SD / CSW 60 Adopts Conclusions Linking Gender Equality, SDGs

The 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 60) produced a set of Agreed Conclusions that highlight the economic, education, health and humanitarian needs of women and girls, underscoring the relationship between these needs and achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The meeting also agreed on the importance of a gender-responsive approach to the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), calling to end violence against women and girls in order to achieve the Goals.