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Yakin
Erturk, Director, Division for the Advancement of Women
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Zambia
(left) introduced the draft resolution on women, the girl child
and HIV/AIDS, and Nigeria, on behalf of the G-77/China (right),
introduced draft resolution on the situation of and assistance to
Palestinian women
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Azerbaijan
(left) introduced the draft resolution on the release of women and
children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned,
in armed conflicts, and the US (right) introduced the draft
resolution on the situation of women in Afghanistan
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| Palestine
(left) spoke on the draft resolution regarding the situation of Palestinian
women. Israel (right) said the situation of women in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory was better than that of women in most countries
and called for focused attention to urgent women�s issues rather than
to political ones. The Syrian Arab Republic called for, and
Lebanon supported, the right of Palestinian women to self-determination
and lamented the absence of reference to Security Council resolutions
and to the principle of �Land for Peace� in the text of the resolution.
Iran said a comprehensive and fair solution for peace rests
in the restoration of all rights of Palestinian people and the end
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Women and Human Rights: Islamic Law and CEDAW
The United Nations
Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) convened this panel to discuss
the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against
Women (CEDAW) and Islamic Shari'a law. The panel explored the potential
and importance of the coexistence of Islamic law and government commitments
under international human rights law and CEDAW. |
| Panelists (left to right): Farida Bannani, family law researcher
at the University of Marraakkech, Morocco, spoke about how the CEDAW
reservations have been set up and what they mean; Moderator Haifa
Abu Ghazaleh, UNIFEM; Sa'ed Hamid, legal advisor to the women's
rights group Mashriquiyat, Gaza City, discussed differences between
secular and holy interpretations of Islamic text, and looked at interpretations
and practices compatible with human rights; and Zeinab Radwan,
Dean of the College of Arab and Islamic Studies, Cairo University,
assessed the reform of personal status laws, particularly in Egypt.
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Farida
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ENB Summary of CSW-43
Linkages Coverage of the Fourth World Conference on Women
Linkages Coverage
of CSW-43
Secretariat web site with official
documents and information
for NGO participants
ENB's
Background Information on CSW-44
Other links (NGOs, research institutes, etc)
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