Girls, Ageing and Intergenerational Justice : Building a Common Future; Recommendation 8

a)      Adopt an intergenerational justice approach to women’s human rights and empowerment, recognising the specific priorities, needs and circumstances of women at different of stages of their life course, especially girls and older women, and mothers. b)      Eliminate age-based stereotypes which undermine the full potential and effective...

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Women and Health: Wellbeing for All Recommendation 7

a)      Protect women’s rights and freedom of choice to control their body, fertility and sexuality. b)      Ensure political will, commitment to and investment in making sexual and reproductive health and rights a reality for all, including ensuring access to age-appropriate evidence-based comprehensive sexuality and HIV education, as well...

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Human Rights and Migrant Women : Together in Solidarity; Recommendation 6

    a)      Uphold and promote equality and non-discrimination for all migrant women, recognizing first and foremost their humanity and dignity. b)      Extend the Beijing Platform for Action with specific reference to the inclusion of all migrant women and girls, regardless of status. c)      Ratify...

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Environment and Climate Justice : People and Planet . Recommendation 5

a)      Systematically include a women’s rights and gender equality perspective in all aspects of domestic and development environmental, climate, water, forest, biodiversity, transport and energy policy, research and data collection at all levels. b)      Incorporate intergenerational and gender equality perspectives in climate and environmental...

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Participation and Decision-Making: Shifting Power; Recommendation 4

a)      Implement measures to achieve an equal distribution of decision-making power between women and men, including parity/quotas in political leadership, economic governance and all other sectors, and ensure leadership that advances women’s rights b)      Adopt proportional representation or mixed systems as preferred electoral systems to...

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Poverty, Economics and Social Development : Money Matters; Recommendation 3

a)      Develop an alternative macro-economic framework, based on women’s human rights approaches, that institutionalizes feminist economics at all levels and in all policy domains. Facilitate monitoring by women’s organizations. b)      Institutionalise and implement gender responsive budgeting at all levels and in all policy domains, including...

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Violence Against Women and Conflict : Building a Culture of Peace: Recommendation 2

i.          Violence Against Women a)      Prevent and eliminate,  through  effective implementation, all forms of violence against women of all ages, Indigenous women, women with disabilities, widows, single mothers, women in conflict and post-conflict settings, LGBTI women, and rural women. b)     ...

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Women’s Rights are Human Rights : Accountability and Resources; Recommendation 1

a)      Resource full commitment and implementation of CEDAW, the Beijing Platform for Action, UN Resolution 1325 and all human rights instruments as the global policy framework for women’s rights, empowerment, and gender equality and ensure mainstreaming across all post-2015 SDGs and frame as a stand-alone goal. b)      Adequately fund women’s...

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DECLARATION from the NGO Forum review of the Beijing Platform for Action

We, the 700 participants in our diversity from around 350 groups, networks, and institutions and 56 countries of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe region, gathered in Geneva from 3-5 November 2014 for the NGO Forum review of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPA)  We recognise and celebrate the significant achievements made in this region impacting women’s lives, as well as...

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