9 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
14 February 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of the Republic of the Congo on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report, Luc-Joseph Okio, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Congo to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that progress had been made in the area of primary education, maternal and child health and institutional mechanisms, as well as in the…
9 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS FIFTY-FIRST SESSION
13 February 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its fifty-first session, hearing a statement from Isha Dyfan, Chief of the Women’s Rights and Gender Section in the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda and programme of work for the session.
Ms. Dyfan said that High Commissioner Navi Pillay had led landmark discussion on human rights at the meeting of the United Nations Chief Executive Board in New York, in which she appealed for the United Nations to hear the calls of the Arab…
9 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN MEETS WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
13 February 2012
Meeting Summaries
Hears Statements from Non-Governmental Organizations on the Rights of Women in Brazil, Congo, Grenada and Norway
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 Congo, Grenada, Norway, Algeria, Jordan and Zimbabwe. The reports of the six countries will be reviewed by the Committee this week.
Representatives of non-governmental organizations in Brazil raised issues of equal pay for men and women, the difficulty women…
9 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES FIFTIETH SESSION
21 October 2011
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Eight Countries, General Comment on Rural Women and Statement on Refugee Women
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has concluded its fiftieth session and adopted its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Oman, Paraguay, Montenegro, Mauritius, Lesotho, Chad, Kuwait and Côte d’Ivoire on how these countries implement the provisions of the Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. During the session, the…
9 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF CÔTE D’IVOIRE
14 October 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined initial, second and third periodic report of Côte d’Ivoire on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report, Raymonde Coffie Goudou, Minister for Family, Women and Children, said that the fact that women had positions in the Government was testimony to the State’s commitment to promoting women's rights. The crisis in Côte d'…
9 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF KUWAIT
13 October 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined third and fourth periodic report of Kuwait on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report, Dharar Razzooqi, Permanent Representative of Kuwait to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that women in Kuwait had received and enjoyed all their political rights since 2005, the date when women were granted the right to participate in political life and…
9 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF CHAD
12 October 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined initial, second, third and fourth periodic report of Chad on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report, Bamanga Abbas Malloum, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Chad to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that by ratifying the Convention on June 15, 1995, Chad had not only made commitments to the provisions of the Convention but had also…
9 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF LESOTHO
11 October 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined initial, second, third and fourth periodic reports of Lesotho on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report, Mpeo Mahase-Moiloa, Minister of Justice and Human Rights and Correctional Services, said that women were playing an active role in Lesotho’s political sector with strong representation at national government level, and the new 30 per cent quota…
9 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN MEETS WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
10 October 2011
Meeting Summaries
Hears Statements from Non-Governmental Organizations on the Rights of Women in Lesotho, Chad, Kuwait and Côte d’Ivoire
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 Lesotho, Chad, Kuwait and Côte d’Ivoire. The reports of the four countries will be reviewed by the Committee this week.
Representatives of non-governmental organizations in Lesotho said that the critical issues facing women and girls in the country were…
9 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF MAURITIUS
07 October 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth and seventh periodic reports of Mauritius on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report, Maria Francesca Mireille Martin, Minister of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare of Mauritius, said that since the last review by the Committee of Mauritius in 2006, the Government had set up a National Steering Committee on Gender Mainstreaming to…
