April 2025

– DEFENDING OUR GROUND AT CPD58: FEMINIST PRESENCE AND VIGILANCE.

 WHAT OUR PARTICIPATION AT THE 58TH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT TAUGHT US

 

From April 7 to 11, 2025, Equipop took part in the 58th session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD). This year’s theme: “Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages.” An intense, highly institutional space, largely dominated by States… yet one that remains absolutely essential for defending sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) as fundamental pillars and drivers of equality.

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Looking back on CSW69: facing conservative governments and rising fascism, feminist diplomacies must lead the way

Equipop took part in the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), held at the United Nations from March 10 to 21. This year marked the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action (Beijing+30), a roadmap for advancing gender equality and women’s rights worldwide. To mark this milestone —and in a climate weighed down by the rise of fascism— a political declaration was adopted by Member States at the opening of the session.READ MORE