What efforts was the Government making to sensitize women to labour legislation and standards?

UNFPA has made efforts to sensitize senior managers to the risks associated with non compliance.

SSC activities of ESCAP included workshops and seminars to sensitize South South national focal points.

At the same time, the Municipality of Athens organized training seminars and events to sensitize professionals.

(b) Take further steps to sensitize the business community to procurement opportunities within the United Nations system, including

(b) Take further steps to sensitize the business community to procurement opportunities within the United nations system, including

(b) Take further steps to sensitize the business community to procurement opportunities within the United Nations system, including

Young people recommend that programmes be increased to sensitize communities and parents about the importance of education for girls.

That book will serve as a tool to raise the awareness of, and sensitize Portuguese youth to, that issue.

It was necessary to educate and sensitize women in particular, and society in general, about the rights of women.

Further, the Committee also recommends that the State party take measures to sensitize police and judicial officers about the Convention.

Civil societies in many countries, especially the developing democracies, have undertaken to sensitize citizens on the effect of selling their votes.

(b) Development of training programmes to sensitize criminal justice professionals such as police officers, prosecutors and judges to the importance of diversity

The Government has therefore proposed to deploy mobile teams directly to the centres de brassage to sensitize, identify and orient the combatants.

Procedural steps might need to be taken to sensitize the existing treaty monitoring bodies if they are to be used in this context.

The Bureau had organized an Integrity Retreat to sensitize Government ministers and high level officials to the negative social and economic impact of corruption.

Young people note that schools and non governmental organizations have been working to sensitize and inform youth about the harmful effects of alcohol and tobacco.

Demand reduction was a priority for the Gulf Cooperation Council, which had conducted a campaign to reduce demand and sensitize youth at universities, prisons and other places.

Recommendation No. 2 suggests that activities be undertaken to sensitize professionals in the legal community to the status of international treaties in the hierarchy of Brazilian laws.

Welcoming the efforts by the United Nations to sensitize United Nations personnel in the prevention and control of HIV AIDS and other communicable diseases in all its established operations,

Welcoming and encouraging efforts by the United Nations to sensitize peacekeeping personnel in the prevention and control of HIV AIDS and other communicable diseases in all its peacekeeping operations,

The Women's Bureau and its partners were taking measures to sensitize people to the problem of domestic violence and its causes and had suggestions on how to deal with the issue.

She asked what efforts the Government was making to sensitize the population to public health issues, and in that regard what was the role of the media, religion and tribal chiefs.

The Government has embarked on several joint activities with civil society to sensitize the public on the work of the ICC, especially in regard to the proceedings against the Lord's Resistance Army.

It attached great importance to the United Nations Convention against Corruption and had held various workshops and seminars to try to sensitize Member States and encourage them to ratify the Convention without delay.

Accordingly, the Conference was intended to sensitize the international community to the need to formulate a realistic, forward looking vision to ensure the continuity of the relationship of older persons with their societies.

During the period 2001 2004, the General Secretariat for Gender Equality has attempted to sensitize the public opinion through TV and radio advertising spots, publication of leaflets (Greek and English languages), and printing posters.

The report said that the Government would sensitize women to realize that they were equal before the law, but that would do no good, since in fact women did not have equal legal rights.

There is a need to focus on these institutions, to give them the means they require to become effective, to sensitize men to gender issues, and to sustain this effort over a long period of time.

(g) To institute educational programmes, as appropriate, in the school curriculum that sensitize young people about the equal rights of women, teach civic responsibilities, promote confidence building and counter negative societal attitudes that discourage women's political participation

The publication emphasized the importance of progress towards respect for and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Sierra Leone, and has been used to sensitize the people of Sierra Leone on human rights, national reconciliation and justice.

During the same time period, three training seminars were organized to sensitize the police staff, and the telephone numbers of the Consultation Centres of the General Secretariat for Gender Equality were given to all Police Stations of the country.

With regard to trafficking in persons, especially children, a National Intersectoral Commission had been created to draw up a plan of action to strengthen the legal framework, sensitize the public, take necessary administrative measures and train agents to combat those crimes.

247 prizes have so far been awarded. Another empowerment program is its WORLD RURAL WOMEN'S DAY campaign on 15 October (since 1997) to sensitize governments, the media and the public at large on rural women's rights and needs and what society owes them.

Regarding the concern expressed about raising awareness of women's rights, she said that on international days for women members of the Ministry of Justice left the capital, Libreville, to disseminate information on the Government's work in order to promote women's rights and sensitize women on the issue.

He has also met with senior officials of OHCHR, OCHA, the United Nations Development Programme, UNICEF, the Department of Political Affairs and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, among others, in order to sensitize these counterparts to the Representative's mandate and to explore areas of future collaboration.

Incorporating indigenous concerns into national decent work country programmes aims to sensitize and raise awareness of indigenous issues among the public and draw attention to the problems faced by indigenous men and women in the world of work particularly discrimination, which results in unemployment, underemployment, child and bonded labour.

The Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the Secretariat, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees have taken steps to sensitize their staff, for example by distributing material and placing volunteerism on the agenda of country and regional level meetings.

(i) Raise awareness internally and with their partners as regards the role of volunteerism in the various areas in which they are active and can sensitize their constituencies as to the implications in terms of activities undertaken. At the political level, strategically manage and support volunteering and incorporate it into the agenda of their meetings

Health Agencies provide services or consultation on matters of Family Planning by trained health staff, in order to inform and sensitize citizens in the greater region of their area of influence as well as economic refugees, settlements of Roma people they also co operate with other bodies, such as local authorities, education, associations, women's organisations etc.

(q) To develop and or enhance, including through funding, training programmes for judicial, legal, medical, social, educational, police, correctional service, military, peacekeeping, humanitarian relief and immigration personnel, in order to prevent the abuse of power leading to violence against women and girls and to sensitize such personnel to the nature of gender based acts and threats of violence

A human rights promotion centre had also been constituted within the Office of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers to coordinate the human rights activities of various government agencies, and human rights cells had been created in security agencies to sensitize their personnel on the need to respect people's human rights in the discharge of their duties.

5. Calls upon States to undertake and facilitate activities aimed at educating young people in human rights and democratic citizenship and instilling values of solidarity, respect and appreciation of diversity, including respect for different groups, and affirms that a special effort to inform and sensitize young people with regard to democratic values and human rights should be undertaken or developed to fight against ideologies based on the fallacious theory of racial superiority