Un Commission on the Status of Women

United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in 2011

United States views on international law (based on the document “Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law”): The United States participated in the 55th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (“CSW”) in February 2011. In her remarks at the session, Melanne Verveer, U.S. Ambassador-at-large for Global Women's Issues, reviewed the “unfinished agenda” of the CSW, including: increasing girls' access to education; advancing women in science and technology, including women's access to technology, such as mobile technology, to further development; expanding the green economy for women; and expanding women's role in combating climate change. She also highlighted the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. Ambassador Verveer's remarks are available at (internet link) usun.state.gov/briefing/statements/2011/157497.htm.

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See Also

• International Human Rights
• Discrimination
• Gender Law
• Women