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- Mayerlín Vergara Pérez champions the rights of children and teen survivors of sexual exploitation in Colombia. Mayerlin Vergara Perez, pictured on the beach in Riohacha, La Guajira, Colombia.Photo: UNHCR/Nicolo Filippo Rosso.
- Elena Crasmari, the only woman in her local council in Moldova. Elena Crasmari, who stands in her village’s medical centre, ran for local councillor as an independent candidate.
- Amina Mirsakiyeva paves the way for women in science in Kazakhstan. Amina Mirsakiyeva. Photo credit: Polina Selivanova. “I broke the system,” says Amina Mirsakiyeva, a researcher for Carl Zeiss AG, the largest manufacturer of optical systems in the world.
- Rebecca Chepkateke holds authorities accountable in Uganda. Rebecca Chepkateke (centre) sits with women from Ashiokanian village. Photo: NAWOU/Fionah Barbra.
- Level The Law.
- Girls and Women Count, So Make Sure You Count them.
- Elevate her.
- End Gender-Based Violence.
- Pay For Parity.
- We’Ve Got to Demand Equality For Everyone, Everywhere. and Right now.
Governments have the legislative power to remedy gender discrimination enshrined in laws, but often, that power is squandered. Equal protection under the law matters. It affects whether adolescent girls get to attend school instead of their own weddings. It determines whether a woman can open a bank account or start a business, inherit property or ...
You collect data about your citizens. You do this to understand their lives, foresee demographic challenges, and provide them essential services. But chances are your data picture is incomplete and unbalanced. In countries around the world, important data about the economic, political, and social contributions of girls and women is incomplete or mi...
There are women in every country ready and qualified to serve, inform, and improve their governments. Actively search them out and clear a path to power. Do not confine them to what you believe to be “women’s issues” (what are those, anyway?). Women in positions of authority tend to resolve national crises without resorting to violence, advocate fo...
You are not doing enough. Make the safety of girls and women a top priority. One in three girls and women experience sexual or physical violence in their lifetime. In every country. In every income bracket. For example, today, 650 million girls are married off as children, and 200 millionexperience female genital mutilation in practicing countries....
As the UN Secretary-General saidlast year, “There is a cost to everything. But the biggest cost is to do nothing.” Gender inequality is one of the greatest barriers to human security, peace and development. Think about your priorities for human development and economic opportunity in your country and region – do you really believe you can get there...
Here at the UN Foundation, we make girls and women rights a priority for several reasons: because equality is her birthright, enshrined in the UN Charter, signed 75 years ago this year; because it is what is fair and just; and because we all stand to gain when half our human population is unleashed from unnecessary and harmful discrimination, and u...
Sep 17, 2020 · As leaders shared their recommendations for concrete steps needed to close the gender gap in the participation of women in decision-making spheres, Founder of the MeToo movement Tarana Burke raised the critical issue of recognizing the diversity of women’s voices and within the women’s movements: “People often talk about diversity and bringing in more women to leadership roles, but women ...
Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world ...
- Resources. Connecting women with financial resources can help them meet their basic needs and start or grow businesses. However, it is estimated that micro, small, and medium-sized businesses owned by women globally are underfunded by USD 1.7 trillion.
- Jobs. When women thrive in the world of work, they are better positioned to exercise their agency and realize their rights. But not just any job will do: work must be productive and in conditions of freedom, equity, security, and dignity.
- Time. Everyone requires care in their lifetime. The existing social organization of care reflects profound inequalities of status and power and often exploits the labour of women and girls.
- Security. Women face numerous threats to their security, including gender-based violence, conflict, food insecurity, and a lack of social protection. Violence at home or in the workplace is a violation of women's rights and impedes their economic participation.
In terms of women’s access to decision-making, representation remains low. In 1995, women accounted for 11.3 percent of the world’s legislators, and only the parliaments of Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden had more than 30 percent women. And only three women were heads of state and seven were heads of government.
Jan 24, 2018 · That is why taking gender into account matters when developing and implementing trade policy. Placing women at the heart of global policymaking will go a long way towards realising the United Nations 2030 Agenda goal of achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls. Economic development and gender equality go hand-in-hand.
