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Role
The role of the Women’s Rights Committee is as follows:
To coordinate, implement, monitor and assess national measures and policies
adopted to promote gender equality and to prevent and combat
all forms of violence and discrimination against women.
To coordinate the collection and analysis of relevant data, and disseminate the results.
The Committee operates in line with the recommendations adopted by the international bodies
responsible for implementation of the following agreements :
• The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, adopted in Istanbul on 11 May 2011 (entered into force on 20 February 2015)
• The UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, adopted in New York on 18th December 1979 (entered into force on 16 June 2015)
• The Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, adopted in Warsaw on 16 May 2005 (entered into force on 11 April 2016).
Agenda
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The Women’s Rights Committee this year ran a new information and awareness campaign. Read about some of the highlights below. Campaign film This year’s audiovisual campaign was based...
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Students at François d’Assise–Nicolas Barré high school (FANB) took part in a thought-provoking workshop on the theme “Unisex jobs: a generational issue? Professional stereotypes, from influencers to accountants”. Organised by...
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The 2021 campaign focused on raising awareness about abuse among victims themselves, as well as among their families and friends, by highlighting the message: “To escape abuse, you first need...
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Last night, the National Council voted to adopt Act No. 1,517 reforming provisions on the prosecution of sexual assault. The new Act, passed by the National Council with the support...
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Yesterday, the National Council passed Act No. 1,523, on the promotion and protection of women’s rights by the amendment and repeal of obsolete and unfair provisions. The new Act, passed...
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