Women's Rights and Gender Equality at the United Nations
The United Nations with their entity UN-Women and the annual sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women have a decisive role in defining legal norms and standards.
Austria is a member of the UN Commission on the Status of Women for a period of four years from 2027 to 2031. Austria regularly sends a high-level delegation to the annual meeting, which traditionally also includes representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
The sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women take place annually in March and focus on a priority theme.