In progress at UNHQ

Women and gender issues


WOM/1372
13/01/2003
Press Release
WOM/1372


Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

589th Meeting (AM)


WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE OPENS TWENTY-EIGHTH SESSION;

ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS WORK PROGRAMME


The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women -- the monitoring body for the implementation of the Convention against such discrimination – opened its twenty-eighth session this morning.

WOM/1371
09/01/2003
Press Release
WOM/1371


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.