GEAR CAMPAIGN PETITION
UN Gender Equality Architecture Reform
Amnesty International Website Link for Petition:
http://www.amnesty.org/en/appeals-for-action/gear
In mid June, GEAR Campaign representatives will present a petition to "Make the United Nations more effective in realizing women’s rights" to the United Nations President of the General Assembly, H.E. Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki. If you have not already signed on, please do so before June 10th when the petition will close. Also, please disseminate widely to your networks and constituencies.
GEAR Multilingual Petition Links:
Arabic - www.amnesty.org/ar/appeals-for-action/gear
English - www.amnesty.org/en/appeals-for-action/gear
French - www.amnesty.org/fr/appeals-for-action/gear
Spanish - www.amnesty.org/es/appeals-for-action/gear
We thank you for your support and will share more GEAR updates shortly.
The GEAR Campaign
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Soroptimists at the UN - New York-MDG update
DPI /NGO Briefing May 20th 2010 at Salvation Army Auditorium 52nd Street
UN Representative New York
Report : Yoko Komori Olson
“We can End poverty The Millennium Development Goals at Ten”
Background information
“ We must not fail the billions who look to the international community to fulfill the promise of the Millennium Declaration for a better world. Let us meet in September to keep the promise.” With only five years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on world leaders to attend a summit in New York on 20-22 September 2010 to boost progress towards the MDGs. “ Secretary –General Ban Ki-moon
This is the DPI report of FACT and Progress.
( in Reference to the MDGs Summit 20-22 September, 2010)
MDG #3
PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN
Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015
Fact
The gender gap in primary school enrolment has narrowed to over 95 girls for every 100 boys in developing countries,a 4 percentage point improvement since 1999.
Women’s share of national parliamentary seats increased to 19% in 2009, a 6 percentage point improvement since 1999.
Country Progress
Mexico------“Oportunidades “ conditional cash transfer programme led to an increase of secondary school enrolment rates of over 20% for girls and 10% for boys in rural areas where the programme operated.
Rwanda--- in 2008, Rwanda elected a majority of women (56%) to its lover chamber of parliament, the highest level of female representation of any country.
Bangladesh----Starting from a very low gender parity index in primary education(0.35) in 1980’s, now closed the gender gap in primary and secondary education within a decade.
Tanzania---Land Act and Village Land Act of 1999 secured women’s right to acquire title and registration of land, addressed issues of customary land rights, and upheld the principles of non-discrimination based on sex for land rights.
Ethiopia----Amhara Province, promotion of functional literacy, life skills, reproductive health education and opportunities for saving for girls has significantly reduced marriage of girls aged 10 to 14.
Guyana---Help for teenage mothers to improve their competence through education and life skills training has significantly empowered them to make decisions for better lives for themselves and their children.
UN Representative New York
Report : Yoko Komori Olson
“We can End poverty The Millennium Development Goals at Ten”
Background information
“ We must not fail the billions who look to the international community to fulfill the promise of the Millennium Declaration for a better world. Let us meet in September to keep the promise.” With only five years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on world leaders to attend a summit in New York on 20-22 September 2010 to boost progress towards the MDGs. “ Secretary –General Ban Ki-moon
This is the DPI report of FACT and Progress.
( in Reference to the MDGs Summit 20-22 September, 2010)
MDG #3
PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN
Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015
Fact
The gender gap in primary school enrolment has narrowed to over 95 girls for every 100 boys in developing countries,a 4 percentage point improvement since 1999.
Women’s share of national parliamentary seats increased to 19% in 2009, a 6 percentage point improvement since 1999.
Country Progress
Mexico------“Oportunidades “ conditional cash transfer programme led to an increase of secondary school enrolment rates of over 20% for girls and 10% for boys in rural areas where the programme operated.
Rwanda--- in 2008, Rwanda elected a majority of women (56%) to its lover chamber of parliament, the highest level of female representation of any country.
Bangladesh----Starting from a very low gender parity index in primary education(0.35) in 1980’s, now closed the gender gap in primary and secondary education within a decade.
Tanzania---Land Act and Village Land Act of 1999 secured women’s right to acquire title and registration of land, addressed issues of customary land rights, and upheld the principles of non-discrimination based on sex for land rights.
Ethiopia----Amhara Province, promotion of functional literacy, life skills, reproductive health education and opportunities for saving for girls has significantly reduced marriage of girls aged 10 to 14.
Guyana---Help for teenage mothers to improve their competence through education and life skills training has significantly empowered them to make decisions for better lives for themselves and their children.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Advocacy in Action- Soroptimists Submit papers to the UN
The Programme Team has been hard at work in the Advocacy area of SI. We have submitted several exciting reports to the UN, including a submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for a study on children and migration, where we highlight our work on trafficking in Moldova (Hope and Dreams for Everyone), and a submission to UNESCO on the Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, where we showcase our work in post-war Sierra Leone through Project SIerra. The team has also written new guidelines for Soroptimists to undertake their own advocacy in their own communities. All of this and more will be available on SI’s website (www.soroptimistinternational.org) in the coming weeks!
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