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Article 12 Women's equal access to health care services

10.2 Ensuring the equality of opportunity and learning conditions for men and women

In 1992, she co founded the international women's rights group Equality Now.

Constitutional Framework Women, urban as well as rural, are assured equality under the Constitution of Pakistan.

15. Urges all Governments to ensure women's equal rights with men and their equal access to all levels of education

Women must be full and equal participants in political processes.

The legal capacity of women is also covered in the proposed amendments to the Civil Code dealing with equality.

Under the first phase of the Equality for Women Measure, 70 projects aimed at improving the economic, social, cultural and political lives of women had been funded.

That is what it will take, however, to complete the unfinished business of the movement for women s equality.

Women's equal rights in the field of employment continue to be promoted along with the national process of (Doi Moi) reforms.

Activities of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for the empowerment of rural women and gender equality

Activities of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for the empowerment of rural women and gender equality

The Committee is especially concerned about the State party's narrow focus primarily on de jure equality rather than the realization also of de facto, or substantive, equality of women as required under the Convention.

In order to eradicate the stereotyped image of women, curricula were modified to include new concepts, such as gender equality.

Indeed, equality had been enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, and an Equal Rights for Women Law had been in existence since 1951.

Under the Equality for Women Measure, funding had been made available in recent years to organizations working with prostitution victims.

SADC had developed a policy framework on gender, upon which the member States continued to draw in developing their national gender policies.

With the encouragement and support from the Government, Omani women now had equal access to health, education and employment as men.

The European Union applauded the gender mainstreaming advances achieved in the United Nations system, although much remained to be done.

He commended, in particular, the report of the Women's Human Rights Alliance, funded by his Department under the Equality for Women Measure.

ASEAN was also pleased that the accent would be placed on integrating gender equality issues, since this would enable women to benefit from the Organization's policies and programmes on an equal footing with men

5. Stresses the importance of the full and equal participation of women in political, economic, cultural and social life throughout the country, and calls upon the Transitional Authority to protect and promote the equal rights of men and women

The other two reasons for concern that influence the decrease of the opportunities for women to exercise their rights to equal based education are in close connection.

Those are very important conditions for women to participate in and enjoy benefits, on an equal footing, from the country's development.

It had passed legislation on equal opportunities for women and on violence against women, including domestic violence, and had established the National Institute for Women (INAMUJER).

The limited if not non existent exercise of women's individual rights can be seen in the way in which laws which are egalitarian in principle are implemented.

It is interesting to note that the legal position of women in the 20th dynasty of Egypt regarding property ownership was equal to that of men.

The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) played a key role in promoting gender equality worldwide.

Participants stressed that ensuring gender equality, empowering women and protecting women's human rights were prerequisites for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

It was hoped that the new Palestinian leadership would provide for Palestinian women the equality, peace and freedom they deserved and that Palestinian and Israeli women alike would experience happiness.

The Committee also requested the Government to provide information on the activities that were being undertaken by the National Institute for Women for the promotion of equality of opportunity and treatment in employment and occupation.

(c) Ensuring full representation and full and equal participation of women in political, social and economic decision making as an essential condition for gender equality, and the empowerment of women and girls as a critical factor in the eradication of poverty

Furthermore, to ensure equality for women in proceedings, Article 8 of the Law on Organization of People's Courts stipulates that the court proceeds according to the principle that every citizen is equal before law regardless of sex, nationality and religion.

The Committee calls on the State party to assess progress towards the achievement of women's de facto equality in all sectors and provide that information in the next report.

The provisions of the above mentioned legal documents continue to conform to the principle of equality in education while creating mechanisms and necessary conditions for women and girl children to enjoy equality in education and training.

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.

New attention was given to women's rights, and in 1952 suffrage for women was guaranteed in the Constitution, full Constitutional equality following, and Lina Tsaldari becoming the first female minister that decade.

Thanks to good legislation, gender equality policies and preferential treatment, women now had a strong position in society and were contributing vigorously to the social and economic development of the country.

In response to the Committee's 1999 concluding comments, Ireland had introduced a specific strand on political life into the Equality for Women Measure.

(c) Ensuring full representation and full and equal participation of women in political, social and economic decision making as an essential condition for gender equality, and the empowerment of women and girls as a critical factor in the eradication of poverty

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.

The United Nations Development Fund for Women has been supporting the Office for the Promotion of Equality to meet its reporting obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

Recognizing the importance of the participation of women at all levels of decision making, throughout the United Nations system for the achievement of gender equality and the realization of the human rights of women,

It was also recommended that greater representation of women in decision making bodies at all levels of government and the United Nations be achieved and that efforts towards the empowerment of women and gender equality be pursued.