UFCW Canada joins hundreds of activists at UN Commission on the Status of Women

New York – March 20, 2025 – UFCW Canada activists joined the Canadian Labour Congress delegation, along with hundreds of global trade union women, this week at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

The UFCW Canada delegation included: Kelly Tosato President UFCW Local 175, Lee Johnson-Koehn - Executive Assistant to the President Local 175, Glacier Effs-Samuel - Recorder UFCW Local 1006A and Debora De Angelis, UFCW Canada

Alongside thousands of NGO activists, delegates are here to share and learn programs and initiatives to ensure that women achieve gender equality.

There were so many panels on a variety of topics including: Ending Digital Violence Against Women, Women and Health, Intergenerational leadership, and more.

Despite an increasingly hostile global environment for gender equality, the Political Declaration of the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) includes key wins for trade unions and the broader movement for women’s rights. Key trade union victories in the political declaration include: decent work, care economy, social protection and union recognition.