Commission on Status of Women

Forty-seventh Session

13^th Meeting (PM)

WOMEN’S COMMISSION ADOPTS AGREED CONCLUSIONS ON MEDIA, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES,

TEXTS ON AFGHANISTAN, PALESTINIAN WOMEN, HIV/AIDS

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-seventh Session

12^th Meeting* (PM)

WOMEN’S COMMISSION APPROVES TEXTS ON ASSESSING UN GENDER POLICIES,

FUTURE WORK OF RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-seventh Session

10^th Meeting (AM)

WOMEN’S COMMISSION DRAFT TEXT URGES AFGHAN TRANSITIONAL AUTHORITY TO REPEAL

DISCRIMINATORY LEGISLATION, ENABLE WOMEN’S FULL CIVIC PARTICIPATION

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-seventh Session

9^th Meeting (PM)

WOMEN’S COMMISSION ADOPTS PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR NEXT SESSION; TEXTS

ON GENDER PERSPECTIVE, PALESTINIAN WOMEN, HIV/AIDS INTRODUCED

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

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

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

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