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UN Commission on the Status of Women

The Commission on the Status of Women is a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), dedicated exclusively to gender equality and advancement of women. It is the principal global policy-making body. Every year, representatives of Member States gather at United Nations Headquarters in New York to evaluate progress on gender equality, identify challenges, set global standards and formulate concrete policies to promote gender equality and advancement of women worldwide.

The Commission was established by ECOSOC resolution 11(II) of 21 June 1946 with the aim to prepare recommendations and reports to the Council on promoting women's rights in political, economic, civil, social and educational fields. The Commission also makes recommendations to the Council on urgent problems requiring immediate attention in the field of women's rights.

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Gender Dimensions of International Migration

10 March 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on the Status of Women | Document type: Thematic Reports

Results of the thirty-fourth session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

13 February 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on the Status of Women | Document type: Sessional Reports

The situation of women and girls in Afghanistan

30 December 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on the Status of Women | Document type: Thematic Reports

Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women

7 December 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on the Status of Women | Document type: Thematic Reports

Measures taken and progress achieved in the follow-up to and implementation of the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly: review of progress made in mainstreaming a gender perspective in the development, implementation and evaluation of national policies and programmes

22 November 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on the Status of Women | Document type: Thematic Reports

Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts

8 November 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on the Status of Women | Document type: Thematic Reports

Commission on the Status of Women Report on the forty-ninth session (28 February-11 and 22 March 2005)

22 March 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on the Status of Women | Document type: Sessional Reports

Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women

10 December 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on the Status of Women | Document type: Thematic Reports

Commission on the Status of Women Report on the forty-eighth session (1-12 March 2004)

12 March 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on the Status of Women | Document type: Sessional Reports

Results of the thirtieth session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

13 February 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on the Status of Women | Document type: Sessional Reports

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