2 March 2023
On March 1, 2023, a meeting of the National Council on Gender Policy under the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus was held. The meeting was attended by representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, the Constitutional and Supreme Courts, ministries, regional executive committees, the Minsk City Executive Committee, the National Center for Legislation and Legal Research, the Federation of Trade Unions, NGO «the Belarusian Union of Women».
During the meeting, the draft ninth periodic report of the Republic of Belarus on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was considered and approved. The draft report contains information on legislative, organizational, administrative and other measures taken in the Republic of Belarus to implement the provisions of the Convention for the period from 2016 to 2022.
Ensuring gender equality in various spheres of society’s life makes an important contribution to the achievement by the Republic of Belarus of Sustainable Development Goals 5, 10 and other SDGs.
More information about the meeting of the Council can be found at the link.
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