FN’s udviklingsmål for kvinder når ikke over stregen inden udgangen af 2015. Men på årets CSW-møde i New York er der flere gode grunde til at tro på øget fokus på kvinders rettigheder. MDG-slutspurten, Beijing+20, ICPD+20 og post-2015 agendaen blandt andre.
NEW YORK, 12. marts 2014:
“We need bold action”
Så kort og kontant sammenfattede UN Women’s eksekutivdirektør Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka forventningerne til Kvindekommissionens 58. samling, der åbnede i går i New York.
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka pegede på, at der er høje forhåbninger til, at slutspurten for MDG-udviklingsmålene, Beijing+20 og den overhængende Post-2015 agenda kan skabe momentum for et stort skridt fremad. Et skridt, der vil forbedre pigers og kvinders liv overalt på kloden.
Udfordringer og resultater
Den 58. samling finder sted i FN hovedkvarteret i New York frem til den 21. marts. Fokus på årets samling er netop udfordringer og opnåede resultater i implementeringen af de MDG-udviklingsmål, der vedrører kvinder og piger: MDG 3 (“Promote gender equality and empower women”) og MDG 5 (“Improve maternal health”).
Med en reduktion på bare 47 procent i forhold til startpunktet i år 2000 i antallet af kvinder, der dør i forbindelse med graviditet og fødsel halter især MDG 5 voldsomt efter feltet af udviklingsmål.
Og netop det 5. MDG-mål arbejder FN’s Befolkningsfond, UNFPA, på ikke bare at hjælpe i mål, men at få sat øverst på dagsordenen i Post-2015 agendaen, når der skal formuleres nye udviklingsmål.
På UNFPA’s hjemmeside kan man bl.a. læse følgende:
“UNFPA is concentrating efforts to address why the empowerment of women and girls, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and the rights of young people, as well as population dynamics more generally, are central to the achievement of the MDGs and to ensuring sustainable development in the context of the post-2015 development agenda.”
Og videre:
“UNFPA looks forward to an outcome to the CSW58 that adequately reflects issues of gender equality, the empowerment of women and girls, human rights, young people and sexual and reproductive health and rights, and the elimination of harmful practices such as child marriage female genital mutilation/cutting. All must be part of any future sustainable development.”
FAKTA
The Commission on the Status of Women is the principal global policymaking body dedicated exclusively to addressing gender inequality and the advancement of women.
The Commission meets annually at United Nations Headquarters in New York to evaluate progress on gender equality, identify challenges, set global standards, and formulate concrete policies to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment worldwide.
Established in 1946 as a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), it reports to the Council to promote women’s rights across various fields, and makes recommendations on problems requiring immediate attention.
Forty-five Member States of the United Nations serve as members of the Commission at any one time.
The principal output of the Commission on the Status of Women is the agreed conclusions on priority themes set for each year. The annual report is submitted to the ECOSOC for adoption.
