The Economic and Social committee from the view of the Republic of Turkey. This committee has been given two topics to discuss in this session. These would be Recovering from the World Financial and Economic Crisis: a Global Jobs Pact as well as Mainstreaming a Gender Perspective into all Policies and Programmes in the United Nations System.With the issues we are faced with in this committee session, we feel that the topic on the Global Jobs Pact should take precedence over mainstreaming gender perspectives. After the worldwide recession that started in 2007, there were many impacts that hit us more so than gender perspectives. For this reason, we feel that the issue of the Global Jobs Pact and Economic Crisis should be what is most …show more content…
Unemployment is a major part of that. The Global Jobs Pact would help to solve this issue. We would like to be back to ranking higher in the GDP.
Topic 2: Mainstreaming a Gender Perspective into all Policies and Programmes in the United Nations System In 1997, the United Nations Economic and Social council brought to light the issue of gender perspectives in policies and programmes. The idea behind this would be to take into account how legislation and programmes will impact women in the states mentioned. Member states unanimously agreed in Beijing 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women that, “It was essential to design, implement and monitor, with the full participation of women, effective, efficient and mutually reinforcing gender-sensitive policies and programmes, including development policies and programmes at all levels. ” This does not, however, mean that all member states agreed that the advancement and empowerment of women is an issue of importance.
For us, the Republic of Turkey, we have a view of women that does not necessarily share the increasingly popular idea of women’s rights. Because we are a Muslim country, women’s rights are not of the utmost importance to us. When comparing us to many of the other United Nations member states, it may seem as if we have no women’s rights to really speak of. This is not exactly correct. More-so it is more
When women are placed in these positions of power the past has shown that women empowerment allows for the growth for the upcoming generations. This investment that countries can make by allowing for the growth of the education of women would be exactly that, an investment. The growth that countries would experience would allow that country to excel into a caring society. As well, the impact that women have had on society is not limited to the political realm but can also be translated to the economic sense. When placed
All in all, there is more being done to aid women in their struggles they have are still facing today. With this aid by organization such as the “United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women", there are many benefits that comes with this promotion; however, it is not an excuse to make false
Many organizations in the United Nations are doing multiple things to equalize both genders. Some are focusing on educating not just women that they are equal but local governments as well, others hold discussions to help answer how things can be done differently, others promote and celebrate international
Gender discrimination and violence against women were not part of the Human Rights Agenda until the 1990s when feminists began to push for this change (p84/book). One of the slogans of their campaign was that “Women’s Rights
In the article “Women’s Human Rights and Gender Equality’’ i read about how Women’s rights are the fundamental human rights that were enshrined by the United Nations for every human being on the planet nearly 70 years ago. These rights include to live free from violence, slavery, and discrimination; to be educated ; to vote and to earn a fair and equal wage. A famous saying goes “Women’s rights are human rights” meaning, women all around the world are entitled to all of these rights, but yet there are women and girls who are still denied these rights, often simply because of their gender. Winning these rights for women isn’t all, it’s also about changing how countries and communities works and their perspectives on gender equality. Global Fund for Women exists to support the tireless and courageous efforts of women’s groups who work every day to win rights for women and girls. These groups are working to ensure women can own property, vote, run for office, get paid fair wages, and live free from violence – including domestic violence, sexual assault. The Global Fund for Women also stand for other rights that are vital for women’s equality. They stand for a woman’s right to decide if and when she has children, and to have high-quality health
As the sole United States Delegate to the 2014 G(irls)20 Summit in Sydney, Australia, I worked with over twenty four other women to write a communique focused on how to economically empower women and girls internationally. The communique was then presented to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister of Australia and other leaders. For the past eight years, I have also participated as well as staffed numerous Model United Nations Conferences
“All strange and terrible events are welcome, but comforts we despise.” Cleopatra said this quote. As queen of ancient Egypt, Cleopatra was one of the most famous female rulers in history. Knowledgeable and smart, Cleopatra could talk different dialects and served as the predominant ruler in each of the three of her co-rules. Her sentimental contacts and military partnerships with the Roman pioneers Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, and her assumed intriguing excellence and forces of enchantment, earned her a persisting spot in history and common misconception.
Over the course of history, gender inequalities have been a prevalent issue amongst countries around the world. The notion, women are inferior to men has shaped their treatment in all aspects of life. Women were subjected to a patriarchal role in society, the men worked and women took care of domestics to some degree greater or lesser depending the country they resided in. In the late 19th and early 20th century women started rising up against male dominated societies in feminist movements. These movements were campaigns and reform plans to combat issues of equal pay, sexual violence, and denial of suffrage, reproductive rights, equal job opportunities and property rights. Thus observing women in Great Britain and Saudi Arabia today one can see how the role women play in society has dramatically changed from 1800s till now.
“Without doubt, the last century has witnessed an unprecedented expansion of women’s rights, in one of the most profound social revolutions the world has ever seen. One hundred years ago, only two countries allowed women to vote. Today, that right is virtually universal. Millions of men and women around the world today advocate to end violence against women, and a record two-thirds of countries have passed laws against it.” – Michelle Bachelet, UN Women Executive Director
Women and poverty is one of the critical areas of concern from the Beijing Platform for Action. Unfortunately there is over 1 billion of who are women that are living in poverty. Most of the women who are living in poverty and in very poor condition are from developing countries, but we also have this problem here in the United States. Poverty has been a factor of little to no education, single mother raising their families, little resources, and pay gap. In the article of Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Fourth World Conference on Women, one of the strategic objectives is, to analyze from a gender perspective, policies and programmers including those related to macroeconomic stability, structural adjustment, external debt problems,
If more women were in higher governmental power, additional action would be taken to improve the government and the world in general. Women have always been considered a follower of men since the beginning of time. However, women are being politically elected to be head of state and government, they are leaders of countries and role models for the younger generations. More than 20 countries currently have a woman holding office as the head of a national government, and the global participation rate of women in national-level parliaments is nearly 20%. In addition, women are highly devoted to promoting national and local policies that address the socioeconomic and political challenges facing women, children, and disadvantaged
There is a combined effect of gender and racial discrimination and the advancement of women in achieving equality with their male counterparts. This has attracted much attention during the implementation like the Beijing Platform for Action. There have also been various movements practiced worldwide so as to promote the balance, like the Third World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, that took place in Durban South Africa. Gender discrimination can combine with other forces to limit women and present various obstacles to their development.
This article addresses four main points. First, at the UN’s Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, the significance of women’s contribution was emphasized by the World Bank. However, according to the authors, the perception of women as goods was strengthened by the World Bank because of its emphasis on economic outcomes and its consequent failure to pay attention to the meaning of women’s empowerment and gender equality. Second, the World Bank, UN agencies and other institutions were observed to value only young women and girls, thus completely ignoring men’s role . Third, despite the existence of programs encouraging women empowerment such as microfinance and conditional cash transfers, women are forced to work for their livelihood coupled with the burden of housework. The authors also cast doubt on the notion that investing in young women and girls leads to the promotion of women’s empowerment and gender equality, or actually improves the economy as they are often unconsciously regarded as cheaper labor . Therefore, they underscored that while smart economics might
Having the United Nations Fourth World Conference to be specifically over women, was a great pleasure. During the conference, Hillary Clinton on many occasions explains in depth on how far women has come in the world. For example, women are now seen as wives, sisters, daughters, educators, workers, citizens, and leaders.” We are no longer viewed as property”.
One could also ask if this data is a good indicator of gender equality. While within the last century women have received many rights to reach higher stages of equality, gender inequalities are still very prevalent worldwide. As specified by the 2017 World Bank Data Bank, gender inequalities matter they affect the well-being, productivity, and economic growth of not only women, but nations as a whole. This can be seen through the allocation resources as education, health care, nutrition, and political voice within and between nations. As earlier explained, women are disproportionately underrepresented in decision-making positions in government, such as seats in lower and unicameral houses of parliaments. It is without proportional representation at this level, it is difficult for women to influence policy to the extent that men may have, and therefore have equality.