Ireland's far reaching equality legislation included the Employment Equality Act 1998 and the Equal Status Act 2000.

In addition to the Employment Equality Act and the Equal Status Act he had just mentioned, equality was promoted by an Equality Authority.

Securing equality of women is achieved by strengthening of their status, education and their active participation in decision making process in all social sectors.

Substantive issues Recognition as a person before the law, discrimination on grounds of birth status, equality before the law, right to life, inhuman treatment

The current Government is also working to improve the status of women in a society in which women are yet to achieve equality with men.

Since the application of the Swiss authorities' principle of equality of treatment of international organizations, the status of UPU is currently considered identical to other Swiss based organizations.

In that regard, Ghana has established a Ministry of Women's and Children's Affairs to spearhead policies and programmes to promote gender equality and enhance the status of women.

A single, secular, national Civil Code governing personal status was essential to strengthen equality in society and to help the Government in its implementation of the Convention.

The Human Rights Act recognises and acknowledges the right to equality and prohibits discrimination based on sex, marital status, family status and pregnancy as well as on lawful source of income, all of which have the potential to alleviate and prevent discrimination against women.

The status of women, protected in the 1946 Law on Equality of the Sexes, was also protected in the constitution and in labour, education, public health, civil and family law.

A framework committee was developing guidelines on employment equality policies, recruitment and equal status, based mainly on best practices, and disseminating them to employers and organizations.

Also, on an issue taken up at the previous meeting, she asked if Traveller women could appeal to the Equality Tribunal on the combined grounds of gender and Traveller status.

The European Union welcomed the agreed conclusions on the role of men and boys in achieving gender equality, adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at its March 2004 meeting.

Equality of Access

Consequently, even though there is legislation setting out the principles of equality between the sexes, it has to be said that in several areas the legal status of women leaves something to be desired.

The equality of national membership (which, at the same time, may be exclusively defined) elevates every member s status to that of the elite, making it dependent on the dignity of the nation as a whole.

A Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Status of Women was established in 2004. As of June 2005, the Committee has released reports on funding of women's equality seeking organizations, gender based analysis and pay equity.

I am hopeful that we will be able to elaborate on the importance of the minimum standards of absolute political equality set forth in the legitimate political status options of integration, free association, or independence.

On the one hand, the constitutions guarantee varying degrees of fundamental human rights and political equality. But on the other, the same constitutions also provide a dominant status for the powerful majority groups.

Beyond equality of status, there is a need to strengthen the independence and freedom of women in Guinea by combating sexist violence and strengthening women's rights to take responsible decisions regarding their sexuality and procreation.

Yet equality before the law was not the same as equality in rights or gender equality.

Equality of the sexes

The Gender Equality Act stipulates an obligation of employers actively to promote gender equality.

Recognition of the equality of all races and of the equality of all nations, large and small.

Greater equality reinforces the ambition for still more equality.

Yet they long for equality in this country without showing any intent on integrating and improving the Arab Israeli community's social status, which can benefit immensely from this proposed national service.

Promotion of equality of opportunity

She said that, while evidence pointed to progress in some areas of implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action for promoting the status of women and the attainment of gender equality, persistent inequalities had manifested themselves in others.

Reaffirms the primary and essential role of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, as well as the central role of the Commission on the Status of Women, in promoting the advancement of women and gender equality

Reaffirming the primary and essential role of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, as well as the central role of the Commission on the Status of Women, in promoting the advancement of women and gender equality,

Reaffirms the primary and essential role of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, as well as the central role of the Commission on the Status of Women in promoting the advancement of women and gender equality

(v) Actively promoting gender equality with the aim of achieving full equality between men and women

The Gender Equality Act provides for the creation of a new institution the Gender Equality Commissioner.

Conference of Ministers of Gender Equality

17. Reaffirms the primary and essential role of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, as well as the central role of the Commission on the Status of Women, in promoting the advancement of women and gender equality

15. Reaffirms the primary and essential role of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, as well as the central role of the Commission on the Status of Women, in promoting the advancement of women and gender equality

17. Reaffirms the primary and essential role of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, as well as the central role of the Commission on the Status of Women, in promoting the advancement of women and gender equality

Stimulating Equality

Gender equality

Gender equality

Gender equality

He himself headed a 10 person gender equality unit at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform which was responsible for implementing Ireland's international gender equality commitments.

In order for governments to fulfill their commitments to gender equality, public expenditures must include a gender analysis involving women in budget decision making and assessing the impact of fiscal measures on the status of women in the community.

The Gender Equality Council approves the general guidelines of gender equality policy, consults the Government on issues of strategy for the promotion of gender equality and presents to the Government its position on the conformity with the Gender Equality Act of national programmes submitted by the ministries.

Gender equality and empowerment of women