The seventieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 9 to 20 March 2026. The priority theme of the session will be: Ensuring and strengthening access to justice for all women and girls, including by promoting inclusive and equitable legal systems, eliminating discriminatory laws, policies, and practices, and addressing structural barriers. The review theme will be: Women’s full and effective participation and decision making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls (agreed conclusions of the sixty-fifth session)
Registration for ECOSOC-accredited NGOs is open from 3 October 2025 till 23 January 2026. We are unable to accept any late registrations.
All approvals must be made by 23 January 2026. It is the responsibility of your ECOSOC-accredited organization to approve your registration. Upon registering, please contact your organization for approval. Your organization's designated conference focal point may select the menu item on the left (Conference Focal Points) to access the approval area.
If your organization has not yet designated a focal point, please click here for a guide.
Due to space constraints, the numbers of attendees to CSW sessions should be kept to a minimum and should not exceed 20 representatives per organization.
For more information regarding NGO Participation, please visit: https://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/ngo-participation
For more information regarding accessibility, please visit: https://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/ngo-participation/accessibility
If you have additional questions, please contact csw@unwomen.org
Please be advised that the United Nations does not charge fees for participation in the Commission on the Status of Women sessions. The United Nations will not pay for any expenses in connection with the participation of NGO representatives in the sessions of CSW. Such arrangements and costs are the exclusive responsibility of participants.
Arrangements for the session may be subject to change at any time in response to the global health situation.
Within United Nations premises, all persons are required to comply with safety and security regulations, as well as the rules and procedures of the organization. Any act that disrupts the normal functioning of the organization’s programmatic activities, such as public displays of any form, including, but not limited to, clothing, banners, placards or other written or visual means, as well as vocal/audio sounds, gatherings, or demonstrations of any kind, including passive, is not allowed.
All individuals present on the United Nations premises are expected to fully cooperate with United Nations security officers at all times. Refusal to comply with applicable regulations may result in temporary detention or removal from or denial of access to the premises in accordance with Section 10 of the United Nations Headquarters Agreement and ST/AI/2019/5, entitled “Authority of United Nations Security Officers”.
All CSW participants, and any contributions they make, must comply with the United Nations System Code of Conduct.
