Women and gender issues

Background Release

WOMEN’S ANTI‑DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE WILL HEAR REPORTS OF EIGHT COUNTRIES,

WHEN IT MEETS AT HEADQUARTERS, 13-31 JANUARY

The twenty-eighth session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 13 to 31 January 2003.

UNITED NATIONS EXPERT GROUP MEETING TO DISCUSS PARTICIPATION,

UNITED NATIONS EXPERT GROUP MEETING TO EXAMINE IMPACT OF INFORMATION

AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ON WOMEN

Meeting of States Parties Convention

on Elimination of Discrimination against Women

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

STATES PARTIES TO WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

ELECT 12 EXPERTS TO MONITORING COMMITTEE

Committee on Elimination of                                        WOM/1363

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

585^th Meeting (AM)

GREECE DESCRIBES WIDE RANGE OF LEGISLATION PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY

AS ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONTINUES EXCEPTIONAL SESSION

CORRECTION

In Press Release WOM/1361 issued 19 August, the next to last paragraph on page 11 should read:

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

586^th and 587^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Committee on Elimination of                                        WOM/1363

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

585^th Meeting (AM)

GREECE DESCRIBES WIDE RANGE OF LEGISLATION PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY

AS ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONTINUES EXCEPTIONAL SESSION

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

584^th Meeting (AM)

PROTECT ARGENTINE WOMEN FROM EFFECTS OF CRISIS,

COMMITTEE URGES NATIONAL COUNCIL