Population ageing in UNECE member States has given rise to fears that abuse of older persons may increase in its incidence, prevalence and complexity. Stereotypes may provide the breeding ground for abuse in society. Given the taboo attached to the topic, abuse and neglect are often underreported. Older people may be silent for fear of exposing a family member, losing services or being institutionalized. Therefore, there is a lack of reliable internationally comparable data to evaluate the phenomenon.
Извор: WUNRN – 19.09.2014
This resource manual is intended to support all those wishing to take action against child labour in domestic work and to protect young domestic workers of legal working age. It is designed, in particular, to strengthen the capacity of trade unions and workers' groups, community-based organisations and NGOs to advocate for an end to exploitation and abuse of children in domestic work, and to provide good practice guidance on the best ways of directly assisting these children.
The manual has been prepared as part of the Global March Against Child Labour's advocacy campaign for the elimination of child labour in domestic work and the protection of child domestic workers of legal working age.
In addition to providing practical guidance to those planning advocacy and direct assistance with child domestic workers, the manual also offers suggestions to groups on how they can promote change on some of the wider socio-economic issues affecting them.
Comic strip dialogues found throughout the text are designed to debunk common myths about child domestic work and provide a starting point for discussions amongst stakeholders, or can be used to stimulate debate amongst participants during capacity building sessions.
Tackling child labour & Protecting young workers in domestic work - Resource manual - Girls
Извор: WUNRN – 16.09.2014
Five hundred and eight adolescent girls living in poverty in 14 countries across four continents were asked what they need to have a chance to reach their potential.More than 25 of the world’s leading organizations, using their vast years of experience working with girls and the best evidence available, developed this Declaration with girls, for girls and for the world.Now is the moment. Real things need to change for girls and for the world. Adolescent girls are not part of just one issue, they are key to every sustainable solution.
Извор: WUNRN – 16.09.2014
By Simran Khosla
OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
When looking at this data, it’s important to remember that gender equality isn’t just about women working more paid hours or doing less housework. It’s also about men cutting back their work hours to pitch in more around the house. Countries that have lighter workweeks, in fact, tend to have a more equal distribution between men and women in the home.
The OECD compiled data from national surveys of men and women ages 15 - 64, both single and married. Hours spent on childcare were included as unpaid work for the few countries that had comprehensive statistics.
In Scandinavian countries like Norway and Sweden, government regulations keep work hours to a comfortable 37.5 per week (40- to 50-hour weeks prevail in other European countries). This gives Scandinavian men much more time for other activities, including helping around the house. According to the OECD, since long work hours are legally limited, Scandinavian culture allows both mothers and fathers to have time to work and raise a family, without having to rely on traditional gender roles to manage the workload.
In Mali, women’s adult literacy by 2015 is projected to be only 29%. Literate women have a more powerful position in society. Photograph: Joe Penney/Reuters
Giving women a second chance at literacy will increase their earning power and give their children a brighter future
By Fatimah Kelleher
Educating girls is now at the core of much development thinking and programming, but illiteracy among women and older adolescent girls outside formal education is an increasingly critical issue that risks falling between the gaps. Of the 774 million adults (15 years and older) who still cannot read or write, two–thirds of them (493 million) are women.
The significance of this within the wider development and women's rights agenda in developing countries cannot be ignored. Literacy is a fundamental right for women. In 2010, Irina Bokova, director-general of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), said that "newly literate women have a positive ripple effect on all development indicators". This broadens the issue significantly beyond education alone.
"On its own, literacy neither saves lives nor fills hungry mouths," says Katy Newell-Jones of Feed the Minds. "However, we encounter women's literacy time and time again as a valuable component in women's empowerment. A woman who is able to keep her own business records is more likely to be able to manage her income and expenditure; and the children of a literate mother are more likely to complete their education."
