Annex I(4)-(6) of the Beijing Declaration (1995)
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): The Good Men Project
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2018/08/22
Acknowledging the voices of all women everywhere and taking note of the diversity of women and their roles and circumstances, honouring the women who paved the way and inspired by the hope present in the world’s youth,
5. Recognize that the status of women has advanced in some important respects in the past decade but that progress has been uneven, inequalities between women and men have persisted and major obstacles remain, with serious consequences for the well-being of all people,
6. Also recognize that this situation is exacerbated by the increasing poverty that is affecting the lives of the majority of the world’s people, in particular women and children, with origins in both the national and international domains,
Beijing Declaration (1995)
The Beijing Declaration Annex I(4) to (6) speaks to the need for the inclusion of all women’s voices, recognition of the status of women, and the need to decrease their level of poverty internationally. The first statement, (4), speaks to the need for the voices of all women to be included in the international dialogues. Then there is also the importance of acknowledging the diversity of women in terms of their roles, personalities, identities, and living standards around the world.
Women vary as much as men in most respects, and so the acknowledgment of these differences and ranges is important to incorporate some nuance into the discussion on women and men in the world. This gives some further basis for the equality of the sexes because knowledge gives some consideration about areas for improvement as they can be identified with acknowledgment.
The importance of the provision of not only a voice but of a diverse set of them remains important, as women come with a variety of backgrounds and experiences that can be used to enrich the experiences of everyone if they have the ears to listen and heart to hear. Then there can be a basis to truly understand women’s roles and circumstances, where the rights for women become an integral part of this, the comprehension of the vast range but the commonality of women’s experiences become another part of the implementation of the rights for women.
The youth tie into the roles of women in the world. Women as the main caretakers of the young around the world give the training and education to the young, so the next generation. Our collective will has been forged in the earliest years through the care, concern, and compassion of women more than men as a historical norm.
This is not even listing the ways in which women have been benefiting the communities more than the men when the finances are given to them; women are more probable to contribute to the wellbeing of the family and the community in contrast to the men as an international norm. It leads to some obvious implications for the health of the societies as a whole.
Annex 1(5) speaks to the recognized status of women in the previous decade – at the time – and this connects right into the present. The degrees and kinds of equality for women have been bumpy, where this creates an important facet of the conversation about the differentials in women’s and men’s experiences of equality – and of different women’s experience too.
That is, if you look inside of many societies, you can note the areas in which are given thrifty consideration and some more than others, often by group classification – for example, an Indigenous woman compared to an East Asian or European woman. We can see the differentials in outcomes and provisions over the long-term.
The main problems within the context of the nation are the obstacles faced by women not faced by men or for those who face the same problems as men the disproportionate level of women in comparison to the men. This also happens within the context of one group of women compared with another group of women.
With the changing circumstances of women, we can see the ability of women to find a decent living; we can also observe the differentials in the trendline on its outskirts dots with some groups within societies and nations within the community of countries doing better or worse than others regarding women’s progress.
Also, The gaps between the sexes have been described as “uneven” with “major obstacles” extant for women’s equality with men. If this remains the international consensus, the next consideration is the degree to which are considered equals with the men in the society. Then the use of statistics to show the benefits to not only the women but to the men, too, as to the inclusion of women at all levels of society; thus, the need for giving back to women that which they have, traditionally and long-term historically, given to men, families, and societies for almost free.
The volunteer hours and incubation of life with little recourse in case of abandonment as one prominent example, as with the Wild West men being, in essence, lawless. The right to vote, the privilege and right to work, the choice in reproduction, pay equity, and so on, as important moves toward a fairer and more just society for the men and the women – for the benefit of the societies as a whole, as per the clear case seen in Iceland, for example.
Annex I(6) states the recognition of the poor and penurious circumstances for man in the world with a disproportionate level seen for women and children, where the vast majority of single parent households are seen in single mother homes. This creates problems in terms of the ability of women and their children to move forward into a decent life.
This remains not only a national but an international issue as well. The questions remain about the proper solutions sensitive to the people, the GDP and resources of the country, the willpower of the citizenry, and the rights signed on to within that country and of which women are entitled to, to have better lives.
–One can find similar statements in other documents, conventions, declarations and so on, with the subsequent statements of equality or women’s rights:
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the Preamble, Article 16, and Article 25(2).
- Convention Against Discrimination in Education (1960) in Article 1.
- The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966) in Article 3, Article 7, and Article 13.
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966).
- Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979).
- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984).
- The Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (1993).
- Beijing Declaration(1995).
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000).
- Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children (2000).
- The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa or the “Maputo Protocol” (2003).
- Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence or the Istanbul Convention (2011) Article 38 and Article 39.
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