Emerging Forms of Violence Against Women and Girls: Bridging the Gap Between Lived Reality and Policy Framing Through a Family-Centered Lens

On Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Co-Sponsors
Republic of Türkiye
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Namibia to the UN
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Djibouti to the UN
The Office of the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women
Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the UN
OIC Permanent Observer Mission to the UN
Heritage Foundation
Center for Family & Human Rights (C-Fam)

Event Background

Despite decades of an international commitment to eliminating violence against women and girls (VAWG), important forms of such harm remain systematically under-examined in global policy spaces, including within the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). 

The event will focus on selected forms of violence that are frequently overlooked or insufficiently addressed in CSW discussions, including the legalization of all aspects of prostitution; the legalization and normalization of surrogacy; the pornification, sexualization, and commodification of women and girls’ bodies and reproductive functions through the normalization of prostitution, surrogacy, and pornography.

By centering this discussion within a family-based, preventive framework, this event seeks to enrich CSW 2026 with perspectives that are too often sidelined—yet essential for achieving meaningful, lasting protection for women and girls.

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