See Council resolution 2005 18.

The situation of women in special circumstances

Rehabilitation Programs for Women and female minors in Distress

Let us also improve the situation of women.

56 126. Situation of older women in society

57 177. Situation of older women in society

Rural women generally remain very disadvantaged compared with their urban counterparts.

The Committee notes that no clear plan of action exists which addresses the situation of the most disadvantaged group of women, namely, those belonging to the Arab minority.

32. UNEP was concerned about women s general entitlement to a healthy environment and their being subjected to unhealthy or unsafe environmental conditions.

See Council decision 2005 246 and paragraphs 219 to 224 below.

A particularly difficult plight without male support is being experienced by women widowed during the war or whose husbands have left in search of work.

(b) Emerging issues, trends and new approaches to issues affecting the situation of women or equality between women and men

53. The Institute for Women also promotes health care among groups of disadvantaged women such as prisoners.

A number of programmes employing and benefiting women were subsequently resumed upon authorization of the local Taliban authorities, such as a knitting factory employing vulnerable widows, disabled women and widows with children who were in a desperate economic situation working in food for work and income generating projects.

The 1990s have also seen achievements which are improving the situation of women.

It includes targeted social policies that benefit the most disadvantaged women, such as single mothers and disabled and elderly women.

The situation of women detainees was described as dire by several witnesses.

The Government enacted the Women in Distress and Detention Act 1996.

Nevertheless, the situation of rural women remained an important issue.

28. The situations of women in many countries pose risks to their health.

Thus, women with preschool children are the most disadvantaged in the labor market, and even more so for those women who are the head of a family.

Many women still have inferiority complex and are inclined to be self satisfied.

2.3 In Roudsar, the author and another woman published pamphlets and wrote letters about the situation of women in Iran, and encouraged other women to become involved in their activities.

The situation of women was dire, according to several witnesses, and the condition of minors was no less appalling.

Designated groups refers to the racially disadvantaged, women, and persons with disabilities.

In this context, the following points summarize the situation of urban women

The qualitative indices for the status of women on the labour market are now being enhanced somewhat.

All of them agree about, and are providing us with further information on, the situation of women in the developing world.

The General Assembly made specific recommendations for improving the situation of women and girls in relation to a number of country situations.

Women Environmental Programme

Women and the environment

These range from the impact of HIV AIDS to that of conflicts and post conflict environments that put women at risk, and reconstruction measures that frequently marginalize them.

In the Government, questions associated with the plight and status of women are overseen by a deputy prime minister.

Consideration of the theme would also provide an opportunity to address the situation of older women and widows in the context of HIV AIDS.

E. Situation and status of women

The situation of women and girls in Afghanistan

Research paper on disadvantaged rural women in Nepal. FAO, Bangkok.

The situation of indigenous women, in particular displaced and refugee women, is particularly severe, and should be addressed through targeted, culturally appropriate programmes.

47. Further worldwide efforts to improve the situation of women are necessary.

Women not only are disadvantaged through lack of material means, but also because of ignorance of their rights.

The existence of support services for women who are the victims of aggression or abuses. Crisis Centers for Women in Distress have been set up Islamabad, Vehari and Sahiwal.

The situation of women has improved girls are again going to school, college and university women have increasing work opportunities, and there are now three female ministers in the Afghan Cabinet.

260. The Committee commends the Government s sensitivity to the situation of Māori women, and its efforts to overcome obstacles to Māori women s achievement of equality.

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.

While the impact of reform on the situation of women could not yet be evaluated, she noted that the Dirección General de Promoción de la Mujer and the national women s movement remained committed to ensuring that a gender approach was reflected in those reforms.