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SPRING SESSION

GENDER EQUALITY TRANSVERSAL GROUP
CONF/TG/GEN(2009)OJ2

Strasbourg, 20 March 2009

AGENDA
Tuesday 28 April 2009 from 2.30 to 4 pm
room 2, Palais de l’Europe

1. Opening of the meeting

2. Draft agenda : For adoption

3. Draft Synopsis of 29 January 2009 meeting [CONF/TG/GEN(2009)SYN1]: For approval

4. Nomination of a rapporteur

5. Parliamentary Assembly – Activities of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men :

- Report ‘Action to combat gender-based human rights violations, including abduction of women and girls’ (DOC 11784)
- Reports in preparation
- Hearing on ‘Combating sexist stereotypes in the media’
Briefing

6. Ad Hoc Committee on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (CAHVIO)
- Report of the first meeting (Strasbourg, 6-8 April 2009)

- Proposal to create a Sub-group and decision on working methods
For discussion and approval

7. Steering Committee for Equality between women and men (CDEG) (15-17 April 2009):
For information

8. Report of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) (53th session March 2009): For information

9. Other business