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
- daw@un.org
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