Participation of SHADE Staff at CSW57 New York
The Society for Human
Advancement and Disadvantaged Empowerment (SHADE) participated in CSW57
conference at United Nations headquarters in New York from March 04-15, 2013.
Member countries of
the United Nations body presented reports of the progress made by their
respective governments against violence against women in their countries.
Governments of different countries organized side events during conference at
the United Nations headquarters while different NGOs had arranged parallel
events to share the data of violence against women and to adopt necessary
measures to bring reduction in the cases of violence against women world over.
In total 600
Non-governmental Organizations participated in the CSW57 conference from world
over. The member countries of the United Nations Organization presented a draft
document at the end of the conference on March 15,2013 condemning all forms of
violence against women and girls in the world.
The Secretary General
of the United Nations Mr. Ban Ki Moon addressed the opening and closing
sessions of the conference; he also made a speech on the occasion of March
08,2013 International Women Day.
It was one of the big
forums in the world to discuss women issues where governments and
non-government organizations participated.