In 2025, the global community will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995).
The sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 10 to 21 March 2025.
Themes
The main focus of the sixty-ninth session will be on the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the 23rd special session of the General Assembly. The review will include an assessment of current challenges that affect the implementation of the Platform for Action and the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and its contribution towards the full realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Bureau
The Bureau of the Commission on the Status of Women plays a crucial role in facilitating the preparation for, and in ensuring the successful outcome of the annual sessions of the Commission.
The Bureau for the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (2025) comprises the following members:
H.E. Mr. Abdulaziz M. Alwasil (Saudi Arabia), Chair, Asia and Pacific States Group
H.E. Ms. Yoka Brandt (Netherlands), Vice-Chair, Western European and Other States Group
H.E. Ms. Maritza Chan Valverde (Costa Rica), Vice-Chair, Latin American and Caribbean States Group
Ms. Dúnia Eloisa Pires do Canto (Cabo Verde), Vice-Chair, African States Group
Ms. Nataliia Mudrenko (Ukraine), Vice-Chair, Eastern European States Group
Preparations and all National Reports: https://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw69-2025/preparations