Women and gender issues

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TO HOLD 24TH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS

15 JANUARY - 2 FEBRUARY

Reports of Eight States Parties Will Be Reviewed

NEW YORK, 2 January (Division for Advancement of Women) –- The twenty-fourth session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from

15 January to 2 February.

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WOM/1240

RULES FOR NEW OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO WOMEN’S CONVENTION TO BE REVIEWED BY UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE EXPERTS

Berlin Workshop on Procedure that Allows Individual Women To Bring Petitions for Violations of Anti-Discrimination Treaty

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WOM/1235

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN ELECTS OFFICERS

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WOM/1233

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES THREE-WEEK SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS

Adopts Recommendations for Advancing Women’s Status in Iraq, Austria, Lithuania, Cuba, Cameroon, Moldova, Romania

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WOM/1232

MOLDOVA RESPONDS TO EXPERTS’ QUESTIONS IN WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

Moldova’s political will to move into a democratic, free market society with a social orientation should not be undertaken without the input of women, nor should it have detrimental effects on women’s rights or equality, the Vice- Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women told representatives of that country this morning.

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WOM/1231

CAMEROON'S MINISTER OF WOMEN'S AFFAIRS RESPONDS TO EXPERTS' QUESTIONS IN WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

The political will of Cameroon to improve the situation of women was clear and ratification of the Convention had given the Government its most important tool to fight gender discrimination, the Convention’s monitoring body was told this morning.

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WOM/1229

WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP PERIODIC REPORT OF ROMANIA

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WOM/1230

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF ROMANIA’S REPORT

While reluctance to use “positive discrimination” to close the wide gap in gender equality between men and women was understandable, that might often be the only way to correct years of subtle discriminatory practices, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was told this afternoon.

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WOM/1228

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF LITHUANIA’S REPORT

The Government of Lithuania hoped to provide more details about what measures were currently being undertaken to improve the situation of women in that country in compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention’s monitoring body was told this morning.

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WOM/1227

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA’S INITIAL REPORT

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women met this afternoon to continue it’s in-depth consideration of the Republic of Moldova’s compliance with the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The report had been presented at the Committee’s morning meeting.