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…

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…

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…

Committee Adopts Conclusions on the Periodic Reports of Burkina Faso, Czech Republic, Malta, Tunisia and Uganda as well as on an Exceptional Report by India The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning concluded its forty-seventh session, adopting concluding…

Committee Adopts Conclusions on Reports of Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Malawi, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands, Egypt, Botswana and Panama The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning concluded its forty-fifth session, adopting concluding observations and…

GENEVA – The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women urged the international community, United Nations agencies and all humanitarian relief agencies to actively involve women at all stages of emergency management programmes, in both the planning and…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has considered the combined initial to third periodic report of Botswana on how that country implements the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the report,…

Issues Statements on Gaza and International Financial Crisis; Adopts Conclusions on Reports of Dominica, Armenia, Haiti, Cameroon, Libya, Germany, Guatemala and Rwanda The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon concluded its forty-third session, adopting…

Issues Conclusions on Reports of Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Ecuador, El Salvador, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Mongolia, Myanmar, Portugal, Slovenia and Uruguay The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon concluded its forty-second session and issued its concluding…

Issues Conclusions on Reports of Bolivia, Burundi, Saudi Arabia, France, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Morocco and Sweden The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today closed its fortieth session, held from 14 January to 1 February 2008 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, and…