CSW70: Women’s Equality under Siege By Inés M. Pousadela and Samuel King Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.

CSW70: Women’s Equality under Siege By Inés M. Pousadela and Samuel King https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/03/csw70-womens-equality-under-siege/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Artisanal_Miners_in_Western_Kenya_Move_Away_From_Mercury_Experts_Rights_Groups_Warn_of_Crisis_of_Obs MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay / BRUSSELS, Belgium, Mar 30 2026 (IPS) - On 19 March, the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) did something unprecedented in its eight-decade history: it held a vote. The Trump administration, having spent two weeks attempting to defer, amend and ultimately block the session’s main outcome document, known as the agreed conclusions, cast the only vote against its adoption. That dissenting vote said a lot, as it came from the world’s most powerful government, backed by financial leverage, bilateral reach and a network of anti-rights states and organisations that are making inroads at many levels. Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.