Commission on Status of Women

Forty-seventh Session

8^th Meeting (AM)

POVERTY, HIV/AIDS, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN CLEAR HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES,

HIGH COMMISSIONER TELLS WOMEN’S COMMISSION

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-seventh Session

7^th Meeting (AM & PM)

WOMEN’S ACCESS TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES NEEDED TO ERADICATE POVERTY, CREATE

ECONOMICALLY JUST, DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES, WOMEN’S COMMISSION TOLD

Speakers Also Raise Issues of HIV/AIDS Impact,

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-seventh Session

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

WOMEN’S SOCIAL, ECONOMIC INEQUALITY LEADS TO TRAFFICKING, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,

EXPLOITATION, SAY SPEAKERS IN WOMEN’S COMMISSION

Note Women Represent ‘Staggering’ 70 Per Cent of Those in Poverty;

Why Is Most Dangerous Place for a Women Her Own Home? Delegate Asks

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-seventh Session

3^rd Meeting (AM)

BREAKING SILENCE, STRENGTHENING LEGISLATION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, TRAFFICKING

IN WOMEN KEY ISSUES FOR WOMEN’S COMMISSION PANEL

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-seventh Session

4^th Meeting (PM)

NATIONAL LEGISLATION, GOVERNMENT BODIES AIMED AT PROMOTING GENDER

EQUALITY FOCUS OF WOMEN’S COMMISSION ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION

Speakers Highlight Laws Targeting Harmful Cultural Practices,

Describe Creation of Ministries Dedicated to Women’s Rights, Development

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-seventh Session

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

GENDER EQUALITY CENTRAL TO ACHIEVING MILLENNIUM SUMMIT DEVELOPMENT GOALS,

WOMEN’S COMMISSION TOLD, AS FORTY-SEVENTH SESSION OPENS

Background Release

WOMEN’S COMMISSION WILL HOLD 47^TH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS 3-14 MARCH;

FOCUS:  WOMEN AND MEDIA; VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

The Commission on the Status of Women will hold its forty-seventh session from 3 to 14 March at Headquarters, focusing on two thematic issues -- women and the media and violence against women. 

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

608^th Meeting (PM)

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

AFTER CONSIDERING REPORTS OF EIGHT STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION

Legislative Reforms, Customary Law and Traditional Practices,

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

607^th Meeting* (PM)

REPUBLIC OF CONGO RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS RAISED

IN WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

Issues Addressed Include Employment,

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

606^th & 607^th Meetings (AM & PM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE URGES CONGO TO ELIMINATE

TRADITIONAL PRACTICES, CUSTOMARY LAWS UNFAIR TO WOMEN