Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-sixth Session

538^th Meeting (AM)

COMPLETING CONSIDERATION OF FIJI REPORT, COMMITTEE TOLD

CONVENTION IS 'A LIVING REALITY' IN FIJI

But Experts Still Concerned over Negative Impact

Of Traditional Reconciliation Customs in Cases of Violence against Women

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-sixth Session

536^th and 537^th Meetings (AM and PM)

EXPERTS WELCOME POSITIVE ASPECTS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION

MEASURES BUT STRESS PERSISTENCE OF GENDER-BASED CONSTRAINTS

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-sixth Session

534^th and 535^th Meetings (AM and PM)

COMMITTEE EXPERTS PRAISE PORTUGAL’S EFFORTS TO PROMOTE EQUALITY OF WOMEN

Country Is Urged to Further Raise Public Awareness

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-sixth Session

532^nd Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE WELCOMES ICELAND’S REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CONVENTION

ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN

Reservations Expressed on Non-Incorporation

Of Convention Provisions into Domestic Icelandic Law

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-sixth Session

530^th and 531^st Meetings (AM and PM)

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN

CONSIDERS INITIAL REPORT OF FIJI

Participants Express Concern at Discriminatory Elements

In Family Law, Domestic Violence, Pauperization of Fijian Women

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-sixth Session

529^th Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS 26^TH SESSION:

RECAPITULATES DURBAN, DISCUSSES RECENT PROGRESS, FUTURE ACTION

Background Release

WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TO HOLD TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION

IN NEW YORK, 14 JANUARY - 1 FEBRUARY

Will Review Reports of Eight States Parties

NEW YORK, 9 January (Division for Advancement of Women) -- The twenty-sixth session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 14 January to

1 February 2002.

UN EXPERT GROUP MEETING TO EXAMINE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,

MITIGATION OF NATURAL DISASTERS

(Reissued as received.)

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-fifth Session

529^th Meeting (PM)

WOMEN’S COMMITTEE SAYS ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN

SHOULD GIVE ATTENTION TO SITUATION OF GIRLS

Work Concluded on Reports from 8 Countries on Compliance

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

527^th Meeting (AM)

PROMINENCE OF WOMEN AT SENIOR LEVEL IN PUBLIC LIFE OF GUYANA

IS LAUDED BY UN ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

Efforts to Comply with Convention Noted; Some Concerns Expressed