Women and gender issues

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

14 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1135

GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE MUST ADDRESS LACK OF LEGAL RIGHTS FOR INFORMAL RELATIONSHIPS, WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990614

Committee Continues Consideration of Belize's Compliance With Convention on Elimination of Discrimination against Women

11 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1133

RETURNING REFUGEES AND ERADICATING POVERTY IN RURAL AREAS PARTS OF GEORGIA'S 1998-2000 ACTION PLAN FOR WOMEN, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990611 Committee Concludes Consideration of Georgia's Report on Compliance With Convention of Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

10 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1132

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF UNITED KINGDOM REPORTS

19990610 High Level of Teenage Conception, Participation of Men in Family Planning Discussed; United Kingdom Delegation Responds to Experts' Questions

10 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1131

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF UNITED KINGDOM REPORT

19990610

The structural elements for implementing the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in the United Kingdom were largely in place, but cultural and social obstacles remained, a representative of that country told the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning.

9 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1129

GEORGIA'S EFFORTS TO ADVANCE WOMEN'S STATUS AFFECTED BY CONFLICT, ECONOMICS, COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TOLD

19990609 Georgia's Representative Introduces Initial Report; Experts Raise Questions on Use of Quotas, 'Cult' of the Mother

9 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1130

CLEAR INFORMATION ON IMPACT OF PRIVATIZING HEALTH CARE IN GEORGIA ON WOMEN'S GENERAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CALLED FOR IN ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

19990609 Committee Continues Consideration of Georgia's Report on Compliance With Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women