Women and gender issues

Commission on the Status of Women                          

Forty-eighth Session                                       

12^th Meeting (PM)

Commission on the Status of Women                          

Forty-eighth Session                                       

Commission on the Status of Women                          

Forty-eight Session                                        

Commission on the Status of Women                          

Forty-eighth Session                                       

Commission on the Status of Women                          

Forty-eighth Session                                       

Commission on the Status of Women                          

Forty-eighth Session                                       

INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS URGE MORE ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT

OF WOMEN IN ELECTIONS AND NATION-BUILDING

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

647^th Meeting (PM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CURRENT SESSION

Recommends Use of Temporary Special Measures,

Such as Quotas, to Accelerate Equal Treatment of Men, Women

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

645^th & 646^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ETHIOPIA COMMENDED FOR POLITICAL COMMITMENT TO WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION

CONVENTION, DESPITE FACING POVERTY, NATURAL DISASTERS, MILITARY CONFLICT

Country’s Representative Says Changing Attitudes

In Traditional, Conservative Society Will Be Long Struggle

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

643^rd & 644^th Meetings (AM & PM)

CAMPAIGN NEEDED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS

IN BELARUS, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

But Delegation Says Increased Opportunities Have Provided

Diverse Possibilities for Women’s Participation in All Spheres of Life