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It also noted with appreciation the measures taken by Costa Rica to reduce poverty, improve

Within the framework of the project, a survey is carried out to find out the awareness of employers about gender equality, attitudes to the issue and implementation of gender equality legislation in the private sector; to receive an overview of the guidelines, methods and measures used in the private sector of the EU member states

Gender-responsive approaches implied particular attention to ICT policies and capacity-building, for the

The Meeting also called on all States Parties to recommit, even in difficult financial times, to realising a world without anti-personnel

It remains deeply concerned by the persistence of high female

The concept of discrimination based on sex is defined

The Government of Montenegro adopted numerous strategic documents and action plans for their implementation, in order to provide protection and respect for human rights, the major among which are as follows: the Strategy of Minority Policy (2008-2012); the Strategy for Improvement of Status of RAE Population in Montenegro (2008-2012); the National Action Plan for the “Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015” in the

The Strategy is based on the following principles: respect for dignity, individual autonomy, independence of persons with disabilities, including their right to make decisions on their own life, non-discrimination, full and effective participation and inclusion of persons with disabilities in all fields of social life, respect for diversities and acceptance of disability as part of human diversity and humanity, equal

Considering the commitments of El Salvador as a State party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and bearing in mind the observations made by that Committee on the seventh periodic report of El Salvador with regard to health, expressing concern about vulnerable groups of women, in particular in rural areas, who still have difficulty in accessing health-care services; inconsistent statistics on maternal mortality; the high incidence of births among adolescents, which have a negative impact on women’s physical and mental health; the

(d) In cooperation with civil society, promote — in line with article 9, paragraph 2 of the Optional Protocol — awareness in the public at large, including children, through information by all appropriate means, education and training, of the preventive measures and harmful effects of all the offences referred to in the Optional Protocol, including by encouraging the participation of the

The United Nations/Government of Liberia

We ride in automobiles with systems designed by engineers having graduate degrees; send our children to schools where a growing number of teachers have graduate degrees and were themselves trained by people with advanced degrees; pick up prescriptions for drugs designed and tested by scientists with graduate degrees; visit museums and view displays arranged by curators with graduate degrees; and go to

Interesting findings also related to risk tolerance, which was seen to vary much more by the development context than by gender; engagement in social media, where women seemed to be generally more active than men, independently from the development context; and

In reply to the questions put by the representative of

Such programmes, which could contribute to promoting women’s participation in the labour force, provide them with income security in old age and improve access to education, must be complemented by social policies to ensure that they had access, inter alia, to land, productive resources and credit; such policies should also provide incentives

Comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services, with family planning at their centre, should thus be offered at different times throughout the life cycle and should include information and sexuality education for adolescents as well as adults; family planning services for people as they begin

The participation of women and girls and the inclusion of gender perspectives in both formal and informal peace processes are critical to ensuring that political structures, economic and social institutions

I have seen the good that the United Nations has accomplished all over the world, and

During the discussion, participants raised questions about the lack of sexual and reproductive health services, including family planning for HIV-positive women; the relationship between HIV and property rights of women (i.e., AIDS widows who suffered from property grabbing after their husbands had passed away, while on the other

The Action Plan proposes: (1) affirmative action in the recruitment and selection processes; (2) an increase in the intake of women LEAD candidates; (3) that efforts to achieve gender parity be a mandatory key result area in the performance assessment of managers; (4) career development initiatives involving leadership training and mentoring; (5) promoting mobility via initiatives such as providing spousal employment and flexible assignments; (6) the implementation of gender-focused work-life policies such as flexi-time, telecommuting and job-sharing; (7) an inter-agency gender parity network; (8) the formulation of communication and advocacy