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CSW70 - Regional Restitution 2026 - From Commitments to Collective Action
Following the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, UN Women West and Central Africa convenes key stakeholders to translate global commitments on access to justice for women and girls into regional priorities, partnerships and concrete action.
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Start date: 13 May 2026 | Start time: 00:00 UTC +00:00
End date: 05 June 2026 | End time: 23:59 UTC +00:00
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From Commitments to Collective Action
Following the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, UN Women West and Central Africa convenes key stakeholders to translate global commitments on access to justice for women and girls into regional priorities, partnerships and concrete action.
ABOUT THE EVENT
At a time of increasing pushback against women's and girls' rights, UN Women West and Central Africa is bringing together partners, media and changemakers for a high-level moment focused on connection, alignment and action for women and girls across the region.
This is where commitments made in New York turn into coordinated action in West and Central Africa. This is where partners come together not only to reflect, but to mobilize, connect and act.
OBJECTIVES
- Strengthen strategic partnerships across governments, civil society, private sector, media and development actors
- Create a shared understanding of regional priorities and gaps following CSW70
- Identify concrete opportunities for collaboration and resource mobilisation
- Build momentum for coordinated, sustained action on women's and girls' rights
WHY PARTICIPATE ?
01High-level, solution-oriented dialogue | 02Connect with key actors shaping gender equality agendas in the region | 03Contribute to defining collective pathways for action | 04Leave with stronger networks and collaboration opportunities |
Agenda
SEQUENCE 1 | 13 May 2026 · Closed Session |
Ministerial Ministerial DebriefGovernments across the region identify priority areas for CSW70 follow-up. |
SEQUENCE 2 | 4 June 2026 · Dakar & Online Multistakeholder Friendraising Forum — co-hosted with WILDAF West Africa |
| 09:00 | Opening Starting with the needs mappingImplementation priorities from CSW70 conclusions, followed by first-person testimonials from civil society, academia, media and private sector. |
| 09:10 | Interactive lab Responding to the needs mappingBreakout groups work on one priority area each through three lenses: accountability, delivery, and advocacy & narrative. Each group produces a consolidated statement of their offer and collaboration needs. |
| 10:00 | Plenary Statements: offers and collaboration opportunitiesGroups report back in plenary. Common threads are drawn out. A live synthesis tool captures the room's response and feeds directly into the Coalition Action Brief. |
| 10:45 | Closing What is our shared direction?UN Women and WILDAF West Africa close with a reflection on the day's outputs and launch the one-page Coalition Action Brief. |
SEQUENCE 3 | 5 June 2026 · Closed Session High-Level Dialogue — co-hosted with a partner embassy |
| 09:00 | Opening Strategic framingA shortlist of key priority areas is presented, selected by urgency and partnership potential. Speakers: UN Women Regional Director, Representative of co-hosting embassy. |
| 09:10 | Panel How are partners adapting?Participants react from their institutional perspective on feasibility — identifying areas with traction, areas requiring new approaches, and areas unlikely to progress short-term. |
| 09:40 | Dialogue Where can collective approaches make a difference?Practical pathways despite constraints: joint approaches, financial and non-financial levers, and forward-looking signals on where institutions are most likely to engage. |
| 10:30 | Closing What moves before the next CSW?Synthesis of viable priorities, remaining gaps, and how this shapes the Coalition Action Brief and follow-up engagements in the lead-up to CSW71. |