Looking Ahead: Preparing for CSW71

March 2027 may feel like it is far away. It really isn’t.

The seventy-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City on March 8-19, 2027.

Planning for CSW begins long before opening day.

For organizations like ours, that early planning matters.

The priority theme for CSW71 is ambitious and certainly relevant for today:

“accelerating gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”

What stands out to me in that statement is the word ACCELERATING.

We’ve moved past the beginning stages of these conversations. The goals aren’t new to us. They are familiar. The commitments have been made, and progress is now the challenge we face.

Are we moving forward or are we stalled? Where are the barriers and where are women gaining ground?

Inescapable and undeniable environmental changes are reshaping economies, communities, and daily life around the planet. Women are often the most directly affected, and at the same time, they are the leaders in planning, recovery, and the resilience of communities.

The overlap is impossible to ignore when climate policy and women’s advancement are no longer separate conversations.

For NFBPWC members, the present is filled with reflecting and acting on what we took away from CSW70, while simultaneously gearing up for what comes next.

We have time to reflect on the priorities, to connect with the work we are already doing, and the work we wish to begin.

March will come quickly.

Let’s use the months ahead well. Let’s arrive informed, thoughtful, and engaged, ready not only to listen and learn, but to contribute.

The most valuable voices as CSW are grounded in real work already underway.

That work begins now.

Commission on the status of women
csw@nfbpwc.org