She urged the delegation to move faster with respect to raising the awareness of women and in the area of legislative reform.

This contributed to a 10 per cent increase of women in Parliament.

The public is most favourable towards the increase of the proportion of women in the Parliament.

The table shows the increase of the proportion of women in diplomatic posts during the period of 2000 2004.

More research is needed on the effects of ARV on young women's bodies, especially their impact on fertility.

The increase in women MPs led not only to an increase in female cabinet members, but also to a variety of policies and institutional improvements aimed specifically at women.

There had been an increase in the number of women in senior positions, especially in the public sector.

Another important dimension of the ageing process is the rising share of women in the older age groups.

The active participation of women in this process had a direct impact on women's increased participation in policymaking.

In 2003 the ministries continued to pursue a policy aimed at increasing the proportion of women in management posts.

The provisions had been implemented for the first time in elections to the European Parliament and had resulted in an increase in the number of Italian women parliamentarians.

The absolute increase in the number of women elected represented 90 seats an increase of approximately 28 .

It contributed to improving their awareness of health and nutrition and, hence, strengthened their capacity to care for themselves and their families.

We are disappointed that, despite the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), there seems to have been a merely nominal increase, if any at all, in the number of women participating in formal peace processes.

The challenge before us is how to increase the number of women in all phases and at all levels of peace processes.

Increased well being in society More balanced policies and programmes that equally benefit men and women Economic growth Social growth Increased access to services and resources for women and girls (for example, in health and education) Improved human rights for women Meeting obligations under the Constitution, the CRP and CEDAW (Articles 4, 7 8) and International approval and support.

Increasing primary school completion and secondary school access for girls and ensuring secure tenure of property to women

Israel's Foreign Service is routinely working at increasing the number of women amongst its ranks.

(c) Conduct an increased number of training courses to prepare women for management or supervisory jobs

There has been an increase in the number of women participating in occupations related to trades, transport and equipment occupations and occupations unique to primary industry.

The proportion of women elected to local people's councils at all levels had also increased slightly.

Increased participation of women and of refugees will be necessary in order to ensure the successful process towards free and fair parliamentary, provincial and district elections.

The cumulative effect of those initiatives was a significant increase in the literacy rate for women and girls, and in the number of women pursuing careers in male dominated occupations.

Calls for help to the Brazilian Women s Assistance Center have in recent years increased by 16 times.

This will augment the activities of the Expanded Programme of Immunization.

As for the Judicial Power, since the beginning of the 90s, there has been a significant increase in the number of women entering into the judicial careers.

These are the scholars and experts in the government agency in Qatar, and they say the most important factors are Increased age at first marriage, increased educational level of Qatari woman and more women integrated in the labor force.

Violent crimes attract much longer custodial terms, increasing the number of women in prison at any one time.

The Government's microfinance policy had led to a real increase in the number of women involved in developing cottage industries.

For example, the proportion of illiterate women progressively increases for women over 40 years of age.

However, we must continue to ensure the increased participation of women at all levels and all stages of peace operations and to work towards the greater involvement of women in peacebuilding efforts.

Over the past decade, the number of Moroccan women taking an active role in Islamist associations or political parties increased dramatically.

In the context of the European Programme Women at the top (2004), aiming at increasing the number of women number in the highest ranking offices of enterprises

Establishing and upholding equal property and inheritance rights can increase women s access to credit and other productive resources, and creating greater awareness of legal rights in general will help reduce discrimination.

These increased opportunities for employment and rewards from working have seen an increase in the participation of women in the economy, with the proportion of women aged 15 years and over in paid work increasing from 49.6 per cent in 1996 to 54 per cent by March 2005.7 Women's wages have also increased.

There was therefore need for institutional reform and for incentives to encourage the political parties to increase the number of women candidates.

The goal is to achieve an annual 2 increase in the number of women in senior positions after 2004.

She also asked whether the national plan to promote equal opportunities for women addressed the need to increase the political participation of specific groups of women, such as Guaraní speakers.

Increase the proportion of women in senior positions, particularly at the Director General and Director level by 30 per cent by 2006 Increase representation of females by 30 per cent in statutory boards, commission and tribunals by 2006 Have an equal representation of men and women in employment in the Public Service by 2006.

The emergence of NGOs and associations has prompted a real awareness among women of their own role and has triggered genuine social mobilization.

The recruitment and selection strategies were also targeted to increase the number of women in the Professional category as well as the geographical representation in the Organization.

The programme More and better jobs for women , carried out with support from the ILO in 2001 2003, was aimed at increasing the proportion of women entrepreneurs and employment among women.

Women's awareness can be raised through training programmes and women's cooperation network which is supported financially by the state.

f) Assist women entrepreneurs to increase their competitiveness through the use of ICT

Women's priorities and vision of development goals and approaches are addressed and promoted through greater participation of women at all levels and in all areas of UNESCO action.