Gender Equality and the Post-2015 Development Agenda Gender Equality in the Post 2015 and SIDS Agendas
Beijing +20 Reviews and Informing the Post 2015 Agenda - 59 th CSW March 2015 - National Reviews in CARICOM: Eight countries to date, including Guyana; - November 2014 Chile Presiding Officers LAC Statement Implementation, Implementation, Implementation.. - Global Achievements since Beijing: Reduction in discrimination of laws and proactive legislation; girls enrolment in primary and secondary education; labour force participation increased in many regions; Legislation to end GBV; Some regions progress on RHRs; In some, women s leadership has increased; Significant normative advances have been made in the global agenda on women, peace and security.
Beijing +20 Reviews and Informing the Post 2015 Agenda Global Challenges: - No country country in the world has achieved gender equality. Discrimination in the law persists - Esp Family Law, SRH rights; Women s increasing educational attainment and rising participation in the labour market have not been matched with better conditions, prospects for advancement and equal pay. Too many women remain without access to decent work. Heavy and intense unpaid care workloads continue to limit women s enjoyment of human rights in several areas. Violence against women and girls persists in many forms. Unacceptably high levels of maternal mortality continue in some regions. Women continue to be excluded from decision-making at all levels.
Caribbean Joint Statement Freedom From Violence Freedom from violence is an inalienable human right, requiring full state action; accountability and support of non-state actors to expand advocacy, prevention and responses to violence; VAWG is endemic and gender based; and that violence against women and girls because they are women and girls is unacceptable; Address root causes of violence; Vulnerable groups; Address the vulnerability of small island states to transnational crime;
Caribbean Joint Statement Accessing Capabilities Education appropriate; critical thinking skills, tackle traditional cultural norms reinforce inequality and Boys education sociopolitical and limit capabilities and access to resources; economic factors equal value of education for both sexes; Self-esteem and confidence, autonomy, agency, leadership skills; Promote GE in education programmes culture of peace; Provide comprehensive, age appropriate, sexuality education that is age
Joint Statement Accessing Capabilities HEALTH Increased access to mental health services; Provision of affordable, integrated SRH services, and HIV prevention, treatment, care and support; Prioritisation of the prevention of chronic non-communicable disease; Recognition of gender-based violence (GBV) as a public health issue; Development of comprehensive health literacy programmes - community led initiatives for healthy lifestyles; Reduction of maternal mortality & morbidity; Full implementation of the Montevideo Consensus adopted in August of this year -
Joint Statement Accessing Capabilities Food and Nutrition Prioritise domestic and regional agriculture and trade; Address inequitable access to land, water, technology and markets that inhibits women s and youth s involvement in agriculture; Encourage and facilitate dialogue and measures between government and the private sector for food production, and widespread distribution of locally produced agricultural and agroprocessed goods; Provide for gender sensitive public education and action on food and nutrition, to transform consumption practices.
Joint Statement Economic -Macro-economic reforms - burden of poverty including adolescent mothers, FHH, persons Improvement of women s resilience to with disabilities, the elderly, indigenous economic challenges, natural hazards and peoples, domestic workers and rural women; climate change; -Labour reforms in the formal sector, Preservation and valuation of traditional prioritising living wages and state health and knowledge and technologies, ownership of pension plans; lands and cultural assets and the protection of intellectual property rights of indigenous peoples and rural women; -Gender responsive economic policies and practices -support for the integration of women in non-traditional sectors, including Access to a non-restrictive aid framework; through training in environmentally Strengthened partnerships, ensuring that sustainable technologies; no one is left behind due to enforced fiscal policies.
Joint Statement Leadership critical mass of gender sensitive transformational leaders, including in private sector ; Strengthen women s collective action; Correct inequalities resulting in women's under representation; Encourage and enable youth participation curriculum; Mobilise political parties to transform to gender-friendly practice and support, incentive-based accountability systems, gender parity practices which ensure equal representation of men and women within their structures; Implement the CEDAW call for temporary special measures to ensure gender equality in leadership and decision-making; and,
The Zero Draft - SDGs Chapeau of the Draft It is People centred without distinction Reaffirms key actions for the further implementation of the ICPD and Beijing PFA and the outcomes of their review conferences; GOAL 2 End hunger, - food security, nutrition, sustainable agriculture; GOAL 3 Ensure healthy lives GOAL 4 Education inclusive, quality, equitable lifelong; THE 17 GOALS: Goal 1 - End poverty in all its forms everywhere
GOAL 5 Achieve GE and empower all women and girls GOAL 6 Water available, accessible, sustainable, sanitation for all; GOAL 7 Energy affordable, sustainable, reliable, modern for all; GOAL 8 Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth (incl decent work); Zero Draft - Continued GOAL 9 Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and innovation; GOAL 10 Reduce inequality within and among countries
Draft Goals - Continued GOAL 11 Make cities GOAL 14 Conserve and and human settlements sustainably use the inclusive, safe, resilient oceans, seas and and sustainable marine resources for GOAL 12 Ensure sustainable sustainable development consumption and production patterns GOAL 13 Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
GOAL 15 Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems - forests, desertification, land degradation, biodiversity loss; Draft Goals - Continued GOAL 17 Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development GOAL 16 Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development Justice, Accountability, inclusion;
Gender equality in the Draft TARGETS 5.1 end all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere VAWG public and private - all types; eliminate all harmful practices; Unpaid care and domestic work valuation; and shared responsibility in family ( nationally appropriate ) Women s full and effective participation/leadership public and private life; ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the ICPD and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences;
Gender equality in the Draft Three targets address means of implementation: 5 (a) undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance, and natural resources in accordance with national laws; 5 (b) enhance the use of enabling technologies, in particular ICT, to promote women s empowerment; 5 (c) adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels.
Mainstreaming GE in the Draft the other Goals Goal 1 - Poverty and includes equal rights to economic resources for all; land/inheritance; Goal 2 on ending hunger includes a target on malnutrition that specifically addresses the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women. Goal 3 on healthy lives calls for reducing maternal mortality (rather than ending preventable maternal deaths). Goal 4 on education has a number of targets with the potential to strengthen progress toward gender equality. Goal 6 on water and sanitation does not address the right to water; Goal 8 on economic growth, employment and decent work includes a target on full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men; and equal pay for work of equal value. Goal 10 on reducing inequality within and among countries includes a target on ensuring equal opportunity Goal 11 on cities and human settlements women and children; Goal 16 on peaceful societies, access to justice and institutions includes All forms of violence, participation Goal 17 - data
Gender Equality in the SAMOA Pathway Outcome Document (SIDS) Eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and girls; end all forms of VAWG. Integrate a gender perspective in priority areas for sustainable development. Strengthen women s economic empowerment and ensure equal access to full and productive employment and decent work. Leadership (including TSMs and need targets, benchmarks); Guarantee equal access to good quality education and health. SRH and reproductive rights in accordance with ICPD, Beijing PFA and the outcome documents of their review conferences. Tackle the structural and socio-economic inequalities; Give women equal rights with men to economic resources land, credit, inheritance, natural resources and appropriate new technology.
Human rights and the SDGs - Non Discrimination; - Indivisibility and interdependence - International Human Rights treaties - CEDAW Substantive Equality;
Gender Equality and the Next Steps of finalizing Post 2015 GE perspective in all Declaration, goals, targets, means of implementation, global partnership, follow up and review; Important that Declaration reflect that gender inequality remains the most pervasive form of discrimination around the world; No goal or target can be considered met unless it is met for all groups: this requires addressing multiple forms of discrimination and systematic disaggregation of data on the basis of sex and other prohibited grounds of discrimination. Must apply to all Member States Build on international norms such as CEDAW, PFA, ICPD; Transformation requires renewed political will; financing; statistical capacities - increased investment; accountability mechanisms at national, regional and global level; Multiple stakeholder partnerships mobilization of knowledge, expertise, technologies and financial resources are gender-responsive. Space for CSOs (global, regional and national)
Gender Equality and FfD Commit to unprecedented levels of financing, in scale, scope, and quality to implement gender equality objectives of the post 2015 development agenda. (Domestic, international, public and private sources and instruments of financing) Ensure an enabling policy, regulatory and institutional environment for gender equality and women s empowerment. (laws, policies, planning and budget; fiscal and monetary policies mobilising domestic resources) Enable women s full and equal participation and leadership in the economy. (Decent work; the gender wage gap; recognize, reduce and redistribute unpaid care work as well as address the barriers women and women-owned businesses face in accessing financial services, new markets, investment, technology, skills and training. States should also prioritize investments in and ensure universal access to essential public services, including care services, social protection and infrastructure. )
Gender Equality and FfD Promote the use of gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) to ensure coherence of national planning, costing and budgeting processes with gender equality objectives. Promote a socially-responsible and accountable private sector for gender equality and women s empowerment. (UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights as well as the Women s Empowerment Principles ) Increase and commit to clear contributions to gender equality and women s empowerment in official development assistance (ODA) Adequately resource women s organizations at local, national, regional and global level. Significantly invest in national statistical capacities to collect and analyze data disaggregated by sex, age, geography, income and other factors at national, regional and international levels.