Commission on Woman

Remit

Generally speaking, the Commission:

• promotes women’s rights in the fields of politics, economics, social, education and civil rights
• makes recommendations to ECOSOC on urgent problems requiring immediate attention in relation to women’s rights
• promotes the implementation of the principle of equal rights between men and women
• is engaged in following up the Platform for Action developed by the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995, which included:
  • women and poverty
  • education and training of women
  • women and health
  • violence against women
  • women and armed conflict
  • women and the economy
  • women in power and decision-making
  • institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
  • human rights of women
  • women and the media
  • women and the environment
  • the girl child

Established

1946

Current members

(state, date mandate expires – all mandates expire on 31 december)

latin american and caribbean states

• Argentina
  • 2004
• Bolivia
  • 2001
• Brazil
  • 2003
• Chile
  • 2003
• Cuba
  • 2001
• Dominican
  • 2003
• Republic
  • 2002
• Mexico
  • 2004
• Peru
  • 2001
• St Lucia
  • 2002

western european and other states

• Belgium
  • 2003
• Denmark
  • 2004
• Germany
  • 2002
• Italy
  • 2004
• Netherlands
  • 2002
• Turkey
  • 2004
• United Kingdom
  • 2003
• United States
  • 2004

eastern european states

• Azerbaijan
  • 2001
• Croatia
  • 2002
• Lithuania
  • 2002
• Russian Federation

african states

• Benin
  • 2003
• Burundi
  • 2002
• Côte d’Ivoire
  • 2001
• Egypt
  • 2002
• Guinea
  • 2004
• Lesotho
  • 2001
• Malawi
  • 2003
• Rwanda
  • 2001
• Senegal
  • 2002
• Sudan
  • 2001
• Tunisia
  • 2004
• United Republic of Tanzania
  • 2004
• one vacancy

asian-pacific states

• China
  • 2003
• Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
  • 2002
• India
  • 2001
• Iran
  • 2004
• Japan
  • 2003
• Kyrgyzstan
  • 2001
• Malaysia
  • 2002
• Mongolia
  • 2004
• Pakistan
  • 2001
• Republic of Korea
  • 2001
• Sri Lanka

reports to

ECOSOC

meets

Annually in New York for 2 weeks, usually in early March

un address

Division for the

Advancement of Women

DC2-1204

United Nations

New York

NY 10017

USA

submissions by

October

secretary

The Secretariat

room number

DC2-1204

telephone

00 1 212 963 8034

fax

00 1 212 963 3463

E-MAIL

daw@un.org

'FURTHER INFORMATION

website:http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw