In progress at UNHQ

Women and gender issues

9 July 2008

WOM/1693

FINLAND’S NEW GENDER EQUALITY PLAN WILL ADVANCE WOMEN’S RIGHTS, PREVENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, REDUCE GENDER PAY GAP, WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

9 July 2008

	General AssemblyWOM/1693

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

841^st & 842^nd Meetings* (AM & PM)

8 July 2008

WOM/1692

NEW LAW ON EQUAL STATUS, EQUAL RIGHTS BOOSTS ICELANDIC WOMEN’S PROTECTION, WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE HEARS, BUT STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY ‘LONG AND ARDUOUS’

8 July 2008

	General AssemblyWOM/1692

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

838^th & 839^th Meetings (AM & PM)

3 July 2008

WOM/1691

NIGERIA POISED TO VOTE ON BILL TO ENFORCE WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION AFTER INITIAL REJECTION, DELEGATION OF 73 MEMBERS TELLS MONITORING COMMITTEE

3 July 2008

	General AssemblyWOM/1691

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

836^th & 837^th Meetings (AM & PM)

2 July 2008

WOM/1690

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE COMMENDS LITHUANIA’S GENDER EQUALITY LAWS, BUT QUESTIONS DRAFT BILL TO SEVERELY RESTRICT LEGAL ABORTION

2 July 2008

	General AssemblyWOM/1690

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

834^th & 835^th Meetings (AM & PM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE COMMENDS LITHUANIA’S GENDER EQUALITY

LAWS, BUT QUESTIONS DRAFT BILL TO SEVERELY RESTRICT LEGAL ABORTION

1 July 2008

WOM/1689

YEMEN’S DELEGATION ACKNOWLEDGES OBSTACLES TO WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT, HIGHLIGHTS GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO REVERSE DISCRIMINATORY PATTERNS, IN WOMEN’S COMMITTEE

1 July 2008

	General AssemblyWOM/1689

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

832^nd & 833^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

30 June 2008

WOM/1688

VITALITY OF WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION IS PART OF ENCOURAGING PICTURE FOR GENDER EQUALITY; COMMITTEE IS ‘BEACON OF HOPE’, OPENING SESSION TOLD

30 June 2008

	General AssemblyWOM/1688

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Committee on Elimination of WOM/1688

Discrimination against Women

831^st Meeting (AM)

6 May 2008

WOM/1682

NEW STUDY ANALYSING CHANGING ROLES IN MIGRATION FINDS COLOMBIAN WOMEN IN SPAIN INVESTING IN WELL-BEING OF THEIR FAMILIES

6 May 2008

	Press ReleaseWOM/1682

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

NEW STUDY ANALYSING CHANGING ROLES IN MIGRATION FINDS COLOMBIAN WOMEN

IN SPAIN INVESTING IN WELL-BEING OF THEIR FAMILIES

3 April 2008

WOM/1680

NEW STUDY SEEKS TO SHOW CHANGING FACE OF MIGRATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA AS WOMEN PLAY BIGGER ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT THROUGH REMITTANCES

3 April 2008

	Press ReleaseWOM/1680

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

new study seeks to show changing face of migration in southern africa

13 March 2008

WOM/1679

WOMEN’S COMMISSION, CONCLUDING SESSION, ADOPTS WIDE-RANGING AGREED CONCLUSIONS ON FINANCING FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT

13 March 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilWOM/1679

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Commission on the Status of Women

Fifty-second Session

16^th Meeting (Resumed) (AM)

WOMEN’S COMMISSION, CONCLUDING SESSION, ADOPTS WIDE-RANGING AGREED CONCLUSIONS

ON FINANCING FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT

7 March 2008

WOM/1678

WOMEN’S COMMISSION APPROVES RESOLUTIONS ON PALESTINIAN WOMEN, TRAINING INSTITUTE, WOMEN AND CHILD HOSTAGES, FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION, HIV/AIDS

7 March 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilWOM/1678

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Commission on the Status of Women

Fifty-second Session

16^th Meeting (PM)