Women
of the United Nations
Women
of the United Nations
Women have played a crucial role in the history of the United Nations. These women have been an encouraging force and represent a strength in which all women can be proud. This guide offers information associated with women and their influence in the United Nations. This guide has links only to other UN sites and does not include UN-affiliated Organizational web sites.
Commission
on the Status of Women: Priority Theme-Equality: CSW
plays a major role in the rights of women and holds special meetings concerning
these and other important issues. Some of those issues covered are violence
against women, the human rights of women, aging women and conduct. It also
gives the medium term plan on women and development. It gives information
on the plans for the 42 session Expert Group Meeting and also gives information
on sessions preceeding the 42nd and has direct links to that which was
covered in those meetings.
The
Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women-Women
2000: Women and Decision-Making:
This site offers information and provides
links to more specific information about the Convention and the its aim
to stop discrimination against women. CEDAW is an organization created
to aid in the advancement of the status of women. This site gives detailed
information on the roles CEDAW plays to ensure that this goal is carried
out effectively.
DAW's
Newsletter Women 2000: Women and Decision-Making: This
Newsletter was created to highlight the acheivements and support the Division
for the Advancement of Women. It is also a site which offers up-to-date
information on notable events and materials which has to do with expert
group meetings of United Nations organizations and their role in Women's
issues.
Fact
Sheet on Women and Decision-Making: This
site offers interesting facts about women, for example the Percentage of
those in Government positions as of 1996. It is also a link to other sites
in which women may find interesting because they deal with women and their
influential and active roles within today's society.
Publications-Advancement
of Women: In Beijing 1995 at the Fourth
World Conference on Women, the importance of women assuming positions of
power and influence was stressed. This site shows the influences women
are making today in the fields of technology and computer networking as
well as leadership roles within their countries and communities. It also
touches on "The United Nations and the Advancement of Women 1945-1995"
and the "1994 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development."
The
United Nations and the Status of Women: This
site provides information on the System of Women's Status, The Committee
of Discrimination Against Women, UN Action for Women, Commission on the
Status of Women and Women in Development.
The
United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women: This
site offers News, CEDAW and Public information and gives a mission statement
on what this organization is all about. It is a helpful index and gives
up-to-date information on important issues related to the United Nations
and to Women. Please also visit the Internet
Information Resources Page which has
information on CEDAW and information on how to access information at the
FWCW and DAW databases.
The
United Nation's International Women's Day: Since
the first organized actions of working women to strike in New York's textile
and garment factories in 1857, women have been making their rights known.
Over Fifty-three years later in 1910, the Women's Socialist International
decided to deem that day as International Women's Day. This site provides
history related to this significant event and gives valuable information
concerning the struggles of women and the influential roles they have held
all throughout the world.
Women
and the Economy: This site offers
information on the roles women play in the international economy. It gives
their points of view and actions taking place within different countries.
Women
in Power and Decision-Making: This
site gives detailed information concerning the greater equality for women
in decision-making in which a variety of strategies have been introduced
under the rubric "affirmative action" or "positive measures."
The Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women goes
into detail on what is considered to be discriminatory and not discriminatory.
This site also addresses the International Development Conference in 1997,
in which any type of affirmative action which took place within the Conference
was the beginning of what is now possible for women.
Women
Watch-Calendar of Events: This site
offers information on the current information on events and happenings
going on in Women's Committees within the United Nations. The event, committees
involved, date and where the event or meeting will take place is given.
The Calendar runs from the current month until the end of year.
Any comments on this web page? Please send to Kathy Arnold. e-mail kearnol@vm.sc.edu
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