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The fifty-seventh session of the Commission will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 4 to 15 March 2013, and have as its priority theme, “Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls”. The two-week session will include plenary sessions, a high-level round table, interactive dialogues and panels, and related parallel events. In addition, the session will deliberate on a review theme, “The equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS”. It will also address an emerging issues theme, “Key gender equality issues to be reflected in the post-2015 development framework”.
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