The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, NY

Subcommittees

The Subcommittee on Older Women (SCOW)

Co-chairs: Judy Lear, Patty Day

The Subcommittee on Older Women is a subcommittee of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, which strives to improve the quality and status of life of midlife and older women by promoting increased attention to the situation of older women globally. Older women have their own needs and issues, which are often forgotten about or they are discriminated against in a global context.

Subcommittee on Older Women

Co-chairs: Judy Lear, Patricia Day

The Subcommittee on Violence Against Women (VAW)

Co-chairs: Carl Murrell, Karen L. Siegel PhD

Download the VAW Booklet (PDF, 340KB)

"Picturing a Life Free of Violence: Media and Communications Strategies to End Violence against Women"
Jenny Drezin, Editor. 2001. UNIFEM/UNDP ISBN# 0-912917-55-5

"Violence against Women Resource Center", John Hopkins Univ. Center for Communications Programs, Baltimore Md.

www.endvaw.org and www.unifem.undp.org

UNIFEM Executive Summary: Progress of the World's Women, 2008-2009.
"Who Answers to Women? Gender and Accountability."
www.unifem.org

UNICEF Child Protection Information Sheets. May 2008.
Child Protection Section
Programme Division UNICEF NY
childprotection@unicef.org
www.unicef.org

UNICEF Division of Communication Publication:
"Girls, HIV/AIDS and Education." Dec. 2004
Education Section, Programme Division
www.unicef.org/girlseducation/index.html

Subcommittee on Women and Climate Change

Visit the Subcommittee on Women and Climate Change page on this website.