Commission on the Status of Women

Fiftieth Session

15^th Meeting (PM)

COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN CONCLUDES FIFTIETH SESSION;

ADOPTS AGREED CONCLUSIONS ON DECISION-MAKING, DEVELOPMENT

Also Recommends Priority Themes for 2007-2009;

Commission on the Status of Women

Fiftieth Session

13^th & 14^th Meetings* (AM & PM)

UN WOMEN’S COMMISSION ADOPTS TEXTS ADDRESSING HIV/AIDS, WOMEN HOSTAGES,

SITUATION OF PALESTINIAN WOMEN, AS IT SUSPENDS FIFTIETH SESSION

Commission on the Status of Women

Fiftieth Session

11^th Meeting (PM)

RELEASE OF WOMEN AND CHILD HOSTAGES, HIV/AIDS IMPACT AMONG ISSUES

ADDRESSED IN WOMEN’S COMMISSION TEXTS

Commission on the Status of Women

Fiftieth Session

10^th Meeting (AM)

Commission on Status of Women concludes general debate

 

with focus on economic issues

 

Speakers Stress Need for Removal of Obstacles

Commission on the Status of Women

Fiftieth Session

8^th & 9^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENDER PERMEATES CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION,

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN TOLD

Remittances, Lack of Coherence in Migration Policies

Commission on the Status of Women

Fiftieth Session

6^th & 7^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Despite major gains, women bear disproportionate share of poverty burden,

Remain politically underrepresented, un commission told

 

Commission on the Status of Women

Fiftieth Session

4^th & 5^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Absence of women from leadership positions undermines democracy,

Commission on status of women told

 

Panel Discussions Focus on Ways

Commission on the Status of Women

Fiftieth Session

2^nd & 3^rd Meetings* (AM & PM)

NO TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT MORE EFFECTIVE THAN EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN, SAYS

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL , AS WOMEN’S COMMISSION OPENS 50^TH SESSION

Background Release

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN WILL HOLD 50TH SESSION

AT HEADQUARTERS 27 FEBRUARY - 10 MARCH

Focus:  Women’s Equal Participation in Development Decision-Making

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

719^th Meeting (PM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES THREE-WEEK SESSION;

EXPERTS EXAMINE CONVENTION COMPLIANCE OF EIGHT STATES PARTIES

Situation of Rural Women, Importance of Convention