Background Release

WOMEN’S COMMISSION WILL HOLD 47^TH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS 3-14 MARCH;

FOCUS:  WOMEN AND MEDIA; VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

The Commission on the Status of Women will hold its forty-seventh session from 3 to 14 March at Headquarters, focusing on two thematic issues -- women and the media and violence against women. 

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

608^th Meeting (PM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES THREE-WEEK SESSION,

AFTER CONSIDERING REPORTS OF EIGHT STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION

Legislative Reforms, Customary Law and Traditional Practices,

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

607^th Meeting* (PM)

REPUBLIC OF CONGO RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS RAISED

IN WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

Issues Addressed Include Employment,

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

606^th & 607^th Meetings (AM & PM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE URGES CONGO TO ELIMINATE

TRADITIONAL PRACTICES, CUSTOMARY LAWS UNFAIR TO WOMEN

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

605^th Meeting (AM)

PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY, CUSTOMARY LAW, HUMAN TRAFFICKING ADDRESSED,

AS ALBANIA RESPONDS TO WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

Questions Posed by Committee Experts

Concern First, Second Reports on Compliance with Convention

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE PRAISES CANADA FOR ADVANCING WOMEN’S RIGHTS,

BUT EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER NUMBER OF WOMEN IN POVERTY

Considers Country’s Fifth Periodic Report on Convention Compliance

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

LUXEMBOURG COMMENDED FOR COMMITMENT TO PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY, AS WOMEN’S

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONSIDERS COUNTRY’S FOURTH REPORT

But experts Regret Delays in Process

To Remove Country’s Reservation to Convention

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP EL SALVADOR’S REPORTS,

COMMENDS COUNTRY’S CREATION OF INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

Experts Also Note Lack of Women in Key International Posts

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

NORWAY CALLED ‘HAVEN FOR GENDER EQUALITY’, AS WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION

COMMITTEE EXAMINES REPORTS ON COMPLIANCE WITH CONVENTION

But Concerns Expressed Regarding Inequalities

In Economic Decision-Making, Violence Against Women, Rights of Immigrant Women

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

596^th Meeting (AM)

FEDERALISM IN SWITZERLAND NO HINDRANCE TO SOCIAL CHANGE,

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

Delegation Responds to Questions

Posed by Experts on Swiss Compliance with Convention