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Date Headline
11 March 2005 Governments pledge to accelerate efforts to achieve equality for women and fulfil Beijing commitments, as UN Commission concludes
4 March 2005 Statement by the Chairperson of the Commission on the Status of Women After the Adoption of a Declaration
3 March 2005 Women’s roles changing with their participation in international migration, impacting both sending and receiving countries
  Women joining migrant streams in unprecedented numbers and proportion
Read the full report: 2004 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development: Women and International Migration
25 February 2005 High-level UN Meeting to Reaffirm Commitments to Women’s Rights
31 January 2005 United Nations Commission to appraise worldwide situation of women
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18 July, 2008
WOM/1697WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES FORTY-FIRST SESSION, ADOPTS PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR NEXT SESSION IN GENEVA, 20 OCTOBER –- 7 NOVEMBER

14 July, 2008
WOM/1696REPORTING TO WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE, SLOVAKIA’S GOVERNMENT STRONGLY DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN ALLEGED STERILIZATION OF ROMA WOMEN

11 July, 2008
WOM/1695IMPEDING TANZANIAN EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT WOMEN’S CONVENTION WERE MALE DOMINATION, PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, EMOTIONAL ABUSE, WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

10 July, 2008
WOM/1694UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPIONS GENDER EQUALITY IN PUBLIC POLICY, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION, BUT CLOSING GAP BETWEEN SEXES UNFINISHED BUSINESS, EXPERTS TOLD

9 July, 2008
WOM/1693FINLAND’S NEW GENDER EQUALITY PLAN WILL ADVANCE WOMEN’S RIGHTS, PREVENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, REDUCE GENDER PAY GAP, WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

8 July, 2008
WOM/1692NEW LAW ON EQUAL STATUS, EQUAL RIGHTS BOOSTS ICELANDIC WOMEN’S PROTECTION, WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE HEARS, BUT STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY ‘LONG AND ARDUOUS’

3 July, 2008
WOM/1691NIGERIA POISED TO VOTE ON BILL TO ENFORCE WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION AFTER INITIAL REJECTION, DELEGATION OF 73 MEMBERS TELLS MONITORING COMMITTEE

2 July, 2008
WOM/1690WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE COMMENDS LITHUANIA’S GENDER EQUALITY LAWS, BUT QUESTIONS DRAFT BILL TO SEVERELY RESTRICT LEGAL ABORTION

1 July, 2008
WOM/1689YEMEN’S DELEGATION ACKNOWLEDGES OBSTACLES TO WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT, HIGHLIGHTS GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO REVERSE DISCRIMINATORY PATTERNS, IN WOMEN’S COMMITTEE

30 June, 2008
WOM/1688VITALITY OF WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION IS PART OF ENCOURAGING PICTURE FOR GENDER EQUALITY; COMMITTEE IS ‘BEACON OF HOPE’, OPENING SESSION TOLD

24 June, 2008
SG/SM/11657-WOM/1686SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ‘REMARKABLE’ WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP IN GOVERNMENTS WORLDWIDE, SAYS MORE WOMEN NEEDED AS UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADORS, IN NEW YORK REMARKS

19 June, 2008
SG/SM/11647-SC/9365-WOM/1685FAR MORE MUST BE DONE TO INVOLVE WOMEN IN CONFLICT PREVENTION, PEACE TALKS, RECOVERY AFTER GUNS FALL SILENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

4 June, 2008
DSG/SM/399-WOM/1684DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES TRANSLATION OF PASSIONATE COMMITMENT INTO CONCRETE ACTION AS SHE ADDRESSES WORKING LUNCHEON ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

29 May, 2008
DSG/SM/396-ENV/DEV/993-WOM/1683BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION NO LUXURY, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WARNING WOMEN MINISTERS ABOUT LOOMING ‘SIXTH GLOBAL MASS EXTINCTION OF SPECIES’

6 May, 2008
WOM/1682NEW STUDY ANALYSING CHANGING ROLES IN MIGRATION FINDS COLOMBIAN WOMEN IN SPAIN INVESTING IN WELL-BEING OF THEIR FAMILIES

1 May, 2008
DSG/SM/390-WOM/1681WOMEN BEARING BRUNT OF DEVELOPMENT EMERGENCY, NEW GLOBAL CHALLENGES, WARNS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN KEYNOTE ADDRESS TO FOREIGN POLICY GROUP

3 April, 2008
WOM/1680NEW STUDY SEEKS TO SHOW CHANGING FACE OF MIGRATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA AS WOMEN PLAY BIGGER ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT THROUGH REMITTANCES

13 March, 2008
WOM/1679WOMEN’S COMMISSION, CONCLUDING SESSION, ADOPTS WIDE-RANGING AGREED CONCLUSIONS ON FINANCING FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT

7 March, 2008
WOM/1678WOMEN’S COMMISSION APPROVES RESOLUTIONS ON PALESTINIAN WOMEN, TRAINING INSTITUTE, WOMEN AND CHILD HOSTAGES, FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION, HIV/AIDS

6 March, 2008
OBV/684-WOM/1674‘INVESTING IN WOMEN IS NOT ONLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO; IT IS THE SMART THING TO DO’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AS UNITED NATIONS MARKS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY


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