Women and gender issues

13 March 1997

Press Release
WOM/963

GENDER INEQUALITIES, 'DEFEMINIZATION' OF WOMEN, DIVERGENT VIEWS ON QUOTAS AMONG TOPICS DISCUSSED BY STATUS OF WOMEN COMMISSION

19970313

The importance of a gender balance in decision-making in the private domain was stressed by several speakers, as the Commission on the Status of Women held an exchange of views on the theme of "women in power and decision- making" this morning.

12 March 1997

Press Release
WOM/961

12 March 1997

Press Release
WOM/962

12 March 1997

Press Release
WOM/961/

STATUS OF WOMEN COMMISSION FOCUS ON `WOMEN IN POWER AND DECISION-MAKING' CORRECTION

19970312

In Press Release WOM/961 issued today, the third paragraph on page 6 should read as follows:

12 March 1997

Press Release
WOM/961

11 March 1997

Press Release
WOM/959

11 March 1997

Press Release
WOM/960

10 March 1997

Press Release
WOM/956

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES AIM OF CREATING EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTIVE OF WOMEN'S NEEDS

19970310 In Address to Status of Women Commission, as It Commemorates Fiftieth Anniversary and Begins Forty-First Session at Headquarters

10 March 1997

Press Release
WOM/958

IMPORTANCE OF MAKING 'ROOM AT THE TOP' FOR WOMEN AT UNITED NATIONS STRESSED BY UNITED STATES IN STATUS OF WOMEN COMMISSION

19970310 European Union Says in No Single Country Women and Men Enjoy Equal Opportunities, Calls for Discrimination To Be Actively Challenged

7 March 1997

Press Release
WOM/955