The Summary Report of the E-discussion on Gender Equality, part of the UN Global Thematic Consultations on Addressing Inequalities and which took place from October 3 – to November 2, 2012 on the online platform, www.worldwewant2015.org, indicates that Gender-Based Violence is a top priority for respondents of the online e-discussion. The report states that GBV “was one of the most widely voiced issues, with nearly four in 10 comments received in the first week reference to gender-based violence or violence against women and girls specifically.”
FTF Global Coordinator, Rosa Lizarde, one of the co-moderators from civil society of the Gender Equality e-discussion contributed to the summary stated, “It is clear that tackling Gender-based violence throughout the world is humanities next great challenge. Similar to eliminating poverty, all governments, all peoples, women and men, must contribute to eliminating violence against women and girls.”
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“…We have to understand that we have a paradigm that will continue to create exclusion and poverty […] We need to work not so much for the world we want or need, but on how to create the world needed by all present and future generations and a healthy and peaceful planet.” — Marta Benavides, El Salvador. Quote from the Summary Report on the e-discussion on Gender Inequality.
Other priority areas
1: Priority Areas for Gender Equality
1. Combat all forms of gender-based violence;
2. Ensure women’s sexual and reproductive rights and access to
quality healthcare;
3. Enact and enforce laws that promote gender equality and
eliminate laws, policies and practices that are harmful to
women and girls;
4. Prioritize access to quality education and skills development
for all women and girls, especially those from socially
excluded groups;
5. Ensure women’s full participation in society, including in the
economic, legal, social and political life of their communities;
6. Enact economic and social policies that contribute to
achieving gender equality and align with human rights
principles.
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