The sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 11 to 22 March 2019.

Representatives of  Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world are expected to attend the session.

Themes

• Priority theme: Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls;

• Review theme: Women’s empowerment and the link to sustainable development (agreed conclusions of the sixtieth session); 

Bureau

The Bureau of the Commission plays a crucial role in facilitating the preparation for, and in ensuring the successful outcome of the annual sessions of the Commission. Bureau members serve for two years. In 2002, in order to improve its work and ensure continuity, the Commission decided to hold the first meeting of its subsequent session, immediately following the closure of the regular session, for the sole purpose of electing the new Chairperson and other members of the Bureau (ECOSOC decision 2002/234).

The Bureau for the 63rd session (2019) of the Commission on the Status of Women comprises the following members: 

• H.E. Ms. Geraldine Byrne Nason (Ireland), Chair (Western European and other States Group)

• Ms. Koki Muli Grignon (Kenya), Vice-Chair (African States Group)

• Mr. Mauricio Carabali Baquero (Colombia), Vice-Chair (Latin American and Caribbean States Group)

• Ms. Rena Tasuja (Estonia), Vice-Chair (Eastern European States Group)

• Mr. Mohammed S. Marzooq (Iraq), Vice-Chair designate (Asia-Pacific States Group)

Preparations

• Expert Group Meeting: Social protection systems, public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality
  In preparation for the sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women, UN Women will convene an Expert Group Meeting on the priority theme: “Social protection systems, public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality” in New York, 13 to 15 September 2018.