The seventieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 9 to 19 March 2026.

Themes

• Priority theme: Ensuring and strengthening access to justice for all women and girls, including by promoting inclusive and equitable legal systems, eliminating discriminatory laws, policies, and practices, and addressing structural barriers

• Review theme: Women’s full and effective participation and decision making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls (agreed conclusions of the sixty-fifth session).

On 12 March 2026, global leaders, practitioners, and girls themselves gather for ‘Reimagining Access to Justice for Girls: A Call to Action at the 70th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women,’ co-hosted by UNICEF, the Government of Spain, and the Global Working Group on SDG16+ Justice for Children. See more here!