Tajikistan: Taking steps against the discrimination of women
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Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Participants in a roundtable on equality between men and women in Tajikistan have stressed the need for accessible and fast mechanisms for enforcing legal provisions.
The roundtable, organized on 5 August by the OSCE Mission to Tajikistan, in co-operation with the UN Office of Peace-Building to Tajikistan (UNTOP), focused on the compliance of Tajik legislation with the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
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Submitted on Thu, 08/22/2002 - 23:00
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