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22nd January, 1997
SEXUAL AND FAMILY VIOLENCE, MARGINALIZATION OF WOMEN INTO LOWER PAID WORK AMONG ISSUES RAISED BY WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION EXPERTS ON VENEZUELA'S REPORT
Sovereign Right to Decide on Type of Machinery States Parties Want to Promote Women's Rights also Stressed by Committee Expert Members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women expressed concern this afternoon that many of the proposed laws to improve the status of women in Venezuela, including a bill on...
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21st January, 1997
GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO INCLUDE WOMEN'S ISSUES IN DOMESTIC LAWS STRESSED BY REPRESENTATIVE OF SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
As Committee Concludes Consideration Of Country's Report on Elimination of Discrimination against Women The Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was doing everything possible to ensure that the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women became part of its legislation, the...
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20th January, 1997
NEED FOR SLOVENIA TO IMPROVE WOMEN'S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION RECOGNIZED BY DELEGATION IN WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE
Noting the continued decline of the number of women in Parliament, a representative of Slovenia this afternoon acknowledged the necessity for further national efforts to improve women's political participation, as that country's delegation discussed further its initial report on implementation of the Convention on the Elimination...
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20th January, 1997
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF MOROCCO'S REPORT
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was an integral part of Morocco's law, and the Government was committed to implementing its provisions as long as they did not run counter to Islamic Shariah, Ahmed Snoussi, the country's Permanent Representative, told the Committee which monitors the...
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20th January, 1997
SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES DEPLOYMENT OF UNITED NATIONS MILITARY OBSERVERS TO VERIFY IMPLEMENTATION OF CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT IN GUATEMALA
Resolution 1094 Unanimously Adopted; Secretary-General Welcomes Removal Of Obstacles to Deployment, Praises Constructive Approach of Parties Concerned The Security Council this afternoon authorized the attachment, for a three-month period, of 155 military observers to the United Nations Human Rights Verification Mission in Guatemala...
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20th January, 1997
GLOBAL FRESHWATER SUPPLIES IN PERIL, UNITED NATIONS REPORT WARNS; OVERALL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT LAGS, COMPANION STUDY SAYS
Two Studies Are Part of Series Prepared for Five-Year Review Of Outcome of 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development NEW YORK, 20 January (Promotion and Public Services Division, DPI) -- The world's supply of clean fresh water, already threatened by growing levels of pollution, is growing so scarce in some areas...
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16th January, 1997
WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
Domestic Violence, Women's Role in Perpetuating Sexual Stereotypes, Power of Female Voters, Teenage Pregnancy among Issues Raised Despite the passage of a domestic violence act, an attitudinal change on the part of law enforcement officials was still necessary to stop the battering of women in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, according...
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16th January, 1997
ZAIRE, IN 'EXCEPTIONAL' REPORT TO WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE, COMMENTS ON ADULTERY, HUSBAND'S POWERS, RELIGIOUS HABITS, FAMILY PLANNING
Experts Criticize Report for Failure to Address Effect of Current Crisis on Zairian Women; Delegation Says Most of Country Is Living in Peace Adultery was still an offence in Zaire for which women were more severely punished than men, the country's representative said this afternoon in a special oral presentation to the Committee...
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15th January, 1997
VIOLATION OF WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS MUST BE CONDEMNED, COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TOLD
UN Population Fund Executive Director Addresses Advocacy for Women's Rights; Link between Rights of Children, Women Emphasized by UNICEF Executive Director The violation of women's reproductive rights must be socially unacceptable and condemned by society as a whole, the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),...
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15th January, 1997
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF SLOVENIA'S INITIAL REPORT
Women's Participation in Decision-Making, Violence against Women, Traditional View of Human Rights as 'Rights of Man' among Issues Discussed The main obstacle to gender equality in Slovenia was the poor participation of women in the political decision-making process, the Director of that country's National Office for Women's Politics...
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