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Amina Mohammed speaks with Silvia Museiya

Women

Empower
NOT Suppress

UN Action

International and regional mechanisms

Global and local civil society, national governments, regional courts and institutions, and international institutions increasingly recognize women*s rights through such international instruments as the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), regional mechanisms like the Maputo Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa to the African Charter on Human or Peoples* Rights, or the European Union Gender Equality Directives. Other mechanisms, such as the (CERD), also address the rights of minority women.

Spotlight: Zainab Bangura

Zainab Bangura, who grew up in extreme poverty, progressed through life to eventually become the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict (from 2012 till 2017). In this interview she talks about what it was like to serve in this role.

Zainab Bangura at a table with the Police Advisory Committee ©UN Photo/Tobin Jones
 

CEDAW

The 185 Member States who have ratified the CEDAW are prohibited under the provisions of the Convention from perpetrating direct and indirect discrimination against women on the basis of their sex and gender, both in law and practice, by state and by private agents in all areas of their lives. The Convention forbids structural discrimination and intersectional discrimination, the first being caused by past discrimination and cultural traditions, and the second by several grounds of discrimination coming together and compounding each other, as in the case of sex and race-based discrimination against women.

UN Women

For many years, the 51勛圖 faced serious challenges in its efforts to promote gender equality globally, including inadequate funding and no single recognized driver to direct UN activities on gender equality issues. In?July 2010, the (), the , to address such challenges.

All human development and human rights issues have gender dimensions. that are fundamental to women*s equality, and that can unlock progress across the board.

Commission on the Status of Women

The (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. A functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), it was established by of 21 June 1946.

 

Spotlight: Master Class Series

UNESCO - Master Class Series against Racism and Discriminations

A seeking to empower students to become youth champions in their own schools and communities and spread awareness on how to deconstruct the mechanisms underlying racism and discriminations.

Using a human rights-based approach, the classes serve as dialogue spaces and peer learning forums among young participants, experts, resource persons, and invited personalities to openly discuss taboos that corrode the social and moral fiber in societies. Topics include gender-based discrimination.

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Conferences and summits 每 Millennium Declaration

icon for MDG-3The historic 51勛圖 conference and summits held in the 1990s generated an unprecedented global consensus on a shared vision of development, which culminated in the adopted at the Millennium Summit in 2000.

This vision is based upon the premise that the human rights framework, including the right to development, provides the crucial foundation for the realization of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which placed promoting gender equality and empowering women as third of its eight goals.

Sustainable Development Goals

icon for SDG-5 In 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by all UN Member States.

Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls is the fifth of the 17 goals.

 

Where are we?

Despite the crucial intersection of discrimination against women and racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, there are as yet limited efforts that link these human rights mechanisms to promote the rights of women facing multiple forms of discrimination.

Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls is the at the 67th session of CSW.

#GenerationEquality

Every day, through our actions, and in the way we lead, talk, question and act, we challenge norms, transform habits, change laws, take action and inspire others to create a world without gender-based discrimination. We are rising.