Paragraph 107(m)-(n) of the Beijing Platform for Action. Chapter IV. C. Women and Health
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): The Good Men Project
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2018/11/06
Strategic objective C.2.
Strengthen preventive programmes that promote women’s health
Actions to be taken
107. By Governments, in cooperation with non-governmental organizations, the mass media, the private sector and relevant international organizations, including United Nations bodies, as appropriate:
m. Establish and/or strengthen programmes and services, including media campaigns, that address the prevention, early detection and treatment of breast, cervical and other cancers of the reproductive system;
n. Reduce environmental hazards that pose a growing threat to health, especially in poor regions and communities; apply a precautionary approach, as agreed to in the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, adopted by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development,/18 and include reporting on women’s health risks related to the environment in monitoring the implementation of Agenda 21;/19
Beijing Declaration (1995)
The emphasis is the global authorities for this section of the 107th paragraph. The establishing of programmes and services to move the dial towards the promotion of women’s health a lot.
Many nations around the world lack the proper provisions for the health and wellness of women. It is crucial for the health and wellbeing and, thus, the rights of women for programs and initiatives to be created with their health in mind.
Another methodology aside from the construction of entirely new programs is the bolstering of ones already in place. For example, if there is the legality of safe and equitable access to abortion for women, then the support of the abortion clinics can help with the implementation of women’s rights.
The other health system checks can be put in place for the help with the actualization of women’s rights through improved screening for some of the deadliest health issues out there, which are those connected to cancers including the ones of the reproductive system.
The other portions of this section of paragraph 107 link to the environmental hazards, which, of course, will connect more intimately to the developing rather than the developed countries around the world.
The impact of poverty cannot be understated as poor circumstances and a toxic environment can set girls and women on life paths and much poorer health and, in fact, could impact the ability to partake of education and work because of the consequences of the poor health.
This can produce a problem of more girls and women in penurious circumstances, where they already comprise the majority in these circumstances. For those with an interest in more of these details on solutions and international documents, I would highly recommend the above-mentioned documents.
The health risks to women can impact their trajectories in life. But the poor and the developing countries are the ones with the populations most probable to be impacted by the issues of environmental degradation and lack of proper health standards in living environments.
This is an international issue.
–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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