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FOR the first time since 1995, the Philippines is once again chairing the 68th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW), currently being held in New York City, under the leadership of the Philippines' permanent representative to the United Nations, Antonio Lagdameo, with the support of the Philippine Commission on Women, Department of Foreign Affairs, Permanent Mission to the UN in New York, National Economic and Development Authority, Department of the Interior and Local Government, and Presidential Communications Office (PCO).
The two-week annual conference, running from March 11 to 22 this year, has for its priority theme "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective," which cuts across all sectors and provides numerous avenues to push for the agenda for women's empowerment and gender equality.
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