Women and gender issues

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:

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

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

1 March 1999

Press Release
WOM/1101

IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR SOCIO-ECONOMIC POSITION WOULD RESULT IN IMPROVED HEALTH STATUS FOR WOMEN, COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN TOLD

19990301 Commission Continues Discussion Of Follow-up to Fourth World Conference on Women

26 February 1999

Press Release
WOM/1098

8 February 1999

Press Release
WOM/1097

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES TWENTIETH SESSION

19990208 Adopts Recommendations on Reports of Algeria, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein, Greece, Thailand, China and Colombia

3 February 1999

Press Release
WOM/1096

3 February 1999

Press Release
WOM/1095

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TAKES UP REPORT OF COLOMBIA

19990203 Government Commitment to Women During Struggle To Rebuild Country among Issues Stressed

2 February 1999

Press Release
WOM/1094

POSITION AND STATUS OF WOMEN IN HONG KONG CONSTANTLY IMPROVING, COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TOLD

19990202 Report on Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's Compliance with Anti-Discrimination Convention Discussed