Nairobi, March 28 -- The 68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) concluded last Friday, with UN Member States making robust commitments to enhancing financial resources dedicated to eradicating poverty among women and girls.

The agreed conclusions were arrived at after a two-week-gathering held on March 11-22 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA.

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The commission arrived at addressing poverty amongst women after considering that progress towards ending poverty needs to be 26 times faster to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

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