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Article: UN: Expert members of Women's Anti-Discrimination Committee discuss South Africa's report
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- June 25, 1998
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M2 PRESSWIRE-25 June 1998-UN: Expert members of Women's Anti-Discrimination Committee discuss South Africa's report (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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* Express special concern regarding violence against women and plight of rural women
Violence against women was a grave concern in South Africa, yet the country lacked specific measures to combat the phenomenon, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was told this afternoon by one of its expert members. A number of social factors caused such violence; these must be addressed through policies designed to change fundamental attitudes. Social education and sensitization ...