International Women's Day

Celebration of Women's Day

The survey was held among 8,000 persons over the age of 21, and the relevant chapter titled Women Health polled 2,711 women 2,160 Jewish women and 551 Arab women.

1) Initiation of special parliamentary discussions on International Woman's Day, as well as on National Fight the Violence against Women's Day.

The basic finding is that the contraceptive prevalence rate is lower among rural women compared to urban women.

In addition, on 9 August 1994, National Women apos s Day, the South African Women apos s coalition launched its Charter for Effective Equality.

The 53 minute program addresses themes such as health, politics, environment, women's rights, successful female experiences, etc. Womankind will also present practical examples of the impact, on women's daily life of the implementation of the National Plan on Policies for Women.

Every year the Bureau of Women's Affairs and a number of private organisations arrange activities in celebration of International Women's Day.

Various women's associations additionally carry out awareness raising activities, particularly on International Women's Day and the day marking the Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.

On the occasion of International Women's Day in 2005, the King had launched the national strategy for the advancement of women, which guaranteed women's enjoyment of full political rights under the Constitution.

Programming that reinforces women's traditional roles can be equally limiting.

Section II contains an overview of the representation of women in the United Nations Secretariat.

120. On 5 March 1998, the Department organized a commemoration of International Women s Day, on the topic Women and human rights .

Various women's associations additionally carry out awareness raising activities, particularly on International Women's Day and the day marking the Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.

Those codes regard the commission of a crime by a pregnant woman or a woman with small children as a mitigating circumstance.

A significant segment through which the state enables working women to take care of their children is the organizing of pre school institutions.

The report, in the section on article 13, describes the situation of women in the informal sector and of women entrepreneurs.

Section 9 on Women's Rights, guarantees that women's rights are human rights (Article 45) and Articles 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51 provide details regarding various rights of women.

On International Women's Day in 2004, he issued a statement focused on the connection between violence against women and the enjoyment of the right to adequate housing.

57. As indicated in section I of this report, women remain concentrated at the lower levels of the Professional category, with the majority of women at the P 3 level.

Production and distribution of audio visual materials on gender, Women and Environment, such as the Role of Woman and Environment in the scope of the Festival of Woman, Action and Transformation and in the week of the Environment, production of Magazine Life and Woman which portrays day to day life of women and their relation with the natural resources.

Each radio programme deals with a subject of high priority to African women.

Womankind is a radio review that provides a portrait of the various faces of the Brazilian women, in all their diversity.

Section IV presents conclusions and strategies for improving the representation of women in the Secretariat.

The existence of Section L acknowledges that women's advancement is not sustainable without attention to the rights of girls.

We introduced our first microcredit program in 1975, and the women who organized it said, We only want to lend to women who practice family planning.

The Pakistan Television (PTV) telecast numerous spots on violence against women. It also aired discussions on the negative impact of violence against women.

The Criminal Code also stipulates that when the offence of abduction and trafficking in women and children is aggravated by the deception or coercion of its victims to engage in prostitution, these aggravating circumstances will be taken into account and an appropriate penalty ordered.

The Employment Act No. 91 of 1959 devotes a full section (section IV) to women's employment and prohibits the employment of women at night and in jobs that are detrimental to health, morally damaging or physically demanding.

On March 5th, as part of the commemorations of the International Women's Day (March 8th), the SPM inaugurate the radio program Womankind The Many Faces of Brazilian Women , developed in partnership with Radio MEC.

Improved prenatal care

To mark International Women's Day this year, the Bureau of Women's Affairs and the Social Affairs Department's district teams organised social and cultural activities in each district on the island, focusing on the central theme of Woman'.

84. In the framework of consolidation of women apos s acquired rights and the evolution of legislation to advance women in civil society, new measures were taken by the President of the Republic on 13 August 1992, on the occasion of Women apos s Day

206. These organizations have always been well represented in the celebration of special events, such as the International Day of the Woman, International Anti Violence Day, International Day of Action to Promote Women apos s Health, and other actions and demands taking place within the women apos s movement.

In addition, programme schedules were now being introduced to target female audiences and enable women to express their concerns.

Women also dry or pickle seasonal fruit and vegetables for use at other times of the year.

Educate women and make them aware of the essences of those national laws and International Conventions that safeguard the rights of women through flyers, radio broadcast programs, television and others.

The Employment Act No. 91 of 1959 devotes a full section (section IV) to women's employment and prohibits the employment of women at night and in jobs that are detrimental to health, morally damaging or physically demanding.

The Rochester Genesee Valley Club sponsored 20 radio programs to address issues of women's rights and prostitution.

16. The section on the girl child (paras. 259 285) also addresses traditional practices affecting the health of women and children.

Seasonal work in the exporting agricultural economies in the third world is generally done by women.

International training programme on women in community development, income generation and fertility management programme, Bangkok.

Deeply concerned that some groups of women, such as women belonging to minority groups, indigenous women, refugee women, migrant women, women living in rural or remote communities, destitute women, women in institutions or in detention, the girl child, women with disabilities, elderly women and women in situations of armed conflict, are especially vulnerable to violence,

170. To pay tribute to Dominican women who distinguish themselves by their role in different fields of social endeavour, the Medal of Merit is being created to recognize efforts made on behalf of women or the community it is awarded on 8 March each year, the International Day of the Woman.

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