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    Top takeaways from the UN's largest women's rights gathering

    The Commission on the Status of Women wrapped up its 61st session at the U.N. today. Devex's U.N. correspondent walks through some of the key takeaways and the controversies that dominated the forum.

    By Amy Lieberman // 24 March 2017

    The annual Commission on the Status of Women — one of the most influential gatherings on gender worldwide — wraps up its 61st session today, following two weeks of meetings and negotiations that often offered unsatisfactory outcomes for many of the 3,800 civil society representatives who traveled to the United Nations Headquarters.  

    While some participants stayed home altogether as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban, others arrived — only to find that U.N. security would restrict their access to certain negotiating spaces.

    And while participants saw tentative changes within the bounds of the U.N. — as Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated commitments for gender parity in leadership positions — they also deliberated over stalled progress on the global gender wage gap.

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      Amy Lieberman is the U.N. Correspondent for Devex. She covers the United Nations and reports on global development and politics. Amy previously worked as a freelance reporter, covering the environment, human rights, immigration, and health across the U.S. and in more than 10 countries, including Colombia, Mexico, Nepal, and Cambodia. Her coverage has appeared in the Guardian, the Atlantic, Slate, and the Los Angeles Times. A native New Yorker, Amy received her master’s degree in politics and government from Columbia’s School of Journalism.

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