PHM-Exch> Progress of the World's Women: In Pursuit of Justice

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
crossposted from: EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org


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*Progress of the World’s Women: In Pursuit of Justice

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*UN Report* - *6 July 2011, United Nations, New York

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Full text available online:****

English  PDF [168p.] http://bit.ly/oQkCvZ

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Spanish PDF [168 p.] at: http://bit.ly/mWTiNv

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*Justice still out of reach for millions of women, UN Women says*

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Flagship report from UN’s new organization for women recognizes progress,
but calls on governments to take urgent action to end the injustices that
keep women poorer and less powerful than men in every country in the world**
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Progress of the World’s Women: In Pursuit of Justice is UN Women’s first
major report, following the organization’s launch in early 2011. It
recognizes the positive progress made – 139 countries and territories now
guarantee gender equality in their constitutions, for example – but also
shows that too often, women continue to experience injustice, violence and
inequality in their home and working lives.

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To ensure justice becomes a reality for all women, UN Women calls on
governments to:****

**·          ***Repeal laws that discriminate against women*, and ensure
that legislation protects women from violence and inequality in the home and
the workplace.****

**·          ***Support innovative justice services*, including one-stop
shops, legal aid and specialized courts, to ensure women can access the
justice to which they are entitled.****

**·          ***Put women on the frontline of justice delivery*. As police,
judges, legislators and activists, women in every region are making a
difference and bringing about change.****

**·          ***Invest in justice systems that can respond to women’s needs*.
Donors spend US$4.2 billion annually on aid for justice reform, but only 5%
of this spending specifically targets women and girls.

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*“With half the world’s population at stake, the findings of this report are
a powerful call to action.”
*said Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of
UN Women….”

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*Contents: In Pursuit of Justice

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Part I: Making Justice Systems Work for Women****

Introduction ****

Balancing the Scales: Groundbreaking Legal Cases that have Changed Women’s
Lives ****

Chapter 1: Legal Frameworks ****

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women (CEDAW)****

What does justice mean for women?****

Does the rule of law rule women out?****

Making justice systems work for women****

Gender justice and the Millennium Development Goals****

Funding for women’s access to justice****

When a husband rapes his wife, it is a crime****

Women have the right to be free from sexual harassment in the workplace****

It is not enough to have laws in place, they must be implemented****

Intersectional discrimination can be challenged ****

Customary inheritance laws must comply with guarantees of equality****

Discriminatory citizenship laws are incompatible with constitutional
guarantees of equality****

Women have the right to an abortion in certain circumstances  *Judgment of
the Constitutional Court of Colombia*

Sexual violence is a tactic of war and a war crime****

Reparations for violence against women must be ‘transformative’ *Gonzalez
and others (‘Cotton Field’) v Mexico*

Case study: ****Nepal********


Chapter 2: The Justice Chain ****

Chapter 3: Legal Pluralism and Justice for Women
Chapter 4: Justice for Women During and After Conflict

Part II: Gender Justice and the Millennium Development Goals****


*Ten Recommendations to Make Justice Systems Work for Women*

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*1.  Support women’s legal organizations****

2.  Support one-stop shops and specialized services to reduce attrition in
the justice chain****

3.  Implement gender-sensitive law reform****

4.  Use quotas to boost the number of women legislators****

5.  Put women on the front line of law enforcement****

6.  Train judges and monitor decisions****

7.  Increase women’s access to courts and truth ****

8.  Implement gender-responsive reparations programmes****

9.  Invest in women’s access to justice****

10. Put gender equality at the heart of the Millennium Development Goals****


Annexes****

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