building equality in volatile areas for women, while accounting for the delicate nuances of operating in dangerous and infrastructurally unsound areas.