Watch online this March 12 event being held at UN Headquarters during the 68th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

Don’t miss “The Impacts of Poverty and Criminalization on Access to Abortion,” a side event at the 68th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) being shown on UNWeb TV on Tuesday, March 12 at 11:30 am. The event is organized by the Center for Reproductive Rights and co-sponsored by the permanent missions of Luxembourg, Colombia, and Canada.

CSW, held at UN Headquarters in New York, is the UN’s largest annual gathering on gender equality and women’s empowerment. Center leaders will be speaking and participating throughout the CSW session, which runs from March 11-22.

At the March 12 side event, cross-regional panelists will discuss the critical importance of addressing structural barriers to bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom—including by decriminalizing abortion—in order to address the cycle of poverty and achieve gender equality. The Center’s Rachana Desai Martin, Chief Government and External Relations Officer, will moderate the discussion, and Salima Namusobya, Vice President for Africa, will speak on the panel.

Speakers

• Rachana Desai Martin, Chief Government and External Relations Officer, Center for Reproductive Rights (Moderator)
• Claire Padilla, Executive Director, EnGendeRights, Philippines
• Justyna Wydrzyńska, Abortion Dream Team, Poland
• Mariana Moisa, Agrupación Ciudadana por la Despenalización del Aborto, El Salvador
• Salima Namusobya, Vice President, Africa, Center for Reproductive Rights
• Nia Mitchell, Policy and Research Center at Reproductive Health Impact, United States

About the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 

CSW is the principal intergovernmental body dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. Each year, the CSW brings together government ministers, NGOs, advocates, and UN delegates for two weeks of meetings to advance gender equality and women’s rights.