Women own or manage more than 30 percent of all businesses but 5 percent or less of the biggest enterprises, the United Nations said in a report published Monday.
The report, by the International Labor Organization, a United Nations agency based in Geneva, also estimated that without new actions to promote women’s equality in management, it would take 100 to 200 years to achieve gender parity in business leadership positions.
ILO Report: http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_333678/lang--en/index.htm
Posted on the I.L.O.’s website, the report was done by the organization’s Bureau for Employers’ Activities. It was based on information from 108 countries where I.L.O. data is available, as well as the findings of the organization’s survey of more than 1,200 companies in Africa, the Asia-Pacific region, Eastern and Central Europe and the Latin America-Caribbean regions.
Deborah France-Massin, the bureau’s director, said in the report that although the participation of women in the labor force had been an engine for global growth, “there is a long way to go before we achieve true gender equality in the workplace, especially when it comes to top management positions.”
By Bianca Baldo* - 10 January, 2015
Imagine for a moment, a woman standing on a podium chanting the slogan: “Demanding safe spaces on the internet!” The speech is recorded and blogged about by various activists, workshops are organised and women demand justice from their local authorities. It’s electronically networked to inform about tech-related violence against women (VAW). In principle, all levels of these interactions are protected by freedom of expression (FOE). The woman at the podium, organisations and survivors have the right to express ideas without adverse consequence. In reality, many women continue to be victims of the emergence of tech-related VAW.
Tech-related VAW hinders Freedom of Expression (FOE) as it creates an environment of fear, intimidation, violence, social isolation and impunity. This article will explore the effects of tech-related VAW on women’s rights to FOE, providing insight on human rights law; the different forms of tech-related VAW; reasons behind it; weaknesses in the responses; and strategies used by online tech-related VAW survivors.
In light of the changing nature of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and their growing impact on the rights of women, the Association for Progressive Communications Women’s Rights Programme carried out research as part of its project entitled “End violence: Women’s rights and safety online” that examined the relationship between tech-related VAW and the access to and use of ICTs.
Geneva, Switzerland – The International Federation of University Women (IFUW) launched its five education manifestos yesterday at Club suisse de la presse in Geneva, Switzerland. The manifestos examine the lifelong course of education for girls and women, including highlighting the barriers of access thereto, and provide concrete policy recommendations to address the challenges. The event was attended by representatives from diplomatic missions, international organizations including several United Nations bodies, non-governmental organizations, academics and members of the public with an interest in education and women’s rights. The launch provided a platform for IFUW to share its position on how and why it is working towards increasing lifelong learning for all girls and women worldwide.
Four of the five IFUW manifestos examine specific steps in the education cycle: secondary education; tertiary education; continuing education; and non-traditional education, identifying and addressing the distinctive challenges facing girls and women. The fifth manifesto “Education for All” provides a succinct overview of the necessity to educate girls and women generally, emphasizing that “access to education is both an internationally recognized human right, as well as a fundamental enabler to achieve economic growth, human development, peace and stability.”
Direct Link to IFUW Education for All Manifesto – Education for Women & Girl
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Извор: WUNRN – 21.01.2015
Fact sheet N°364
Updated September 2014
Key Facts
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About 16 million girls aged 15 to 19 and some 1 million girls under 15 give birth every year—most in low- and middle-income countries.
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Complications during pregnancy and childbirth are the second cause of death for 15-19 year-old girls globally.
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Every year, some 3 million girls aged 15 to 19 undergo unsafe abortions.
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Babies born to adolescent mothers face a substantially higher risk of dying than those born to women aged 20 to 24.
Birth Rates
There has been a marked, although uneven, decrease in the birth rates among adolescent girls since 1990, but some 11% of all births worldwide are still to girls aged 15 to 19 years old. The vast majority of these births (95%) occur in low- and middle-income countries.
Education represents the hopes, dreams and aspirations of children, families, communities and nations around the world—the most reliable route out of poverty and a critical pathway towards healthier, more productive citizens and stronger societies. Not surprisingly, when people are asked to list their priorities, education tops survey after survey, poll after poll.
There is consensus at virtually every level, from the poorest family in the most remote village to the global policy leaders who are shaping the world’s future development goals: education matters. This consensus has been translated into concrete action, propelling millions of children once denied an education into the classroom.
In the 15 years since the launch of the Millennium Development Goals—which set the target for every child to complete a full course of primary education by 2015—the latest data show that the number of primary school-age out-of-school children has dropped by 42%, and for girls by 47%, despite rapid population growth.
Why, then, are there still 58 million children, roughly between the ages of 6 and 11, out of school globally? Each and every one of these children is a stark reminder of the broken promise to achieve universal primary education by the original deadline of 2015.
