Women and gender issues

5 March 1999

Press Release
WOM/1109

TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN FACES FINANCIAL CRISIS COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN TOLD

19990305 Former Director Says INSTRAW Cannot Function Beyond August 1999; USG for Economic and Social Affairs Stresses Need for Immediate Support

4 March 1999

Press Release
WOM/1108

WOMEN'S COMMISSION CONCLUDES GENERAL DISCUSSION ON INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

19990304 Need for Data Analysis, Adequate Funding Stressed by Speakers

Representatives stressed the need for data analysis and adequate funding in the development of effective institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women, as the Commission on the Status of Women concluded its general discussions on the topic this afternoon.

4 March 1999

Press Release
WOM/1106
OBV/85

WOMEN SHOULD SHARE EQUALLY IN WORK OF PEACE, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, TO MEETING HELD IN OBSERVANCE OF WOMEN'S DAY

19990304 Panel Addresses Theme of 'Equality for Women'; First Lady of United States Stresses Economic Opportunity, Equal Justice

4 March 1999

Press Release
WOM/1107

NATIONAL MACHINERIES FOR WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT MUST BE INCLUSIVE, WIDE-REACHING, CATALYST FOR CHANGE AND SHOULD CONDUCT RESEARCH ON WOMEN'S UNPAID WORK

19990304 Experts Tell Status of Women Commission During Panel Discussion on National Machinery for Advancement of Women

3 March 1999

Press Release
WOM/1104

STATUS OF WOMEN COMMISSION HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON WOMEN AND HEALTH

19990303

Mainstreaming a gender perspective into national health care systems required broad changes in attitudes and awareness by all actors, experts told the Commission on the Status of Women this morning as it held a panel discussion on women and health.

3 March 1999

Press Release
WOM/1105

2 March 1999

Press Release
WOM/1103

TO BRING REAL BENEFITS TO WOMEN, INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS NEED TO BE EFFECTIVELY POSITIONED IN WIDER CONTEXT, WOMEN'S COMMISSION TOLD

19990302 Commission Hears Experiences Related to National Machinery For Women; Discusses Follow-up to Fourth World Conference on Women

2 March 1999

Press Release
WOM/1102

EXPERIENCE, EXPERTISE AND POTENTIAL OF WOMEN'S NGOS TO MONITOR IMPLEMENTATION OF BEIJING OUTCOME STRESSED BY SPEAKERS AT WOMEN'S COMMISSION

19990302 Dialogue Segment with NGO Representatives also Addresses Status of Widows, Situation of Women in Afghanistan, Women with Disabilities

2 March 1999

Press Release
WOM/1100/

SPECIAL ADVISER ON GENDER ISSUES STRESSES COMPELLING ISSUE OF CHALLENGING OLD PARADIGMS TO MAKE GENDER EQUALITY A REALITY, AT WOMEN'S COMMISSION CORRECTION

19990302

In Press Release WOM/1100 of 1 March, the third full paragraph on page 1a should read as follows:

1 March 1999

Press Release
WOM/1100

SPECIAL ADVISER ON GENDER ISSUES STRESSES COMPELLING ISSUE OF CHALLENGING OLD PARADIGMS TO MAKE GENDER EQUALITY A REALITY, AT WOMEN'S COMMISSION

19990301 Forty-Third Session Begins at Headquarters Focusing On Women's Health and Institutional Mechanisms for Advancement of Women