New York, March 24 -- Women leaders at the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) have highlighted the urgent need for feminist financing to advance gender equality and women's economic justice and rights.

The session, which concluded on Friday, emphasized the importance of increasing investments in gender equality to ensure sustainable development and reduce women's poverty and violence against women globally.

During the twelve-day session, women leaders and civil society members focused on robust measures to strengthen financing, institutions, and social protection systems with a gender perspective. The UN Secretary-General's report to the Commission highlighted that 10.3 percent of women currently live in extre...