Around the world, economic growth has not always translated into equitable opportunity or shared prosperity. Structural inequalities persist, affecting access to decent work, social protection, healthcare, education and a life free from discrimination.

Taking place at the margins of the seventieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70), this event follows the Ministerial Round Table on accelerating the achievement of gender equality by addressing the empowerment of all older women, convened on 11 March. Building on that exchange, it brings forward demographic evidence and policy perspectives from across Africa, extending the discussion through a focused regional lens.

The United Nations will observe the International Day of Families on 15 May 2026 at United Nations Headquarters in New York under the theme “Families, Inequalities and Child Wellbeing.”

The Commission for Social Development concluded its sixty-fourth session (CSocD64), approving several resolutions aimed at advancing social development, social justice and poverty eradication. All texts were adopted without a vote, despite differences among delegations on specific language and concepts.

The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) invites Member States, UN entities, international and regional organizations, civil society, academia, the private sector and other relevant stakeholders to contribute to the forthcoming report of the UN Secretary-General on sport for development and peace, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 79/8.

Resilient care and support systems are not merely social safety nets but are fundamental drivers for eradicating poverty and safeguarding human dignity, experts and delegates emphasized during the sixty-fourth session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD64) on 4 February 2026.

Opening the sixty-fourth session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD64) on 2 February 2026, global leaders and experts delivered a unified message: social development and social justice must be central to the international agenda, as they are the bedrock of stability, dignity, and the credibility of multilateralism.