Gender and Development
ASSIGNMENT QUESTION
4: Have Gender National Action Plans failed to deliver? Critically review TWO countries .Your discussion should consider governance issues as well as suggest strategies that can improve gender representation / participation in politics?
1. INTRODUCTION
Gender Equality is the basic principle of democracy and an important parameter for sustainable development.
Since the establishment of United Nations Gender Equality is recognized as a human right. In the past quarter century ,there has been great development in gender equality at national and global levels, particularly since the fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in the year 1995.Gender equality and women empowerment have been considered as a critical condition for overall development of a country and taken into consideration in different national planning systems.
‘The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agreed by 189 countries, made during the UN Millennium Summit on 8 September 2000,New York, stand for solidarity and determination of the world leaders to rid the world of poverty and improve the lot of humanity.’( Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation,Government of India)
The Declaration commits Governments - ‘ To promote gender equality and the empowerment of women as effective ways to combat poverty, hunger and disease and to stimulate development that is truly sustainable. It also addresses the .”
It also addresses the equal rights and opportunities of women and men” and pledges “to combat all forms of violence against women and to implement the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nation Development fund for women(UNIFEM) have so far played an important role in supporting and assisiting the Government and other stakeholders in
4: Have Gender National Action Plans failed to deliver? Critically review TWO countries .Your discussion should consider governance issues as well as suggest strategies that can improve gender representation / participation in politics?
1. INTRODUCTION
Gender Equality is the basic principle of democracy and an important parameter for sustainable development.
Since the establishment of United Nations Gender Equality is recognized as a human right. In the past quarter century ,there has been great development in gender equality at national and global levels, particularly since the fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in the year 1995.Gender equality and women empowerment have been considered as a critical condition for overall development of a country and taken into consideration in different national planning systems.
‘The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agreed by 189 countries, made during the UN Millennium Summit on 8 September 2000,New York, stand for solidarity and determination of the world leaders to rid the world of poverty and improve the lot of humanity.’( Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation,Government of India)
The Declaration commits Governments - ‘ To promote gender equality and the empowerment of women as effective ways to combat poverty, hunger and disease and to stimulate development that is truly sustainable. It also addresses the .”
It also addresses the equal rights and opportunities of women and men” and pledges “to combat all forms of violence against women and to implement the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nation Development fund for women(UNIFEM) have so far played an important role in supporting and assisiting the Government and other stakeholders in