Women and gender issues

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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.

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WOM/1226

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP INITIAL REPORT OF REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

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WOM/1224

WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP CAMEROON'S INITIAL REPORT

A review of Cameroon’s legislation had revealed that most laws were not discriminatory in nature; discrimination was more de facto than legal, the representative of Cameroon told experts this morning during the introduction of its initial periodic report on compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

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WOM/1225

WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF CAMEROON'S INITIAL REPORT

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women met this afternoon to continue its article-by-article consideration of Cameroon’s compliance with the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

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WOM/1222

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT OF CUBA

The representative of Cuba introduced her country’s fourth periodic report on compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women this morning, highlighting for the monitoring body the many advances for Cuban women, despite the continued economic embargo placed on her country by the United States.

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WOM/1223

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF CUBA’S FOURTH PERIODIC REPORT

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WOM/1220

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TAKES UP FIRST, SECOND REPORTS OF LITHUANIA