Women and gender issues

28 January 1999

Press Release
WOM/1089

GREEK WOMEN STILL PLAGUED BY GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC FUTURE, WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990128 Committee Concludes Consideration of Report Of Greece on Compliance with Anti-Discrimination Convention

27 January 1999

Press Release
WOM/1086

AS IT STRUGGLES TO IMPROVE STATUS OF WOMEN, KYRGYZSTAN BURDENED WITH FINDING WAYS TO OVERCOME COUNTRY-WIDE POVERTY, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990127 Committee Concludes Consideration of Kyrgyzstan's Report on Compliance with Anti-Discrimination Convention

27 January 1999

Press Release
WOM/1087

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF LIECHTENSTEIN REPORT

19990127 Anti-Discrimination Convention Provisions Called Essential Component for Creating Awareness of Women's Role in Modern Liechtenstein

26 January 1999

Press Release
WOM/1085

ALGERIAN WOMEN FULL ACTORS IN POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LIFE OF COUNTRY, WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990126 Committee Concludes Consideration of Algeria's Report on Compliance with Anti-Discrimination Convention

26 January 1999

Press Release
WOM/1085/

ALGERIAN WOMEN FULL ACTORS IN POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LIFE OF COUNTRY, WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990126 CORRECTION

In the last paragraph on page 12 of Press Release WOM/1085 issued 26 January, the word "measles" should be replaced by "smallpox".

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25 January 1999

Press Release
WOM/1084

SURPRISE EXPRESSED IN WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE THAT WOMEN OF LIECHTENSTEIN RECEIVED RIGHT TO VOTE JUST 15 YEARS AGO

19990125

Surprised that the Government of Liechtenstein had granted women the right to vote only 15 years ago, expert members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon questioned the strength of women's voice in that country's electoral process.

25 January 1999

Press Release
WOM/1083

DESPITE PROGRESS TOWARDS DE JURE GENDER EQUALITY IN LIECHTENSTEIN, "REAL EQUALITY" WILL REQUIRE GREAT EFFORT, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990125 Committee Takes up Liechtenstein's Report on Compliance With Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

22 January 1999

Press Release
WOM/1081

SINCE BECOMING SOVEREIGN STATE, KYRGYZSTAN COMMITTED TO INTEGRATING WOMEN INTO NATIONAL PROGRAMMES OF ACTION, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990122 Committee Takes up Kyrgyzstan Report on Compliance With Convention on Elimination of Discrimination against Women

22 January 1999

Press Release
WOM/1082

21 January 1999

Press Release
WOM/1079

ALGERIA RESOLVED TO ADOPT PROGRESSIVE APPROACH TO RESTORATION OF RIGHTS TO ALGERIAN WOMEN, WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990121 Committee Begins Consideration of Algeria's Report On Compliance With Convention on Elimination of Discrimination against Women