Women, Slums, and Urbanization

For women, the phenomena of urbanization and the growth of city slums have unique causes and unique consequences. The reasons why women move into informal settlements and the specific challenges they face once they arrive have been largely unaddressed by academic scholars, policymakers, and others.  Data on women and urbanization is limited [8]. The primary “drivers” for women’s migration to the cities...

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Slum Upgrading

While urbanization is not inherently problematic, the pace and sheer scale at which it occurs has, in many places, far exceeded local government capacity or willingness to provide basic services to city residents. These services including adequate housing, water, electricity, and sanitation. This problem has been particularly pronounced in developing countries. As a result, urbanization in many places has...

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Urban Tenure

With the expansion of cities and urban infrastructure comes a growing need to better understand the relationship between people and land in urban and peri-urban areas. Urbanization is a global phenomenon. Countries throughout the world are rapidly urbanizing, particularly in the developing world, and for the first time in human history the majority of people today live in urban areas [1]. By 2050,...

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Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work. Draft agreed conclusions 8/8

Strengthening private sector role in women’s economic empowerment  (cc) Establish and strengthen compliance mechanisms that hold the private sector accountable for advancing gender equality and women’s economic empowerment as articulated in the Women’s Empowerment Principles established by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) and the Global Compact; (Based...

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Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work Draft agreed conclusions 7/8

Strengthening women’s collective voice, leadership and decision-making (y) Enact policies and special measures to ensure equal representation and leadership of women in economic decision-making structures and institutions, as well as in enterprises and on corporate boards; (Based on E/CN.6/2017/3, para 49 (n)) (z) Protect the rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining to enable women workers,...

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Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work Draft agreed conclusions 6/8

Managing technological and digital change for women’s economic empowerment (v) Support women’s, particularly young women’s, access to skills and training in new and emerging fields, especially science, technology, engineering and mathematical education and digital fluency, by expanding the scope of education and training opportunities; (E/CN.6/2017/3, para 49 (x)) (w) Ensure universal access to skills,...

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Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work Draft agreed conclusions 5/8

Addressing the growing informality of work and mobility of women workers (r) Make women’s informal employment in domestic work, home-based work and small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as other own-account and part-time work more economically viable by extending social protection and minimum living wages, and promoting the transition to formal employment in line with ILO Transition from the Informal...

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Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work. Draft agreed conclusions 4/8

Implementing economic and social policies for women’s economic empowerment   (j) Implement and monitor the impact of macroeconomic policies and reforms for job creation and the promotion of women’s full, equal and productive employment and decent work; (E/CN.6/2017/3, para 49 (i)) (k) Create decent, good quality jobs for women in the care economy in the public and private sectors; (Based on E/CN.6/2017/3,...

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Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work. Draft agreed conclusions 3/8

13. The Commission urges governments, the relevant entities of the United Nations system, international and regional organizations, women’s and other civil society organizations, and the private sector, to take the following actions at the national, regional, and global levels: Strengthening normative and legal frameworks for full employment and decent work for all women  (a) Achieve universal...

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Criticism of the word “gender” is having an increasingly harmful effect on the protection of human rights, in particular on women’s and LGBTI persons’ rights in Europe

In recent years, both religious and secular critics of so-called “gender ideology” and “gender theory” have mounted a growing challenge against generally accepted human rights terminology and principles. During my country visits, I have even encountered objections to the very use of the word “gender”, particularly in the context of promoting the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing...

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How the Istanbul Convention is helping to achieve full gender equality ?

Making women safe from fear, safe from violence – how the Istanbul Convention is helping to achieve full gender equality GREVIO  (Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence ) seizes the occasion of International Women’s Day to recall the importance of the Istanbul Convention as the most comprehensive set of legally binding standards to ensure every woman’s right...

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Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work. Draft agreed conclusions 2/8

7. The Commission recognizes that worldwide, gender inequalities in labour markets and the world of work persist. It also recognizes that the pace and scale of transformation towards realizing women's economic empowerment in a changing world of work has been unacceptably slow and has impeded the realization of women’s full potential and their human rights. (Based on E/CN.6/2017/3, para 9, 46 and 47) 8....

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Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work. Draft agreed conclusions 1/8

1. The Commission on the Status of Women reaffirms the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the outcome documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly and the declarations adopted by the Commission on the occasion of the tenth, fifteenth and twentieth anniversaries of the Fourth World Conference on Women. (CSW 60 AC, para 1) 2. The Commission reaffirms that the Convention...

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Older women

Men and women experience old age differently. Older women tend to have stronger social networks than men and there is evidence that mothers are more likely than fathers to receive material and emotional support from their adult children.15 Older women are also more likely than older men to be caregivers of children or sick relatives, particularly in families affected by migration or illness.  Men’s...

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Global Women's Call for Climate Justice

WE ARE WOMEN AND GIRLS OF ALL AGES, IN ALL OUR DIVERSITY, FROM EVERY REGION OF THE WORLD We are gravely concerned about the lack of just and sufficient action on climate change by the world’s leaders; We are concerned about the increasing number of disastrous mega storms that are killing people, eradicating species, and destroying ecosystems and livelihoods; We are concerned about sea-level rise...

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Strengthen international co-operation through continuously sharing knowledge, lessons learned and good practices on gender equality and mainstreaming initiatives 6/6

RECOMMENDS that Adherents strengthen international co-operation through continuously sharing knowledge, lessons learned and good practices on gender equality and mainstreaming initiatives in public institutions. http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/2015-oecd-recommendation-of-the-council-on-gender-equality-in-public-life_9789264252820-en;jsessionid=2c11m3hrgeiqi.x-oecd-live...

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Take adequate measures to improve the gender equality in public employment.5/6

IV. RECOMMENDS that Adherents take adequate measures to improve the gender equality in public employment. To this effect, Adherents should: 1. Promote the flexibility, transparency, and fairness of public employment systems and policies to ensure fair pay and equal opportunities for women and men with a mix of backgrounds and experience. 2. Develop both comprehensive and more cause-specific measures to address...

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Consider measures to achieve gender balanced representation in decision making positions in public life 4/6

III. RECOMMENDS that Adherents consider measures to achieve gender balanced representation in decision making positions in public life by encouraging greater participation of women in government at all levels, as well as in parliaments, judiciaries and other public institutions.  To this effect, Adherents should: 1. Embed a political commitment at the highest level to promote gender equality in public...

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