8 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION
11 February 2013
Meeting Summaries
Elects Nicole Ameline of France as New Chairperson
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its fifty-four session, hearing a statement from Jacob Schneider of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda and programme of work for the session. The Committee elected a new Bureau, choosing Ms. Nicole Amelie of France as the new Chairperson.
Mr. Schneider said that the Office was eager to learn how the Committee would choose to implement…
8 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISCUSSES SITUATION IN PAKISTAN, AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY WITH NGOS
11 February 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to discuss the situation of the rights of women in Pakistan, Austria and Hungary. The reports of the three countries will be reviewed by the Committee this week, together with the report of Cyprus.
Representatives of NGOs in Pakistan delivered oral reports in which they expressed concerns about legal provisions that continued to discriminate against women. There was visible resistance to the…
8 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES FIFTY-THIRD SESSION
19 October 2012
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations and Reservations on Reports of Turkmenistan, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Togo and Chile
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its fifty-third session and adopted its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Turkmenistan, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Togo and Chile on how these countries implement the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
The Committee's concluding observations and recommendations are…
8 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN HOLDS HIGH-LEVEL PANEL TO CELEBRATE ITS THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY
18 October 2012
Meeting Summaries
Panel Discusses the Rights of Women in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations in French-speaking Africa
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, in partnership with the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, today held a high-level panel discussion entitled “promoting and protecting women's rights in situations of conflict and post-conflict: the case of French-speaking Africa” to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Committee.
In opening remarks, Silvia Pimentel, Committee Chairperson,…
8 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN REVIEWS REPORT OF TURKMENISTAN
11 October 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined third and fourth periodic report of Turkmenistan on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report, Yazdursun Gurbannazarova, Director of the Turkmen National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenistan, said since independence in 1991 Turkmenistan had headed for systematic reforms in many areas of societal life to…
8 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE COMOROS
10 October 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined initial to fourth periodic report of the Comoros on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report, Sultan Chouzour, Permanent Representative of the Comoros to the United Nations Office at Geneva, apologised that the high-level Ministerial delegation was unable to attend today’s meeting and explained that as he had been asked to represent his…
8 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN HEARS FROM NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ON TURKMENISTAN
08 October 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with non-governmental organizations to discuss the situation of the rights of women in Turkmenistan, the report of which will be reviewed by the Committee this week along with that of the Comoros. No non-governmental organizations were in attendance to discuss the situation of women’s rights in the Comoros.
Representatives of non-governmental organizations in Turkmenistan said that the country was one of the most closed and repressive…
8 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA
05 October 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of Equatorial Guinea on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.Introducing the report, Alfonso Nsue Mokuy, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Social and Human Rights, said that in Equatorial Guinea all women, regardless of their civil status, had equal rights to men in all aspects of civil, political, social and economic spheres of life. The…
8 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF TOGO
04 October 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined sixth and seventh periodic report of Togo on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.Introducing the report, Ayawavi Djigbodi Dagban Zonvide, Minister for the Promotion of Women, said in recent years Togo had suffered severe climate-related disasters and the population had grown to 6.1 million in 2010. However, Togo had achieved notable reforms in strengthening human…
8 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF CHILE
02 October 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Chile on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report, Carolina Schmidt Zaldivar, Minister Director of the National Service for Women’s Affairs of Chile, said that the promotion and protection of women’s rights was a fundamental commitment for Chile and a hallmark of its identity as a society. Chile fully integrated…
