From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">crossposted from: <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:13.0pt"><span><b><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">Progress
of the World’s Women: In Pursuit of Justice <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">UN Report</span></font></b></span><span><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial"> - </span></font></span><b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">6 July 2011, United
Nations, <u></u><u></u>New York<u></u><u></u><i><span style="font-style:italic"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:13.0pt"><i><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:italic" lang="EN-GB">Justice still out of reach for millions of
women, UN Women says<u></u><u></u></span></font></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;color:black" lang="EN-GB">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<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;color:black" lang="EN-GB">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.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;color:black" lang="EN-GB">To ensure justice becomes a reality for all
women, UN Women calls on governments to:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in"><u></u><font color="black" face="Symbol" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span>·<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font><u></u><b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold">Repeal laws that discriminate against women</span></font></b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;color:black">, and ensure that legislation protects women
from violence and inequality in the home and the workplace.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in"><u></u><font color="black" face="Symbol" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span>·<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font><u></u><b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold">Support innovative justice services</span></font></b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;color:black">, including one-stop shops, legal aid and
specialized courts, to ensure women can access the justice to which they are
entitled.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in"><u></u><font color="black" face="Symbol" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span>·<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font><u></u><b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold">Put women on the frontline of justice delivery</span></font></b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;color:black">. As police, judges, legislators and activists,
women in every region are making a difference and bringing about change.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in"><u></u><font color="black" face="Symbol" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span>·<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font><u></u><b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold">Invest in justice systems that can respond to
women’s needs</span></font></b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;color:black">. Donors
spend US$4.2 billion annually on aid for justice reform, but only 5% of this
spending specifically targets women and girls.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:italic" lang="EN-GB">“With half the
world’s population at stake, the findings of this report are a powerful
call to action.” <br>
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Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women….”<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Contents: In Pursuit of Justice<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Part
I: Making Justice Systems Work for Women<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Introduction
<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Balancing
the Scales: Groundbreaking Legal Cases that have Changed Women’s Lives <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Chapter
1: Legal Frameworks <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial">The
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
(CEDAW)<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial">What
does justice mean for women?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial">Does
the rule of law rule women out?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial">Making
justice systems work for women<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial">Gender
justice and the Millennium Development Goals<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial">Funding
for women’s access to justice<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial">When
a husband rapes his wife, it is a crime<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial">Women
have the right to be free from sexual harassment in the workplace<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial">It
is not enough to have laws in place, they must be implemented<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial">Intersectional
discrimination can be challenged <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial">Customary
inheritance laws must comply with guarantees of equality<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial">Discriminatory
citizenship laws are incompatible with constitutional guarantees of equality<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial">Women
have the right to an abortion in certain circumstances <i><span style="font-style:italic">Judgment of the Constitutional Court of Colombia<u></u><u></u></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial">Sexual
violence is a tactic of war and a war crime<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial">Reparations
for violence against women must be ‘transformative’ <i><span style="font-style:italic">Gonzalez and others (‘Cotton Field’) v <u></u><u></u>Mexico<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></i></span></font></p>
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study: <u></u><u></u>Nepal<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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Chapter 2: The Justice Chain <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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3: Legal Pluralism and Justice for Women <br>
Chapter 4: Justice for Women During and After Conflict<br>
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Part II: Gender Justice and the Millennium Development Goals<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Ten Recommendations to Make Justice Systems
Work for Women<u></u><u></u></span></b></span></font></p>
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</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">1. Support women’s legal organizations<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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Support one-stop shops and specialized services to reduce attrition in
the justice chain<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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Implement gender-sensitive law reform<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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Use quotas to boost the number of women legislators<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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Put women on the front line of law enforcement<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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Train judges and monitor decisions<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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Increase women’s access to courts and truth <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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Implement gender-responsive reparations programmes<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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Invest in women’s access to justice<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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Put gender equality at the heart of the Millennium Development Goals<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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Annexes<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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