Adopts Recommendations on Luxembourg, Myanmar, Jordan, India, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burkina Faso, Belarus and Germany
Sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination, hardships faced by minority and religious communities in Germany, and the perpetuation of gender stereotyping were among the issues at the heart of this afternoons meeting of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
While the traditional allocation of family roles had made reconciliation of family and career exclusively a womens issue, Germany would conduct a campaign to portray men as bearing an equal share of family work and child- raising duties, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was told this morning.
Although members of Indias scheduled castes had risen to the highest echelons of public service, old attitudes and mindsets remained and women bore the brunt of caste-based violence, members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women were told this morning.
Due to the political and economic transition of Belarus, its women bore the brunt of accompanying social and economic problems, particularly the heavy burdens of poverty and family life, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was told this morning.
Expert members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women expressed concern this afternoon at the rapid increase in crime committed by women in Belarus, and their high rate of unemployment, as it concluded its consideration of that countrys third periodic report.
While the legal provisions affecting the family in Burkina Faso seemed favourable to women, the reality was that they suffered in silence from all forms of violence and forced marriage was still practised, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was told this morning.
