Women and gender issues

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WOM/1216

WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP SECOND, THIRD PERIODIC REPORTS OF IRAQ

The representative of Iraq introduced her country’s second and third periodic reports on compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women this morning, highlighting for the monitoring body the effect on Iraq’s women and children of the 10-year economic embargo placed on her country.

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WOM/1215

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN BEGINS THREE-WEEK SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS

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WOM/1211

WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE HOLDS TWENTY-THIRD SESSION IN NEW YORK FROM 12 TO 30 JUNE

Committee to Review Reports of 7 States Parties

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WOM/1208

INTERNATIONAL STATUS REPORT: ONLY 8 NATIONS CLOSE GENDER GAP IN LEGISLATURES AND GIRLS’ EDUCATION

United States behind with Low Percentage of Women in Congress But Leads with Highest Share of Women in Economic Decision-Making Positions

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WOM/1201

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR NEXT WEEK’S ‘BEIJING PLUS FIVE’ TRANSMITS TEXT OF PROPOSED OUTCOME DOCUMENT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

In its closing meeting this afternoon, the Commission on the Status of Women acting as the Preparatory Committee for the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly on follow-up to 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women transmitted the text of a proposed outcome document to the Assembly.

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WOM/1195

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON WOMEN ELECTS CHRISTINE KAPALATA (UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA) CHAIRPERSON

The Preparatory Committee for the General Assembly’s June special session on women elected Christine Kapalata (United Republic of Tanzania) as Chairperson this morning, replacing Roselyn Ruth Asuma Odera (Kenya).

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WOM/1194

BEIJING + 5 PREPARATORY COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT POLITICAL DECLARATION; ALSO APPROVES DRAFT PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR SPECIAL SESSION

"It is painfully clear that we have not completed our work", Roselyn Ruth Asumwa Odera (Kenya), Chairperson of the Preparatory Committee for the upcoming special session of the General Assembly on women, said this afternoon as final preparations were suspended, pending further negotiations.

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WOM/1193

INSTRAW PUBLICATION, ‘AGEING IN A GENDERED WORLD: WOMEN’S ISSUES AND IDENTITIES’, TO BE LAUNCHED AT HEADQUARTERS ON 14 MARCH

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WOM/1192

SPECIAL EVENT ON ‘WOMEN UNITING FOR PEACE’ HELD AT HEADQUARTERS ON OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Through education and tradition, from generation to generation, women had passed on the culture of peace, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said at a special event at Headquarters this morning entitled “Women Uniting for Peace”, which was held on the occasion of International Women’s Day.

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WOM/1189

TACKLING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN MUST BE TOP PRIORITY, HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TELLS ‘BEIJING + 5’ PREPARATORY COMMITTEE