Solomon Islands Record on Womens Rights to Face Scrutiny

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Solomon Islands Record on Womens Rights to Face Scrutiny by UN Committee

GENEVA (27 October 2014) The record of the Solomon Islands on womens rights will be examined by the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) onFriday 31 October 2014 in meetings that will be webcast live.

Solomon Islands is one of the 188 States parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and is required to submit regular reports to the Committee of 23 independent experts on how it is implementing the Convention.

Among the issues likely to be discussed by the Committee and the government delegation: participation of women in peace and security programmes; justice and reparations for women victims of violence during ethnic tensions; stereotypes and harmful practices hampering womens rights in the social, economic and political spheres as well as in family relations; discriminatory practices such as payment of bride prices, early marriage; womens access to and use of modern contraceptive methods; high drop-out rates of education due to expectations that women shoulder family responsibilities; legislation prohibiting womens access to certain types of employment.

Location: Room XVI, Palais des Nations, Geneva Time and date: 10:00 17:00 (19:00 02:00 in Honiara) on 31 October The webcast of the session will be at http://www.treatybodywebcast.org/.

Solomon Islands report and a full list of issues that are likely to come up can be found here:http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=816&Lang=en

A news conference is scheduled for 7 November at 13:30, Palais des Nations, to discuss CEDAWs concluding observations on Solomon Islands and the other countries being reviewed Venezuela; Poland; China, China (Hong Kong) and China (Macao); Ghana; Belgium; Brunei Darussalam; and Guinea. The concluding observations will be published on 7 November here:http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=816&Lang=en

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Chinese officials have created a 3,000m-long reef in the Spratly Islands Archipelago has been source of dispute between south Asian countries Vietnamese, Malaysian and Filipino forces all have airfields in the water The developing Fiery Cross Reef may become China's first airbase Air force colonel said the military needed facilities in South China Sea

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Published: 13:53 EST, 23 November 2014 | Updated: 14:41 EST, 23 November 2014

Chinese officials are building the first island large enough for its own airfield in the middle of disputed waters in the south sea.

Satellite images revealed that since reclaiming the Spratly Islands in August, workers have expanded one stretch of sand to make it long enough for aircraft to land and take off.

Dredgers are also creating a harbour to the east of the reef large enough to receive tankers and warships.

The 3,000m patch Fiery Cross Reef forms part of the archipelago which has been at the heart of territorial disputes for years.

Satellite images show that since reclaiming the Spratly Islands in August, workers have expanded one stretch of sand to make it long enough for aircraft to land and take off

While the islands, named after the British sailor Richard Spratly who discovered them in 1843, lie between the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia, they are host to a plethora of military machinery and resources owned by the Republic of China.

Fears that China intended to use the archipelago as a mineral-rich installation of military bases spread when officials began reclaiming the abandoned islands in August.

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