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Zawya
18-03-2025
- Politics
- Zawya
In the face of attacks of boorishness and malevolence, the fight for women's rights continues
In his column published on March 8, International Women's Rights Day, Gilles Yabi, founder and executive director of West Africa Think Tank (WATHI), ( reminds us that the issue of women's rights, equal opportunities and equal rights between girls and boys, between men and women, is raised in much the same terms all over the planet. It warns that everywhere, reversals in public opinion, in the positions of influential political, economic and social actors, in practices and in laws are possible at any time: there is no irreversible progress. There are no final achievements. Violence against girls and women, inequalities in girls' access to and retention in school, early marriages and pregnancies that often lead to girls' permanent exclusion from education and empowerment opportunities, prohibitions on married women from working outside the home or other restrictions on their freedom of choice of occupation, the selective and opportunistic mobilization of religious texts, customs and traditions to justify discrimination against women, the challenge of women's effective participation in decision-making bodies, are all issues that remain priorities in West African countries and far beyond. Thirty years after the 1995 World Conference on Women in Beijing, China, and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action by 189 countries, West African countries have made sometimes spectacular progress in reducing discrimination against girls and women and gender inequalities. However, the progress made is still insufficient and fragile. The key messages of the networks of organizations defending and promoting women's rights, to which WATHI fully subscribes, are clear: we must maintain mobilization, work with progressive men and accept debate with those, both women and men, who openly or not defend the inequality of rights between women and men in our societies. Education, culture, research, awareness-raising and public debate based on facts, analysis and arguments are at the heart of WATHI's mission. This March, we are sharing on all our platforms the dozens of interviews, reference documents and videos of virtual roundtables that WATHI has conducted over the past years on different aspects of gender inequality, women's rights and the well-being of girls and women. Read the full column by Gilles Yabi in English: Link to the column Listen to the full column by Gilles Yabi in French: Link to the audio ( Further Reading: Distributed by APO Group on behalf of West Africa Think Tank (WATHI).
CairoScene
10-03-2025
- Politics
- CairoScene
Egypt to Participate in UN's 69th Commission on the Status of Women
The Egyptian delegation will be led by National Council for Women (NCW) President Amal Ammar. Mar 10, 2025 Egypt is set to take part in the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69), which will be held in New York from March 10th to the 21st. The Egyptian delegation will be led by National Council of Women (NCW) President Amal Ammar. This year's session marks the 30th anniversary of the 1995 World Conference on Women, known as Beijing +30. During the opening session, the Egyptian representatives will deliver a speech highlighting its national efforts in advancing women's rights and promoting their empowerment across social, economic and political spheres. Throughout the event, the Egyptian delegation will engage in a series of discussions and side events addressing gender equality and women's empowerment, aligning with the objectives of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Voice of America
07-03-2025
- Politics
- Voice of America
ສປຊ ລາຍງານການຄົ້ນພົບສິດທິຂອງແມ່ຍິງອ່ອນແອລົງ ໃນນຶ່ງສ່ວນສີ່ຂອງທຸກປະເທດທົ່ວໂລກ
ລາຍງານທີ່ເຜີຍແຜ່ໂດຍອົງການແມ່ຍິງຂອງສະຫະປະຊາຊາດໃນວັນພະຫັດມື້ນີ້ລະບຸວ່າ ສິດທິຂອງແມ່ຍິງໄດ້ຖົດຖອຍລົງເມື່ອປີທີ່ຜ່ານມາຢູ່ນຶ່ງໃນສີ່ຂອງປະເທດຕ່າງໆທົ່ວໂລກ ເນື່ອງຈາກປັດໄຈຕ່າງໆຕັ້ງແຕ່ການປ່ຽນແປງຂອງສະພາບອາກາດໄປຈົນເຖິງການຖົດຖອຍຂອງປະຊາທິປະໄຕ. ລາຍງານລະບຸວ່າ 'ການອ່ອນແອລົງຂອງສະຖາບັນປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ແມ່ນໄດ້ໄປພ້ອມໆກັບການຕອບໂຕ້ຕໍ່ຄວາມເທົ່າທຽມທາງເພດ' ແລະ ເສີມວ່າ 'ຜູ້ທີ່ຕໍ່ຕ້ານສິດທິມະນຸດແມ່ນກຳລັງທຳລາຍຄວາມເຫັນພ້ອມກັນ ກ່ຽວກັບ ບັນຫາສິດທິຂອງແມ່ຍິງຕ່າງໆຢ່າງຂະຫຍັນຂັນແຂງ.' ລາຍງານສືບຕໍ່ກ່າວ ໂດຍອ້າງເຖິງເອກະສານຈາກກອງປະຊຸມໂລກ ກ່ຽວກັບ ແມ່ຍິງໃນປີ 1995 ວ່າ 'ເກືອບນຶ່ງສ່ວນສີ່ຂອງປະເທດຕ່າງໆລາຍງານວ່າ ການຕອບໂຕ້ຕໍ່ຄວາມເທົ່າທຽມທາງເພດກຳລັງຂັດຂວາງການປະຕິບັດການຂອງຖະແຫຼງການປັກກິ່ງເພື່ອການດຳເນີນການ ຫຼື Beijing Platform for Action.' ໃນຊ່ວງເວລາ 30 ປີນັບຕັ້ງແຕ່ກອງປະຊຸມນັ້ນ, ອົງການສະຫະປະຊາຊາດກ່າວວ່າ ຄວາມກ້າວໜ້າແມ່ນມີທັງດີ ແລະ ບໍ່ດີ. ໃນສະພາແຫ່ງຊາດທົ່ວໂລກ, ຈຳນວນຜູ້ແທນແມ່ຍິງແມ່ນໄດ້ເພີ່ມຂຶ້ນເປັນສອງເທົ່ານັບຕັ້ງແຕ່ປີ 1995, ແຕ່ຜູ້ຊາຍຍັງປະກອບເປັນປະມານສາມສ່ວນສີ່ໃນບັນດາສະມາຊິກສະພາ. ຕົວເລກຂອງແມ່ຍິງທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບຜົນປະໂຫຍດການປົກປ້ອງໃນສັງຄົມໄດ້ເພີ່ມຂຶ້ນນຶ່ງສ່ວນສາມ ລະຫວ່າງປີ 2010 ແລະ 2023, ແນວໃດກໍຕາມແມ່ຍິງ ແລະ ເດັກຍິງສອງພັນລ້ານຄົນແມ່ນຍັງອາໄສຢູ່ໃນສະຖານທີ່ຕ່າງທີ່ບໍ່ມີການປົກປ້ອງ. ຊ່ອງຫວ່າງການຈ້າງງານລະຫວ່າງເພດ 'ແມ່ນໄດ້ຢຸດເຄື່ອນໄຫວມາຫຼາຍທົດສະວັດ' ຜູ້ຍິງອາຍຸລະຫວ່າງ 25 ເຖິງ 54 ປີ ຈຳນວນ 60 ເປີເຊັນແມ່ນມີວຽກງານທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບຄ່າຈ້າງ, ເມື່ອທຽບກັບຜູ້ຊາຍໃນກຸ່ມປະຊາກອນດຽວກັນທີ່ມີ 92 ເປີເຊັນ. ລາຍງານນັ້ນໄດ້ອ້າງເຖິງໂຣກລະບາດ ໂຄວິດ-19, ຄວາມຂັດແຍ້ງໃນໂລກ, ສະພາບອາກາດປ່ຽນແປງ ແລະ ເທັກໂນໂລຈີທີ່ກຳລັງກຳເນີດຂຶ້ນ, ເຊັ່ນປັນຍາປະດິດ ຫຼື AI, ລ້ວນແຕ່ເປັນໄພຂົ່ມຂູ່ໃໝ່ທີ່ອາດຈະເກີດຂຶ້ນຕໍ່ຄວາມເທົ່າທຽມທາງເພດ. ອ່ານຂ່າວນີ້ເປັນພາສາອັງກິດ Women's rights regressed last year in a quarter of countries around the world, according to a report published by UN Women on Thursday, due to factors ranging from climate change to democratic backsliding. "The weakening of democratic institutions has gone hand in hand with backlash on gender equality," the report said, adding that "anti-rights actors are actively undermining long-standing consensus on key women's rights issues." "Almost one-quarter of countries reported that backlash on gender equality is hampering implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action," the report continued, referring to the document from the 1995 World Conference on Women. In the 30 years since the conference, the UN said that progress has been mixed. In parliaments around the world, female representation has more than doubled since 1995, but men still comprise about three-quarters of parliamentarians. The number of women with social protection benefits increased by a third between 2010 and 2023, though two billion women and girls still live in places without such protections. Gender employment gaps "have stagnated for decades." Sixty-three percent of women between the ages of 25 and 54 have paid employment, compared to 92 percent of men in the same demographic. The report cites the Covid-19 pandemic, global conflicts, climate change and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), as all new potential threats to gender equality.
Japan Times
07-03-2025
- Politics
- Japan Times
Japan's share of female lawmakers lowest among G7 members
Berlin – The share of women among Japan's lawmakers was 15.7% as of last December, the lowest among the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations, an Inter-Parliamentary Union report said Thursday. The global average was 27.2%. "Our work is far from done as we aim for gender parity," said an official from the Geneva-based global organization of national parliaments. The global average improved from 11.3% in 1995, but the growth has been sluggish in recent years. In the world's 73 parliaments that held elections in 2024, the share of female lawmakers increased just 1.4 percentage points after the elections. In the rankings of the unicameral parliaments or the lower houses of bicameral assemblies, Rwanda held the top slot at 63.8%, followed by Cuba's 55.7% and Nicaragua's 55.0%. Six countries exceeded 50%. Many have a quota system allocating a certain percentage of parliamentary seats to women. Japan ranked 130th among 167 countries whose results can be compared with those in 1995. Its growth in the past 30 years was 13.0 points, 103rd among those surveyed. The report "shows that the gender glass ceiling in parliaments has cracked but is far from shattered," IPU Secretary-General Martin Chungong said in a statement. "There has been progress but the backlash against women's rights in some countries is extremely worrying." The IPU released the report to mark the 30 years since the fourth meeting of the World Conference on Women in September 1995, which adopted the Beijing declaration, a landmark U.N. framework showing a road map for gender equality and women's rights. The first meeting was held in 1975, the year when March 8 was designated as International Women's Day.
Al-Ahram Weekly
06-03-2025
- Politics
- Al-Ahram Weekly
UN report finds women's rights weakened in quarter of all countries - International
Women's rights regressed last year in a quarter of countries around the world, according to a report published by UN Women on Thursday, due to factors ranging from climate change to democratic backsliding. . "The weakening of democratic institutions has gone hand in hand with backlash on gender equality," the report said, adding that "anti-rights actors are actively undermining long-standing consensus on key women's rights issues." "Almost one-quarter of countries reported that backlash on gender equality is hampering implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action," the report continued, referring to the document from the 1995 World Conference on Women. In the 30 years since the conference, the UN said that progress has been mixed. In parliaments around the world, female representation has more than doubled since 1995, but men still comprise about three-quarters of parliamentarians. The number of women with social protection benefits increased by a third between 2010 and 2023, though two billion women and girls still live in places without such protections. Gender employment gaps "have stagnated for decades." Sixty-three percent of women between the ages of 25 and 54 have paid employment, compared to 92 percent of men in the same demographic. The report cites the Covid-19 pandemic, global conflicts, climate change and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) as all new potential threats to gender equality. Data presented by the UN Women report found that conflict-related sexual violence has spiked 50 percent in the past 10 years, with 95 percent of victims being children or young women. In 2023, 612 million women lived within 50 kilometers (31 miles) of armed conflict, a 54-percent increase since 2010. And in 12 countries in Europe and Central Asia, at least 53 percent of women have experienced one or more forms of gender-based violence online. "Globally, violence against women and girls persists at alarming rates. Across their lifetime, around one in three women are subjected to physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner or sexual violence by a non-partner," the report said. The report sets out a multi-part roadmap to address gender inequality, such as fostering equitable access to new technologies like AI, measures toward climate justice, investments to combat poverty, increasing participation in public affairs and fighting against gendered violence. Follow us on: Facebook Instagram Whatsapp Short link:
