Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

563^rd Meeting (AM)

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS ACKNOWLEDGES ABSENCE OF OFFICIAL POLICY

ON WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN POLITICAL LIFE

Committee Concludes Consideration

Of Country's Report on Implementation of Anti-Discrimination Convention

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women`

564^th Meeting (PM)

COMMITTEE URGES SURINAME TO IMPLEMENT ANNOUNCED MEASURES FOR ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

Concluding Examination of Suriname’s Report,

Experts Stress Need for Action on Violence Against Women, Domestic Violence

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

561^st and 562^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE COMMENDS DENMARK’S ACHIEVEMENTS IN IMPLEMENTATION

OF WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

559^th & 560^th Meetings (AM & PM)

EXPERTS PRAISE BELGIUM'S INNOVATIVE PROMOTION OF GENDER EQUALITY,

URGE COORDINATION OF ACTION BY COUNTRY'S FEDERATED BODIES

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

557^th and 558^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE EXPERTS LUKEWARM ON SITUATION OF WOMEN IN SURINAME,

AS REFLECTED IN THAT COUNTRY'S REPORTS

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

555^th and 556^th Meetings (AM & PM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP PERIODIC REPORTS OF UKRAINE;

EXPERTS STRESS NEED TO INCREASE WOMEN’S REPRESENTATION IN DECISION-MAKING

Quotas among Temporary Measures Envisioned by Convention;

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-seventh Session

553^rd and 554^th Meetings (AM & PM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP ST. KITTS AND NEVIS;

PRAISES NATIONAL MACHINERY ESTABLISHED TO PROTECT WOMEN’S RIGHTS

Experts Say Women Must Be More Visible in Public Life;

Domestic Violence, Teenage Pregnancy Among Other Issues Addressed

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-seventh Session

551^st and 552^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

EXPERTS ON WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKE UP ZAMBIA’S REPORTS;

SAY TRADITIONAL STEREOTYPES UNDERMINE EFFORTS AT ENSURING EQUALITY

Praise Frankness of Reports in Presenting Problems,

But Express Concern Over Conflicts Between Customary, Statutory Law

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-seventh Session

550^th Meeting (AM)

Background Release

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE HOLDS 27TH SESSION

IN NEW YORK, 3 - 21 JUNE

Will Review Reports of Eight States Parties

NEW YORK, 30 May (Division for Advancement of Women) -- The twenty-seventh session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 3 to 21 June 2002.