International human rights norms have recognized that reproductive rights are women’s rights, clarifying that violations of reproductive rights are primarily manifestations of discrimination, poverty, and violence. Where women’s rights to equality and non-discrimination are not fulfilled, women’s access to reproductive health services and decision-making about their reproductive lives is limited. In addition, where women are unable to access reproductive health services, the inequalities and discrimination women face are exacerbated by the differentiated impact that childbearing has on women’s health and lives, including education and employment.
Over the next two years, states have an opportunity to address the root causes of gender inequality by ensuring that gender equality and reproductive rights are reflected in development programs. This briefing paper provides concrete recommendations to states about how they can integrate international human rights norms surrounding reproductive rights and gender equality specifically into the development framework that comes out of the Post-2015 Agenda.
Substantive Equality and Reproductive Rights
Извор: WUNRN – 31.01.2014
The approaching 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and culmination of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) provide critical opportunities to reexamine the commitments the world made to its children, and to reaffirm the importance of monitoring as a means to identify gaps in implementation and right the wrong of exclusion.
"Overcoming exclusion begins with inclusive data. To improve the reach, availability and reliability of data on the deprivations with which children and their families contend, the tools of collection and analysis are constantly being modified – and new ones are being developed. This will require sustained investment and commitment," the report says.
Reaching all children requires recognizing and building on the positive strides that have been made. Some 90 million children who would have died if mortality rates had stuck at their 1990 level have, instead, lived past the age of 5. However, it is also necessary to recognize that there is far more work to be done. Some 6.6 million children under 5 years of age died in 2012, mostly from preventable causes.
Јазот помеѓу сиромашните и богатите во Македонија е најголем во Европа, а толку големи класни разлики не се забележани ниту во државите од поранешниот Советски Сојуз. Мнозинството население се повеќе осиромашува, а мал дел од граѓаните стануваат ултрабогати. Ова се дел од анализите на универзитетскиот професор Здравко Савевски, објавени во студијата „Богатството и сиромаштијата во Македонија“, процеси што Савевски ги следел во изминатите 4 години.
-Класните разлики се до таа мерка големи, што највисоката плата во Македонија е 76 илјади евра месечно, а минималната 8050 денари. Оној што прима минимална плата, за да заработи една месечна највисока плата, треба да работи 48 години. За да заработи две месечни плати, треба да живее 110 години, што е невозможно, вели проф. др. Здравко Савевски.
За Савевски не држи место оправдувањето дека во Македонија има многу сиромашни, затоа што е сиромашна државата. Смета дека потребно е да се води вистинска социјална политика насочена кон намалување на сиромаштијата.
- Процесот на осиромашување на сиромашните и збогатување на богатите, не е природен процес, туку е резултат на свесни владини политики, кои можат да бидат про богатите или про сиромашните. Македонија по Устав е социјална држава, а тоа значи дека секоја Влада мора сериозно да се занимава со намалувањето на сиромаштијата и градењето на Македонија како демократска, но и социјална држава, вели Савевски.
14/01/2014 - New York – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Ms. Marta Santos Pais welcomes the ratification by Costa Rica1 of the Optional Protocol on a Communications Procedure which paves the way to the historic entry into force of the Protocol on 14 April 2014.
“With the establishment of a communications procedure, the Optional Protocol places the rights and aspirations of children at the center of the human rights agenda and makes a landmark contribution to this year’s commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child”, said the Special Representative.
The Optional Protocol was adopted by the General Assembly in December 2011 and, in line with its article 19, will enter into force three months after the deposit of the tenth instrument of ratification. The Protocol establishes an international system of complaints and allows the violation of children’s rights to be examined by the Committee on the Rights of the Child.
The Optional Protocol recognizes children’s legal standing to seek redress for the violation of their rights, either directly or through a representative, and it requires States Parties to establish domestic remedies which need to be exhausted before a complaint is examined by the Committee.
A programmatic package for health professionals, service providers and policy-makers
Gender-based violence (GBV) against women and girls is one of the most widespread violations of human rights. Health services offer an effective way to respond to GBV, yet a systemic approach is still often missing. This website developed jointly by WAVE and UNFPA Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia provides tools for health professionals, service providers and policy-makers, with a focus on the region of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It offers practical guidance for designing and implementing programmes, carrying out trainings, building up efficient referral systems, and setting up a monitoring and evaluation mechanism.
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Programming for integration of GBV within Health Systems
The health sector can play an important role in responding to gender based violence (GBV). In order to effectively identify, assist and protect survivors, an integrated approach is needed. Click here for programming details for integrating GBV within health systems. » read more
