Trade Unions around the world welcomed the adoption of Agreed Conclusions at this year's Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW). However, trade unions and others civil society partners stay vigilant as the adoption of the Conclusions was a hard fought battle due to conservative countries who tried to damage women's basic rights. The ITUC also wrote to the Vatican during the discussions calling on it to halt its campaign to stop the United Nations adopting stronger standards on violence against women. Earlier Congress had written to the Irish Government to seek their support in refusing any weakening of the draft agreed conclusions.
