{"id":6334,"date":"2026-03-10T18:38:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/?post_type=article&p=6334"},"modified":"2026-03-28T14:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T18:13:07","slug":"gender-equality-resolution-voted-for-by-an-overwhelming-majority-at-the-united-nations-with-united-states-as-sole-opponent","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/fr\/news-and-stories\/gender-equality-resolution-voted-for-by-an-overwhelming-majority-at-the-united-nations-with-united-states-as-sole-opponent\/","title":{"rendered":"La r\u00e9solution sur l'\u00e9galit\u00e9 entre les hommes et les femmes a \u00e9t\u00e9 vot\u00e9e \u00e0 une \u00e9crasante majorit\u00e9 aux Nations unies, les \u00c9tats-Unis \u00e9tant le seul pays \u00e0 s'y opposer"},"template":"","class_list":["post-6334","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-news","article_format-press-releases","issue_tax-gender-equity","issue_tax-breaking-the-cycle-of-sexual-and-gender-based-violence","location-international"],"acf":{"details":{"":null,"article_type":26,"article_format":43,"authors":"","add_button":false,"button_type":"","button":null,"download":null,"download_button_text":"","featured_image":6333},"sidebar":{"issues":{"title":"Questions prioritaires","issues":[104,35]},"locations":{"title":"Localisation","locations":[90]},"partners":{"title":"Partenaires","partners":""}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_hero_article","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_hero_article":{"":null,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":" \r\n\r\nLa r\u00e9solution sur l'\u00e9galit\u00e9 entre les hommes et les femmes a \u00e9t\u00e9 vot\u00e9e \u00e0 une \u00e9crasante majorit\u00e9 aux Nations unies, les \u00c9tats-Unis \u00e9tant le seul pays \u00e0 s'y opposer<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe Women\u2019s Rights Caucus (WRC)\u2014a global intersectional feminist coalition of more than 800 organizations, networks, and individuals convened by F\u00f2s Feminista, Outright International, African Women's Development and Communications Network (FEMNET), Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD), and Young Feminist Caucus, that advocates for gender equality at the United Nations\u2014welcomes the adoption of the CSW70 Agreed Conclusions under the priority theme: \u201cGarantir et renforcer l'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 la justice pour toutes les femmes et les filles, notamment en promouvant des syst\u00e8mes juridiques inclusifs et \u00e9quitables, en \u00e9liminant les lois, politiques et pratiques discriminatoires et en s'attaquant aux obstacles structurels\u201d.\u201d<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe close of the seventieth session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women marked an unprecedented procedural departure. For the first time in the Commission\u2019s history, consensus proved unattainable, forcing Member States to proceed to adoption by vote.\r\n\r\nThis outcome followed sustained efforts by a few delegations to reopen previously agreed language, with the United States leading the charge and proposing a package of amendments aimed at removing references to sexual and reproductive health and rights, intersectionality, and other established human rights standards.\r\n\r\nWhen those amendments were ultimately rejected by the majority of Commission members, the Commission proceeded to a vote on the full resolution. The Agreed Conclusions were adopted with the support of an overwhelming majority, few abstentions, and the United States standing as the sole Member State opposing their adoption.\r\n\r\nThis sequence of events underscores both the breadth of global commitment to gender equality and the extent to which attempts to dilute longstanding human rights standards failed to gain traction. The Commission\u2019s resolve in moving forward affirmed the strength of multilateral processes and demonstrated that coordinated efforts to weaken protections cannot override the collective will of the international community.\r\n\r\nAt a press conference held on Tuesday, 10 March, the morning following adoption, WRC members outlined their CSW70 priorities: recognizing the indispensable role of feminist civil society; defending the rights of women, youth, adolescents and girls in all their diversity; advancing gender-responsive justice systems; and ensuring accountability and reparations for violations of human rights, including sexual and reproductive health and rights.\r\n\r\nIn line with these, the WRC commended the Commission for delivering an outcome with the following commitments:\r\n\r\n\u2022 The inclusion of reparations as a landmark acknowledgment of structural and historical injustice and of states\u2019 obligations toward those most harmed.\r\n\r\n\u2022 The explicit reference to women in detention, which, although located in the chapeau rather than consistently throughout the text, represents meaningful progress on language long resisted in negotiations.\r\n\r\n\u2022 Recognition that policies and programs must respond to the needs of survivors of gender-based violence, centering survivor agency and lived experience within justice responses.\r\n\r\n\u2022 References to flexible, multi-year core funding for civil society organizations and protection against reprisals, which are vital to sustaining the ecosystem of organizations advancing gender justice on the ground.\r\n\r\n\u2022 Recognition of the impacts of climate change and of traditional and community-based justice systems, affirming diverse legal and cultural pathways through which communities pursue accountability and redress.\r\n\r\n\u2022 The explicit call for states to consider acceding to or ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and to limit or withdraw reservations.\r\n\r\n\u2022 A landmark commitment to comprehensive legislative review to identify and amend discriminatory provisions, including a direct reference to family law and discrimination in family relations, representing an important step toward dismantling legal systems that entrench inequality.\r\n\r\nAreas requiring further improvement and vigilance include:\r\n\r\n\u2022 The absence of explicit naming of LGBTIQ+ communities, despite inclusion of references to multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination.\r\n\r\n\u2022 The exclusion of agreed formulations on bodily autonomy.\r\n\r\n\u2022 The proliferation of caveats compared to earlier drafts, creating openings for states to narrow obligations, restrict protections, and evade accountability.\r\n\r\n\u2022 The risk that such qualifiers may weaken the resolution\u2019s integrity and undermine its capacity to deliver meaningful protection and redress.\r\n\r\nOutstanding concerns that remain unresolved include:\r\n\r\n\u2022 Attempts to introduce regressive amendments targeting sexual and reproductive health and rights, fundamental freedoms, intersectionality, and reparations, reflecting coordinated efforts by anti-rights actors to erode decades of hard-won commitments.\r\n\r\n\u2022 The continued vulnerability of agreed human rights standards to organized opposition within multilateral spaces.\r\n\r\nDespite these challenges, adoption of the outcome document by an overwhelming majority of Member States signals the continued resilience of multilateralism and affirms the United Nations\u2019 role as a central forum for advancing gender equality.\r\n\r\nThe Chair, Bureau, and Secretariat maintained steady leadership throughout the session, navigating complex negotiations with preparation, resolve, and commitment to the Commission\u2019s mandate.\r\n\r\nFeminist civil society organizations across regions played a decisive role in defending agreed language and safeguarding commitments secured thirty years ago in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.\r\n\r\nThe outcome serves as a reminder that progress within multilateral spaces is neither automatic nor permanent, and that gains require sustained defense, accountability, and vigilance.","":null,"anchor_id":""}}]},"yoast_head":"\nGender Equality Resolution Voted for by an Overwhelming Majority at the United Nations, with United States as Sole Opponent - 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