Definition of Commission on the status of women

1. Noun. The commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with the status of women in different societies.


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Literary usage of Commission on the status of women

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Confucian Feminist: Memoirs of Zeng Baosun (1893-1978) by Baosun Zeng, Thomas L. Kennedy (2002)
"She also told me that I had been named to head the 1952 delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. I was elated but fearful. ..."

2. Theoretical Perspectives on Gender and Development by Jane L. Parpart, Patricia Connelly, Eudine Barriteau (2000)
"So a Sub- commission on the Status of Women was agreed on. Still, the women were dissatisfied. At an introductory meeting of the subcommission, they decided ..."

3. Double Jeopardy: Police Abuse of Women in Pakistan by Asia Watch Committee (U.S.), Asia Watch Committee (U.S. (1992)
"Both the 1985 report of the Pakistan Commission on the Status of Women and the government's Sixth Five Year Development Plan (1988- 1993) denounced the ..."

4. The United Nations System: The Policies of Member States by Chadwick F. Alger, Gene Martin Lyons, John E. Trent (1995)
"... Canada pressed for reforms as a member of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, and in 1987 was elected to a third consecutive term. ..."

5. Justice in the Balance: Recommendations for an Independent and Effective by Human Rights Watch, Helen Duffy, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1998)
"Similarly, the UN Commission on the Status of Women, as well as the Special Rapporteur on the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and the Exploitation of ..."

6. Human Rights Watch World Report 1997 by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Human Rights Watch Staff (1996)
"... United Nations The work for advancing women's rights within the UN system rests in significant part with the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). ..."

7. Women's Colleges in the United States: History, Issues & Challenges by Irene Harwarth (1998)
"President John F. Kennedy created a Presidential Commission on the Status of Women in December, 1961. The Commission was a proposal of a female member of ..."

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