Countries have made progress in promoting and protecting women's rights but important challenges remain in achieving equality, according to a member of a UN expert body that monitors discrimination against women. Nicole Ameline, vice chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, says access to education is one area for improvement. She spoke to journalists in New York on Monday following her address to the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly. "Women … [Read more...]
BAHAMAS Reports ‘Steady Progress’ in Improving Situation of Women
July 24, 2012 by Team Celebration
Bahamas Reports ‘Steady Progress’ in Improving Situation of Women in Appearance before Anti-Discrimination Committee Expert Members Express Concern about Absence of Special Temporary Measures Despite high unemployment, rising crime and socio-economic woes arising from the global financial crisis and natural disasters, the Bahamas had steadily improved the lot of its women through a range of legal reforms, awareness-raising campaigns and action plans, members of the country’s … [Read more...]
Filed Under: ASIA, CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICA, EURASIA, EUROPE, FORMER SOVIET UNION, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, OCEANIA, SOUTH AMERICA, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, AYSE FERIDE ACAR, Bahamas, BARBARA EVELYN BAILEY, Bureau of Women’s Affairs, Caribbean, CEDAW, Committee Vice-Chairperson, DUBRAVKA ŠIMONOVIĆ, expert from Bangladesh, expert from China, expert from Cuba, expert from Egypt, expert from Finland, expert from France, expert from Israel, expert from Jamaica, expert from Paraguay, expert from Slovenia, expert from Spain, expert from Switzerland, expert from Turkey, HUMAN RIGHTS, ISMAT JAHAN, MAGALYS AROCHA DOMINGUEZ, Ms. ACAR, Ms. AMELINE, Ms. AWORI, Ms. MURILLO DE LA VEGA, Ms. NEUBAUER, Ms. ZOU, NAELA MOHAMED GABR, NICOLE AMELINE, NIKLAS BRUUN, OLINDA BAREIRO-BOBADILLA, PATRICIA SCHULZ, Rapporteur and expert from Kenya, RUTH HALPERIN-KADDARI, SOLEDAD MURILLO DE LA VEGA, UN, UN Women, VIOLET TSISIGA AWORI, VIOLETA NEUBAUER, women's rights, women., ZOHRA RASEKH, ZOU XIAOQIAO
Mexico Gaining Ground in Efforts to End ‘Femicide’, Other Violence against Women
July 17, 2012 by Team Celebration
Mexico Gaining Ground in Efforts to End 'Femicide', Other Violence against Women, Delegation Tells Anti-Discrimination Committee Expert Members Concerned about Abortion Laws Murder of Human Rights Defenders, Low Education for Indigenous Women Through a “juridical revolution” and a range of comprehensive assistance programmes, Mexico was gaining ground in its bid to end violence against women, including murder, bolster their political representation at the most … [Read more...]
Filed Under: NORTH AMERICA, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, BARBARA EVELYN BAILEY, children, Committee Vice-Chairperson, DUBRAVKA ŠIMONOVIĆ, End 'Femicide', expert from Afghanistan, expert from Croatia, expert from Cuba, expert from Egypt, expert from Finland, expert from France, expert from Israel, expert from Jamaica, expert from Mauritius, expert from Paraguay, expert from Slovenia, expert from Spain, expert from Switzerland, girls, human papillomavirus (HPV), Inter-American Court of Human Rights, MAGALYS AROCHA DOMINGUEZ, Maria del Rocio Garcia Gaytan, Mexico, Millennium Development Goal, Ms. BAREIRO-BOBADILLA, Ms. GARCÍA GAYTÁN, Ms. MURILLO DE LA VEGA, Ms. PATTEN, Ms. SCHULZ, Ms. ŠIMONOVIĆ, NAELA MOHAMED GABR, National Human Rights Commissions, National Institute of Women, NICOLE AMELINE, NIKLAS BRUUN, OLINDA BAREIRO-BOBADILLA, Other Violence against Women, PATRICIA SCHULZ, PRAMILA PATTEN, President, RUTH HALPERIN-KADDARI, SOLEDAD MURILLO DE LA VEGA, violence against women., VIOLETA NEUBAUER, women., Women’s Anti-Discrimination Committee, ZOHRA RASEKH, “femicide”, “juridical revolution”
