25 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1146/Rev.1

WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES TWENTY-FIRST SESSION

19990625

Concluding its three-week twenty-first session this afternoon, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women adopted recommendations for advancing the status of women in Georgia, Nepal, Belize, Chile, Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom.

25 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1146

WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES TWENTY-FIRST SESSION

19990625

High rates of teenage pregnancy, the absence of sexual and reproductive health information, punitive abortion laws, poverty, ageing, stereotypes, and the role of the Church were among the many concerns raised during the twenty- first session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.

30 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1147

12 November 1999

Press Release
WOM/1152
L/2934

WOMEN JUSTICE MINISTERS TO MEET AT UNITED NATIONS

19991112

U.S. Attorney-General Janet Reno

To Address High-Level Meeting on Role of Women Leaders

17 January 2000

Press Release
WOM/1153

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN MEETS AT HEADQUARTERS, 17 JANUARY – 4 FEBRUARY

20000117 Background Release

The twenty-second session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women takes place at United Nations Headquarters beginning today and running until 4 February.

17 January 2000

Press Release
WOM/1154

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS TWENTY-SECOND SESSION

20000117

Hears Statement by Special Adviser on Gender Issues

10 January 1996

Press Release
WOM/925

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TO HOLD SIXTEENTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS, 13 - 31 JANUARY

19960110 Background Release To Consider Reports of Eight States Parties To Convention on Elimination of Discrimination against Women

12 January 1996

Press Release
WOM/874

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TO HOLD FIFTEENTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS, 15 JANUARY - 2 FEBRUARY

19960112 Background Release To Consider Situation of Women In Rwanda and Reports from Eight Other Countries

15 January 1996

Press Release
WOM/875

15 January 1996

Press Release
WOM/876