[Disclaimer: this is not an official Countdown 2030 Europe position but an opinion piece by the coordinator Joke Lannoye, based on work done by a think tank of Countdown 2030 partners on COVID-19] The COVID-19 crisis and recovery plans have fostered the emergence of new narratives around ‘building back better’....
Civil society organizations warn that there is a real risk that sexual and reproductive rights will end up being excluded from global frameworks and international commitments, therefore governments should re-affirm their commitments at political and financial level. Experts from the Spanish Public Administration, international organizations, NGOs, social movements and the...
By our partner in Spain, FPFE The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the main international intergovernmental body dedicated to the promotion of gender equality "and the empowerment of women". Its 64th session has been reduced to a day of meetings between governments set to approve a somewhat...
By Lucie Daniel, Equipop (C2030E partner) The 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 11 to 22 March 2019. Each year, representatives of UN institutions, Member-States, and UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) accredited NGOs...
Countdown 2030 Europe will be hosting a panel discussion during the European Development Days entitled "No health without rights: women and girls decide". To be empowered, every girl and woman needs to decide and control her body and sexuality. She needs to be able to choose if, when and with...