February 22, 2025 was the national Coldest Night of the Year walk!  179 walkers from CFUW Clubs across Canada walked together to raise over $73,400 nationwide for local services to combat hunger and homelessness! 

March 10-21, 2025:  21 CFUW delegates from across Canada -- with 3 people from BC  including Barbara DuMoulin, Chair of CAMEUS -- participated in the UN Commission on the Status of Women: CSW69 / Beijing+30 in New York City!

• Read CFUW's statement: “Education as the pivotal implementation tool of the Beijing Platform for Action”  submitted to the UN Committee on the Status of Women's 69th session (UN CSW69). 

• CFUW hosted two NGO parallel events with over 100 people attending on: 

  • Recognizing Qualifications for Employment of Women Migrating to North America

  • Educating Women and Girls: Advancing their Empowerment and Equality

The main focus of CSW69 was to review and appraise the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995) on its 30th anniversary; a review focus includes identifying current challenges affecting its implementation and the achievement of gender equality and empowerment of women and how that contributes to the full realization of the 2023 Agenda for Sustainable Development.  

• See also: CFUW International Action on UNCSW/ECOSOC