Commission on Status of Women

Forty-fifth Session

1^st Meeting (AM)

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN OPENS FORTY-FIFTH

SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS

Background Release

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS, 6 – 16 MARCH;

THEMATIC ISSUES:  HIV/AIDS; GENDER, ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION

Committee on the Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-fourth Session

508^th Meeting (PM)

MONITORING BODY FOR WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

CONCLUDES THREE-WEEK HEADQUARTERS SESSION

Considers Reports of Burundi, Egypt, Finland,

Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Mongolia, Uzbekistan

Committee on the Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-fourth Session

507^th Meeting (PM)

UZBEKISTAN RESPONDS TO OVER 100 QUESTIONS AS WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION

COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF ITS REPORT

Committee on the Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-fourth Session

506^th Meeting (AM)

WOMEN’S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, FAMILY VIOLENCE, DIVORCE AMONG ISSUES

DISCUSSED, AS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF MALDIVES

Committee on the Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

504^th & 505^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UNEMPLOYMENT, POVERTY, FAMILY PLANNING DISCUSSED AS WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION

COMMITTEE CONSIDERS MONGOLIA'S REPORT ON CONVENTION COMPLIANCE

Committee on the Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

502^nd & 503^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

WOMEN’S LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION IN JAMAICAN PUBLIC LIFE

QUESTIONED BY ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

Committee on the Elimination of                       WOM/1256

 Discrimination against Women                         25 January 2001

500^th and 501^st Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE EXPERTS QUESTION IMPACT OF PATRIARCHAL TRADITION

ON SITUATION OF WOMEN IN UZBEKISTAN

Committee on the Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

498^th & 499^th Meetings (AM & PM)

MONITORING COMMITTEE FOR WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

CONSIDERS REPORT OF MALDIVES

Committee on the Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

496^th Meeting (AM)

CIVIL WAR, PERSISTENCE OF STEREOTYPES HINDER IMPLEMENTATION

OF WOMEN’S CONVENTION IN BURUNDI, COMMITTEE TOLD

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning heard replies of the Government of Burundi on its initial report (document CEDAW/C/BDI/1), which was first introduced last week.