WOMEN 2000: WOMEN AND DECISION-MAKING OCTOBER 1997 NOTABLE EVENTS



WOMEN 2000:  WOMEN AND DECISION-MAKING                         OCTOBER 1997


                           NOTABLE EVENTS


DAW, UNFPA, UNICEF and ECA
Expert Group Meeting on Adolescent Girls and their Rights
ECA Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
13-17 October 1997

DAW and York University
Expert Group Meeting on Gender-based Persecution
York University, Toronto, Canada
9-12 November 1997

DAW and DSPD
Expert Group Meeting on Ageing Women and Care
International Institute on Ageing, Valletta, Malta
30 November - 2 December 1997

DAW and Institute for Human Rights at Abo Akadmi
Expert Group Meeting on Promoting Women's Enjoyment of Their Economic and
Social Rights
Abo/Turku, Finland
1--4 December 1997

CEDAW
18th Session
UNHQ, New York
19 January - 6 February 1998

Commission on the Status of Women
42nd. Session
UNHQ, New York
2 -13 March 1998

CEDAW
19th Session
UNHQ, New York
15 June - 2 July 1998




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