women

Arab women lag in workforce and parliaments, UN committee informed

5 December 2003
The Arab region has the world’s lowest proportion of women in the workforce and parliament, the United Nations adviser for women’s issues yesterday told the first meeting of a UN committee set up to assess the progress of Arab women.

UN officials call for elimination of violence against women

24 November 2003
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for "a bold transformation in men's attitudes and behaviour" so that women become their equal partners and gender-based violence, which has become more complex in the 21st century, can be eliminated.
Noeleen Heyzer

Violence against women must be given highest priority, UN agency says

21 November 2003
Efforts to root out violence against women have run into stiffening resistance in many instances and the issue must now be given the highest priority on the global agenda, the United Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM) said today.
Noeleen Heyzer

UN agency launches Internet portal on women in peace and war

30 October 2003
An Internet portal offering comprehensive information on the dangers and responsibilities facing women and girls during armed conflicts and women's roles in peace building was unveiled today by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).
USG Guéhenno briefs the Council

More women needed to join, sensitize UN missions, Security Council told

29 October 2003
With women making up only 4 per cent of civilian police in United Nations peacekeeping missions, a senior UN official appealed to Member States today to assign more women police and military personnel to international forces.

Senior UN officials say women still face widespread violence

15 October 2003
Women face varying degrees of violence in all its forms and their full enjoyment of human rights is seriously challenged, the senior United Nations official handling women's issues said today.

UN women’s commission meets on violence, trafficking, access to media

3 March 2003
The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women opened its annual session today at UN Headquarters in New York, focusing on women’s access to the media and the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls.

UN officials stress gender equity as women's anti-discrimination panel opens session

13 January 2003
A United Nations committee dealing with discrimination against women opened the first part of its 2003 session today with UN officials stressing the importance of promoting gender equity as part of government policy.

UN rights panels on women's anti-discrimination, child rights set to begin 2003 sessions

10 January 2003
United Nations treaty-monitoring bodies on women's anti-discrimination and the protection of children's rights are set to open their first substantive sessions of the new year next week.