Participation of the Philippines to the Annual UN CSW Sessions

61^st Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW61) (2017)

Priority Theme	Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work
Review Theme	Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls (agreed conclusions of the fifty-eighth session)
Emerging Issue/ Focus Area	Empowerment of indigenous women
Agencies in the Philippine Delegation	PCW (as Head of Delegation)DFAARMM Regional Legislative Assembly (RLA)Commission on Human Rights (CHR)Commission on Audit (COA)Department of Agriculture (DA)Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)Department of Budget and Management (DBM)Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)Department of Science and Technology (DOST)Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP)National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO)Office of Civil Defense (OCD)Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and DevelopmentCoca Cola Far East Limited (CCFEL)Toboso P4MP Organization as the National Awardee of the 2016 DA Search for Outstanding Rural WomenWomanHealth PhilippinesWomen and Gender Institute (WAGI), Miriam College
PH-led Side Events	The Road to IP Women EmpowermentWomen in Emergencies: Towards Promoting and Protecting their Rights#Here4Her: Making Reintegration Work for Filipino Migrant Workers
PH Interventions	PH Country Statement delivered by PCW Chair Rhodora Masilang-Bucoy PH Ministerial Statement on RTD 4: Full and Productive Employment and Decent Work For All: How can SDG 8 be realized for women by 2030?
Agreed Conclusions	Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work: 2017 CSW Agreed Conclusions

62^nd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW62) (2018) 

Priority Theme	Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls
Review Theme	Participation in and access of women to the media, and information and communications technologies and their impact on and use as an instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women (Agreed Conclusions of the forty-seventh session)
Agencies in the Philippine Delegation	PCW (as Head of Delegation)DFACommission on Human Rights (CHR)Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)Municipality of Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur (LGU)National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC)Pambansang Koalisyon ng Kababaihan sa Kanayunan (PKKK)/ National Rural Women CoalitionWomen Empowerment Movement – Rural Improvement Club (WEMRIC) – Zamboanga del SurUnyon ng mga Manggagawa ng AgrikulturaPekpungunan Lebun Subanen Women’s Organization
Side Events	Agree to Agri: Unearthing the Power of Rural WomenAgainst All Odds: Rural Women’s Resilience and Resistance in Confronting Externalities
PH Interventions	PH Country Statement delivered by PCW Chair Rhodora Masilang-Bucoy (link TBC)
Agreed Conclusions	Challenges and Opportunities in Achieving Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Rural Women and Girls

63^rd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW63) (2019)

Priority Theme	Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls
Review Theme	Women’s empowerment and the link to sustainable development (agreed conclusions of the sixtieth session)
Agencies in the Philippine Delegation	PCW (as Head of Delegation)DFACommission on Human Rights (CHR)Commission on Higher Education (CHED)Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS)Center for Legislative Development InternationalPambansang Koalisyon ng Kababaihan sa Kanayunan (PKKK)/ National Rural Women CoalitionUniversity of Southern Philippines Foundation as expert on trafficking in persons
Side Events	·       Silver Linings: Social Protection and Empowerment of Ageing Women
PH Interventions	PH Country Statement delivered by PCW Chair Rhodora Masilang-Bucoy (link TBC)
Agreed Conclusions	Social Protection Systems, Access to Public Services and Sustainable Infrastructure for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls

64^th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW64) (2020)

Due to the global escalation of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the CSW session was not implemented as usual.  The Commission convened on 9 March 2020 with New York-based delegations only for a meeting that included opening statements followed by the adoption of the draft Political Declaration. The session was then suspended until further notification.

Theme	The main focus of the session will be on the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 25 years after its adoption (BPfA +25). The review will include an assessment of current challenges that affect the implementation of the Platform for Action and the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and its contribution towards the full realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
PH Interventions	PH Country Statement drafted for PCW Chair Rhodora Masilang-Bucoy
Political Declaration	Draft Resolution Submitted by the Chair of CSW