LWF at UN Commission on the Status of Women
6 Mar - 17 Mar 2023
21 January 2023, Ramallah, Palestine: 19-year-old telecommunications student Reham Rajh (right) from Ramallah is at work during a class taught by Anas Shtaya (left) at the Lutheran World Federation’s Vocational Training Centre in Ramallah. The centre currently hosts 141 students across eight different training programmes. This school year, 85 of the students are female. Photo: LWF/ Albin Hillert
United Nations, New York City and on Zoom
The Lutheran World Federation will participate in the Commission on the Status of Women, highlighting the digital gender divide and the urgent need to increase women and girl’s access to technology for innovation, especially as it relates to women’s human rights and their ability to participate fully in society, whilst protecting them from online violence.
LWF’s call to action at this year’s CSW includes a challenge to governments to intensify efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls (including in digital contexts) through the full implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
LWF will also join other civil society organizations to influence the outcome document of the CSW. We will hold parallel and side events to showcase good practice on utilizing Information and Communications Technology for gender equality.
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21 January 2023, Ramallah, Palestine: 19-year-old telecommunications student Reham Rajh (right) from Ramallah is at work during a class taught by Anas Shtaya (left) at the Lutheran World Federation’s Vocational Training Centre in Ramallah. The centre currently hosts 141 students across eight different training programmes. This school year, 85 of the students are female. Photo: LWF/ Albin Hillert
United Nations, New York City and on Zoom
