CSW68 KNOWLEDGE SESSION 5: Gender Budgeting & (Energy) Poverty

WO=MEN and Atria, in collaboration with Soroptimist International, are organising a series of knowledge sessions in preparation for the 68th United Nations (UN) Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). We started this in June, and are organising a second round with four follow-up knowledge sessions with new speakers and topics in September 2023.  

The next CSW will not take place until March 2024. So why are we organising these preparatory sessions already? EU member states will start negotiating the EU position for the next CSW as early as October 2023. In recent years, this EU position proved increasingly important and leading for the commitment of the EU delegation during the CSW negotiations. It is therefore important for civil society in the Netherlands to start preparing our priorities and recommendations towards the Dutch (and EU) delegation in good time.

 

 

 

 

Programme: 

 

• Presentation by Thera van Osch on gender responsive budgeting.  

Thera van Osch is an economist, gender expert and founder of OQ Consulting. Thera van Osch is an experienced trainer on topics including gender budgeting, which strives for a fair and equitable distribution of resources and opportunities for men and women. As Director at Stichting Vrouwen Alliantie some 20 years ago, she already lobbied for gender responsive budgeting at the Dutch government, but we are not there yet.

 

• Presentation by Marielle Feenstra on gender and (energy) poverty in Europe.  

Marielle Feenstra was the NGO representative to the 67th CSW in New York last year. She is Scientific Director at 75InQ and postdoctoral researcher Gendered and Inclusive Research and Innovation (GIRI) at TU Delft. Marielle will soon present research for the FEMM Committee (the European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality) on the rising cost of living and the energy crisis on gender inequality. At this knowledge session, she shares key recommendations with us in advance. 

 

• Q&A and discussion on possible CSW priorities and recommendations  

 

This series of knowledge sessions is a follow-up to the sessions that took place before the summer. Anyone may attend, with or without participation in previous sessions and with or without CSW experience. The sessions are informal and interactive in nature.
 
For questions and suggestions for other knowledge sessions, please contact us.   

 

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