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. IGUALDAD HOMBRES\/MUJERES .<\/p>\n

un art\u00edculo de la ONU Mujeres<\/a><\/p>\n

La Comisi\u00f3n de la Condici\u00f3n Jur\u00eddica y Social de la Mujer de las Naciones Unidas concluy\u00f3 hoy [20 marzo] su 59\u00ba per\u00edodo anual de sesiones con un acuerdo alcanzado por los Estados Miembros de las Naciones Unidas sobre las medidas para impulsar sus esfuerzos en favor de la igualdad de g\u00e9nero y el empoderamiento de las mujeres.<\/p>\n

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Los Gobiernos que asistieron a la reuni\u00f3n acordaron nuevos m\u00e9todos de trabajo de modo que la Comisi\u00f3n contin\u00fae fijando las normas referidas a la Declaraci\u00f3n y Plataforma de Acci\u00f3n de Beijing de 1995 y afiance su funci\u00f3n en la formulaci\u00f3n de pol\u00edticas mundiales y la coordinaci\u00f3n de las acciones para su aplicaci\u00f3n. Estos afirmaron las aportaciones fundamentales de la Comisi\u00f3n a la configuraci\u00f3n de la hist\u00f3rica agenda sobre desarrollo sostenible posterior a 2015, cuya adopci\u00f3n est\u00e1 programada para septiembre en una cumbre mundial de Jefas y Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno.<\/p>\n

Como el principal organismo de las Naciones Unidas para promover los compromisos intergubernamentales con la igualdad de g\u00e9nero y el seguimiento de la Plataforma de Beijing, la Comisi\u00f3n reorientar\u00e1 su labor en coordinaci\u00f3n con la del Consejo Econ\u00f3mico y Social y el Nuevo Foro Pol\u00edtico de Alto Nivel de las Naciones Unidas. Esto consolidar\u00e1 los esfuerzos para incorporar la igualdad de g\u00e9nero en todos los debates y medidas mundiales sobre desarrollo sostenible.<\/p>\n

Puesto que un gran n\u00famero de ministras y ministros de gobierno se hacen presentes ahora en la Comisi\u00f3n, los Estados Miembros acordaron crear un segmento ministerial que ser\u00e1 inaugurado en el pr\u00f3ximo per\u00edodo de sesiones de 2016. Se espera que \u00e9ste incremente la visibilidad de las preocupaciones actuales y que ofrezca oportunidades para demostrar un compromiso pol\u00edtico de alto nivel para acelerar el progreso hacia la igualdad de g\u00e9nero, el empoderamiento y la realizaci\u00f3n plena de los derechos humanos de las mujeres.<\/p>\n

Expresando su felicitaci\u00f3n a los Estados Miembros, la sociedad civil y el sistema de las Naciones Unidas por \u201cun periodo de sesiones contundente, din\u00e1mico y ambicioso\u201d, la Directora Ejecutiva de ONU Mujeres, Phumzile Mlambo- Ngcuka, dijo en su alocuci\u00f3n: \u201cSomos conscientes de que no existen atajos para el logro de la igualdad de g\u00e9nero, el empoderamiento de las mujeres y los derechos humanos de las mujeres y las ni\u00f1as. A partir del camino que hemos recorrido, sabemos que quedan m\u00e1s desaf\u00edos por delante. Sabemos que debemos seguir trabajando sistem\u00e1tica e inquebrantablemente para producir la transformaci\u00f3n en el seno de la familia, la sociedad, la econom\u00eda y los espacios pol\u00edtico y p\u00fablico\u201d.<\/p>\n

Los Gobiernos acordaron afinar el foco del tema de examen anual de la Comisi\u00f3n. En adelante, los estudios de caso demostrar\u00e1n las lecciones aprendidas en la aplicaci\u00f3n de los compromisos asumidos en las sesiones anteriores de la Comisi\u00f3n. El Secretario General emitir\u00e1 un informe especializado sobre los avances en el tema, a partir de datos nacionales y dem\u00e1s material pertinente. El proceso ayudar\u00e1 a superar las brechas entre las promesas hechas y un cambio cuantificable, y ofrecer\u00e1 evidencias concretas acerca de c\u00f3mo las normas internacionales pueden trasladarse en diferencias significativas en las vidas de las mujeres y las ni\u00f1as.<\/p>\n

Este 59\u00ba periodo de sesiones alberg\u00f3 diversas mesas redondas y paneles de alto nivel sobre tem\u00e1ticas cruciales, que van desde el aumento de la financiaci\u00f3n para la igualdad de g\u00e9nero a las responsabilidades de los hombres y los ni\u00f1os y la mejora en la desagregaci\u00f3n de los datos en funci\u00f3n del g\u00e9nero. Los debates sobre las lecciones extra\u00eddas de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio dar\u00e1n nueva forma a la agenda de desarrollo posterior a 2015.<\/p>\n

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Does the UN advance equality for women?<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The following article by Lyndal Rowlands in the Inter Press Service<\/a>, suggests that the UN is not making much progress on its commitments for women’s equality:<\/p>\n

2015 marks anniversaries for two significant commitments made to increasing women\u2019s participation at peace tables.<\/p>\n

Yet despite the Beijing Platform for Action and the Security Council Resolution 1325 both committing to increasing women\u2019s participation in peace building 20 and 15 years ago, respectively, there has been very little progress to report.<\/p>\n

The latest available statistics show that women made up only 9 per cent of negotiators at peace tables between 1992 and 2011. That the most recent data is from 2011 shows that more work is needed even in basic areas such as data collection and reporting of women\u2019s participation in peace building.<\/p>\n

IPS summarises here four reasons we should value women\u2019s participation at the peace table more, based on discussions at the 59th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) over the past week.<\/p>\n

Beijing Platform for Action Section E<\/p>\n

Women and Armed Conflict Diagnosis<\/p>\n

Strategic objective E.1. Increase the participation of women in conflict resolution at decision-making levels and protect women living in situations of armed and other conflicts or under foreign occupation. Actions to be taken.<\/p>\n

Strategic objective E.2. Reduce excessive military expenditures and control the availability of armaments. Actions to be taken.<\/p>\n

Strategic objective E.3. Promote non-violent forms of conflict resolution and reduce the incidence of human rights abuse in conflict situations. Actions to be taken.<\/p>\n

Strategic objective E.4. Promote women’s contribution to fostering a culture of peace. Actions to be taken<\/p>\n

Strategic objective E.5. Provide protection, assistance and training to refugee women, other displaced women in need of international protection and internally displaced women. Actions to be taken.<\/p>\n

Strategic objective E.6. Provide assistance to the women of the colonies and non-self-governing territories. Actions to be taken.
\nWomen Bring Commitment and Experience to the Peace Table
\nOften the first people invited to participate in formal peace negotiations are the people holding the guns and the last are women who have expertise in building lasting peace.<\/p>\n

Zainab Bangura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, told a CSW side event on Tuesday last week, \u201cIn the Central African Republic, the only community where they were not killing each other was a community where the Christian women said, \u2018These Muslim women are our sisters.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy? Because the women in the community said, \u2018We have lived together for the last 100 years\u2019,\u201d Bangura said.<\/p>\n

In the Phillipines, Irene Santiago was a member of the government panel that negotiated peace with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Santiago came to the table with years of experience working with Christian, Muslim and Indigenous women leaders for peace.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a CSW side event at the International Peace Institute (IPI) on Thursday, Santiago said that she knew that her years of experience working with civil society for peace stood her in good stead to make a significant contribution to formal peace negotiations, which she did.<\/p>\n

Speaking with IPS, Santiago said women\u2019s voices not only have to be heard, but that they also have to be acted on.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor women. It\u2019s almost never always about themselves, it\u2019s always about our children, our husbands but also about our communities,\u201d Santiago told IPS.<\/p>\n

In Africa, women have fought to be included in peacemaking, even when their contributions have not been recognised.<\/p>\n

Bineta Diop, Special Envoy on Women Peace and Security to the African Union, says that mediators need to be held accountable when they only invite the people who hold guns to the peace table and ignore women\u2019s contributions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been involved in many crises where women were knocking at the door and saying we want to be at the table,\u201d Diop said.<\/p>\n

Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury, known as the father of Security Council Resolution 1325, said that the determination of African women to be involved in peace negotiations should be seen as an inspiration by other countries.<\/p>\n

Despite serious difficulties, war and conflict, African women have shown continued determination to hold their countries accountable, Chowdhury said.<\/p>\n

Gender Equality in Peace Time Prevents Conflict
\nAlso speaking at the IPI, Valerie Hudson, co-author of \u2018Sex and World Peace\u2019, said that her research has shown that the way women are treated within a country is one of the most accurate indicators of the quality of relations that country will have with other countries.<\/p>\n

Diop agreed with Hudson, saying that countries that are likely to fall into conflict have higher levels of discrimination and inequality.<\/p>\n

\u201cDiscrimination against women, especially the non-participation and non-inclusion of women in democracy is \u2026 one of the root causes of the conflict,\u201d Diop said.<\/p>\n

Ambassador Choudhury agreed with these sentiments, telling IPS, \u201cI believe that no country can claim that their country is not in conflict if women\u2019s rights are denied, if women\u2019s equality is not ensured, if women\u2019s participation at all participation levels is not there.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that if we women are violated, if women\u2019s equality of participation is not there we cannot say that we are at peace, we are in conflict with ourselves. This is a conflict which is happening within ourselves and within the countries. We don\u2019t have to go into the traditional description of conflict, civil conflict or fighting with another country,\u201d Chowdhury added.<\/p>\n

Dr. Youssef Mahmoud, Senior Adviser at the International Peace Institute also speaking at the IPI event said, \u201cA world where 51 per cent are ignored is a dangerous world for everyone. I can\u2019t imagine why any men would be indifferent to this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Women Are Active In Civil Society
\nSeveral discussions at the CSW questioned why militaries were the primary actors in peace building, while non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society\u2019s expertise was not called on.<\/p>\n

Related IPS Articles<\/p>\n

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\nSantiago told IPS that civil society, especially women, have a lot to contribute to humanise, to concretise, and to make peace negotiations relevant to people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n

Winnie Kodi from the Nuba mountains in Sudan told reporters on Monday that civil society was vital to helping indigenous communities like her own that have been affected by conflict. She said that the main way her people were able to have their voices heard was by working together with NGOs and civil society.<\/p>\n

Chowdhury told IPS he is advocating for the U.N. and governments to hold more consultations with civil society, saying that the involvement of women and of civil society is very important.<\/p>\n

Santiago also called for renewed focus on the important role of NGOs in the area of women, peace and security,<\/p>\n

\u201cAgain I see that why are we focusing on the UN as the locus of change,\u201d she said. \u201cTo me it is not, it is the means, it is an important audience, but it is not the locus of social change.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet us form the global civic networks that we need to bring about the local global and civil change that we need\u201d Santiago said.<\/p>\n

Women Challenge The Causes of Conflict
\nChallenging militarism and militarisation was another theme discussed during the first week of the CSW, particularly by civil society groups at the parallel NGO forum.<\/p>\n

Choudhury told IPS that increased militarism and militarisation is slowing down efforts for equality. \u201cIncreasing militarism and militarisation has really been effecting women in a very negative way. This is something that women should stand up against, we should all stand up against,\u201d Chowdhury said.<\/p>\n

Militarisation is also affecting indigenous women and men. Maribeth Biano, from the Asian Indigenous Women\u2019s Network, told reporters on Monday that Indigenous women are hugely affected by militarisation in Indigenous territories.
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