​The seventieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place in March 2026 at the United Nations' Headquarters in New York.

The priority theme of the session will be: 
Ensuring and strengthening access to justice for all women and girls, including by promoting inclusive and equitable legal systems, eliminating discriminatory laws, policies, and practices, and addressing structural barriers. 

The review theme will be: 
Women’s full and effective participation and decision making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls 

CLAN is proud to have submitted a Written Statement to CSW70, and our UN Youth Representatives (Tara Chelvam and Samiha Islam) will be speaking at an in-person side-event co-hosted with Lehigh University on 20 March 2026 (see poster). The title of this side event will be "Health as a Human Right - Seeking Justice across Three Continents" and will continue to raise awareness of the need for action to protect and promote the rights of children living with special health needs to affordable access to essential medicines and technologies as we address the intertwined global crises of climate change and Non-Communicable Diseases.