FORUM: “Invest in women: Accelerate progress.” International Women's Day 2024. The world is facing many crises, ranging from geopolitical conflicts to soaring poverty levels and the escalating impacts of climate change. These challenges can only be addressed by solutions that empower women. By investing in women, we can spark change and speed the transition towards a healthier, safer, and more equal world for all. If current trends continue, more than 342 million women and girls could be living extreme poverty by 2030. To ensure women’s needs and priorities are considered, governments must prioritize gender-responsive financing and increase public spending on essential services and social protection. Policymakers must also value, recognize, and account for the vital contribution women make to economies worldwide through paid and unpaid care work. Women spend around three times more time on unpaid care work than men and if these activities were assigned a monetary value they would account for more than 40 per cent of GDP. Investing in women and championing gender equality turbocharges a future where everyone in society can thrive, creating a world of boundless opportunity and empowerment for all. Follow the conversation with the hashtags: #8March, #InternationalWomensDay, #IWD2024, #Investinwomen, #accelerateprogress.
EVENTS: This March 8th; International Women’s Day 2024, join the United Nations in celebrating under the theme Invest in women: Accelerate progress. Tune in at 10 am ET to watch the live-stream on UN WEB TV. Only 61.4% of prime working age women are in the labour force compared to 90.6% of prime working age men. Most women’s employment is in the informal economy. We need to create decent work opportunities for all - Invest In Women and in care services. The event programme will accentuate the urgency of strategic investment and collaborative alliances, and commemorate achievements in advancing gender equality and women's empowerment. The Observance will reflect the theme of the day and will be opened by the United Nations Secretary-General. It will include statements from other high-level United Nations dignitaries and a panel discussion with women leaders in the United Nations. The observance will also include live musical performances by Rockers on Broadway and the UN International School Senior Choir. Get the IWD2024 Agenda programme!
Taking place at UNHQ in New York from March 11 to 22, 2024; The 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) under the priority theme “Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective." and Review theme entitled ‘‘ Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls (agreed conclusions of the sixty-third session)’‘; The Representatives of Member States, United Nations entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world are invited to contribute to the session.The Commission's two-weeks session includes the following activities (CSW68 Side events & Session outcomes). Explore Proposed Organization of Work; Read the Information about side events and activities organized outside the formal programme of the session. The outcome of the Commission’s consideration of the priority theme during its 68th session will take the form of agreed conclusions, to be negotiated by all Member States. Read the Zero draft agreed conclusions. The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. A functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), it was established by Council resolution 11(II) of 21 June 1946. The CSW is instrumental in promoting women's rights, documenting the reality of women's lives throughout the world, and shaping global standards on gender equality and the empowerment of women. Register to participate to the CSW68!
STATEMENTS: Read the Secretary-General of the United Nations Statement on International Women’s Day 2024; March 8th.
On International Women’s Day, we celebrate women and girls around the world, and we applaud all they have achieved in the fight for equality.
Women and girls have made great gains – demolishing barriers, dismantling stereotypes and driving progress towards a more just and equal world.
Yet they face immense obstacles. Billions of women and girls face marginalization, injustice and discrimination, while the persistent epidemic of violence against women disgraces humanity.
Our world still reflects millennia of male-dominated power relations.
And progress is under attack, with a fierce backlash against women’s rights.
At our current rate, legal equality is some three hundred years away.
We must move much faster.
On International Women’s Day, we stand with women and girls fighting for their rights, and we commit to accelerating progress.
This year’s theme – invest in women – reminds us that ending the patriarchy requires money on the table.
We must support women’s organisations on the front line.
And we must invest in programmes to end violence against women, and to drive women’s inclusion and leadership in economies, digital technologies, peacebuilding and climate action.
This all depends on unlocking finance for sustainable development so that countries have funds available to invest in women and girls.
We also need to increase the number of women leaders in business, finance, central banks and finance ministries. This can help drive investments in policies and programmes that respond to women and girls’ needs.
Women’s rights are a proven path to fair, peaceful, prosperous societies. It is good for us all.
Together, let’s take urgent action to make it a reality.
António Guterres; United Nations Secretary-General.
LIVESTREAM: ILO observance of International Women's Day 2024.
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