The fifty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from March 9 to March 20, 2015.  Representative of Members States, UN entities and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations from all regions of the world will attend the session.

The main focus of the session will be on the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, including current challenges that affect its implementation and the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women. The Commission will undertake a review of progress made in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 20 years after its adoption at the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995.