March 2013
United Nations Headquarters, New York
WILPF members and partners participated from every region of the world at the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) (2013). “WILPF participation in this year’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was historic and highlighted our global outreach as a women’s peace movement”, commented Madeleine Rees, WILPF Secretary General. Our delegation included WILPF members and partners from over 25 countries (Democratic Republic of Congo, Costa Rica, Colombia, UK, US, Sweden, Canada, Japan, Australia, Lebanon, Morocco, Yemen, Tunisia, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, France, China, Kenya, Spain, Ireland, Norway, Switzerland, and Nigeria).
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