Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-ninth Session

15^th & 16^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Youth perspectives on Promotion of Gender Equality

 

Focus of Women’s Commission Panel

 

Observance of International

 Women’s Day

AS RESULT OF BEIJING CONFERENCE, WORLD HAS RECOGNIZED CRITICAL IMPORTANCE of gender

 

Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-ninth Session

13^th & 14^th Meetings (PM)

WOMEN’S COMMISSION HEARS INTRODUCTION OF EIGHT DRAFT RESOLUTIONS;

DISCUSSES CHALLENGES TO GENDER-RELATED STATISTICS, INDICATORS

Drafts Address Women’s Economic Advancement, Disaster Recovery, INSTRAW,

Trafficking, AIDS, Discriminatory Laws, Gender Mainstreaming, Palestinian Women

Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-ninth Session

11^th & 12^th Meetings (AM & PM)

WOMEN CONTINUE TO FACE HOST OF PERSISTENT OBSTACLES TO ADVANCEMENT,

COMMISSION TOLD, AS HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE CONTINUES

Forty-Nine More Speakers Heard

In Review of Progress 10 Years after Beijing Conference

Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-ninth Session

9^th Meeting (AM)

THIRTY-YEAR UN EFFORT TO PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY CELEBRATED

AT INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY HEADQUARTERS OBSERVANCE

 

Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-ninth Session

10^th Meeting (PM)

FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF 1995 BEIJING ACTION PLAN FOR WOMEN ESSENTIAL TO ACHIEVING

GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY GOALS, WOMEN’S COMMISSION DECLARES

Consensus Adoption of Text Ends First Week

Of Session Aimed at Reviewing Progress towards Gender Equality

Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-ninth Session

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

GENDER DISCRIMINATION’S DISASTROUS EFFECTS STARKLY ILLUSTRATED

BY HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC, WOMEN’S COMMISSION TOLD

Two Panel Discussions Explore Connections

Among Beijing Platform, Women’s Convention, Global Anti-Poverty Goals

Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-Ninth Session

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

Women’s efforts to take rightful place in societies after tragedy of war

 

highlighted, as women’s commission concludes high-level debate

Hears from 48 More Speakers in Review

Of Progress 10 years after Beijing Women’s Conference

Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-ninth Session

3^rd & 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-ninth Session

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

NO TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT MORE POWERFUL THAN WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AS WOMEN’S COMMISSION OPENS 2005 SESSION

Aims to Review Progress 10 Years after Beijing Conference;

Speakers Say Much Achieved, But Large Gap Remains between Policy, Practices