UNITED NATIONS CEDAW Coriverition Oïl the Eiiminatiori ûf ali Forms of Discrimination Against WomenDistr. GENERAL CEDAW/C/SR.160 10 February 1990 ENGLISH ORIGINALî FRENCH COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN Ninth session SUMMARY RECORD OF THE 160th MEETING Held at Headquarters, New York, on Friday, 26 January 1990, at 3 p.m. Chairperson: Ms. EVATT CONTENTS Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention (continued) This record is subject to correction. Corrections should be submitted in one of the working languages. They should be set forth in a memorandum and also incorporated in a copy of the record. They should be sent within one week of the date of this document to the Chief, Official Records Editing Section, Department of Conference Services, room DC2-750, 2 United. Nations Plaza. Any corrections to the records of the meetings of this session will be consolidated in a single corrigendum, to be issued shortly after the end of the session. 90-55089 2328S (E) /. . The meeting was called to order at 3.10 p.m. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 18 OF THE CONVENTION (continued) Initial report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (continued) (CEDAW/C/5/Add.52 and Amend.1-4) 1. At the iiivitatign. of the Chairperson, Ms. Denhar» (United Kingdom) took a place a t^tl№_.C^íniÍM.e._ t.aM.e. 2. Ms. DENHAM (United Kingdom), replying to questions asked by members of the Committee, said, in connection with article 7, that the Hansard Society had just published a report analysing the obstacles to the promotion of women in public life and recommending actions to be taken, which the Government intended to follow up. The political parties, particularly those involved in selecting parliiamentary candidates should also endeavour to do so. At present, there were only 41 women 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a report from the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, discussing the progress of a country (the United Kingdom) in eliminating gender-based discrimination. The report focuses on the representation of women in public life and the obstacles they face. Given the content, it is likely that the report is related to employment and human rights, rather than economic development, natural resources, or other categories.

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Education, Employment