OM N AGE D F R A EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN …and implemented by IFE-EFI in partnership with...
N A T I O N A L W O R K S H O P S A m m a n J o r d a n 5 D e c 2 0 1 1 E q u a l i t y F i r s t : W o m e n ’ s R i g h t s a n d D e m o c r a c y B u i l d i n g with 60 participants from Jordan and Euro- Med discussed in-depth the conditions of women in the Arab world and how to use Istanbul Framework of Action (IFA) and CEDAW to positively affect the daily lives of women in the Euro-Med. R a m a l l a h P a l e s t i n e 1 - 2 F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 2 E q u a l i t y F i r s t : W o m e n ’ s R i g h t s a n d D e m o c r a c y B u i l d i n g 106 participants issued eight major recommendations for future work in Palestine, forming a Follow-up National Committee and building national ownership. T u n i s T u n i s i a 4 - 5 F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 2 L a c i t o y e n n e t é e t l ’ é g a l i t é c o n s t i t u t i o n n ’ E l l e s where 400 participants discussed in panels and working groups and reaffirmed the principles of gender equality in the Constitution. C a i r o E g y p t 0 3 - 0 4 M a r c h 2 0 1 2 N a t i o n a l , R e g i o n a l a n d I n t e r n a t i o n a l M e c h a n i s m s : A C o m m o n F r a m e f o r P r o m o t i n g W o m e n ’ s R i g h t s i n D e m o c r a t i z a t i o n 83 participants discussed women’s rights in the new Constitution with reference to the international conventions and regional mechanisms in order to enable harmonization of legislation with these values. Workshop Cairo 3-4 March 2012 T u n i s 2 - 3 M a r c h 2 0 1 3 N a t i o n a l , R e g i o n a l a n d I n t e r n a t i o n a l M e c h a n i s m s : a c o m m o n f r a m e f o r p r o m o t i n g w o m e n ’ s r i g h t s i n d e m o c r a t i z a t i o n 80 participants debated and consolidated the relationship with the core activists in the Gafsa region. A m m a n J o r d a n 2 8 - 2 9 A u g u s t 2 0 1 3 P r o m o t i n g E q u a l i t y a n d t h e P r o t e c t i n g W o m e n ' s R i g h t s i s o u r R e s p o n s i b i l i t y is the topic for discussion of 50 participansts from Jordan. In 2008 the European Feminist Initiative IFE-EFI and women’s rights NGOs from Middle East and North Africa started developing a common analyses and strategies for implementation of the Euro-Med Ministerial Conclusions 2006 on Strengthening the Role of Women in the Society known as “Istanbul Framework of Action”, advocating for a stronger gender equality language and commitment of the governments before the second Ministerial Meeting in Marrakech 2009. In September 2011 this work culminated in a two years regional project “Promoting a Common Agenda for Equality between Women and Men through Istanbul Process” funded by the EU and implemented by IFE-EFI in partnership with Arab Women’s Organisation AWO and Sisterhood is Global Institute SIGI in Jordan, Association Najdeh and RDFL in Lebanon, EACPE in Egypt, ATFD in Tunisia, Women’s Studies Center in Palestine and Syrian Women’s League. The overall objective is to contribute to a more friendly gender equality environment in the Euro-Med region, promoting women’s rights as a constitutive part of democracy and sustainable development under the Euro-Med Campaign E q u a l i t y F i r s t . The work was carried out on both regional and national level. On regional level 4 workshops, 3 roundtables and one Euro-Med women’s rights conference took place. On the national level 6 workshops, 11 seminars, 4 conferences and 6 roundtables were organized in Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan and Tunisia. In parallel 16 meetings with State Actors and 9 meetings with political party leaders were held. Throughout the process over 150 grassroots, advocacy and development NGOs and 4 regional networks have been involved. Discussions took place with leaders and representatives of 23 political parties. Over 50 politicians and 25 State actors were involved in discussions on women’s rights and democracy building, contextualizing Istanbul-Marrackech and the international conventions in the present social transformations. Over 25 media figures were associated to the action. International NGOs, ambassadors, diplomats and development agencies participated and supported E q u a l i t y F i r s t campaign. 2000 booklets and 1000 leaflets were distributed. Over 2500 direct beneficiaries got an opportunity to discuss directly women’s rights, democracy and the regional and international mechanisms promoting them. C O M M O N A G E N D A F O R E Q U A L I T Y B E T W E E N W O M E N A N D M E N E q u a l i t y F i r s t Midterm Evaluation, Beirut June 2012 W O M E N ’ S R I G H T S A N D D E M O C R A C Y B U I L D I N G 1.Women’s rights are central to all processes towards democracy building. 2.Istanbul Framework of Action and the international WR instruments (BpA, UNSCRs 1325, CEDAW) form together one common reference framework for women’s rights and gender equality. 3.Enhancing democracy through strengthening women’s rights and promoting gender equality must become a priority on the political agendas 4.Problematizing the link between women’s rights, gender equality and democracy building in the present contexts of political transitions and financial crises requests constant reference to the international and regional women’s rights mechanisms. This Project is funded by The European Union EqualityFirst 1 FACT SHEET Promoting a Common Agenda for Equality between Women and Men through Istanbul Process T H E C O M M I T M E N T O F T H E S T A T E S T O W A R D S I N T E R N A T I O N A L A N D R E G I O N A L W O M E N ’ S R I G H T S M E C H A N I S M S A N D R E G U L A T I O N S 1.Adopt gender equality laws in all the countries of the Euro- Med region, ensuring institutionalizing of women’s rights in the Governmental policies and action plans. 2.Establish women’s rights or gender equality committees in the national assemblies and form gender equality bodies to monitor and implement gender mainstreaming. 3.Develop National Action Plans for implementation of the Ministerial Conclusions as a channel for dialogue between State actors and the women’s rights organizations and a monitoring mechanism. Allocating budgets for their development and implementation. 4.Install channels for dialogue with women’s rights NGOs as independent and full rank interlocutors and form cross sector committees to enable dialogue on gender equality of diverse actors. 5.Immediate ending of the occupation and recognition of an independent and sovereign Palestine State on occupied territories of 1967 war, with East Jerusalem as its capital and the respect of the right of the Palestinians to return to their home land. This Project is funded by The European Union EqualityFirst 4 FACT SHEET Promoting a Common Agenda for Equality between Women and Men through Istanbul Process R E G I O N A L W O R K S H O P S C a i r o E g y p t 0 1 - 0 3 O c t o b e r 2 0 1 1 regional meeting IFE-EFI and partners, developing a common methodology and discourse, linking international conventions, women's rights and democracy building in the present contexts under the Euro-Med Campaign E q u a l i t y F i r s t . B e i r u t L e b a n o n 0 7 - 0 8 D e c e m b e r 2 0 1 1 E q u a l i t y F i r s t : W o m e n ’ s R i g h t s a n d D e m o c r a c y B u i l d i n g 60 participants from 31 national and international women’s rights and development NGOs, 4 regional and international networks and media figures from 12 countries adopted conclusions and a statement that were spread in the whole region to be used as a reference in other activities. B e i r u t L e b a n o n 2 1 - 2 2 J u n e 2 0 1 2 M i d t e r m E v a l u a t i o n W o r k s h o p 14 participants from IFE-EFI with Partners made a review of the impact of the first year of the project. T u n i s T u n i s i a 2 7 M a r c h 2 0 1 3 E q u a l i t y F i r s t : U n i v e r s a l i t y W o m e n ’ s R i g h t s a n d C i t i z e n s h i p Over 200 participants debated the principle of citizenship for women and men. R E G I O N A L D I A L O G U E S B e i r u t L e b a n o n 2 0 - 2 1 J u n e 2 0 1 2 E n h a n c i n g D e m o c r a c y t h r o u g h S t r e n g t h e n i n g W o m e n ’ s S o c i a l , P o l i t i c a l a n d E c o n o m i c R i g h t s 75 participants from civil society and State actors from Euro-Med launched a regional dialogue on advancement of women’s civil, political, economic, cultural and social rights, as envisioned in the IFA, critically examining challenges and opportunities that the current political processes in the MENA region have opened for women’s rights and how the International Conventions and regional tools for gender equality could be utilized. A m m a n J o r d a n 2 5 N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 2 F o l l o w u p R o u n d t a b l e o n E n h a n c i n g D e m o c r a c y t h r o u g h S t r e n g t h e n i n g o f W o m e n ' s R i g h t s in Ministry of Parliament Affairs. 38 representatives from women’s rights NGOs, female and male politicians and State actors from MENA region continued the started dialogue. A m m a n J o r d a n 2 7 F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 3 B u i l d i n g a c o m m o n a g e n d a f o r e q u a l i t y b e t w e e n w o m e n a n d m e n t h r o u g h I s t a n b u l P r o c e s s in cooperation with Ministry of Social development. 34 representatives from women’s rights NGOs, State actors and politicians from Euro-Med region consolidated the started dialogue and prepared the ground for the Euro-Med Women’s Rights Conference in Jordan. E U R O - M E D W O M E N ’ S R I G H T S C O N F E R E N C E A m m a n J o r d a n 0 7 - 0 8 J u n e 2 0 1 3 P r o m o t i n g a c o m m o n a g e n d a f o r e q u a l i t y b e t w e e n w o m e n a n d m e n Over 120 representatives from women’s rights NGOs and networks, State actors and politicians from 17 countries gathered to discuss women’s rights in Euro- Med region, to review the accumulated recommendations throughout the process and to finalize and issue recommendations to the 3 rd Ministrial Conference on Strengthening the Role of Women in the Society in September 2013. All participants expressed their solidarity with Palestinian women and their struggle for freedom and with the Syrian Women’s Rights activists and their demands for ending of the conflict. Euro-Med Women’s Rights Conference 7-8 June 2013 Amman Jordan L O B B Y T R I P B R U S S E L S / P A R I S - E U , E P , U f M B e t w e e n 1 s t – 8 t h S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 3 IFE-EFI and partners of the project visit EU decision makers in Brussels, UfM and decision makers Paris and discuss recommendations to the 3 rd Ministerial Conference Sept 2013 Paris.
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NATIONAL WORKSHOPS
5 Decembe Amman Jordan 5 Dec 2011 Equality First: Women’s Rights and Democracy Building with 60 participants from Jordan and Euro-Med discussed in-depth the conditions of women in the Arab world and how to use Istanbul Framework of Action (IFA) and CEDAW to positively affect the daily lives of women in the Euro-Med.
Ramallah Palestine 1-2 February 2012 Equality
First: Women’s Rights and Democracy Building 106 participants issued eight major recommendations for future work in Palestine, forming a Follow-up National Committee and building national ownership.
Tunis Tunisia 4-5 February 2012 La
citoyenneté et l’égalité constitutionn’Elles where 400 participants discussed in panels and working groups and reaffirmed the principles of gender equality in the Constitution.
Cairo Egypt 03-04 March 2012 National,
Regional and International Mechanisms: A Common Frame for Promoting Women’s Rights in Democratization 83 participants discussed women’s rights in the new
Constitution with reference to the international conventions and regional mechanisms in order to enable harmonization of legislation with these values.
Cairo,Egy Workshop Cairo 3-4 March 2012 Tunis 2-3 Tunis 2-3 March 2013 National, Regional and
International Mechanisms: a common frame for promoting women’s rights in democratization 80 participants debated and consolidated the relationship with the core activists in the Gafsa region.
Amman Jordan 28-29 August 2013 Promoting
Equality and the Protecting Women's Rights is our Responsibility is the topic for discussion of 50 participansts from Jordan.
In 2008 the European Feminist Initiative IFE-EFI and women’s rights NGOs from Middle East and North Africa started developing a common analyses and strategies for implementation of the Euro-Med Ministerial Conclusions 2006 on Strengthening the Role of Women in the Society known as “Istanbul Framework of Action”, advocating for a stronger gender equality language and commitment of the governments before the second Ministerial Meeting in Marrakech 2009. In September 2011 this work culminated in a two years regional project “Promoting a Common Agenda for Equality between Women and Men through Istanbul Process” funded by the EU and implemented by IFE-EFI in partnership with Arab Women’s Organisation AWO and Sisterhood is Global Institute SIGI in Jordan, Association Najdeh and RDFL in Lebanon, EACPE in Egypt, ATFD in Tunisia, Women’s Studies Center in Palestine and Syrian Women’s League. The overall objective is to contribute to a more friendly gender equality environment in the Euro-Med region, promoting women’s rights as a constitutive part of democracy and sustainable development under the Euro-Med Campaign Equality First. The work was carried out on both regional and national level. On regional level 4 workshops, 3 roundtables and one Euro-Med women’s rights conference took place. On the national level 6 workshops, 11 seminars, 4 conferences and 6 roundtables were organized in Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan and Tunisia. In parallel 16 meetings with State Actors and 9 meetings with political party leaders were held. Throughout the process over 150 grassroots, advocacy and development NGOs and 4 regional networks have been involved. Discussions took place with leaders and representatives of 23 political parties. Over 50 politicians and 25 State actors were involved in discussions on women’s rights and democracy building, contextualizing Istanbul-Marrackech and the international conventions in the present social transformations. Over 25 media figures were associated to the action. International NGOs, ambassadors, diplomats and development agencies participated and supported Equality First campaign. 2000 booklets and 1000 leaflets were distributed. Over 2500 direct beneficiaries got an opportunity to discuss directly women’s rights, democracy and the regional and international mechanisms promoting them.
COMMON AGENDA FOR EQUALITY BETWEEN
WOMEN AND MEN
Equality First
Midterm Evaluation, Beirut June 2012
WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY BUILDING
1.Women’s rights are central to all processes towards democracy building. 2.Istanbul Framework of Action and the international WR instruments (BpA, UNSCRs 1325, CEDAW) form together one common reference framework for women’s rights and gender equality. 3.Enhancing democracy through strengthening women’s rights and promoting gender equality must become a priority on the political agendas 4.Problematizing the link between women’s rights, gender equality and democracy building in the present contexts of political transitions and financial crises requests constant reference to the international and regional women’s rights mechanisms.
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FACT SHEET Promoting a Common Agenda for Equality between Women and Men through Istanbul Process
THE COMMITMENT OF THE STATES TOWARDS INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL WOMEN’S
RIGHTS MECHANISMS AND REGULATIONS
1.Adopt gender equality laws in all the countries of the Euro-Med region, ensuring institutionalizing of women’s rights in the Governmental policies and action plans. 2.Establish women’s rights or gender equality committees in the national assemblies and form gender equality bodies to monitor and implement gender mainstreaming. 3.Develop National Action Plans for implementation of the Ministerial Conclusions as a channel for dialogue between State actors and the women’s rights organizations and a monitoring mechanism. Allocating budgets for their development and implementation. 4.Install channels for dialogue with women’s rights NGOs as independent and full rank interlocutors and form cross sector committees to enable dialogue on gender equality of diverse actors. 5.Immediate ending of the occupation and recognition of an independent and sovereign Palestine State on occupied territories of 1967 war, with East Jerusalem as its capital and the respect of the right of the Palestinians to return to their home land.
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FACT SHEET Promoting a Common Agenda for Equality between Women and Men through Istanbul Process
REGIONAL WORKSHOPS
Cairo Egypt 01-03 October 2011 regional meeting IFE-EFI and partners, developing a common methodology and discourse, linking international conventions, women's rights and democracy building in the present contexts under the Euro-Med Campaign Equality First.
Beirut Lebanon 07-08 December 2011 Equality First: Women’s Rights and Democracy Building 60 participants from 31 national and international women’s rights and development NGOs, 4 regional and international networks and media figures from 12 countries adopted conclusions and a statement that were spread in the whole region to be used as a reference in other activities.
Midterm E Beirut Lebanon 21-22 June 2012 Midterm
Evaluation Workshop 14 participants from IFE-EFI with Partners made a review of the impact of the first year of the project.
Tunis Tunisia 27 March 2013 Equality First:
Universality Women’s Rights and Citizenship Over 200 participants debated the principle of citizenship for women and men.
REGIONAL DIALOGUES Beirut Lebanon 20-21 June 2012 Enhancing Democracy through Strengthening Women’s Social, Political and Economic Rights 75 participants from civil society and State actors from Euro-Med launched a regional dialogue on advancement of women’s civil, political, economic, cultural and social rights, as envisioned in the IFA, critically examining challenges and opportunities that the current political processes in the MENA region have opened for women’s rights and how the International Conventions and regional tools for gender equality could be utilized.
Amman Jordan 25 November 2012 Follow up Roundtable on Enhancing Democracy through Strengthening of Women's Rights in Ministry of Parliament Affairs. 38 representatives from women’s rights NGOs, female and male politicians and State actors from MENA region continued the started dialogue.
Amman Jordan 27 February 2013 Building a common agenda for equality between women and men through Istanbul Process in cooperation with Ministry of Social development. 34 representatives from women’s rights NGOs, State actors and politicians from Euro-Med region consolidated the started dialogue and prepared the ground for the Euro-Med Women’s Rights Conference in Jordan.
EURO-MED WOMEN’S RIGHTS CONFERENCE
Amman Jordan 07-08 June 2013 Promoting a common agenda for equality between women and men Over 120 representatives from women’s rights NGOs and networks, State actors and politicians from 17 countries gathered to discuss women’s rights in Euro-Med region, to review the accumulated recommendations throughout the process and to finalize and issue recommendations to the 3rd Ministrial Conference on Strengthening the Role of Women in the Society in September 2013. All participants expressed their solidarity with Palestinian women and their struggle for freedom and with the Syrian Women’s Rights activists and their demands for ending of the conflict.
Euro-Med Women’s Rights Conference 7-8 June 2013 Amman Jordan
LOBBY TRIP BRUSSELS /PARIS - EU, EP, UfM Between 1st – 8th September 2013 IFE-EFI and partners of the project visit EU decision makers in Brussels, UfM and decision makers Paris and discuss recommendations to the 3rd Ministerial Conference Sept 2013 Paris.
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NATIONAL ROUNDTABLES
Tunis Tunisia 9 June 2012 The Involvement of the Tunisian State towards the International Conventions related to Women’s Rights 132 participants discussed the role of the civil society and the State in promoting democracy and gender equality in personal status law, the importance of the supremacy of the international conventions and the need of harmonizing national legislation with them.
Amman Jordan 2 July 2012 Building a Common Agenda for Implementing International, Regional and National Mechanisms that Promote and Protect Women’s Rights and Enhance Democracy organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. 38 participants from women’s rights NGOs discussed with MPs, senators and State actors women’s rights as envisioned in the Ministerial Conclusions 2006/9 and issued national recommendations.
Roundtable Amman 2 July 2012
Tunis Tunisia 29 October 2012 L'universalite des droits humains et la suprematie des conventions internationales garants de l'egalite entre les sexes 109 participants discussed the importance of universality of women’s rights enshrined in legislation with MEPs and gender equality committee in the European Parliament.
Ramallah Palestine 03 November 2012 Assessing Palestine’s Ratification of the CEDAW and its effects 16 particpants among whom high level decision-makers and political leaders discussed with women’s rights NGOs the ratification of CEDAW and a plan of action to address gender imbalance.
Amman, Jordan 14 July 2013 Women's Rights and Building Democracy: National Agenda for Equality 44 participants among whom many judges, MPs and activists discussed the recommendations from the Euro-Med Women’s Rights Conference and national agenda for equality.
Beirut Lebanon 30 August 2013 Ensuring the implementation of IFA 35 representatives from women’s rights NGOs, State actors and politicians discussed implementation of the Euro-Med recommendations from Amman in the Lebanese context.
NATIONAL CONFERENCES
Tunis Tunisia 30 April 2013 Equality without reservations: No to the defamation of CEDAW Press Conference condemning the attacks against CEDAW largely covered by international and national media.
Amman Jordan 06 June 2013 Women’s Political Participation and Democracy Building – Promoting of Common Agenda 44 participants from the women’s rights NGOs discussed and prepared national recommendations to the Ministerial Conference on “Strengthening the role of Women in Society” in September 2013.
Nablus Palestine 17 June 2013 Activating the Istanbul Framework of Action to promote Equality and Democracy gathered Over 500 grassroots NGOs, female politicians, local policy makers and local community leaders to discuss IFA and international mechanisms for promoting women’s rights. Cairo Egypt 29-30 August 2013 For a democratic and safe society for women in Egypt over 120 participants from Egypt discuss transition towards democracy and women’s rights.
MEETINGS WITH STATE ACTORS AND POLITICIANS
Over 25 meetings with State actors and political parties took place during the process, consolidating and developing the dialogue on strengthening the role of women in the society and putting women’s rights as a priority on the political agendas.
EMPOWERING DIALOGUE
ON EQUALITY WITH DECISION MAKERS
1.In the frame of broader social inclusion and participation political decision makers and civil society act together to maintain the international and regional women’s rights instruments as reference for the implementation of Ministerial Conclusions of Marrakech 2009 and Paris 2013. 2.Develop mechanisms to enable WR organisations to hold a structural dialogue with their governments and decision makers 3.Build national cross sector bodies as a channel to sustain the initiated dialogues and work on the creation of a National Action Plans for the implementation of Marrakech Ministerial Conclusions and as a mechanism to monitor the implementation of international, regional and national documents that the States have ratified. 4.Lifting of the reservations of CEDAW is common demand of the women’s rights organisations in order to enable the implementation of the Ministerial Conclusions Marrakech 2009.
National Conference Nablus, Palestine 17 June 2013
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NATIONAL SEMINARS Aqaba Jordan 13-15 May 2012 Building Common Agendas for Empowerment and Strengthening Women’s Participation 31 participants from grassroots NGOs and politicians met to discuss women´s rights as a priority issue focusing on the opportunities and ways to strengthen a common work, gender equality and IFA.
Aqaba Jordan 13-15 May 2012 Cairo Egypt 27 May 2012 Seminar with female politicians and NGOs The Role of Egyptian Women in Democratization Process 49 participants discussed women's rights in constitution with female politicians-contextualizing discourse. Sfax Tunisia 26-27 May 2012 Equality Men-Women: Realities, Challenges and Perspectives The seminar focused on discriminations against women in Tunisian legislation, socio-economic, cultural, civil and political rights and rights related to family. 120 participants discussed the universal principles of human rights and equality between men and women. Beirut Lebanon 07 June 2012 Equality First: Democratic and political participation The seminar with female politicians and NGOs gathered 31 participants to discuss recommendations and approval of the importance of the adoption of the quota system within Trade Unions and Political Parties as a step to advance women political participation. Ramallah Palestine 16 February 2013 The Stance of the political parties and governmental bodies on political participation of Women 36 women and men discussed the 30% quota for women’s participation in the
National and Legislative committees and in the local governments, as well as policies and interventions for mainstreaming gender. Beirut 5 May 2013 Equality First: Strengthened capacity of women’s NGOs and female politicians/stakeholders to use IFA and international conventions as tools for promotion of women’s rights and women´s participation in the public and political life 46 participants discussed women in politics, IFA and international women’s rights mechanisms promoting it. Hebron Palestine 23 May 2013 Enhancing equality between men and women in the Palestinian Community Over 400 women from Bethlehem and Hebron discussed with political leaders and State actors and the governor of Hebron Generate.
Hebron 23 May 2013
Sfax Tunisia 15 June 2013 For the lifting of all reservations on CEDAW; No to the general reservation 71 participants from the South of Tunisia discussed the need of lifting of all the reservation of CEDAW as a step towards implementation of gender equality.
Tunis Tunisia 30 June 2013 CEDAW between political issues and projects of society 150 participants from the North of Tunisia discussed the need of lifting of CEDAW reservations as per the Istanbul-Marrakech Ministerial Conclusions.
Palestine 31 August 2013 Promoting democracy through consolidating equality between men and women 100 participants discussed the Recommendations to the 3rd Ministerial Conference promoting democracy.
Sousse Tunisia 31 August – 1 September 2013 CEDAW between political issues and social project 120 participants from central Tunisia discuss the need of lifting of CEDAW reservations as per the Istanbul-Marakech Ministerial Conclusions.
COMMON STRATEGY TO
STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND EMPOWER
GENDER EQUAL PARTICIPATION
1.Democracy requests equal participation and sharing of power, duties and responsibilities between women and men. 2.Obstacles to women’s political participation are discriminative patriarchal structures, practices and procedures, social and cultural attitudes. Violence is used against women as an extreme form of control. 3.Apply the principle of non-discrimination based on gender and equality between women and men as structuring principle for all constitutions. Incorporating clear provisions to guaranty equal citizenship rights of women and men. 4.Women’s rights as universal human rights cannot be compromised for the sake of traditions and/or culture. 5.Adopt mechanisms to promote women’s political participation as proportional electoral system, combined with legally and constitutionally binding gender zipper quota of minimum 40% representation of women in order to ensure their application and address democracy deficiency. 6.Engender the national budgets and introduce gender based statistics.
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