Your input will directly feed into the General Assembly's assessment of progress and the recommendations that it makes for further actions. You can make a crucial contribution to the UN's review!

 The Working Groups will discuss:

• Policies, legislation, strategies and partnerships that have been successful in furthering women's equality
• Case studies, best practices and other examples of successful government and civil society efforts
• Obstacles that remain and how they can be overcome
• What still needs to be done

• End Violence Against Women - This ongoing discussion examines successful strategies for ending violence against women around the world. (this Working Group began October 1998 and continues through January 2000)
• End Women's Economic Inequality - Examines women's economic inequality and the broader issues of economic policy. (6 September 1999 - 15 October 1999)
• Strengthen Women's Role in Environmental Sustainability - Discusses women's role in decision-making processes relating to environmental policies. (6 September 1999 - 15 October 1999)
• Promote Women in Power and Decision-Making - Focuses on women's leadership in national and local centers of power. (6 September 1999 - 15 October 1999)
• Secure and Promote Women's Health - Discusses all aspects of women's health from a life cycle approach, including reproductive health and reproductive rights of women. (6 September 1999 - 15 October 1999)
• End Women's Poverty - Examines strategies for addressing the needs of women in poverty. (11 October 1999 - 19 November 1999)
• Women and Armed Conflict - Focuses on women in situations of armed conflict, and women's leadership role in resolving those conflicts. (11 October 1999 - 19 November 1999)
• Achieve Educational Equality - Examines equal access at all levels of education and the removal of gender discrimination. (11 October 1999 - 19 November 1999)
• Women and the Media - Addresses the role of women in traditional and electronic media, including the influence of women in content and development. (8 November 1999 - 17December 1999)
• Empower the Girl Child - Discusses ways to empower girls and to create an enabling environment. (8 November 1999 - 17 December 1999)
• Claim Women's Human Rights - Discusses the political, social, economic and cultural rights of women, and the impact of international treaties on women. (8 November 1999 - 17 December1999)

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