PHM-Exch> Key Messages from the Report on the Post 2015 Inequalities Consultation

[Anneleen De Keukelaere]

Dear PHM friends,

To find out more on PHM's involvement with the Post 2015 Health Development
Agenda, *

CLICK HERE <http://www.phmovement.org/en/node/7036>* for:


   - - PHM's position paper on the post 2015 Development Agenda
   - - Report on civil society consultation organised by PHM, January 2013
   Bangkok
   - - Country reports on post 2015 Development Agenda


Warmest wishes
The global secretariat




On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Claudio Schuftan <cschuftan at phmovement.org
> wrote:

> [excerpts]
>
>
> Inequalities predominantly affect individuals and groups suffering
> multiple* *human rights deprivations. These multiple deprivations and
> inequalities are closely associated with and reinforced by specific forms
> of discrimination* *in the enjoyment of civil, political, economic,
> social and cultural rights. We know inequalities lead to the systematic
> disadvantage of some social groups and to the perpetuation of poverty and
> exclusion from generation to generation. Policies, programs and
> interventions intended to improve the lives of disadvantaged people often
> only address the symptoms of inequalities, such as chronic poverty, but
> not their actual causes. As a result, patterns of powerlessness,
> marginalization and exclusion remain persistent over time. Inequalities are
> commonly ‘legitimised’ by powerful groups using stereotypes and prejudice that
> justify discrimination and maintain exclusion. Gender-based
> discrimination, for instance,* *remains the single most widespread driver
> of inequalities* *in today’s world. The new development agenda must
> enable those whose capabilities have been harmed by inequalities to claim
> and realize their rights. Only this will lead to measures that are transformational
> enough in orientation rather than just being marginal or incremental.
> Needed will be equity-focused and rights-based policies, as well as legal
> and program initiatives including: explicit measures to provide for equal
> access and opportunity for disadvantaged and excluded groups; appropriate
> redistributive measures, including social protection; provision for the
> specific needs of women and girls, children, persons with disabilities and
> minority groups; adequate and sustained investment in children, including
> adolescents, as a means of combating inequality and promoting future
> prosperity; and measures to increase awareness, widen participation in
> decision-making and improve the availability and transparency of data and
> information on inequalities and development progress.  Also needed will
> be equitable tax systems that improve collection rates from sectors and
> agents that have benefited disproportionately from aggregate income growth.
> (Overview and Key Messages from the Report on the Post 2015 Inequalities
> Consultation *http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/308651 )*
>
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Anneleen De Keukelaere
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