9 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF MONTENEGRO
06 October 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the initial report of Montenegro on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report, Sabahudin Delic, Deputy Minister for Human and Minority Rights, said that since Montenegro's independence in 2006 the Government had focused policies on domestic matters and the reform of its constitution and legal systems, including the right of its citizens to live in freedom and…
9 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF PARAGUAY
05 October 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of Paraguay on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report, Gloria Rubin, Minister of the Women’s Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic of Paraguay, said that for the first time Paraguay had recognized that the right to live a life without violence was an essential requirement. Since 2005 Paraguay had developed public services to…
9 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF OMAN
04 October 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the initial report of Oman on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report Sheikh Mohammed Said Al Kalbani, Minister of Social Development of Oman, said that it contained details of legislative, judicial, administrative and other measures taken by Oman to implement the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, ratified in May 2005, on a…
9 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS FIFTIETH SESSION
03 October 2011
Meeting Summaries
Hears Address by High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its fiftieth session, hearing a statement from Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda and programme of work for the session.
Ms. Pillay said that looking at the current situation of human rights in the world, the international community was faced with towering human rights challenges, such as the food emergency in the Horn of Africa. As in every crisis, women were…
9 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN MEETS WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
03 October 2011
Meeting Summaries
Hears Statements from Non-Governmental Organizations on the Rights of Women in Oman, Montenegro, Paraguay and Mauritius
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 Oman, Montenegro, Paraguay and Mauritius. The reports of the four countries will be reviewed by the Committee this week.
Representatives of non-governmental organizations in Oman delivered an oral report that also covered Kuwait, whose report will be…
10 years ago
SUPPRESSION OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS PERSISTS DESPITE PROGRESS ON DISCRIMINATION – UN
29 July 2011
Press Release
The United Nations committee tasked with ensuring compliance with the global treaty to end discrimination against women today noted that there has been progress towards improving the lot of women in some countries, but discriminatory practices continued to limit their human rights.
During its 49th session, the Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) considered reports from Costa Rica, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Italy, Nepal, Republic of Korea, Singapore and Zambia.
Silvia Pimental, the chair of the CEDAW committee, told a news…
10 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES FORTY-EIGHTH SESSION
04 February 2011
Press Release
Committee Adopts Conclusions on the Reports of Bangladesh, Belarus, Israel, Kenya, Lichtenstein, South Africa and Sri Lanka
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concluded on 4 February its forty-eighth session, adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Bangladesh, Belarus, Israel, Kenya, Lichtenstein, South Africa and Sri Lanka, the seven countries it examined at this session. During this session the Committee also welcomed five new members who were formally inducted during this session, as well…
10 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF BELARUS
27 January 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the seventh periodic report of Belarus on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report, Marianna Shchotkina, Minister of Labour and Social Protection of Belarus, said that the report was prepared based on information from the various Government departments involved in gender issues. The report contained a picture of the endeavours undertaken by the Government of…
10 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF SRI LANKA
26 January 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has considered the combined fifth to seventh periodic report of Sri Lanka on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report, Kshenuka Senewiratne, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that following the 30-year terrorist conflict, the State had been compelled to assume an expanded and formidable task of maintaining national security, law…
10 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF BANGLADESH
25 January 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has considered the combined sixth and seventh periodic report of Bangladesh on how that country implements the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report, Shirin Sharman Chaudhury, Minister of State at the Ministry for Women and Children Affairs of Bangladesh, said that the Government of Bangladesh firmly believed that women’s concerns must be expressed and integrated into development policies to bring about…
