We advocate for women and children experiencing poverty, homelessness/displacement, and who are victims of human trafficking, and bring their voices to the United Nations
Women and Children
UNANIMA International’s principle aim is to advocate on behalf of women and children who live in economic poverty. We sponsor women and children from Africa, Asia, and the Americas to speak on their own behalf at the United Nations.
Their experiences play a crucial role in our work for policy change. Additionally, our members have produced alternative NGO reports for country reviews on the Committee to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women in both New York and Geneva. We have also provided similar reports for country reviews held in Geneva on the Rights of the Child.
Over the years, members of UNANIMA have been privileged to come to know many valiant people who are engaged in the struggle for social justice. In consultation with our board members in 2008, we decided to begin recognizing one of these women each year with our annual Woman of Courage Award, first created by former Coalition Coordinator, Catherine Ferguson, SHCJ.
What began as a recognition of each individual’s initiative against human trafficking, this award has expanded to those whose work encompasses the programs in which UNANIMA has been especially involved.
United Nations 67th Commission on the Status of Women
The sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) took place from March 6 – 17, 2023 at the United Nations Headquarters. This year’s priority theme was “Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.”
At CSW67 there were general discussions, interactive dialogues, ministerial roundtables, and informal consultations on the agreed conclusions of the CSW67 Zero Draft Resolution. Side events were also organized by many NGOs and Member States.
The NGO Committee on the Status of Women – New York (NGO CSW/NY) put on an NGO CSW67 Forum in parallel with the Commission. Virtual and in-person participants attended different events and viewed exhibits from civil society during the Forum. Events included Conversation Circles, Regional Caucuses, and Civil Society Briefings
To view video recordings of these events, click here