MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Mar 16 (IPS) – The writer is Senior Research Specialist at CIVICUSThe 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was just launched. Due to the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the main annual global forum on gender equality is once again taking place in a hybrid format – both at the UN’s New York headquarters, where government delegations will be meeting, and online, where most civil society activity will take place.

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