In progress at UNHQ

Women and gender issues


WOM/1511
06/07/2005
Press Release
WOM/1511

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

685th & 686th Meetings (AM & PM)


WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE VOICES CONCERN ABOUT INEQUALITIES


AMONG ETHNIC GROUPS, AS IT TAKES UP ISRAEL’S REPORT


Noting Israel’s Passage of New Laws to Empower Women,

Committee Members Say More Effort Needed to Combat Domestic Violence

WOM/1510
05/07/2005
Press Release
WOM/1510

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

684th Meeting (AM)


REAL-LIFE BENEFITS MUST BE GUIDING PRINCIPLE IN GAUGING HOW WOMEN CAN GAIN


FROM SEPTEMBER SUMMIT, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD


Opening Thirty-Third Session, Special Adviser

On Gender Issues Stresses Need to Tackle Systemic Roots of Inequality

WOM/1504
11/03/2005
Press Release
WOM/1504

Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-ninth Session

19th & 20th Meetings (AM & PM)


COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN ADOPTS 10 WIDE-RANGING RESOLUTIONS,


BUT FAILS TO CONCLUDE CURRENT SESSION


New Texts Concern Women’s Economic Advancement, Gender Mainstreaming,

Appointment of Special Rapporteur, Disaster Relief, Indigenous Women, Trafficking