(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) 11 November 2015 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined second and third periodic report of Timor-Leste on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the report, Veneranda Lemos, Secretary of State for the Support and Socio-Economic Promotion of Women of Timor-Leste, said that despite the ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in April 2003, Timorese women still faced numerous challenges due to the violent historical background and the tumultuous past marked...
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