The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination among Older Women
Meeting
New
York, Headquarters of the UN
July
21, 2009
CEDAW Committee Informal Meeting with UN Agencies, Funds and
Programmes, NGOs and Stakeholders on a General Recommendation on
Older Women and Protection of their Rights
Chair of the
Working Group on the General Recommendation (GR), Ferdous Begum (in
blue), Introducing the
General Recommendation Outlining Key Points from the Concept Note on the
General Recommendation
Bridget Sleap, Policy Officer of
HelpAge International, expressing her strong support for the
drafting of the General Recommendation
To read Bridget Sleap article, click HERE
Judy
Lear, New York City Grey Panthers Convenor
Susanne
Paul, President of GAA, congratulating CEDAW for their work on the
Concept-Note on the General Recommendation
Jeanne Smith Jones, Executive of the Greater Rochester Area Partnership for the Elderly,
congratulating and encouraging CEDAW for their work on the General
Recommendation
Judy
Lear, New York City Grey Panthers Convenor, Susanne Paul, President of GAA,
Ferdous Begum, Chair of the
Working Group on the General Recommendation (GR), Meriem Belmihoub Zerdani,
CEDAW Representativre from Algeria, Jessica Frank, UN Representative of
the American Association of Retired People (AARP)
Judy
Lear, New York City Grey Panthers Convenor, Jeanne Smith Jones,
Executive of
the Greater Rochester Area Partnership for the Elderly, Susanne
Paul, President of GAA, Ferdous Begum, Chair of the
Working Group on the General Recommendation (GR), (Unidentified), Meriem Belmihoub Zerdani,
CEDAW Representativre from Algeria, Jessica Frank, UN Representative of
the American Association of Retired People (AARP)
Judy Lear, New York City Grey Panthers Convenor,
Bridget Sleap, Policy Officer of HelpAge International, Ferdous Begum, Chair of the Working Group on the General Recommendation
(GR), Susanne Paul, President of GAA
To
see the Concept note on the draft general recommendation on older
women and protection of their human rights, click HERE
Copyright 2009 © Global Action on
Aging Terms of
Use | Privacy
Policy | Contact Us
|