Paragraph 60(a)-(b) of the Beijing Platform for Action. Chapter IV. A. Women and Poverty
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): The Good Men Project
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2018/09/30
Strategic objective A.1.
Review, adopt and maintain macroeconomic policies and development strategies that address the needs and efforts of women in poverty
Actions to be taken
60. By national and international non-governmental organizations and women’s groups:
a. Mobilize all parties involved in the development process, including academic institutions, non-governmental organizations and grass-roots and women’s groups, to improve the effectiveness of anti-poverty programmes directed towards the poorest and most disadvantaged groups of women, such as rural and indigenous women, female heads of household, young women and older women, refugees and migrant women and women with disabilities, recognizing that social development is primarily the responsibility of Governments;
b. Engage in lobbying and establish monitoring mechanisms, as appropriate, and other relevant activities to ensure implementation of the recommendations on poverty eradication outlined in the Platform for Action and aimed at ensuring accountability and transparency from the State and private sectors;
Beijing Declaration (1995)
The impacts of the international economic policies of the last few generations of women have been disproportionately negative compared to me. It is not knocking the quality of life but the disproportionate impacts through negligence of the livelihoods of women in ratio comparison to men, as well as the ways in which the future generations will require considerations of women, people of color, the poor, the disabled, and those living in developed countries more than before with sustainability and confronting the real world around us – with or without the assistance of children’s stories or guidance adult fables/myths/parables/tales/legends. Heuristics, rules of thumb, algorithms, and shorthand, and tips and tricks are helpful; but we have to grow up at some point, so beyond them or with a more sophisticated reading them – the Age of Innocence is over.
The work of the national and international non-governmental organizations and women’s groups is incredibly important. These, coordinated with one another, can improve the efficacy of anti-poverty programs not only because more support and resources are devoted to the anti-poverty programs but the orientation of so many organizations can, in even short order, bring more attention and recognition of the issues of poverty rather than the standard media focus on the gathering of individual wealth and hoping to be like the rich and famous.
The poorest and most disadvantaged tend to me the women, especially those from rural and Indigenous communities. There are a host of other classifications taken into the considerations here. Now, looking at the following paragraph and with an acknowledgement of the additional responsibility of governments here, the lobbying efforts are important, because, for example, political lobbying can change policy, which can affect nations – and if enough of those, then, potentially, regions and the international community.
But this takes activism from the ground up, over long periods of time, but the difficulty now is the reduction in the potential timescales given the possibility of climate and other disasters looming over our heads. The Platform for Action, circa 1995, provided a good window into the need for change. The areas for action to implement women’s rights more fully.
It is interesting as the principles of accountability and transparency become part of the work for the implementation of women’s rights. Indeed, there are direct efforts directed at the “State and private sectors,” as these can be additional assistance in the development of or furtherance of women’s rights. The means by which individuals can mobilize and garner the support of larger external organizations, or build their own, can be an importance source of support for the eradication of pvoerty, especially in which this is in the worst circumstances often set for poor women of color compared to other demographics – incredibly exacerbated in developing countries of the world.
–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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