Empowering Change: Unlocking Transformative Gender Impact in the Western Balkans and Eastern Europe — CSW69 side event
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This side event at the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women will review the contribution of the EU enlargement process to implementing the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) across all 12 critical areas of concern, assessing progress and successes. It will also explore opportunities for fostering commitments to achieve greater impacts, particularly by building stronger coalitions between EU institutions, the international gender equality community, and candidate countries. The focus will be on increasing funding for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) within the EU accession process, strengthening women’s participation and addressing gender backsliding to boost the adoption and implementation of GEWE policies, human rights and anti-discrimination laws in line with the EU Acquis and the OSCE commitments.
Event Objectives:
- Increase the visibility and framing of EU integration as a powerful process for the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BDPFA).
- Provide a forum for exchange between EU member Member States, accession countries, women's groups, civil society organizations and international organizations to discuss success factors, lessons learned and opportunities for advancing gender equality.
- Present emerging challenges and good practices in preventing, addressing and reversing gender backsliding.
For further information, please see the attached Concept Note and Draft Agenda
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