5 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES
26 October 2015
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with representatives of non-governmental organizations to hear information on the situation of women in the Russian Federation, Portugal, Liberia and Slovenia, whose reports will be considered during the first week of the session. It also met with a representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation.
Representatives of non-governmental organizations in the Russian Federation addressed the issues of the criminalization of sex…
6 years 4 months ago
WIDOWS’ EVICTION HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO ABOLISH OR AMEND TANZANIA’S DISCRIMINATORY LAWS, UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS SAY
01 April 2015
Press Release
GENEVA (1 April 2015) – Tanzania should take steps to revise or repeal laws, customs and practices that discriminate against women, a United Nations Committee has said after considering the case of two widows who were prevented from inheriting their late husbands’ property and were left homeless.
The Geneva-based Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) issued its call after considering a complaint by the women, who under local customary laws could not inherit upon their respective husband’s death…
6 years 5 months ago
UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES SIXTIETH SESSION
06 March 2015
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Recommendations on Reports of Gabon, Azerbaijan, Ecuador, Tuvalu, Denmark, Kyrgyzstan, Eritrea and Maldives
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its sixtieth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women by Gabon, Azerbaijan, Ecuador, Tuvalu, Denmark, Kyrgyzstan, Eritrea and Maldives.
The Committee’s concluding observations and…
6 years 5 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN REVIEWS THE SITUATION OF WOMEN IN THE MALDIVES
27 February 2015
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined fourth and fifth periodic report of the Maldives on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Dunya Maumoon, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Maldives, introducing the report, said that significant strides in the elimination of discrimination against women had been achieved. Two key Government policies relating to women’s rights were the empowerment of women…
6 years 5 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS THE REPORTS OF ERITREA
26 February 2015
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the fourth and fifth periodic reports of Eritrea on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Presenting the report, Tekea Tesfamichael, President of the National Union of Eritrean Women, said Eritrea was one of the few countries which had achieved great progress in attaining the Millennium Development Goals way ahead of the targeted deadline of 2015. It had revised all of its laws to…
6 years 5 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS THE REPORT OF KYRGYZSTAN
25 February 2015
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the fourth periodic report of Kyrgyzstan on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Presenting the report, Erik Kuikeev, Deputy Minister of Social Development of Kyrgyzstan, said Kyrgyzstan was the first country in Central Asia to develop a parliamentary democracy and was proud to have been the first and only country in the region to be headed by a woman during its difficult…
6 years 5 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF DENMARK
24 February 2015
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of Denmark on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Presenting the report, Carsten Staur, Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said successive Danish Governments had been committed to achieving gender equality between women and men for decades and in 2015 Denmark celebrated the 100 year anniversary of women’s right to vote.…
6 years 5 months ago
CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES BRIEF CEDAW ON SITUATION OF WOMEN IN KYRGYZSTAN, ERITREA, MALDIVES AND DENMARK
23 February 2015
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with civil society representatives to hear information on the situation of women in Kyrgyzstan, Eritrea, Maldives and Denmark, whose reports will be considered by the Committee this week.
Representatives of civil society organizations from Kyrgyzstan expressed concern about the gradual withdrawal of women from public and economic life, accompanied by a rise in the numbers of religious marriages, and impunity for the practice of bride kidnapping…
6 years 5 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN REVIEWS THE SITUATION OF WOMEN IN TUVALU
20 February 2015
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined third and fourth periodic report of Tuvalu on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report, Puaita Etuati, Senior Assistant Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister of Tuvalu, said that significant developments in 2014 included the enactment of the new Family Protection and Domestic Violence Act and the adoption of the National Gender Policy of 2014…
6 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS THE REPORT OF ECUADOR
19 February 2015
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined eighth and ninth periodic report of Ecuador on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report, Andrea Cecilia Vaca Peralta, Coordinating Minister for Social Development of Ecuador, said that Ecuador had come a long way with regard to women’s rights. The 2008 Constitution had expanded the recognition of human rights in general,…
