Commission on Status of Women

Forty-sixth Session

5^th Meeting (AM)

EXPERT PANEL EXAMINES LINKS BETWEEN EMPOWERING WOMEN, ERADICATING POVERTY

IN COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN

The Commission on the Status of Women examined policy, financing and implementation challenges this morning, as it held a panel discussion on one of its two thematic issues for the session, the eradication of poverty through women’s empowerment.

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-sixth Session

6^th Meeting (PM)

IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN PROTECTING ENVIRONMENT STRESSED,

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-sixth Session

3^rd and 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)

REDRESSING ‘POWER EQUATION’ BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN, ERADICATING WOMEN’S POVERTY

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED, AS WOMEN’S COMMISSION CONCLUDES GENERAL DISCUSSION

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-sixth Session

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

WOMEN’S POVERTY, EMPOWERMENT MUST BE ADDRESSED TO MEET DEVELOPMENT GOALS,

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN TOLD, AS 46^TH SESSION OPENS

Background Release

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN TO MEET FROM 4 TO 15 MARCH; MAIN THEMES

CONCERN POVERTY, ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL DISASTERS

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-sixth Session

549^th Meeting (PM)

 and Round-up

COMMITTEE ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES THREE-WEEK SESSION;

CONSIDERED REPORTS BY EIGHT COUNTRIES

Recommendations Adopted Concerning Fiji, Iceland, Estonia,

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-sixth Session

548^th Meeting (PM)

COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF ESTONIA’S COMPLIANCE

WITH ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-sixth Session

547^th Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN

CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO REPORT

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-sixth Session

545^th & 546^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE EXPERTS URGE SRI LANKA TO TAKE ‘SPECIAL TEMPORARY MEASURES’

TO ADVANCE DE FACTO EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN, MEN

Concerns Expressed on Levels of Violence Suffered by Sri Lankan Women

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-sixth Session

543^rd and 544^th Meetings (AM and PM)

COMMITTEE IS GENERALLY ‘ENCOURAGED’ BY RUSSIAN FEDERATION REPORT,

BUT CONCERNED OVER CHECHNYA, WOMEN’S ACCESS TO SENIOR POSITIONS