EXPERTS ON RIGHTS OF WOMEN ADDRESS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

The Special Rapporteur on violence against women and Chairpersons of the Commission on the Status of Women and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women speaking before the Commission on Human Rights, described activities undertaken over the past year and called for greater attention to such matters as aid for the women of Afghanistan and the empowerment of women as a way of combatting poverty.