The sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 12 to 23 March 2018.

Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world attended the session.  Turkmenistan was represented by Ms. Gurbangul Geldiyeva, Chair of the Women’s Union of Turkmenistan.

Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls was the theme of the CSW 62 session. Food security and nutrition, land, water, food, work, and a life free of violence and without poverty highlighted as main issues to tackle.

Official documents of the event: http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw62-2018/official-documents