{"id":1954,"date":"2015-03-23T13:22:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T17:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=1954"},"modified":"2017-03-17T14:44:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T18:44:48","slug":"commission-de-la-condition-de-la-femme-application-du-programme-daction-de-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=1954","title":{"rendered":"Commission de la condition de la femme: Application du Programme d’Action de Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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. . . EGALITE HOMMME\/FEMME . . . <\/p>\n

Un article PAR ONU Femmes<\/a><\/p>\n

L\u2019ann\u00e9e 2015 marque une \u00e9tape importante \u2013 le 20e anniversaire de la quatri\u00e8me Conf\u00e9rence mondiale sur les femmes et de l\u2019adoption de la D\u00e9claration et le Programme d\u2019action de Beijing<\/a> \u2013 qui sera au centre de l\u2019attention lors de la 59e session de la Commission de la condition de la femme (CSW59<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"Beijing\"<\/a>
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Au cours de cette r\u00e9union annuelle de haut niveau, qui se tiendra au si\u00e8ge des Nations Unies \u00e0 New York du 9 au 20 mars 2015, des dirigeants et des activistes du monde entier feront le point sur les progr\u00e8s accomplis et les d\u00e9fis qu\u2019il reste \u00e0 relever pour mettre en \u0153uvre cet accord historique en faveur de l\u2019\u00e9galit\u00e9 des sexes et des droits des femmes. Les \u00c9tats qui ont r\u00e9dig\u00e9 le Programme d\u2019action en 1995 ont recens\u00e9 12 domaines critiques, qui continuent tous \u00e0 poser de v\u00e9ritables d\u00e9fis aujourd\u2019hui.<\/p>\n

Pour pr\u00e9parer le 20e anniversaire du Programme d\u2019action de Beijing, ONU Femmes a lanc\u00e9 en 2014 une campagne internationale sous le titre \u00ab Autonomisation des femmes, autonomisation de l\u2019humanit\u00e9 \u2013 Imaginez ! \u00bb afin de rappeler l\u2019urgence de l\u2019appel de Beijing et d\u2019inciter une nouvelle g\u00e9n\u00e9ration \u00e0 lutter pour l\u2019\u00e9galit\u00e9 des sexes. <\/p>\n

\u00c0 l\u2019approche de cette session de la Commission, 166 pays \u2013 un nombre record \u2013 ont \u00e9galement entrepris de dresser un bilan national de la condition des femmes, et la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile a apport\u00e9 une importante contribution. Ces commentaires, coupl\u00e9s avec le rapport du Secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des Nations Unies sur la mise en \u0153uvre de Beijing, occuperont une place centrale lors de la CSW59, au cours de laquelle les dirigeants \u00e9valueront les progr\u00e8s accomplis et formuleront des recommandations concr\u00e8tes afin de redoubler d\u2019efforts pour que l\u2019\u00e9galit\u00e9 des sexes et l\u2019autonomisation des femmes deviennent r\u00e9alit\u00e9 pour toutes les femmes et les filles du monde. <\/p>\n

Chaque ann\u00e9e, la CSW attire des milliers de membres d\u2019ONG et des centaines de repr\u00e9sentants de pays de toute la plan\u00e8te venus d\u00e9battre de questions critiques pour les femmes, capter l\u2019attention et promouvoir l\u2019action. Un nouveau record a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9tabli cette ann\u00e9e, avec l\u2019inscription de plus de 1100 ONG et de 8600 repr\u00e9sentants au total. Ils ont des milliers d\u2019histoires \u00e0 nous raconter. Rencontrez quelques-uns des h\u00e9ros, dirigeants et protagonistes qui seront pr\u00e9sents, et d\u00e9couvrez ce qui para\u00eet indispensable \u00e0 la g\u00e9n\u00e9ration post-Beijing pour concr\u00e9tiser le Programme d\u2019action. Imaginez ! <\/p>\n

( Cliquez ici pour la version en anglais<\/a> de cet article ou ici pour la version espagnol<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Question li\u00e9e \u00e0 cet article:<\/div>\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

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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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