Women and gender issues

23 January 1998

Press Release
WOM/1012

23 January 1998

Press Release
WOM/1011

EFFORTS TO ELEVATE STATUS OF WOMEN IN AZERBAIJAN NOT SATISFACTORY BECAUSE OF POST-WAR PROBLEMS, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19980123

Efforts by the Government of Azerbaijan to elevate the status of women had not been satisfactory in view of the acute post-war problems facing the country, the representative of that country told the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning.

22 January 1998

Press Release
WOM/1009

ZIMBABWE 'PROBABLY MOST ADVANCED DEVELOPING AFRICAN COUNTRY ON GENDER ISSUES', ITS MINISTER TELLS WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

19980122 Customary Laws/Practices Cited as Obstacles To Full Implementation of Anti-Discrimination Convention

22 January 1998

Press Release
WOM/1010

21 January 1998

Press Release
WOM/1007

PEACE AND STABILITY ENABLE CROATIA TO FOCUS ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19980121 Country Delegation Introduces Initial Report On Compliance with Anti-Discrimination Convention

21 January 1998

Press Release
WOM/1008

PLIGHT OF REFUGEES ATTEMPTING TO RETURN HOME, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, EQUAL ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE AMONG ISSUES RAISED BY EXPERTS

19980121 Reviewing Croatia's Compliance with Convention On Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

20 January 1998

Press Release
WOM/1005

PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF NAGORNY KARABAKH CONFLICT IS REQUIRED FOR WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN AZERBAIJAN

19980120 Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women Told As Discussion of Azerbaijan's Report on Convention's Implementation Begins

20 January 1998

Press Release
WOM/1006

HIGH MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES, PRIVATIZATION OF HEALTH-CARE SECTOR AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED BY EXPERTS ON AZERBAIJAN REPORT

19980120 As Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women Continues Consideration of Azerbaijan's Report

19 January 1998

Press Release
WOM/1004

UNIVERSAL RATIFICATION OF WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION BY YEAR 2000 IS ACHIEVABLE GOAL, SPECIAL ADVISER ON GENDER ISSUES STATES

19980119 In Address to Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, as Its Eighteenth Session Begins; Adopts Programme of Work

16 January 1998

Press Release
WOM/1003

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TO HOLD EIGHTEENTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS

19980116 Background Release

Discrimination against women in conflict situations and their aftermath are among the issues to be examined as the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women convenes its eighteenth session at Headquarters from 19 January to 6 February.