President's letter
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)- additional information
Gudrun Haupter, convener of the IAW Commission on Health, adds information to the President’s letter on FGM
30 August, 2016
Gudrun Haupter, convener of the IAW Commission on Health, adds information to the President’s letter on FGM
Mainstreaming gender equality, women’s and girls’ human rights and the empowerment of women in the entire 2030 Agenda is not enough to achieve the transformative changes that the 2030 Agenda must ensure.
Femicide, according to the UN, is the extreme and ultimate manifestation of existing forms of violence against women in patriarchal societies. Crimes of this kind reinforce the idea that women are sexual objects and belong to men
Statement by the President of IAW
In order to speed up change, it is essential that more men and boys are involved as agents for change in gender equality issues
The agreed conclusions confirm the need for a stand- alone goal on gender equality and women’s empowerment in the set of international targets that will be introduced once the MDG’s expire in 2015.
The new Development Agenda should have a stand alone goal on gender equality and the rights of women and girls as well as a crosscutting gender equality perspective throughout the post 2015 Development Agenda.
Living free from violence is a human right. Yet millions of women and girls suffer disproportionately from violence both in peace and in war at the hands of the state, in the home and in the community.
In her inaugural address, IAW’s new President Joanna Manganara says the fight against gender inequality and the feminization of poverty amid the financial crisis and climate change should be the IAW’s priority.