#genderparity

International Women’s Day 2021!

Women of the world want and deserve an equal future free from stigma, stereotypes and violence; a future that’s sustainable, peaceful, with equal rights and opportunities for all. 

To get us there, the world needs women at every table where decisions are being made.

Women’s full and effective participation and leadership in of all areas of life drives progress for everyone. Yet, women are still underrepresented in public life and decision-making, as revealed in the UN Secretary-General’s recent report. Women are Heads of State or Government in 22 countries, and only 24.9 per cent of national parliamentarians are women. 

At the current rate of progress, gender equality among Heads of Government will take another 130 years.

Women are also at the forefront of the battle against COVID-19, as front-line and health sector workers, as scientists, doctors and caregivers, yet they get paid 11 per cent less globally than their male counterparts. 

An analysis of COVID-19 task teams from 87 countries found only 3.5 per cent of them had gender parity.

We support #GenerationEquality, rising for an equal future. 

Throughout history, women have been fighting inequality at home, work, and in society. Women are relegated to responsibilities at home like child rearing or household chores. The gender wage gap is when men and women are in the same occupation with the same responsibilities in a workplace, yet men are paid more than women. Currently in 2019, women in the United States are being paid seventy nine cents every man is paid a dollar. Since 1980, the gender pay gap has been getting better over the years, but currently, it has stalled. Using TIME’s calculations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, women from ages 16 to 70 are losing out on more than five hundred thousand dollars their whole lifetime because of the gender wage gap. The gender wage gap goes against Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) which states, “Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work” (UDHR Art. 23).

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Works Cited: 

UN General Assembly. "Universal Declaration of Human Rights." United    Nations, 217 (III) A, 1948, Paris, art. 23, http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/. Accessed 1 Dec. 2019.

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South Sudan's got talent! And it uses it to raise awareness on mines.

In South Sudan, the escalation of insecurity and subsequent mass population movement has made civilians increasingly vulnerable to the threats of mines and unexploded ordnance. Children are one of the most at-risk groups due to their inherent curiosity, which leads them to play with explosive items without knowing the danger.

The UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and UNMAS South Sudan work together to seek creative ways to visualise the risks of mines and alert children and the rest of the population widely, using posters, leaflets, radio programmes, SMS, and social media.

Most recently, UNMAS called on children and youth from primary schools in Juba to challenge themselves on a song writing context on the risks of mines. The winner school got the opportunity to have their song recorded by the prominent Sudanese pop group Jay Family.

“I’m teaching my family and friends about mines,” stated Sunday, one of the girls from the winning school of Ft.Giada Girls Primary School.

The involvement of girls in the competition and song production prompted them to be more aware of the problems of explosive hazards and they have become advocates for raising awareness about these issues among their friends and family.