Women and gender issues

21 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1143

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONTINUES DISCUSSING REPORTS OF IRELAND

19990621

Committee and Government Delegation Take Up Issues Related To Rights of Unborn Children, Health-Education Programmes, Women's Studies

21 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1142

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF IRELAND

19990621

Experts Welcome Ireland's Review of Reservations to Convention; Also Ask for Data on Wide Range of Issues, Including Women and Poverty

21 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1143/

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONTINUES DISCUSSING REPORTS OF IRELAND

19990621

Committee and Government Delegation Take Up Issues Related To Rights of Unborn Children, Health-Education Programmes, Women's Studies

CORRECTION

In Press Release WOM/1143 of 21 June, the fifth paragraph on page 5 should read:

18 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1141

WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF NEPAL'S INITIAL REPORT

19990618 Experts Say Current Law Does Not Comply with 1979 Women's Convention; Particular Concern Expressed over Restrictive Abortion Laws, Women's Poverty

18 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1140

LACKING CONTRACEPTIVE ADVICE, BELIZE'S CURRENT HEALTH POLICY 'OBVIOUSLY NOT WORKING', FIRST LADY OF BELIZE TELLS ANTI-DISCRIMINATION

19990618

COMMITTEE

Committee Concludes Consideration of Belize's Compliance With Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

17 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1138

SPAIN PRESENTS THIRD, FOURTH PERIODIC REPORTS ON COMPLIANCE WITH WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

19990617

Report Notes Progress, but Says Inequalities Persist in Decision-Making; Experts Question Promotion of Part-Time Work for Women, Situation of Elderly

17 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1139

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS OF SPAIN

19990617 Double Burden of Women Working Outside Home and Taking Care of Family Signalled; Constant Progress in Situation of Women in Various Fields Noted

15 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1137

NEPAL MUST BE INTERVENTIONIST IN ADDRESSING SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND TRAFFICKING, WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990615

Committee Continues Consideration of Nepal's Compliance With Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

15 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1136

NEPALESE WOMEN SUFFER FROM ILL HEALTH, POVERTY, LEGAL DISCRIMINATION WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990615 Secretary of Ministry of Law and Justice Introduces Report; Experts Address Issues of Discriminatory Laws, Trafficking in Women and Girls

14 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1134

CUSTOMS IMPEDE WOMEN'S OPPORTUNITIES IN BELIZE, DESPITE LEGAL PROTECTION, WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990614

Belize Presents Initial and Second Periodic Reports; Committee Questions Role of Church, High Rates of HIV/AIDS