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ENGLISH
GENDER EQUALITY IN THE RURAL
ENVIRONMENT
SOCIAL-ECONOMIC DEMOCRATISATION
Stengthery The Intgrate of Rural Women:
Social & Econ. Democratization in
Production and
Panamá, República de Panamá
28, 29 y 30 de mayo de 1997
Gender Equality in the Rural Environment. Social-
Economic Democratisation
The Difficulties
Unequal conditions and poverty are still affecting rural women
(femalisation of poverty). The invisibility of their social and economical
contributions hinder the manageability of their problem (>100% under-
registered).
The programs timidly incorporate gender and concentrate on
improving the condition, but not the position of rural women.
In spite of the contribution of women to production (>50%), their
access to the production factors (land) and support services (credit,
technology, markets) is very limited.
Farmer's organisations have very low participation and
leadership of women. Female leadership capacity still is very latent in
rural areas.
Efforts that have been made
- All countries have programs and projects aiming to improve the
condition of rural women.
- In 1991, the First Ladies (Regional Council of Social Affairs)
promoted the project: Women, Environment and Development.
- In 1995, the Advisory Instance of Consultation in Central America
was created and the theme on gender support is reinforced.
- The declarations of Paraguay (1995) and Bolivia (1996) reiterate the
need to promote the access of women in the decision-making process,
advocate for their health, education, peace and equity.
- The support of CAC to strategic guidelines for the incorporation of
the focus on gender and the initiative of the First Lady of Panama to
elaborate an hemispheric project (April 1997).
- The IIAC has maintained a leading role and kept on the subject of
gender.
- The incorporation of women to the various models of development
(1980-1990).
- Women and communication (1990-1993).
- Communication, gender and sustainable development in Central
America (1996-1998).
- Food producer in 18 countries of Latin America an the Caribbean
(IIAC-IDB).
- Training Seminars (IIAC-FAO).
The Proposal (See Annex A)
2
General Objectives
Promote gender equality through:
- Improvement of living conditions of rural women.
- Increase of their participation in terms of quality and quantity in
productive activities.
- Access to support services.
- Promotion of their leadership, and
- A conceptual and political framework that will institutionalise
gender equality.
Specific Objectives by Components
Integration to the productive chain
- Participation in productive activities involving food and production
chains.
- Efficient and effective access to support services (credit, technology,
markets, legal advise).
- Participation in organisations, training for leadership and business
management.
Specific Support by Components
Support of Institutions
- Support the process of public and private institutionalisation of
gender equality.
- Training in technical and organisational aspects, management, and
negotiation, seeking autonomous businesses.
3
- Generate capacity to differentiate survival needs, well-being and
gender needs.
- Strengthen self-esteem through recognition of their role and
participation in the decision-making process.
Specific Objectives by Components
Rural Women's Fund
Establish a mechanism of multiple long-range financing, with the
participation of multilateral organisms, international donors, regional
entities and participating countries.
Specific Objectives by Components
Dynamic Conceptual Development
- Permanent conceptual and prospective debate to adequate the role
of women to their hemispheric and regional reality.
- Policies to establish equality of gender in social, cultural and
economical activities.
- Methodology with gender-oriented perspectives, for participative
planning and evaluation of projects.
4
VII Conferencia de Esposas de Jefes de Estado
y de Gobierno de las Américas
Reunión Técnica Preparatoria
CEJEG /PANAMA
5/28/97/ Doc. 1
English
AGENDA
Panamá , República de Panamá
28, 29 y 30 de Mayo de 1997
Nioole Robner
VII Conferencia de Esposas de Jefes de Estado
y de Gobierno de las Américas
AGENDA
TUESDAY 27
Delegations Arrival
Registration - Lobby Hotel Continental
WEDNESDAY 28
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Inauguration
9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Coffee - Break
9:30 - 10:30 a.m
Plenary
-
Introduction to the Methodology of the Meeting
-
Introduction to the Methodology of the Follow- up Reports
Presentation ( CEJEG/DOC.2)
10:30 11:30 -a.m.
Plenary
Pending Actions of the agreements execution ( CEJEG/DOC. 3)
12:00 m.
The First Lady offers a luncheon for the principal Technical
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Conveyance to the Presidency of the Republic
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Panama Canal of Visit
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Plenary
Presentation of new projects by the International Agencies
/1. Twenty- first Century School (CEJEG/DOC. 4)
J2. Education for Human Rights and Peace Culture
(CEJEG/DOC.5)
3. Integration of the Rural Woman and Peace Culture
(CEJEG/ DOC. 6)
4. Eradication of Children's Work (CEJEG/ DOC. 7)
5:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Coffee - Break
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Question of Answer
THUERSDAY 29
8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Work Group for the four New Projects- Bolivar Salon
- Twenty-first Century School (CEJEG / DOC. 4)
- Education for Human Rights and Peace Culture
(CEJEG/DOC.5)
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Coffee - Break
10:30 - 12:30 p.m.
Group of the Work Continuation Integration of the rural Woman
in the activities of Commercialization(CEJEG/ DOC. 6)
Eradication of Children's Work (CEJEG/ DOC 7)
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Open Lunch
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Plenary
The Work Groups present their conclusions
8:00 p.m.
Dinner and Typical Performance at Las Tinajas Restaurant
FRIDAY 30
8:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Plenary
Logistical Information on the VII Conference(CEJEG/DOC.8)
10:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Coffee - Break
11:00 - 12:30 p.m.
Plenary
Discussion of the VII Conference's Declaration (CEJEG/DOC.9)
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Open Lunch
12:45 p.m.
Press Conference - Pro Tempore Secretary
(Bolivia - Chile - Panamá)
2:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Plenary
Thurs
pm
Discussion of the Debate Regulations( CEJEG /DOC. 10)
5:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Conclusion
6:00
Cocktail
VII CONFERENCE OF WIVES OF HEADS OF STATES
AND GOVERNMENT OF THE AMERICAS
TECHNICAL PREPARATORY MEETING
CEJEG /PANAMA
5/28/97/ Doc. 7
English
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM FOR THE ERADICATION OF
CHILD LABOUR
Panama, Republic of Panama
May 28, 29 and 30 1997
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM FOR THE ERADICATION OF CHILD LABOUR
[Unedited Draft]
There are millions of children working throughout the world, a
fact that makes most people unaware of this situation.
Sold or bartered like cheap merchandise, many of them can't get away
from slavery or prostitution. Others barely survive the long working
hours, the heavy loads, the dangerous tools or toxic chemical
products. The stronger ones will make it, but they will be branded for
ever with the physical and psychological stigma of premature labour.
In a period of life that should be of learning in school in preparation for
a productive adult life. These boys and girls, see their childhood die
and with it the promise of a better future.
It's true that all over the world there is a growing awareness of this
problem, but in spite of this there's stilll a wall of silence surrounding
the most grave forms of child labour, while other walls, those of
ignorance and selfish interests tend to perpetuate this. Only a clear
view of the problem and the firm decision to fight it, will finally
eradicate child labour and it's effects.
ILO and child labor.
A new and energetic offensive of the fight born in 1919.
Objectives of IPEC.
Priorities of the Program.
Strategies of IPEC
The essential steps.
IPEC Associates.
A vast social mobilisation.
International Cooperation
Beneficiaries and donors
The goal that the IPEC pursues is the progressive eradication of child
labour through the strengthening of the countries' capacity to face the
problem, and the creation of a world-wide movement to fight against
this practice.
Child labour is vast, complex and multifaceted phenomenon. At long
range the solution will only be able to stem from the own countries this
is why the IPEC actions are directed to:
Supporting the efforts that each country makes to fight child labour and
to acquire a long lasting capacity in this field.
Give priority to the eradication of the most grave forms of exploitation
and risk within child labour.
Foment the adoption of preventive measures.
The IPEC's experience on the matter, has confirmed that it is not
realistic to believe that this long existing problem can be eliminated all
at once. Therefore, while seeking the final objective, the most
compelling obligation of the ILO and the IPEC is to aid in eliminating
that which is intolerable. For this purpose three fixed "object" priority
groups were created:
-
Children subjugated to hard work or regimes of slavery.
Children who labour under undue or dangerous working
conditions.
-
Children under twelve years of age who work.
Within each of these groups, special attention is placed on girls who
are particularly vulnerable to abuse and exploitation.
The IPEC strategy.
From the ILO-IPEC point of view, the best way to reinforce the
capacity of the associated organisations, consists of applying a
multisectorial strategy by stages through the following steps.
Motivate the constitutive members of ILO (Governments, workers
organisation and employers organisations) and other pertinent
speakers to a dialogue on the problems of child labour and establish
liaisons to overcome this.
This step culminates with a formal commitment on the Governmental
part to collaborate with ILO and IPEC, formulated on an agreement
protocol between the government and the organisation.
-Make a situation analisis to determine the nature and magnitude of
the problems related to child labour in a specific country
-To help the interested parties in each country to elaborate the
national policies related to the specific problems of child labour
-Strenghten the existing organisations and create the institutional
mechanisms that will make each country responsible , for the program.
For this purpose a Directive Committee will be established with
members from all interested ministries, worker organisations and the
NGOs, in charge of counselling on the adopted policies.
The Starting point for the ILO-IPEC Strategy is the willingness and
commitment of each participating country to combat child labour. It's
a task that each Government assumes, with the collaboration and
consultation of workers and employer organisations, diverse non-
governmental organisations NGOs, and specific sectors of the society
such as universities and media.
The program will help them to adopt measures aimed to:
prevent the use of child labour
Withdra children of major risk job situations and exploitation and
offer alternatives
Improve the working conditions as a transitory measure while the full
eradication of child labour is completed
Forment the awareness of child labour problems at national and
local level and in the place of work
Promote the development and use of a protective legislation.
support the direct action over potential working children and their
environment, to prove that it is possible to prevent high risk situation
children from being prematurely incorporated to the labour force and
take others out of jobs that represent greater danger or exploitation.
Reproduce and multiply those projects that have been succesfull, to
incorporate their positive aspects, to ordinary programs and budgets
of the social interlocutors.
Sistematically integrate the themes relevant to child labour to policies
programs and social and economic development budgets.
The ILO and IPEC have set a ten year limit give to lend assistance to
a specific country. This term, of course, is flexible: it may vary
according to the characteristics and extension of child labor in the
country, the stage of development of the same and, the determination
shown by the political and social instances to figth it
It is necessary that the struggle against child labour be deep rooted
into the culture, the institutions and the aspirations of each society.
The children and their families are the first defense line against child
labour.
For this reason efforts are being made to identify and put into practice
concrete measures that will permit these to become self-evident,
through awareness, participation and organization. The Labour
Ministries participate actively in the programs. A fruitfull colaboration
with other interested ministries has ben iniciated too, especially
Ministries of Education and those that deal with youth, family, the
mass media, health and social welfare as well as with central
coordinating organisms like national planning commisions or the Prime
Ministers cabinet.
Efforts are being made in all countries to attain the participation
of the authorities at a state, provincial and local level.
Employer cooperation is absolutely essential in the fight against
child labour. Employers have carried out, on an individual basis or
through their organizations, concrete action plans by which the hiring
of child labour, the withdrawal of children from dangerous jobs and the
improvement of their working conditions, have been achieved.
Workers organizations have associated actively to IPEC. They
perform an important role fomenting awarness of the problem between
their associates and children who work, launching campaigns on the
media and supervising the working conditions of children. Additionaly
in some countries they have managed to include themes related to
child labour in their collective agreements.
The participation of many and varied non-governmental
organizations (NOG) takes on great importance in the struggle against
child labour. Frequently, these constitute an appropiate channel for
the concrete activities destined to satisfying the needs of working
children, their families and communities; this is due to their knowledge
of these groups and their closeness to them. They usually obtain
positive results when it comes to promoting the internal organization of
these groups and prompting them to participate in the planning and
execution of action plans.
Many other co-participants have joined IPEC in the struggle
against child labour, some of these are: the media, judicial institutions,
health care institutions, universities and members of parlament.
In 1991 the government of Germany decide to donate 50 million marcs
to support ILO, thruought five years, in the launching of a worldwide
campaing against child labour. This is how the International Program
For The Eradication of Child Labour came to be (IPEC), which brougth
forth the increse in force of ILO's activities concerning this matter.
After evaluating the needs and making other prepartions IPEC
Program became fully operational in the latter part of 1992, year in
which six countries signed the agreement protocol with ILO.
These countries were, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Thailand and
Turkey.
Since 1994, other countries have benefitted from this Program: as is
the case of Bangladesh, Phillipines, Nepal, Pakistan, and the United
Republic of Tanzania.
Belgium has offered her support to the Program as a donor
country since 1992. Germany commited her support since 1995 to
provide important additional resources, and Australia, U.S.A., France
and Norway began lending their financial support to the Program.
A very important contribution, made by Spain in 1995 and
destined to take up a space of five years, has meant the extension of
the Program in Latin American. Eleven countries are already
participating: Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela, other
countries of the region will to join the Program in the near future.
In the beginning of 1996, conversation to concrete contributions
from Canada, Italy, Luxemburg and the European Union were very
advanced.
The IPEC Program will continue to extend throughout Africa,
Asia and the Arab Nations.
VII CONFERENCE OF THE WIVES OF HEADS OF STATE OF THE
GOVERNMENTS OF THE AMERICAS
Thechnical Preparatory Meeting
CEJEC/PANAMA
28/5/97 / Doc.16
English/
RECORD OF THE INAUGURAL MEETING
MAY 28, 1997
Panama, Repúblic of Panama
28, 29 y 30 de mayo
SUMMARY OF THE REPORT
TECHNICAL PREPARATORY MEETING
RECORD OF THE INAUGURAL MEETING
At 8:45 AM, Dr. Leonor Calderón, Coordinator of International Affairs
for the Office of the First Lady of Panama, reported on the advances and
achievements as a result of the previous six conferences and presented and
greeted the participating delegates (see CEJEC. I-C)
This was followed by Mrs. Carola Muñoz Vera, Technical Coordinator
for the Bolivia meeting, who emphasized the role of the First Lady of the
Americas as protagonists in the development, work, and unity of Latin
America, directed to achieve the well being of the peoples. (See CEJEC/16-
A).
The inaugural meeting was adjourned, by the First Lady of the
Republic of Panama, Attorney Dora B. de Perez Balladares, who welcomed
the delegates of the 27 participating countries and the specially invited
persons. She emphasized the themes which are of interest of the First Ladies
of the Americas which is synthesized in education, rights of children, human
rights and attention to the rural women. (See CEJEC/1-B). She thanked the
support and comments on the proposals that were to be formulated in this
preparatory technical meeting.
2
At 9:20 AM the meeting was adjourned and the delegations were
invited to participate in the first plenary sessions which would take place after
a brief recess.
3
VII CONFERENCE OF THE WIVES OF HEADS OF STATE OF THE
GOVERNMENTS OF THE AMERICAS
Thechnical Preparatory Meeting
CEJEC/PANAMA
28/5/97 / Doc. 17
English/
REPORT OF THE FIRST PLENARY SESSION
MAY 28, 1997
Panama, Repúblic of Panama
28, 29 y 30 de mayo
REPORT OF THE FIRST PLENARY MEETING
MAY 28, 1997
Leonor Calderón initiated the work session at 9:35 AM and stated that
Lelia Lombardo would present the work agenda, and its DEJEG/Doc.1, in
order that it be submitted for consideration by the present participants. At the
request of the delegate from Costa Rica, the agenda was modified, changing
the plenary session from Friday, May 30, to Thursday May 29, from 4:00 PM
to 6:00 PM.
The delegates were informed that whosoever does not wish to visit the
Canal, transportation would be acquired to return to the Hotel after lunch.
Doctor Roxana Pachai of Panama presented document CEJEC/2
"Follow-up Form of the Acquired Commitments in Bolivia," for the purpose
of gathering information on what was agreed upon at the previous meeting
and she requested that said information be sent before July 30.
The form was modified in the point which reads "Elimination and
Prevention of all Forms of Intrafamily Violence" was added on "emphasizing
intra family violence." "See CEJEG Doc. 2 Rev. 1"
Point 5 of the Form was added on where it reads "Promote Access of
Boys and Girls to Equal Educational Opportunities," to which is added
"Formal and Non Formal." CEJEG Doc. Rev. 1. After an exchange of
Opinion concerning the documents at hand the First Plenary Session was
adjourned at 10:45 AM
VII CONFERENCE OF THE WIVES OF HEADS OF STATE OF THE
GOVERNMENTS OF THE AMERICAS
Thechnical Preparatory Meeting
CEJEC/PANAMA
28/5/97 / Doc.17-A
English/Rev. 1
REPORT OF THE SECOND PLENARY SESSION
MAY 28, 1997
Panama, Repúblic of Panama
28, 29 y 30 de mayo
REPORT OF THE SECOND PLENARY MEETING
MAY 28, 1997
At 10:55 AM, Leonor Calderón requested that each one of the
Delegates introduce themselves to each other in order to become acquainted,
before presenting the subject matter to be discussed.
After the introduction, Juana Herrera stated that before reading
documents EJEG/Doc. 3- pending action of the Agreements in Execution, the
motive of this meeting in which she clarified that no exhanstive proposals
were being accepted for each one of the Agreements already adopted, but
others could be included which might complement the actions which were
already in execution.
Following this, there were some films concerning this theme. Juana
Herrera read the aforementioned document, introducing some indications in
this respect.
Having concluded this intervention, there were some opinions on this
matter, and the delegate from Costa Rica stated her preoccupation concerning
the theme which should be considered priority, that is:
4.
"Intrafamily Violence."
5.
"The Participation of Women in Power and in the Decision
Making
Process"
2
She was of the opinion that these points are of great importance but
they were considered of secondary importance. Consequently she was ready
to return to Panama in order to see what she could do for the benefit of the
same.
Juana Herrera stated that within the priority themes, the boosting
actions were also presented:
1.
The accelerated reduction of mortality and maternal mortality in the
Americas
2.
The prevention of premature pregnancy.
3.
Latin American programs against cancer.
The delegate from St. Kitts suggested that the term "consideration" be
changed for "sanction" under Point 4.1 on Intrafamily Violence.
Juana Herrera clarified that this was a work document that was not
completed and that the observation of the delegate from Costa Rica was very
well put. She added that if any of the delegates had any proposal for the
follow-up of the Agreements. they could present them, since they agreed to
receive all suggestions.
Leonor Calderón intervened in order to remind them that they should
be moving on in order to attend the lunch offered by the First Lady of Panama
at Presidential of the Republic . The Second Plenary Session was adjourned at
11:50 AM.
3
VII CONFERENCE OF WIVES OF HEADS OF STATES
AND GOVERNMENT OF THE AMERICAS
TECHNICAL PREPARATORY MEETING
CEJEG /PANAMA
5/28/97/ Doc. 7
English
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM FOR THE ERADICATION OF
CHILD LABOUR
Panama, Republic of Panama
May 28, 29 and 30 1997
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM FOR THE ERADICATION OF CHILD LABOUR
[Unedited Draft]
There are millions of children working throughout the world, a
fact that makes most people unaware of this situation.
Sold or bartered like cheap merchandise, many of them can't get away
from slavery or prostitution. Others barely survive the long working
hours, the heavy loads, the dangerous tools or toxic chemical
products. The stronger ones will make it, but they will be branded for
ever with the physical and psychological stigma of premature labour.
In a period of life that should be of learning in school in preparation for
a productive adult life. These boys and girls, see their childhood die
and with it the promise of a better future.
It's true that all over the world there is a growing awareness of this
problem, but in spite of this there's stilll a wall of silence surrounding
the most grave forms of child labour, while other walls, those of
ignorance and selfish interests tend to perpetuate this. Only a clear
view of the problem and the firm decision to fight it, will finally
eradicate child labour and it's effects.
ILO and child labor.
A new and energetic offensive of the fight born in 1919.
Objectives of IPEC.
Priorities of the Program.
Strategies of IPEC
The essential steps.
IPEC Associates.
A vast social mobilisation.
International Cooperation
Beneficiaries and donors
The goal that the IPEC pursues is the progressive eradication of child
labour through the strengthening of the countries' capacity to face the
problem, and the creation of a world-wide movement to fight against
this practice.
Child labour is vast, complex and multifaceted phenomenon. At long
range the solution will only be able to stem from the own countries this
is why the IPEC actions are directed to:
Supporting the efforts that each country makes to fight child labour and
to acquire a long lasting capacity in this field.
Give priority to the eradication of the most grave forms of exploitation
and risk within child labour.
Foment the adoption of preventive measures.
The IPEC's experience on the matter, has confirmed that it is not
realistic to believe that this long existing problem can be eliminated all
at once. Therefore, while seeking the final objective, the most
compelling obligation of the ILO and the IPEC is to aid in eliminating
that which is intolerable. For this purpose three fixed "object" priority
groups were created:
I
Children subjugated to hard work or regimes of slavery.
Children who labour under undue or dangerous working
conditions.
-
Children under twelve years of age who work.
Within each of these groups, special attention is placed on girls who
are particularly vulnerable to abuse and exploitation.
The IPEC strategy.
From the ILO-IPEC point of view, the best way to reinforce the
capacity of the associated organisations, consists of applying a
multisectorial strategy by stages through the following steps.
Motivate the constitutive members of ILO (Governments, workers
organisation and employers organisations) and other pertinent
speakers to a dialogue on the problems of child labour and establish
liaisons to overcome this.
This step culminates with a formal commitment on the Governmental
part to collaborate with ILO and IPEC, formulated on an agreement
protocol between the government and the organisation.
-Make a situation analisis to determine the nature and magnitude of
the problems related to child labour in a specific country
-To help the interested parties in each country to elaborate the
national policies related to the specific problems of child labour
-Strenghten the existing organisations and create the institutional
mechanisms that will make each country responsible for the program.
For this purpose a Directive Committee will be established with
members from all interested ministries, worker organisations and the
NGOs, in charge of counselling on the adopted policies.
The Starting point for the ILO-IPEC Strategy is the willingness and
commitment of each participating country to combat child labour. It's
a task that each Government assumes, with the collaboration and
consultation of workers and employer organisations, diverse non-
governmental organisations NGOs, and specific sectors of the society
such as universities and media.
The program will help them to adopt measures aimed to:
prevent the use of child labour
Withdra children of major risk job situations and exploitation and
offer alternatives
Improve the working conditions as a transitory measure while the full
eradication of child labour is completed
Forment the awareness of child labour problems at national and
local level and in the place of work
Promote the development and use of a protective legislation.
support the direct action over potential working children and their
environment, to prove that it is possible to prevent high risk situation
children from being prematurely incorporated to the labour force and
take others out of jobs that represent greater danger or exploitation.
Reproduce and multiply those projects that have been succesfull, to
incorporate their positive aspects, to ordinary programs and budgets
of the social interlocutors.
Sistematically integrate the themes relevant to child labour to policies
programs and social and economic development budgets.
The ILO and IPEC have set a ten year limit give to lend assistance to
a specific country. This term, of course, is flexible: it may vary
according to the characteristics and extension of child labor in the
country, the stage of development of the same and, the determination
shown by the political and social instances to figth it
It is necessary that the struggle against child labour be deep rooted
into the culture, the institutions and the aspirations of each society.
The children and their families are the first defense line against child
labour.
For this reason efforts are being made to identify and put into practice
concrete measures that will permit these to become self-evident,
through awareness, participation and organization. The Labour
Ministries participate actively in the programs. A fruitfull colaboration
with other interested ministries has ben iniciated too, especially
Ministries of Education and those that deal with youth, family, the
mass media, health and social welfare as well as with central
coordinating organisms like national planning commisions or the Prime
Ministers cabinet.
Efforts are being made in all countries to attain the participation
of the authorities at a state, provincial and local level.
Employer cooperation is absolutely essential in the fight against
child labour. Employers have carried out, on an individual basis or
through their organizations, concrete action plans by which the hiring
of child labour, the withdrawal of children from dangerous jobs and the
improvement of their working conditions, have been achieved.
Workers organizations have associated actively to IPEC. They
perform an important role fomenting awarness of the problem between
their associates and children who work, launching campaigns on the
media and supervising the working conditions of children. Additionaly
in some countries they have managed to include themes related to
child labour in their collective agreements.
The participation of many and varied non-governmental
organizations (NOG) takes on great importance in the struggle against
child labour. Frequently, these constitute an appropiate channel for
the concrete activities destined to satisfying the needs of working
children, their families and communities; this is due to their knowledge
of these groups and their closeness to them. They usually obtain
positive results when it comes to promoting the internal organization of
these groups and prompting them to participate in the planning and
execution of action plans.
Many other co-participants have joined IPEC in the struggle
against child labour, some of these are: the media, judicial institutions,
health care institutions, universities and members of parlament.
In 1991 the government of Germany decide to donate 50 million marcs
to support ILO, thruought five years, in the launching of a worldwide
campaing against child labour. This is how the International Program
For The Eradication of Child Labour came to be (IPEC), which brougth
forth the increse in force of ILO's activities concerning this matter.
After evaluating the needs and making other prepartions IPEC
Program became fully operational in the latter part of 1992, year in
which six countries signed the agreement protocol with ILO.
These countries were, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Thailand and
Turkey.
Since 1994, other countries have benefitted from this Program: as is
the case of Bangladesh, Phillipines, Nepal, Pakistan, and the United
Republic of Tanzania.
Belgium has offered her support to the Program as a donor
country since 1992. Germany commited her support since 1995 to
provide important additional resources, and Australia, U.S.A., France
and Norway began lending their financial support to the Program.
A very important contribution, made by Spain in 1995 and
destined to take up a space of five years, has meant the extension of
the Program in Latin American. Eleven countries are already
participating: Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela, other
countries of the region will to join the Program in the near future.
In the beginning of 1996, conversation to concrete contributions
from Canada, Italy, Luxemburg and the European Union were very
advanced.
The IPEC Program will continue to extend throughout Africa,
Asia and the Arab Nations.
VII CONFERENCIA DE ESPOSAS DE JEFES DE ESTADO
Y DE GOBIERNO DE LAS AMÉRICAS
Reunión Técnica Preparatoria
CEJEG/Panamá
28/5/97 / Doc.1-D
Español
LISTA GENERAL DE PARTICIPANTES
Panamá, República de Panamá
28, 29 y 30 de mayo de 1997
I
ARGENTINA
Nombre
Idioma
1.- Teresa González Fernandéz de Sola
Español
2.- Olga Lopo
Español
BOLIVIA
1.-
Carmen Camacho de Tejerina
Español
2.- Carola Múñoz Vera
Español
CANADA
1.-
Natasha Dormoi
Español
Embajada de Canadá en Panamá
2.-
Louise L. Léger
Español
Embajador de Canadá en Panamá
3.-
Andrea Baldwing
Español
Vice-Cónsul de Canadá en Panamá
CHILE
1.-
María Verónica Barahona del Pedregal
Español
2.- Daniel Duque Mella
Español
3.-
María Soledad Weinstein Menchaca
Español
2
COLOMBIA
Nombre
Idioma
1.- María Cristina Duque de Moncaleano
Español
2.- Gloria Cecilia Estrada de Turbay
Español
COSTA RICA
1.-
Maricela Bárcenas Vargas
Español
2.- Sary Montero Cabezas
Español
CUBA
1.- Rita María Pereira Ramirez
Español
E.E.U.U.
1.-
Nicole Rabner
Inglés
2.- Liliana Ayalde
Inglés
3.- Madeline Williams
Inglés
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EL SALVADOR
Nombre
Idioma
1.-
José Roberto Mejía Trabanino
Español
GUATEMALA
1.-
Rosa Julia Elías
Español
HONDURAS
1.-
Yamileth Mejía
Español
MEXICO
1.-
Pedro Gonzáles Rubio
Español
2.-
María Carmen Oñate Muñoz
Español
NICARAGUA
1.-
Rosa Argentina López
Español
2.-
Isabel Rivas
Español
4
PARAGUAY
Nombre
Idioma
1.-
Blanca Angélica Larrosa Acosta
Español
2.- Beatriz Barriocanal de Breuer
Español
PERU
1.- Liliana Cino de Silva
Español
2.- Alfredo Castro
Español
Consejero Local
JAMAICA
1.- Winston Vowen
Inglés
SAINT KITTS/NEVIS
1.-
Roslind E. Hazelle
Inglés
SANTA LUCIA
1.-
Rufina Paul
Inglés
SURINAME
Nombre
Idioma
1.-
Naarendorp Ellen
Inglés
TRINIDAD Y TOBAGO
1.-
Claire Eurice Gittens
Inglés
URUGUAY
1.-
Carmen Alvarez Scarpa
Español
2.-
Diana Cristina Saravia Olmos
Español
VENEZUELA
1.-
Elsie T. Schmiliski de Altimari
Español
GUYANA
1.-
Claudette Moore
Inglés
BRASIL
Nombre
Idioma
1.- María Elena Grossi
Español
2.-
Carmen de Sagel
Español
PANAMA
1.-
Leonor Calderon
Español
2.- Roxana de Pachar
Español
3.- Juana Herrera
Español
4.-
Lelia Lombardo
Español
5.- Aracellys De León
Español
6.- Etelvina Hernández
Español
7.- Zobeida de Bethancourt
Español
VII CONFERENCE OF WIVES OF HEADS OF STATES
AND GOVERNMENT OF THE AMERICAS
Technical Preparatory Meeting
CEJEG/Panamá
28/5/97 / Doc3
ENGLISH
FOLLOW - UP
Panamá, República de Panamá
28, 29 y 30 de mayo de 1997
FOLLOW-UP
[Unedited rough draft]
THE CONFERENCES OF WIVES OF HEADS OF STATE AND
GOVERNMENT OF THE AMERICAS HAVE AS THEIR MAIN
OBJECTIVE:
A. To promote and protect the full exercise of the fundamental rights
and liberties of the population of the Americas, to better the quality of life,
through the encouragement of national and regional actions to support the
social policies of their respective governments, mainly in favor of women
and children.
B. Join forces towards the enforcement of the agreements approved
both in the declaration of President's of the Wives of Heads of State and
Government of the Americas and governmental representatives, and the
platforms and plans of action of Cairo, Copenhague, the Summit of the
Americas, Beijing and the goals of the World Summit on Children.
Towards that end, the First Ladies subscribed to the Declaration of
La Paz, Bolivia, celebrated December 3 through December 6, 1996, the
purpose of which was to analyse "The Rights of Women and Children with
the Framework of Sustained Human Development" and came to
agreements about actions inspired through dialogue, solidarity and mutual
respect.
They reaffirmed their commitment to promote and support the
policies and strategies of Sustained Human Development, trying to obtain
the complete and just participation of the most vulnerable social sectors.
They offered their capacity to negotiate and mobilise to comply with
commitments made, regarding the national interests of each country.
They also committed themselves to firmly back the coherent and
effective social policies and strategies which governments of the
hemisphere are trying to promote, with the purpose of obtaining Sustained
Human Development.
Towards this end, they established follow-up mechanisms for the
agreements reached in the different conferences.
Not all the initiatives will be reviewed with suggestions or action
plans, but we will present those for which we have received comments
from government institutions, private, international or non-governmental
organisations who wish to support the initiatives of the First Ladies.
1.
The Health of Women and Children of the Americas. Follow-up to
the initiative of support for plans to quickly reduce the female
mortality and morbidity of the Americas.
1.1
Introduction to the subject.
1.2 Presentation of actions to strengthen the initiative of support for
the plans to reduce the female mortality and morbidity of the
Americas.
1.3 "Prevention" of teenage pregnancy.
1.3.1 Introduction to the subject.
1.3.2 Presentation of actions to support the project for the
prevention of teenage pregnancy in adolescents.
2.
Prevention of mortality by Cancer in women of the Americas.
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Presentation of actions to strengthen the projects, at a local
level and through the Latin American Program Against Cancer
(ALICC).
2.3 Aspects that foment the reorganisation of the Program.
3.
Infant immunisation in the Americas.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Follow-up actions to reach an agreement to eliminate Measles
and maintain the results.
4.
Regional Program to eliminate violence against women.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2
Follow-up actions.
5.
Participation of women in positions of power and in the
decision-making process.
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1.
The Health of Women and Children of the Americas. Follow-up to
the initiative of support for plans to quickly reduce female mortality
and morbidity of the Americas.
1.1 The strategy of health and children have a goal to promote the
formulation, revision, strengthening and follow-up of National
Policies, plans and programs for the rapid reduction of maternal
and peri-natal mortality and morbidity of the Americas.
Also, promote the mobilisation of public, private, NGOs, social
grass-roots organisations and others, that from their scope of
competence may contribute to the development of plans,
national and local, for the execution of high-impact measures
towards the rapid reduction of maternal mortality.
Continue to expand the teen-age, pregnancy Prevention Project
incorporating strategies such as sexual education,
strengthening self-esteem and others.
The above can be accomplished by adopting co-ordinated
measures which favor changes in the quality of life of women
through the promotion of health by gender, rights and
responsibilities, and the utilisation of health services which are
offered.
1.2 The following strategies can be adopted:
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Human resources training.
-
Strengthening and extension of Family-planning Programs.
-
Comply with rules established for care of women and gestants.
-
Train male and female mid-wives in pre-natal and post-natal
care to ensure clean home deliveries and the opportune
referral of cases.
-
Consolidate the epidemic vigilance system or maternal
mortality on a national, regional and local level.
-
Inform and educate adolescents and adults of both genders in
each one of the instances of attention to favor sexual and
reproductive health with the framework of integral health.
1.3 With regards to the Regional Project for "PREVENTION OF
TEEN-AGE PREGNANCY".
1.3.1 It is geared to the general objectives of national policies
and programs for the prevention of Teen-age pregnancy,
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based on the exchange of experiences, incorporation of
reports by country, information and exchange of regional
and sub-regional, and national policies.
Training and promotion of services for adolescents
are reflected in the national programs and projects, the
cabinets of Wives of Heads of State and Government of
the Americas have recovered the wholesome character of
this subject.
1.3.2 To carry out what was realised in this period it is
proposed to:
a)
Continue to include the discussion of the subject at
the highest levels of management of the states and
governments through training programs.
Negotiations could be initiated to obtain from the
Population Fund monies so as to include these
subjects on the agendas of diverse national fora
(ex.: Seminar-Workshops with medical syndicates,
organised groups, civil societies, decision-making
groups and grass-roots).
b)
Celebrate the World Day or Population, whose
subject this year is "The Sexual Health of the
Adolescent", during the month of July in all our
countries and incorporate the youth, professionals,
teachers, authorities and the whole society that is
committed to the subject.
c)
To be able to carry out the inter-institutional
agreements to make the project more effective.
2.
With regards to the Prevention of mortality in women of the Americas
by Cancer, we can point out that:
2.1
Ailments called cancer, occupy world-wide first place in morbid-
mortality statistics, this sickness generates numerous health
problems: psychological, family, labor and economic that
constitutes a grave social problem.
Distribution of the incidence of cancer in Latin America varies
largely geographically, which can epidemiologically be related
to different factors which have not yet been specifically studied.
That is why the Latin American Program Against Cancer began
with a pilot product, with a one year duration, developed in
three countries, which was successfully carried out permitting
the formation of co-ordinating national committees against
cancer in each country led by their First Ladies who promoted
these programs before the governments and communication
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media producing a great deal of public sensibility towards the
solutions to be found together, to contribute to the reduction of
the incidence of mortality through cancer in the 18 countries
that benefit from the program.
2.2 Activities to be developed from the Latin American Program
Against Cancer.
a)
Training Programs of Cito-technologists and a
Consultation System to better the registration of tumours.
b)
Celebrate seminars to form health educators geared
towards women and adolescent health promoters, that
have already been done in Colombia and Costa Rica.
c)
Divulge the Guide for Latin America Against Cancer.
During the third year of the execution of the program,
detection equipment and laboratories necessary for the
development of an early detection campaign will be
installed specially to detect gynaecological cancers.
d)
Besides continuing with proposed plans of each country.
2.3 Aspects to foment the regionalisation program.
The program contemplates not only co-ordinating public entities
and private employees in the fight against cancer in each
country, but the strengthening of relations between the different
leagues and executing associations fighting against cancer and
national, regional and sub-regional organisations active in this
field.
For this reason we contemplate the following activities:
Celebration of the Latin American Week Against Cancer to be
effected between the 6th and 12th of October and which will
centre around the prevention of gynaecological cancer (breast
and the neck of the womb); the week will be made to coincide
with the European Week Against Cancer.
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World Day without Tobacco on the 31st of May, 1997.
Announcement and commemorative related acts.
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Sensibilising the population towards the search for solutions.
Promoting information campaigns, fomenting the co-
responsibility between public administration and civil society.
Facilitate the training of volunteer social workers.
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Promoting the creation of national, regional and state structures
to represent the volunteers associations.
-
Establishing legal framework to permit the creation,
development and co-ordination between volunteer
organisations.
3.
Follow-up of the Action Plan to eliminate Measles, and Infant
Immunisation in the Americas.
3.1 The impact of massive vaccination campaigns translated into
significant reduction in the incidence of this sickness. The
United States, through its vigilance systems does not report
cases of measles imported from Latin America, showing the
importance of the strengthening of the epidemiological
vigilance.
3.2 Most important strategies involve:
a)
Reinforcing permanent vaccination programs, seeking
elevated coverage:
b)
Follow-up every four or five years, to control susceptible
children, when the efficiency of the vaccine has been less
than 6% and does not reach zero conversion;
c)
Vigilance of the impact (measurement) of the campaigns,
identifying risky areas and detecting problems
(deficiencies in vaccination strategies).
We regard to the action of follow-up of measles
elimination agreements, and maintaining favorable
results, we propose the following:
In relation to the follow-up action on the agreements to
eliminate measles and maintain the favourable results,
we propose the following:
Guarantee the participation of the organised civil
societies and the creation of a National Vigilance
Committee, proposed by the Panamanian Paediatric
Society through its President, which can be extensive to
all the countries of the hemisphere. It contemplates the
following:
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REASONING:
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The purpose and the campaign to eradicate measles in
the region, including at a world-wide level, is an initiative
and a sustainable moral obligation.
-
Even with the available vaccines today, the eradication of
measles is possible.
-
The most serious obstacles to massive vaccination are
erroneous concepts about vaccination and the sickness,
which a large number of persons working in the health
field have, including doctors and the general public.
Financial obstacles, although important, are easier to
defeat.
-
A sole dose of the measles vaccine is not enough to
protect against the sickness; because of this, it does not
guarantee eradication.
-
Epidemiological vigilance, necessary to direct control
measures of the sickness, should be based on
presumptive cases, not diagnose cases.
-
Laboratory confirmation of the diagnosis is the only way
to control the transmission of measles.
PRESENTATION:
1.
Regional situation of measles
a)
Morbidity
b)
Mortality
c)
Risk groups
2.
Vaccination conditions in the region.
a)
Vaccinated
1.
Only one dose
2.
Two doses
b)
Percentage not vaccinated
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FINANCING METHODS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1.
Audiovisual campaign
a)
Newspapers
b)
Radio
c)
Television
2.
Continuous education in Hospitals and Health Centres
a)
Emergency rooms
b)
Ambulatory consultation
c)
Hospital wards
3.
Sponsors
a)
Producers/ Vaccine manufacturing companies
b)
Vaccine distributors
c)
Private companies
4.
Those responsible
a)
National Public Health authorities
b)
Paediatric and Medical Societies
c)
Faculties of Medicine
d)
Nursing Schools
e)
Private Hospitals
PROPOSITIONS
1.
Exclusiveness in vaccination (mumps, measles and rubella)
2.
A new Vaccination Calendar at the regional level.
3.
A massive program of "vacunación en sucio" in 1999.
4.
Identification of sectors or areas of low coverage for "barrido"
type vaccines.
5.
Regional Standardisation of codification of "Probable Case".
6.
Detect a laboratory reference as a Centralised laboratory for
the confirmation of probable cases.
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4.
Intra-familiar Violence
4.1
A regional initiative was suggested to support the prevention,
sanction and eliminate intra-familiar violence, as well as involve
all the social actors to develop models, integrate them against
intra-family violence.
Promote the consideration of the inter-american convention to
prevent, sanction and eradicate violence against women in
countries which have not made it and promote its compliance in
all the region.
Request other international organisations to continue
supporting the initiatives on the subject.
4.2 To strengthening and complement the actions that are being
made, we are obtaining as contribution a video from the IDB
on intra-family violence, formatted for television channels and
which can generate tele-debates.
5.
Participation of Women in positions of Power and the decision-
making process:
5.1
Within the initiatives are the development of public policies that
strengthen women's political leadership.
5.2 We know that the IDB is well advanced in the creation of a
Fund for Leadership and Participation, and, we have requested
that once approved, it be presented at the VII Conference of
Wives of Heads of State and Government of the Americas.
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BY THE WIVES OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE AMERICAS
CEJEG /PANAMA
5/28/97/ Doc. 2
English
FORM: FOLLOW UP ON COMPROMISES ACQUIRED DURING THE Vith CONFERENCE IN PAZ, BOLIVIA
Panamá , República de Panamá
28, 29 y 30 de Mayo de 1997
VIIth CONFERENCE
FORM: FOLLOW UP ON COMPROMISES ACQUIRED
BY THE WIVES OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE AMERICAS
DURING THE VIth CONFERENCE IN LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
Date due: July 30th, 1997
EXECUTION %
ACTION TAKEN
YES
NO
HOW
25%
50%
100
FINACIAL SOURCE
Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy
Cancer: Prevention and Control
Women: Education and Training,
emphasizing on rural women
Elimination of Measles (Aim: Year
2000)
Access of girls and boys to education:
Promotion with equity
EXECUTION %
ACTION TAKEN
YES
NO
HOW
25%
50%
100
FINANCIAL SOURCE
Elimination and Prevention of all
forms of Domestic Violence
Promotion of the Eradication of
Children's Work
Reduction of Maternal Deaths
Prevention and Control of
malnutrition due to lack of
micronutrients
Compliance of the rights of Children
and Teenagers
Improving the quality of Children's
Education
Women's empowerment and access
to decision-making processes
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ENGLISH
INAUGURATION SPEECH
Panamá, Repúblic of Panama
May 28, 29 y 30 1997
INAUGURATION SPEECH
Technical Preparatory Meeting of the VII Conference of Wives of
Heads of State and Government of the Americas
Distinguished Advisors and Technical Advisors of the First Ladies and of the
Governmental Representatives of the Americas.
Messieurs and Madams Ambassadors.
Messieurs and Madams Representatives of International Organisations.
Distinguished Messieurs of the Local and International Media.
Distinguished Guests:
1 feel very delighted to gives the wormest
welcome to Panama to all the advisors of the First Ladies and of the
Governmental Representatives of the Americas. Today, we begin the process that
will lead us to the VIIth Conference of Wives of Heads of State and Government of
the Americas, which will be held in Panama before the end of this year.
It is necessary to acknowledge the work done by the six countries that have
preceded us in this process: Venezuela, Colombia, Costa Rica, Saint Lucia,
Paraguay, and Bolivia have made it possible for the First Ladies of the Americas
to have a forum, which allows us to generate and stimulate proposals for the
benefit of the most needy of our countries.
This technical meeting that we begin today is of fundamental importance to
consolidate the contents of the VII Conference. The contributions, suggestions,
and comments that you may bring during these three days will be decisive for the
success of our future activity.
We wish to continue with the follow-up of the programs that are being
executed at present, born from agreements coming out of the previous
Conferences and the endeavours carried out by the First Ladies.
As we conduct this follow-up, we need to propose, in some cases, new
actions that complement the on-going programs, making us come closer to the
goals that we have set for ourselves.
On the other hand, we want to suggest certain new programs to incorporate
in our agenda. These programs are closely linked to important topics that the First
Ladies of the Americas have been constantly interested in: Education, Children
Rights, Human Rights and Rural Women.
We would like to entertain your ideas and comments in order to enrich these
proposals and clearly identify the role that we, as First Ladies, can carry out, so as
to promote these actions and mobilise sectors of the society that will guarantee
their successful execution.I firmly believe that we have advanced tremendously,
and we must make the necessary efforts to preserve this forum that we, as First
Ladies, have achieved in this Continent.
This Conference has become our forum, and I say our because you, as
technical advisors, have efficiently accompanied us in this effort; solidarity,
tolerance and social commitment, are the parameters that guide our actions. This
is a consensus rather than a confrontation forum. This is a meeting place of
goodwill and of unselfish commitment that can and must complement and support
the institutional actions that are carried out by our governments.
I fully trust that with your support we may continue this process. Thanks to
Bolivia for the willingness to share all the information needed to organise this
Conference. Thanks to Chile for having offered to host the VIII Conference, giving
future and continuity to our efforts, and thanks to all the organisations and
international agencies that have believed in us, and have made our proposals
possible; have supported our children, women and the youth of this Continent so
they may be reap the benefits of these new programs and projects.
There is only one way in which to build the future of America: respecting
the human rights of its inhabitants, one and all, with full respect for our beautiful
diversity, with tolerance, love, and the promotion of a true culture of peace.
I wish you all the best in your tasks and the most pleasant stay in my
country, which is, as of today, your home.
I thank you.
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English/
RECORD OF THE INAUGURAL MEETING
MAY 28, 1997
Panama, Repúblic of Panama
28, 29 y 30 de mayo
SUMMARY OF THE REPORT
TECHNICAL PREPARATORY MEETING
RECORD OF THE INAUGURAL MEETING
At 8:45 AM, Dr. Leonor Calderón, Coordinator of International Affairs
for the Office of the First Lady of Panama, reported on the advances and
achievements as a result of the previous six conferences and presented and
greeted the participating delegates (see CEJEC.1-C)
This was followed by Mrs. Carola Muñoz Vera, Technical Coordinator
for the Bolivia meeting, who emphasized the role of the First Lady of the
Americas as protagonists in the development, work, and unity of Latin
America, directed to achieve the well being of the peoples. (See CEJEC/16-
A).
The inaugural meeting was adjourned, by the First Lady of the
Republic of Panama, Attorney Dora B. de Perez Balladares, who welcomed
the delegates of the 27 participating countries and the specially invited
persons. She emphasized the themes which are of interest of the First Ladies
of the Americas which is synthesized in education, rights of children, human
rights and attention to the rural women. (See CEJEC/1-B). She thanked the
support and comments on the proposals that were to be formulated in this
preparatory technical meeting.
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At 9:20 AM the meeting was adjourned and the delegations were
invited 10 participate in the first plenary sessions which would take place after
a brief recess.
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REPORT OF THE FIRST PLENARY SESSION
MAY 28, 1997
Panama, Repúblic of Panama
28, 29 y 30 de mayo
REPORT OF THE FIRST PLENARY MEETING
MAY 28, 1997
Leonor Calderón initiated the work session at 9:35 AM and stated that
Lelia Lombardo would present the work agenda, and its DEJEG/Doc.1, in
order that it be submitted for consideration by the present participants. At the
request of the delegate from Costa Rica, the agenda was modified, changing
the plenary session from Friday, May 30, to Thursday May 29, from 4:00 PM
to 6:00 PM.
The delegates were informed that whosoever does not wish to visit the
Canal, transportation would be acquired to return to the Hotel after lunch.
Doctor Roxana Pachai of Panama presented document CEJEC/2
"Follow-up Form of the Acquired Commitments in Bolivia," for the purpose
of gathering information on what was agreed upon at the previous meeting
and she requested that said information be sent before July 30.
The form was modified in the point which reads "Elimination and
Prevention of all Forms of Intrafamily Violence" was added on "emphasizing
intra family violence." "See CEJEG Doc. 2 Rev. 1"
Point 5 of the Form was added on where it reads "Promote Access of
Boys and Girls to Equal Educational Opportunities," to which is added
"Formal and Non Formal." CEJEG Doc. Rev. 1. After an exchange of
Opinion concerning the documents at hand the First Plenary Session was
adjourned at 10:45 AM
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REPORT OF SECOND PLENARY SESSION
MAY 28, 1997
Panama, Republic of Panama
28, 29 y 30 de mayo
REPORT OF THE SECOND PLENARY MEETING
MAY 28, 1997
At 10:55 AM, Leonor Calderón requested that each one of the
Delegates introduce themselves to each other in order to become acquainted,
before presenting the subject matter to be discussed.
After the introduction, Juana Herrera stated that before reading
documents EJEG/Doc. 3- pending action of the Agreements in Execution, the
motive of this meeting in which she clarified that no exhaustive proposals
were being accepted for each one of the Agreements already adopted, but
others could be included which might complement the actions which were
already in execution.
Following this, there were some films concerning this theme. Juana
Herrera read the aforementioned document, introducing some indications in
this respect.
Having concluded this intervention, there were some opinions on this
matter, and the delegate from Costa Rica stated her preoccupation concerning
the theme which should be considered priority, that is:
4.
"Intrafamily Violence."
5.
"The Participation of Women in Power and in the Decision
Making
Process"
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She was of the opinion that these points are of great importance
but they were considered of secondary importance. Consequently she
was ready to return to Panama in order to see what she could do for
the benefit of the same.
Juana Herrera stated that within the priority themes, the
boosting actions were also presented:
1.
The accelerated reduction of mortality and maternal mortality
in the Americas.
2.
The prevention of premature pregnacy.
3.
Latin American programs against cancer.
The Delegate from St Kitts suggested that the word "considera-
tion" of be changed to "Ratification" and the word "Sanction" be
changed to "Punish" under Point 4.1 on Intrafamily Violence.
Juana Herrera clarified that this was a work document that was
not completed and that the observation of the delegate from
Costa Rica was very well put. She added that if any of the delegates
had any proposal for the follow-up of the Agreements they could
present them, since they agreed to receive all suggestions.
Leonor Calderon intervened in order to remind them that they
should be moving on in order to attend the lunch offered by the
First Lady of Panama at Presidential of the Republic. The Second
Plenary Session was adjourned at 11: 50 AM.
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RAPPORTEUR REPORT
THIRD PLENARY SESSION
Panama, Republic of Panama
May 28, 29 and 30th, 1997
RAPPORTEUR REPORT
THIRD PLENARY SESSION
28 May 1997 - p.m.
At 4:00 p.m., LEONOR CALDERÓN began the meeting
introducing Doctor LIILIAN REAU from PAHO - WHO,
who as a preanble did a brief exposition of the theme to be
addressed, ESCUELA SIGLO XXI: FORMANDO PARA
LA VIDA. (CEJEG/Doc.4)
Following this ,Doctor SONIA M. DE HECKADON, on
behalf of the UNFPA, and projecting transparency filmes,
explained part of the contents of the proposal.
MIGUEL CUELLAR of UNICEF, continuing with the
presentation of this proposal, made reference to the last
items on the Access and Delivery of the Services for
Integral Health, Development of Environments, and
Healthy Sorroundings Monitoring and Evaluation.
He closed saying that the presentation being submitted to
the consideration of the audience, was a proposal coming
from International Agencies.
LEONOR CALDERÓN informed that in the Work Groups,
each one of the proposals will be discussed, with the
attendance of the representatives of the participating
Agencies; and, in these Groups, the exchange of opinions
will occur.
The second issue discussed at this session EDUCATION
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND CULTURE OF PEACE
(CEJEG/Doc.5) was developed by Doctor CESAR
PICONS, representative of UNESCO in Panama.
Doctor GERMAN ESCOBAR, from the Inter-American
Institute for Agricultural Co-operation, while developing
item INTEGRATION OF RURAL WOMEN IN
PRODUCTIVE AND TRADE ACTIVITIES (CEJEG/Doc.
6), Made it clear that this refers to a hemispheric project
with four components, not yet identified because it was in
the process of evolution, that is the reason why he focused
in a broad sense.
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GENDER EQUALITY IN THE RURAL
ENVIRONMENT
SOCIAL-ECONOMIC DEMOCRATISATION
Panamá, República de Panamá
28, 29 y 30 de mayo de 1997
Gender Equality in the Rural Environment. Social-
Economic Democratisation
The Difficulties
Unequal conditions and poverty are still affecting rural women
(femalisation of poverty). The invisibility of their social and economical
contributions hinder the manageability of their problem (>100% under-
registered).
The programs timidly incorporate gender and concentrate on
improving the condition, but not the position of rural women.
In spite of the contribution of women to production (>50%), their
access to the production factors (land) and support services (credit,
technology, markets) is very limited.
Farmer's organisations have very low participation and
leadership of women. Female leadership capacity still is very latent in
rural areas.
Efforts that have been made
- All countries have programs and projects aiming to improve the
condition of rural women.
- In 1991, the First Ladies (Regional Council of Social Affairs)
promoted the project: Women, Environment and Development.
- In 1995, the Advisory Instance of Consultation in Central America
was created and the theme on gender support is reinforced.
- The declarations of Paraguay (1995) and Bolivia (1996) reiterate the
need to promote the access of women in the decision-making process,
advocate for their health, education, peace and equity.
- The support of CAC to strategic guidelines for the incorporation of
the focus on gender and the initiative of the First Lady of Panama to
elaborate an hemispheric project (April 1997).
- The IIAC has maintained a leading role and kept on the subject of
gender.
- The incorporation of women to the various models of development
(1980-1990).
- Women and communication (1990-1993).
- Communication, gender and sustainable development in Central
America (1996-1998).
- Food producer in 18 countries of Latin America an the Caribbean
(IIAC-IDB).
- Training Seminars (IIAC-FAO).
The Proposal (See Annex A)
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General Objectives
Promote gender equality through:
- Improvement of living conditions of rural women.
- Increase of their participation in terms of quality and quantity in
productive activities.
- Access to support services.
- Promotion of their leadership, and
- A conceptual and political framework that will institutionalise
gender equality.
Specific Objectives by Components
Integration to the productive chain
- Participation in productive activities involving food and production
chains.
- Efficient and effective access to support services (credit, technology,
markets, legal advise).
- Participation in organisations, training for leadership and business
management.
Specific Support by Components
Support of Institutions
- Support the process of public and private institutionalisation of
gender equality.
- Training in technical and organisational aspects, management, and
negotiation, seeking autonomous businesses.
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- Generate capacity to differentiate survival needs, well-being and
gender needs.
- Strengthen self-esteem through recognition of their role and
participation in the decision-making process.
Specific Objectives by Components
Rural Women's Fund
Establish a mechanism of multiple long-range financing, with the
participation of multilateral organisms, international donors, regional
entities and participating countries.
Specific Objectives by Components
Dynamic Conceptual Development
- Permanent conceptual and prospective debate to adequate the role
of women to their hemispheric and regional reality.
- Policies to establish equality of gender in social, cultural and
economical activities.
- Methodology with gender-oriented perspectives, for participative
planning and evaluation of projects.
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Anexo IV
ANEXO IV
FORMULARIO DE PRESENTACION DE PETICIONES
UNESCO
PROGRAMA DE PARTICIPACION 1996-1997
Recapitulación de la petición
Petición N° (dejar en blanco)
PARTE L PARTICULARIDADES DE LA PETICION
1.
Petición presentada por (país u OIG):
ONG (nombre completo)
2.
Título del proyecto:
3.
Orden de prioridad:
4.
Tipo de asistencia que se solicita (marque con una "X" la casilla "Opción" e indique la
cuantía solicitada):
Suma solicitada en
Tipo de asistencia que se solicita
Opción
dólares EE.UU.
Especialistas y consultores
Becas y subsidios de estudio
Publicaciones y documentación
Equipos
Conferencia, reunión 0 seminario
Contribución financiera
Personal UNESCOPAS
Banco de Becas
TOTAL
CL/3329
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5.
Descripción del proyecto (véanse las instrucciones, Parte II):
(sírvase continuar en otra hoja, de ser necesario)
6.
Calendario de ejecución del proyecto:
(véase la nota de la Parte II, B)
Fecha de iniciación
Fecha de conclusión
7.
Actividad del C/5 con la que se relaciona el proyecto:
APP
C/5, párr. N°
8.
Cobertura geográfica del proyecto (marque con una "X" la casilla apropiada):
Nacional
Subregional¹)
Regional¹
Interregional¹)
1) Proyecto apoyado por
CL/3329
Anexo IV
9.
Si la petición corresponde a actividades especiales, sírvase marcar con una "X" la casilla
correspondiente:
Decenio Mundial para el Desarrollo Cultural(*)
Prioridad Africa
Alfabetización
Banco de Becas(**)
Ayuda de emergencia
10. Dirección completa (postal, teléfono, télex y fax) del(los) organismo(s) encargado(s) de
ejecutar el proyecto:(***)
11. Dirección completa (postal, teléfono, télex y fax) de la(s) institución(es)
beneficiaria(s):
12. Cuenta bancaria o dirección a la que deberá enviarse la contribución financiera:(***)
13. Dirección a la que deberá enviarse el material:(***)
(*)
En caso de peticiones relacionadas con el Decenio Mundial para el Desarrollo Cultural
debe completarse el formulario que figura en el Anexo VII.
(**)
Véase la nota explicativa que figura en el Anexo VIII.
(***)
En cuanto a los puntos 10, 11, 12 y 13, es obligatorio consignar la información
solicitada.