NIWEP Northern Ireland Women's European Platform

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52nd Session of the Commission to the Status of Women

United Nations Headquarters

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), dedicated exclusively to gender equality and advancement of women.   NIWEP lead a delegation of over 30 women, which included its partners in the Peace by Piece programme – Training for Women Network, Women into Politics, Women’s Tec, Footprints Women’s Centre – to the 52^nd Session from 25 February to the 7 March. (more…)

Northern Ireland Policing and establishment of a

Women’s Reference Group

The establishment of the Women’s Reference Group with the purpose is to promote mutual understanding between the Northern Ireland Policing Board (the Board), PSNI and the Women’s Sector with the aim of achieving a safer and more equitable community for all.

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Women’s Under-Representation on Public Bodies

Northern Ireland Women’s European Platform has recently received two requests from the Department of Environment and Department of Employment and Learning to promote the vacant positions of Governors of Further Education Colleges and the Historic Buildings Council.

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States Parties to Women’s Anti-Discrimination Convention Elects 12 Experts to Serve on Monitoring Committee

In a secret ballot 181 of 183 States parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women elected 12 of the 23 experts that serve on the Committee that monitors States’ compliance with the Convention, with experts from Bangladesh, Japan and Mauritius receiving the most votes. (more…)

Report from launch of the EC’s “Roadmap for Equality between women and men 2006-2010” – by Marsha Scott (more…)

European Observatory on Violence Against Women: Strengthening women’s human rights and eradicating all forms of violence against women (VAW) is an essential part of the work of the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) towards achieving gender equality.

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