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Clinton Presidential Records
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SUMMARY OF THE PROG
AMM
OF ACTION
IN
RNATI
P
United Nations
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Gender, Population
& Development:
The Role of the
United Nations Population Fund
Nations
Population, Fund
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Population Fund
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996
POPULATION
ISSUES
BRIEFING
KIT
UNFPA
United Nations
Population Fund
UNFPA
The workshop built on priorities identified by young
publicizing progress
women at a joint UNFPA-CEDPA conference for youth,
The Beijing Platform for, Action
made by governments
held in advance of the Beijing Conference.
states that women's empowerment
in implementing
and their full participation on the
AND THE
agreements and deci-
Advocating the voices of young women UNFPA
is
basis of equality in all spheres of
sions reached at the
collaborating with the Thomas Craven film corporation, a
society, including participation in
Beijing Conference
private U.S. company, to produce a video on the needs,
the decision-making process and
and ICPD.
views and aspirations of young women the world over. The
access to power, are fundamental
FOURTH
Studying male sexu-
for the achievement of equality,
video will include footage from the 1995 joint UNFPA-
ality in and out of
development and peace.
CEDPA "Voices of Young Women" conference, the Beijing
Conference and ICPD. The video, which offers a chance to
the family UNFPA
hear young women speak for themselves on issues ranging
is supporting the U.S.-based research group, the Population
WORLD
from their health, education, the environment and poverty,
Council, to undertake a study on the attitudes and views of
will be made available for broadcast to national and
adolescent boys and men on subjects including sexual and
educational television stations in developing and
reproductive behaviour, decision-making about contraception,
industrialised countries.
and their role in the family. Extensive research and interviews,
CONFERENCE
to be conducted primarily in Africa, Asia and the Middle East
over a period of three years. will help to define areas for new
GENDER EQUALITY, EQUITY AND
strategies aimed at enhancing male involvement in reproductive
health and family life. This research will complement work
WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
ON
WOMEN
currently being done by the Population Council on adolescent
girls and women.
THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION and ICPD
Programme of Action state that it is essential to design,
Mainstreaming gender into all UNFPA programmes and
implement and monitor, with the full participation of
projects. UNFPA is assessing how gender considerations can
women. effective. efficient. and mutually reinforcing gender-
be effectively integrated into all aspects of its reproductive
sensitive policies and programmes that will foster the
health. population and development strategies and advocacy
empowerment and advancement of women. They note at the
work. This means asking questions like: which institution is
same time that the goal of gender equality around the world can
most capable of implementing projects in a gender-sensitive
only be achieved by working in partnership with men.
way; how will projects impact on different categories of women.
as compared to men; how to involve women and men in
INITIATIVES:
different phases of projects: and how to monitor gender con-
cerns in UNFPA programmes and projects.
Monitoring progress by governments in reaching goals
Gender training for UNFPA field staff, NGO and national
relating to women's empowerment.. UNFPA is
project partners UNFPA, in collaboration with the
UNFPA
supporting the Women's Environment and Development
Netherlands' Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), is helping local
Organization (WEDO), a global network of women's
institutions in Zimbabwe. Indonesia and Egypt to develop
United Nations
organizations, to translate international commitments to
training manuals on gender, population and development. The
Population Fund
women into national "contracts." Working in coalition
manuals, which can be adapted for use in other countries, are
with global and national women's groups, WEDO will
intended to support efforts to mainstream gender considerations
220 East 42nd Street
UNFPA
strengthen NGO mechanisms for monitoring and
in population programme and project development.
New York, NY 10017
UNFPA IS COMMITTED to implementing
UNFPA PRIORITIES IN THE POST-BEIJING ERA
the Platform for Action adopted by more than
180 nations at the September 1995 Fourth World
WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS
of the Child,
ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Conference on Women in Beijing, China.
the Committee
Violence against women- encom-
on the Elimina-
passes but is not limited to: battering,
The Platform for Action reinforces key concepts
THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION and ICPD
tion of Racial
rape, systematic rape, márital rape,
THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION and ICPD
Programme of Action recognise sexual and reproductive
and goals agreed to at the 1994 International
Discrimination.
non spousal violence, sexual abuse,
Programme of Action highlight gender-based discrimi-
rights as human rights. thereby affirming them as an inalien-
sexual harassment, dowry related
nation against young
Conference on Population and Development
able, integral and indivisible part of universal human rights.
and the Com-
violence; female genital mutilation,
women and girls in
To date, the needs-and rights of
The two action plans also recognise that violence against
mittee Against
Torture.
prenatal sex selection, female
the area of health, in-
adolescents in the area of sexual
(ICPD), and advances several critical areas of
women is a violation of their human rights. Together they
infanticide, and other traditional
cluding sexual and
and reproductive health have
concern to the Fund, including a commitment
call for the prevention and elimination of all forms of
Strengthening
harmful practices; forced preg-
reproductive health.
been largely ignored by existing
to sexual and reproductive rights as human rights,
violence against women, youth and children.
nancy, forced sterilization, forced use
Together they call for
programmes, as by society at
women's re-
gender equality, equity and the empowerment of
productive
of contraceptives, forced abortion.
new health pro-
large. More than 15 million girls
grammes, developed
INITIATIVES:
health and hu-
aged 15 to* 19 give birth every
women, male responsibility, and the elimination
with the participation
man rights networks. UNFPA and UNIFEM are joining
year. One in 20 adolescents
of youth groups, that
of all forms of discrimination and violence against
Strengthening national-level advocacy and legislation for
efforts to strengthen the constituency of women's reproduc-
contracts a sexually transmitted
meet the educational
women and girls. Follow-up activities by UNFPA
enforceable reproductive rights... UNFPA. in collaboration
tive health and human rights organizations. In addition, the
disease, with the highest rates
and service needs of
with the Cen-
two U.N. organizations will develop a framework for
occurring in youth 15 to 24 years
adolescents. They
to the Beijing Conference will be undertaken
Reproductive rights embrace certain human
ter for Repro-
mainstreaming reproductive rights as human rights in their
note that the effort to
of age. In many developing
within the framework of the programmes
rights recognised in national and interna-
ductive Law
programmes.
address adolescent
countries, 60 percent of all new:
tional legal human rights documents,
and Policy. a
reproductive health is
HIV-infections are among 15 to
already initiated to implement the ICPD goals
including the basic right of all couples and
U.S.-based
Helping to make sexual rights and freedom from violence a
uniquely important
24 year olds: Two million girls:
and recommendations. That is, UNFPA should
individuals to decide freely and responsi-
advocacy
reality... UNFPA is stepping up its fight against female geniral
for the health of
undergo female genital mutilation
bly the number and spacing of their children,
group. will
mutilation (FGM) and in
young women and
every year. And 10 percent of
focus its follow-up activities to the Beijing
and to have the information, education
work with law
Sexual rights include the hu-
March 1996 conducted a
their children, for
abortions, or as many as five
Conference on those recommendations which
and means to do so; the right to attain the
and policy
man right of women to have
technical consultation on
women's self-deter-
million per year, are among
are within its own mandate.
highest standard of sexual and reproduc-
NGOs in 51
control over and decide freely
the subject. UNFPA has
mination and. in
women 15 to 19 years of age.
tive health; the right to make decisions
countries to
and responsibly on matters
produced a framework for
many countries, for
In addition to activities at the country level,
concerning reproduction free of discrimi-
review and
related to their sexuality,
integrating activities relat-
efforts to slow the momentum of population growth.
UNFPA, through the Gender, Population and
nation, coercion and violence.
promote na-
including sexual and reproduc-
ing to the eradication of
tional policies
tive health, free of coercion,
FGM into its three core pro-
Development Branch of the Technical and
and legislation that improve women's access to a full range of
discrimination and violence.
gramme areas: reproductive
INITIATIVES:
Evaluation Division, has initiated follow-up
reproductive health care, and that advance women's rights,
health. population and
particularly in the areas that afford them reproductive choice.
development strategies. and advocacy. UNFPA. together with
Helping young women participate in decisions
activities to the Beijing Conference in three main
Regional analyses of the laws and policies will be published and
UNICEF and WHO has issued a joint statement on the
that affect their health and lives. UNFPA is
areas of focus:
widely disseminated.
eradication of FGM.
working with the Centre for Development and
Population Activities (CEDPA) to include girls
Women's Human Rights
Weaving reproductive and sexual rights into the work of
Promoting health security for women as a human right... As
and young women in the formulation and imple-
Adolescent Reproductive Health
U.N. human rights treaty bodies... UNFPA is working to
part of the WHO-sponsored Global Commission on Women's
mentation of decisions relating to their reproduc-
Gender Equality, Equity and
establish mechanisms to begin monitoring and reporting
Health, UNFPA is working to improve the health status of
tive health and educational needs. Young women
reproductive and sexual rights in the six U.N. human rights
women and girls. Working within human rights frameworks.
leaders from all regions of the world participated
Women's Empowerment
treaty bodies. namely, the Committee on the Elimination
the Global Commission is developing new policy guidelines
in a workshop and drafted follow-up action plans
These initiatives will help strengthen
of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, the Com-
and advocacy tools aimed at enforcing the rights of women and
for implementing the Beijing and ICPD recom-
mittee on Civil and Political Rights, the Committee on
girls in areas like violence and education, towards the overall
mendations for inclusion in national. local and
activities at the country level.
Economic and Social Rights, the Committee on the Rights
goal of health security.
youth-managed reproductive health programmes.
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A New Role for Men:
Partners for
Women's
Empowerment
as
UNFPA
United Nations
Population Fund