• It was organised by UNESCO in co-operation with the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, the Organisation for African Unity and the African Women Committee for Peace and Development.

    UNESCO: Women Organize for Peace and Non-Violence in Africa

  • The Marine Corps began this study at the behest of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Service (DACOWITS).

    FORBES: Memo To The ACLU: Don't Put Women Into Combat

  • In June 2010 she was selected as a member of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, (DACOWITS).

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • It hired some women in the supreme committee of the party, but they are the wives, daughters, or relatives of leading brothers.

    CNN: Egypt's Islamists: Much to prove on women's rights

  • This could suggest that the women's selection committee gets it right more often than the men's or simply that their job is much easier.

    WSJ: Women's Final Four: There's Evidence That Cinderella Isn't a Woman

  • Ms. Nixon has been very active in Mr. de Blasio's campaign, helping organize a "Women for de Blasio" committee and reaching out to gay voters.

    WSJ: Hollywood Weighs in on New York City Race for Mayor

  • "The committee learned that women's experiences of the criminal justice system are different from men's and that some of these differences may stem from, or result in, discrimination or inequality, " she said.

    BBC: MSPs concerned over women in jail

  • Conversely, at Sedgley Working Men's Club, which, like many in the Midlands, has already given women equal rights, the committee is pessimistic about the chances of securing the two-thirds majority required to alter the constitution.

    ECONOMIST: Working men's clubs

  • Mr Tyrie also demonstrated a willingness to take on the Prime Minister - with a fairly fearless display probing what the Government meant by "rebalancing the economy" at the recent meeting of the Liaison Committee (the one where the PM is questioned by all the committee chairmen and women).

    BBC: A Year On Part 2: The old lags flourishing in Commons

  • With a full-scale Commons debate on violence against women due on Thursday, the International Development Committee (at 9.30am) takes evidence on Violence against Women and Girls, from NGOs, international campaigners and detectives from Metropolitan Police Child Abuse Investigation Command.

    BBC: Week ahead in committees

  • She was the Secretary General of the Senegalese Council of Women and Chair of their Scientific Committee.

    UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

  • Even fewer women chair the board or audit committee, serve as financial experts, and only 12% of compensation committees have a female chair.

    FORBES: Women On Boards: Moving From 'Why' To 'How'

  • Why should the Congressional Super Committee be 50% women?

    FORBES: The Congressional Super Committee Should Be 50% Women

  • Her government service includes her work as Counsel to Senator Biden, where she worked on Judiciary Committee issues such as women's rights, domestic violence, intellectual property, judicial nominations, immigration and civil rights.

    WHITEHOUSE: Our Top Stories

  • Then MPs turn to Backbench Business Committee debates on International Women's Day - led by Labour's Fiona Mactaggart and Conservative Amber Rudd, and on the future of social care - led by the Conservative Sarah Newton.

    BBC: Week ahead in Parliament

  • The Women in Music Foundation , the members of the International Honour Committee , (comprising national associations, composers, musicologists and distinguished women), together with a network of musicians in 116 countries, gives visibility, safeguards and sustains research regarding historic artistic production, encourages contemporary creativity and the musical and cultural diversity of women composers.

    UNESCO: OFFICE IN VENICE

  • The Vacancy in See Committee consists of 25 men and women from across the diocese, representing both clergy and laity.

    BBC: Search for new Bishop of Bath and Wells commences

  • Last night, the House Armed Services Committee approved legislation that would keep women from all four branches from serving in direct ground combat.

    NPR: Women in Combat: Rules and Reality

  • Only a few days before its July announcement that the two women would attend, the Saudi National Olympic Committee said it could not find a woman qualified enough to compete.

    CNN: Saudi women going to Games is a sham

  • According to a recent Committee for Economic Development report on women on boards, as other countries institute board diversity quotas, they may consider board-ready American women to hit their more aggressive targets for women directors.

    FORBES: Women On Boards: Moving From 'Why' To 'How'

  • About 60% of the women spent less than a year there, the committee found.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • While a member of the Judiciary Committee, Biden authored the Violence against Women Act of 2000, which is seen as a major weapon against domestic violence and gender-based crimes.

    NPR: Has Biden Gone From Snarling To Darling?

  • In August, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory board recommended rescinding approval of Avastin for women with advanced breast cancer, apparently because the committee was concerned about efficacy and, according to some, the cost.

    FORBES: FDA Should Not Rescind Avastin's Breast Cancer Approval

  • Advocacy group Magdalene Survivors Together said the women concerned had been "let down" by the committee.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Last week, the House Judiciary Committee considered legislation to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).

    WHITEHOUSE: Our Top Stories

  • Deputy Tadier, who is vice chairman of the privileges and procedures committee, said he was concerned not enough women stood for the States and he wanted to see more in the chamber.

    BBC: Deputy Montfort Tadier

  • Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee approved legislation to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) of 1994, but failed to include critical provisions that would ensure that all victims of domestic violence can access vital services and protections.

    WHITEHOUSE: Engage and Connect

  • It has been decided that, in the following months, a Steering Committee will be set up, composed of 20 women philosophers (5 per region).

    UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

  • The committee will look at the support available for young women most at risk of becoming pregnant, as well those who have had a child.

    BBC: Scottish parliament to report on teenage pregnancy

  • In awarding the prize, the Nobel Committee stated that democracy and peace cannot be achieved unless women have the same opportunities and rights as men.

    FORBES: A Solution For A Struggling Global Economy: Gender Equality

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