Media and Speeches

Press releases and news during CSW

• Press release: UN Women urges implementation of historic global agreement to end violence against women and girls (20 March, 2013)
• Press statement: UN Women welcomes Agreed Conclusions at the Commission on Status of Women (15 March, 2013)
• Event coverage: Bolstering efforts to end impunity for femicide and gender-motivated killings (14 March, 2013)
• Event coverage: Domestic Workers Count Too: Ensuring protection, upholding rights (11 March, 2013)
• Event coverage: Study reveals shocking new evidence of men’s use of violence against women and girls in Asia Pacific (8 March, 2013)
• Press release: “We have to move forward” says Michelle Bachelet in her speech at the UN event for International Women’s Day (8 March, 2013)
• Event coverage: Towards an inclusive and gendered post-2015 agenda (7 March, 2013)
• Event coverage: The Knowledge Gateway to help entrepreneurs, workers and experts network and share information (7 March, 2013)
• Joint press release: Child Marriages: 39,000 Every Day – More than 140 million girls will marry between 2011 and 2020 (7 March, 2013)
• Event coverage: How to achieve transformative justice for women through reparations in the wake of conflict (7 March, 2013)
• Press release: “One Woman: A song for UN Women” to launch on International Women’s Day (6 March, 2013)
• Event coverage: Shining a spotlight on national commitments to end violence against women (6 March, 2013)
• Press release: With 550 Corporate Champions, Women’s Empowerment Principles Drive Critical Private Sector Change to Advance Gender Equality and Inclusion (6 March, 2013)
• Press release: UN Women Executive Director calls for action on ending violence against women in her message for International Women’s Day (5 March, 2013) Watch her video message for IWD here.
• Event coverage: The Istanbul Convention: strengthening the response to ending violence against women (4 March, 2013)
• Press Release: UN Women calls on Governments to deliver a concrete roadmap on Ending Violence against Women (4 March, 2013)
• Media advisory: UN Women co-sponsored events during the 57th Commission on the Status of Women, 4 – 15 March 2013 (27 February)

Speeches and statements during CSW

• Draft agreed conclusions submitted by the Chair of the Commission, Ms. Marjon V. Kamara (Liberia), on the basis of informal consultations (19 March, 2013)
• Michelle Bachelet’s Closing Statement at the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (15 March 2013)
• Opening Remarks by John Hendra at the Side Event: “Ending Abuse of Authority for Purposes of Sexual Exploitation (Sextortion): The Experience of the Judiciary in Tanzania” (12 March 2013)
• Remarks of Michelle Bachelet at the International Women’s Day Commemorative Event at the United Nations (8 March, 2013)
• Speech by Michelle Bachelet on “Gender-Motivated Killings of Women, Including Femicide” (8 March, 2013)
• Michelle Bachelet’s Introductory Remarks at a Panel on “Violence against Women and Girls with Disabilities” (8 March, 2013)
• Joint remarks from UN Women, UNDP, UNFPA and UNV from a panel on “New evidence on men’s use of violence against women and girls and its uses for enhanced prevention” (8 March, 2013)
• Opening remarks of Michelle Bachelet in her presentation of the Critical Services Initiative (7 March, 2013)
• Speech by Michelle Bachelet at the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Event “Stop the Violence: Girls at the Front lines of Prevention” (7 March, 2013)
• Speech by Michelle Bachelet: Reclaiming Public Spaces for the Empowerment of Women and Girls (7 March, 2013)
• Opening Remarks by John Hendra at the Side Event “Achieving Gender Justice: The Case for Reparations” (7 March, 2013)
• “Putting gender equality at the center of the post-2015 development agenda”: speech by John Hendra at the emerging issue panel (7 March, 2013)
• Speech by Michelle Bachelet at the 5th Annual Women’s Empowerment Principles Event (6 March, 2013)
• Opening Remarks by John Hendra at the “Launch of the Knowledge Gateway for Women’s Economic Empowerment” (6 March, 2013)
• Speech by Michelle Bachelet at the High-level task force for the International Conference on Population and Development (5 March, 2013)
• Joint statement by heads of UN agencies on Ending Violence against Women (5 March, 2013)
• Presentation by Michelle Bachelet and Julia Duncan-Cassell at a side event on the COMMIT Initiative (5 March, 2013)
• Introduction by Michelle Bachelet at a CSW57 side event for UN Heads of Agencies to discuss violence against women and girls (5 March, 2013)
• Speech by John Hendra at the Government of Canada Side Event “Engaging Men and Boys in Preventing Violence against Women and Girls” (5 March, 2013)
• “Parliamentary Strategies for tackling violence against women and girls”: speech by Michelle Bachelet at IPU side event (5 March, 2013)
• Press statement by Michelle Bachelet at first press conference for CSW57 (4 March, 2013)
• Speech by John Hendra at the Turkish Government Side Event “Legal Reforms and Best Practices” (4 March 2013)
• Opening statement of Michelle Bachelet at CSW57: “Time for action: Prevent and end violence against women and girls” (4 March, 2013)
• Remarks by Lakshmi Puri at CSW57 side event : “Violence against Women – Our Concern, Our Response” (4 March, 2013)
• Speech by Michelle Bachelet at the NGO CSW Forum Consultation Day (3 March, 2013)
• Commonwealth Gender Priorities: Post-2015 Global Development Framework (3 March, 2013)

Speeches and statements prior to CSW

• Kapuscinski Lecture by Michelle Bachelet: “The century of inclusion and women’s full participation” (Dublin, 21 February 2013)
• Latin American and Caribbean Consultations on CSW57: Opening Statement by Lakshmi Puri (San Salvador, 11 February)
• Press statement by Michelle Bachelet at the 2013 African Union Summit (Addis Ababa, 26 January)
• Pushing the frontiers on the elimination of violence against women: Lakshmi Puri discusses CSW and the importance of international cooperation (Helsinki, 17 January 2013)
• Closing Remarks of Michelle Bachelet Under Secretary General and Executive Director of UN Women at Stakeholders’ Forum on Preventing and eliminating violence against women (New York, 14 December)
• Opening remarks by Lakshmi Puri at Stakeholders Forum on Eliminating Violence against Women (New York, 13 December 2012)

Related news prior to CSW

• #AskUNWomen and chat with UN Women Deputy Executive Director Lakshmi Puri about CSW and its key theme of preventing violence against women
• Governments, rights advocates and experts from across Asia and the Pacific gather to unify efforts to end violence against women ahead of CSW57
• UN Women Executive Director calls for bold action to end violence against women and girls during African Union Summit
• One African Voice to End Violence against Women and Girls in the run up to the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
• Press Release: Countries from every region announce new initiatives to end violence against women
• Stakeholders’ Forum concludes with a call to Governments to commit to ending violence against women and girls
• Breaking the silence: Survivors of violence tell how they used their experience to enact change
• Needed: specific international legally binding instrument on violence against women

For detailed coverage of CSW57 proceedings, click here.