Hears Statements by Deputy Secretary-General, Under-Secretary-General For Economic and Social Affairs, and Special Adviser on Gender Issues
While African women produced 80 per cent of the food on the continent, they had a right to less than 1 per cent of the land, the Commission on the Status of Women was told this morning as it began the first of two panel discussions on emerging trends affecting women.
Of the 100 million children out of school, two-thirds of them were girls, the Commission on the Status of Women was told this afternoon as it continued its appraisal of the outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995.
Commission Elects Officers, Hears Statement By Secretary-Generals Special Adviser on Gender Issues
Commission to Meet from 3 to 17 March as Preparatory Committee For Special Assembly Session on Gender Equality, Development and Peace
