Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

684^th 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

Background Release

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TO MEET IN NEW YORK, 5 - 22 JULY

Will Consider Reports of Benin, Burkina Faso,

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Gambia, Guyana, Ireland, Israel, Lebanon

UNITED NATIONS EXPERT GROUP MEETING TO DISCUSS CHALLENGES

 

IN MEASURING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

 

Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-ninth Session

20^th Meeting (Resumed) (AM)

WOMEN’S COMMISSION SESSION ‘CLEAR, UNQUALIFIED REAFFIRMATION’

OF BEIJING ACTION PLAN, SAYS CHAIR, AS FINAL REPORT ADOPTED

 

Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-ninth Session

19^th & 20^th 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

Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-ninth Session

17^th & 18^th Meetings (AM & PM)

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