NGO Committee on
the Status of Women, Geneva
The Geneva NGO Committee on the Status of Women was founded
in 1973 after the decision of the United Nations General
Assembly to designate 1975 International Women's Year. The
Committee later became one of the important coalitions of
non-governmental organizations (NGO's) to prepare for the
World Conference on Women in Geijing , China , in 1995. The
UN NGO Committee on the Status of Women-Geneva, works closely
with its counterpart Committees in New York and Vienna .
The principle aim of the UN NGO Committee on the Status of
Women--Geneva, is to reach gender equality in all spheres
of life by working in partnership with the United Nations
and its specialized agencies, to ensure that governments
respect the commitments they have made at world conferences
and through international conventions and principles on non-discrimination,
and to attain a global momentum in mainstreaming gender equality.
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