This publication compares and presents the progress of Member States in the area of institutional mechanisms and gender mainstreaming since 2006 when the first report on institutional mechanisms was developed by the Finish Presidency of the Council of the EU.
The main findings show that by 2012 all Member States had established governmental bodies for gender equality and bodies for the promotion of equal treatment on various grounds. Notwithstanding positive trends in institutional settings over the last decade, the bodies responsible for gender equality are often marginalised in national governmental structures; split into different policy areas; hampered by complex and expanding mandates; lack adequate staff, training, data and sufficient resources; and experience insufficient support from political leadership.
Fact sheet: Gender equality and institutional Mechanisms
Effectiveness of Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Gender Equality - Report
Извор: WUNRN – 15.06.2014
Women and girls around the world experience staggering levels of rape and other forms of sexual violence.This violence devastates lives, unhinges communities, and hampers greater social and economic development. While the severity, frequency, and purpose of this violence can broaden during times of conflict or emergency, its foundations are laid during “peacetime,” as is underscored by the extreme levels of violence observed consistently across the globe. Yet it is only in recent decades that policymakers, researchers, and programmers have begun to pay closer attention to this urgent violation of human rights and barrier to sustainable development. This report presents an overview of the five study sites of the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES), presents findings related to men’s self-reported perpetration of sexual violence, investigates seven domains of possible influences on men’s sexual violence perpetration and provides actionable lessons and recommendations.
Извор: WUNRN – 14.06.2014
Concludes Dialogue on Right to Health and on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations
The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, and with the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. It also concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, and the Chairperson of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transitional corporations and other business enterprises.
Rashida Manjoo, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, said that the continued challenges to effectively address violence against women included the shift to gender neutrality and to a men and boys agenda; failure of States to act with due diligence; lack of transformative remedies to address the root causes of violence against women; the impact of financial crisis and austerity measures; and the lack of a legally binding instrument that explicitly recognized violence against women as a violation of human rights. The Special Rapporteur also referred to country visits to India, Bangladesh and Azerbaijan.
Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, presenting the report prepared by his predecessor, Magdalena Sepulveda, said it demonstrated the many ways in which fiscal policies, and particularly taxation policies, were a major determinant in the enjoyment of human rights. Reference was made to Ms. Sepulveda’s visit to the Republic of Moldova, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau. Mr. Alston said that if the elimination of extreme poverty was not a central part of the human rights vision, a highly selective battle was being fought. It should not be a marginal concern, but a central preoccupation.
This special collection brings together selected materials related to preventing and responding to elder abuse and abuse in later life. It draws from the work of the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL), National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC), National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA), National Adult Protective Services Agency (NAPSA) and other organizations. By focusing specifically on domestic and sexual violence (DV/SV) in later life, this special collection highlights the complexities of older people's DV/SV experiences and emphasizes collaborative and multi-pronged approaches to addressing DV/SV in later life. Accordingly, the materials included in this special collection have been organized by their relevance to key stakeholders.
Although particular effort was made to include materials related to addressing elder abuse and abuse in later life in diverse groups of older people, very few materials in this special collection focus on elder abuse and abuse in later life within culturally diverse communities. This limitation is due to significant gaps in current literature.
This special collection was developed by the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA) in July 2010 and updated by the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL) in June 2013. The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) updated the collection in May 2014 in preparation for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD), observed each year on June 15th.
Извор: WUNRN – 12.06.2014
Women who have endured gender-based violence receive counselling and other forms of support in a displacement camp in Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo credit: OCHA/Gemma Cortes
UNITED NATIONS, New York – In conflicts the world over, women’s bodies become battlegrounds and rape becomes a weapon of war. This week, government ministers and representatives from the United Nations and other organizations are joining legal, military and judicial experts to generate momentum towards ending the use of rape and sexual violence in conflict.
The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict opened today in London. The four-day summit is being co-chaired by UK Foreign Secretary William Hague and Angelina Jolie, Special Envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. It is the largest gathering ever brought together on the subject.
Globally, 35 per cent of women have experienced either intimate partner or non-partner sexual violence. It is the most pervasive, yet least reported, human rights abuse worldwide.
“Gender-based violence does not discriminate according to nationality, ethnicity, education or class,” says Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA. “It happens everywhere. But we know too well that in conflict situations its occurrence increases because of insecurity.”
