Zonta and the United Nations
Get Informed
- What is the United Nations (UN)?
- Organs of the UN
- Three Pillars of the UN
- Peace and Security
- Human Rights
- Development
- Sustainable Development Goals (17 SDCs)
- UN Women
- Zonta – UN Partnership
- Genesis of Committee on the Status of Women (CSW)
UN + Zonta + Members
- Difference between CSW UN and NGO CSW
- Attending CSW in New York (2026 is CSW70)
- Registration
Learning Resources
- UN System Chart – Link to PDF or Link to JPG
- Civil Society and the UN Human Rights System – Link to PDF
- NGO CSW New York Advocacy Guide – Link
- UN Acronyms – selected – Link to PDF
CSW71
The seventy-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 8 to 19 March 2027.
Themes
- Priority theme: Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
- Review theme: Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes
- Critical area of concern or cross-cutting issue: Poverty and the economic empowerment of women
Zonta International is ECOSOC-accredited and has a limited number of spaces available. Participation by CSWUN Zonta members has to be approved by Zonta International.
Zonta and the United Nations
This video, presented by Zonta UN Chair Pamela Morgan gives an overview of the work done at the United Nations by the dedicated members of the Zonta International United Nations Committee.
Zonta UN Chair Pamela Morgan
Nov. 2025 UN Essentials with Pamela Morgan.
