10:00 to 12:45 and from 15:00 to 17:30 (New York time)

The role of Parliaments in achieving parity in decision-making and ensuring gender-responsive access to justice for women and girls

The theme of the Parliamentary Meeting is “The role of Parliaments in achieving parity in decision-making and ensuring gender-responsive access to justice for women and girls”. The Meeting will provide an opportunity to bring a parliamentary perspective into the CSW70 discussions on the priority and review themes. Members of parliament from around the world will share perspectives and practices on legislative, oversight and budgetary actions to achieve parity representation in decision-making, eliminate discriminatory laws, address gaps between legal frameworks and their implementation, combat impunity for violence against women, and strengthen accountability and enforcement across justice systems. The meeting will also underscore the importance of intersectional approaches and of gender-sensitive, parity parliaments in ensuring that justice reforms respond to the lived realities of women and girls in all their diversity and contribute to building justice systems that are resilient, accessible and rights-based.

In addition to the annual Parliamentary Meeting, the IPU will be organizing side events during the first week of the CSW: Additional information will be communicated in due course. 

In addition to the annual Parliamentary Meeting, the IPU will be organizing side events during the first week of the CSW:

WYDE side event – Addressing social norms that hinder women’s participation in parliament (12 March 2026)

WYDE side event – Intergenerational engagement for advancing young women’s leadership (13 March 2026)