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Friends of the Chair group for indicators on
Violence against Women

Mandate
The Statistical Commission, at its 39th session, in compliance with General Assembly resolution 62/133, approved the formation of Friends of the Chair group to conduct an in-depth technical review of proposed indicators to measure violence against women, and requested the group to report back to the Commission at its fortieth session.
(This text is contained in the Statistical Commission report on the 39th session, Feb. 2008, document E/2008/24 and E/CN.3/2008/34).
Reports
Report submitted to the 40th Statistical Commission session:
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Arabic / Chinese / English / French / Russian / Spanish
Membership
Members: Australia, Bangladesh, Botswana, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, Ghana, Italy, Mexico, Thailand, Turkey, and United States of America.
Observers: CDC, ECA, ECE, ECLAC, ESCAP, ESCWA, UNSD, and WHO.
Meetings
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Aguascalientes, Mexico, 9-11 December 2009
  1. Provisional agenda
  2. Information for participants
  3. Documents

 

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