Women and gender issues

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

579^th Meeting (AM)

EQUALITY IN BARBADOS:  COMMITTEE POINTS OUT GAP BETWEEN ASPIRATIONS, ACHIEVEMENTS

Mechanisms Must Survive Time and Transition, Say Experts

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

577^th and 578^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE EXPERTS VOICE CONCERN OVER GUATEMALA’S MULTIPLE WOMEN’S AGENCIES

Poverty, Ignorance of Law Cited as Obstacles to Equality

Committee on the Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

575^th & 576^th Meetings (AM & PM)

LANDMARK CONSTITUTION CREATES ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN,

UGANDAN MINISTER TELLS COMMITTEE

Experts Urge Repeal of Remaining Legal Discrimination

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

573^rd and 574^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE EXPERTS APPLAUD CZECH REPUBLIC'S POLITICAL WILL TO IMPLEMENT CONVENTION

ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN

Conditions Being Created for Equal Opportunities -- Deputy Minister

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

571^st and 572^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

ARMENIAN DELEGATION CITES EARTHQUAKE, BLOCKADE AMONG OBSTACLES

TO CONVENTION’S IMPLEMENTATION

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

569^th and 570^th Meetings (AM & PM)

MEXICAN WOMEN STILL FACE DISCRIMINATION, DESPITE SIGNIFICANT STEPS, COMMITTEE TOLD

Exceptional Session Concludes Consideration of First Country Report

Committee on Elimination of                                 WOM/1351/Rev.1*

 Discrimination against Women                               5 August 2002

Background Release

WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE HOLDS EXCEPTIONAL SESSION

IN NEW YORK FROM 5 TO 23 AUGUST 2002

CEDAW to Review Reports of 11 States Parties

An exceptional session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 5 to 23 August 2002.

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

567^th Meeting (PM)

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN

CONCLUDES TWENTY-SEVENTH SESSION

Country Reports of Seven States Parties Considered; Provisional Agenda

For Extraordinary August Session, Twenty-Eighth Regular Session Adopted

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

565^th and 566^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE EXPERTS COMMEND TUNISIA’S ‘GREAT STRIDES FORWARD’

IN PROMOTING EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN, MEN