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Committee Background The Commission of the Status of Women first met at Lake Success New York in February 1947 soon after founding the United Nations and is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality of women Was established by May Brodbeck Vice President of Academic Affairs in response to the 1975 International Women s Year program on women s education and employment The Council has proposed child care centers affirmative action family leave and sexual harassment grievance procedures In CSW there are only 45 member states choose by ECOSOC 13 members of Africa 11 members of Asia 9 members of Latin America and Caribbean 8 members from Western Europe and other states and 4 from Eastern Europe all the members are elected for four year terms Every year all the member states of the CSW join to evaluate the progress on gender equality identify challenges set global standards and formulate concrete policies to promote gender equality and advancement of women worldwide Topic information Gender equality is not only about economic empowerment it is also about fairness and equality but also includes political social and cultural sides To eliminate the impact of gender discrimination it is commonly to adjust to some characteristics but these characteristics can underestimate the potential for gender discrimination to suppress women s earnings This is because gender discrimination does not occur only in employers payings it can happen is every place leading to women s labor History of the Topic
