World Chronicle 824: Jane Connors, DESA

Michael Littlejohns interviews Jane Connors, Chief of the Women's Rights Unit at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) of the United Nations, for World Chronicle program 824.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:04
• Production Date: 29 March 2001
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: ALEJANDRA VILLASMIL; EDITH LEDERER; JANE CONNORS; MICHAEL LITTLEJOHNS
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS - DESA
• Subject Topical: DISCRIMINATION; WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS
• MAMS Id: 2169007
• Parent Id: 824854

Description

CEDAW

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), an expert body established in 1982, is composed of 23 experts on women's issues around the world. The Committee's mandate is very specific: it watches over the progress for women made in those countries that are the States parties to the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women. In this edition of World Chronicle, Jane Connors, Chief of Women's Rights Unit at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations, talks about the recently concluded 24th CEDAW session held at the UN Headquarters in New York.

• Scripts: File; 824.pdf (35.67 KB)