CSW 68-2024

68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) | 11-22 March 2024 | United Nations Headquarters

September 2, 2023

The sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 11 to 22 March 2024.

• 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
• Review theme: 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).

• Bureau

The Bureau of the Commission plays a crucial role in facilitating the preparation for, and in ensuring the successful outcome of the annual sessions of the Commission. Bureau members serve for two years. In 2002, in order to improve its work and ensure continuity, the Commission decided to hold the first meeting of its subsequent session, immediately following the closure of the regular session, for the sole purpose of electing the new Chairperson and other members of the Bureau (ECOSOC decision 2002/234).

The Bureau for the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (2024) comprises the following members:

• H.E. Mr. Antonio Manuel Revilla Lagdameo (Philippines), Chair (Asia and Pacific States Group)
• H.E. Ms. María del Carmen Squeff (Argentina), Vice-Chair (Latin American and Caribbean States Group)
• Mr. Māris Burbergs (Latvia), Vice-Chair (Eastern European States Group)
• H.E. Ms. Yoka Brandt (Netherlands), Vice-Chair designate (Western European and Other States Group)
• Ms. Dúnia Eloisa Pires do Canto (Cabo Verde), Vice-Chair designate, African States Group)