Women’s Rights and Gender Integration

2018 ◽  
pp. 600-618
Author(s):  
Charlotte Bunch
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Gender Integration ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Women's Equality ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
And Gender

This chapter outlines the quest for women’s equality, empowerment, and human rights through the United Nations from its founding to the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015. It considers the on-going dilemma in this work of whether, and when, to pursue women’s equality through separate entities and through gender mainstreaming. Describing the evolution of the major UN women-specific institutions, conferences, and standard-setting documents, and the critical role of civil society—especially women’s non-governmental organizations—the chapter argues that these have driven this agenda. Finally, it analyses the progress of gender integration and women’s advancement on UN agendas in the areas of development; health and sexual rights; human rights; and peace and security.

Women, Development, and Gender Inequality

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena Dominelli
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
History Of ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
And Gender

Women have a lengthy history of fighting their oppression as women and the inequalities associated with this to claim their place on the world stage, in their countries, and within their families. This article focuses on women’s struggles to be recognized as having legitimate concerns about development initiatives at all levels of society and valuable contributions to make to social development. Crucial to their endeavors were: (1) upholding gender equality and insisting that women be included in all deliberations about sustainable development and (2) seeing that their daily life needs, including their human rights, be treated with respect and dignity and their right to and need for education, health, housing, and all other public goods are realized. The role of the United Nations in these endeavors is also considered. Its policies on gender and development, on poverty alleviation strategies—including the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals—are discussed and critiqued. Women’s rights are human rights, but their realization remains a challenge for policymakers and practitioners everywhere. Social workers have a vital role to play in advocating for gender equality and mobilizing women to take action in support of their right to social justice. Our struggle for equality has a long and courageous history.

scholarly journals Critical Insights into Gender Mainstreaming in Non-Governmental Organizations Based in Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Binh Thi Le
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
And Gender

<p>In Vietnam, Confucian doctrine has traditionally influenced gender issues. Although, the determination of Government has brought about considerable improvements in gender equality in society, there remains a need for interventions from a variety of stakeholders including Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Recently, both International NGOs (INGOs) and Local NGOs (LNGOs) have increased in scope, size, and resources to address development issues in general and gender issues in particular in the specific context of Vietnam. They all play a pivotal role in delivering services and advocacy in an effort to enable Vietnamese people to live in a society of justice and well-being. However, there continues to be a gap between the rhetoric and practice of these organizations for both internal and external reasons. This research analyses the process of integrating gender into an INGO and an LNGO’s policies and development projects drawing on semi-structured interviews with staff in these organizations. The study explores the extent to which these NGOs use gender mainstreaming as a tool to achieve the goal of gender equality in their own organization and project sites. What challenges and opportunities for each organization exist? The findings indicate that in reference to gender mainstreaming, these NGOs, more or less, have encountered a series of common obstacles found in literature from other parts of the world. They also highlight the importance of the approach to gender work taken by NGOs. Each approach must be based on the specific conditions and characteristics of each organization and more importantly adaptable to the context, culture, and traditions of Vietnam. As a part of gender mainstreaming, NGOs are starting to pay attention to the work/home divides of their staff as a critically important element in organizational culture aiming to get the organization in order first before integrating gender into other dimensions of their development work. Both NGOs have the strong determination to have more male staff in office and involve more men in projects to address gender issues. Furthermore, the lack of openness and dialogue on implementing gender mainstreaming in the NGO community makes a part of the findings. These particular aspects of organisational practice were highlights of this thesis.</p>

scholarly journals The Regional Disability Index and Strengthening Resilience of Persons with Disabilities in the Anglophone Caribbean

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-61
Author(s):  
Floyd Morris
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Anglophone Caribbean ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The University ◽  
Compare And Contrast

In 2019, the University of the West Indies Centre for Disability Studies (UWICDS) released the results of the first Regional Disability Index (RDI). The RDI was developed with the primary aim to track and rank countries within the Caribbean in terms of their efforts to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and by extension, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The RDI used a quantitative methodological framework employing a survey among government and non-governmental organizations catering to persons with disabilities in the Anglophone Caribbean to capture the data. In this paper, this researcher conducts an assessment of the major findings of the RDI in the context of building resilience among persons with disabilities in certain fundamental areas of Caribbean life. Findings relating to legislative protection, education, employment, public transportation, health care, and access to information are highlighted. The RDI, among other things, revealed that St. Vincent and the Grenadines is the top country in the Anglophone Caribbean in terms of their efforts to implement programmes and policies for persons with disabilities. We compare and contrast the findings regionally to that which is taking place in the global landscape for persons with disabilities.

scholarly journals Fast Fashion for 2030: Using the Pattern of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to Cut a More Gender-Just Fashion Sector

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Ramona Vijeyarasa ◽  
Mark Liu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Women Workers ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Gender Justice ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Rights Abuses ◽  
Sustainable Fashion ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
And Gender

Abstract The 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza in Bangladesh brought global visibility to the human rights abuses experienced by women workers in the garment sector. As the spotlight on this incident dims, the need to hold the fashion sector accountable remains. In this article, we suggest that greater accountability could be achieved through the application of a human rights-informed understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to promote gender justice in the sector. By drawing on international women’s rights law and sustainable fashion, we demonstrate how sustainability and gender justice are intimately connected, and illustrate what role the SDGs can play in promoting sustainable outcomes that are gender-just. The article unpacks concepts such as sustainability, the circular economy, social responsibility, and ethical fashion, and places the experiences of women workers within this context. Its principal contribution is a set of six requirements to ensure a gender perspective to the fashion industry’s role in implementing the SDGs.

Stigmatization and Discrimination of HIV/AIDS Women in Kenya: A Violation of Human Rights and its Theological Implications

Exchange ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philomena Njeri Mwaura
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Church ◽  
Hiv Aids

AbstractDespite spirited efforts by the African governments, the church, faith based organizations, non-governmental organizations, individuals and communities, available statistics confirm that the AIDs epidemic continues to advance. This has been exacerbated by grinding poverty, patriarchal gender power relations that render women powerless, damaging practices supported by both traditional and modern cultures, ineffective health care systems, stigma and discrimination. Women and girl children suffer in greater proportions relative to men. Their human rights have been violated inside and outside the church. There is therefore a need to prioritize women's human rights in order for nation states and individuals to implement successful public health strategies, behaviour change and the restoration and maintenance of human dignity. The church should consistently condemn the sin of stigmatization and discrimination. It should revise its education in this area and develop an ecclesiology that would effectively respond to the HIV/Aids epidemic in a just, loving and gender inclusive manner.

scholarly journals Critical Insights into Gender Mainstreaming in Non-Governmental Organizations Based in Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Binh Thi Le
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
And Gender

<p>In Vietnam, Confucian doctrine has traditionally influenced gender issues. Although, the determination of Government has brought about considerable improvements in gender equality in society, there remains a need for interventions from a variety of stakeholders including Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Recently, both International NGOs (INGOs) and Local NGOs (LNGOs) have increased in scope, size, and resources to address development issues in general and gender issues in particular in the specific context of Vietnam. They all play a pivotal role in delivering services and advocacy in an effort to enable Vietnamese people to live in a society of justice and well-being. However, there continues to be a gap between the rhetoric and practice of these organizations for both internal and external reasons. This research analyses the process of integrating gender into an INGO and an LNGO’s policies and development projects drawing on semi-structured interviews with staff in these organizations. The study explores the extent to which these NGOs use gender mainstreaming as a tool to achieve the goal of gender equality in their own organization and project sites. What challenges and opportunities for each organization exist? The findings indicate that in reference to gender mainstreaming, these NGOs, more or less, have encountered a series of common obstacles found in literature from other parts of the world. They also highlight the importance of the approach to gender work taken by NGOs. Each approach must be based on the specific conditions and characteristics of each organization and more importantly adaptable to the context, culture, and traditions of Vietnam. As a part of gender mainstreaming, NGOs are starting to pay attention to the work/home divides of their staff as a critically important element in organizational culture aiming to get the organization in order first before integrating gender into other dimensions of their development work. Both NGOs have the strong determination to have more male staff in office and involve more men in projects to address gender issues. Furthermore, the lack of openness and dialogue on implementing gender mainstreaming in the NGO community makes a part of the findings. These particular aspects of organisational practice were highlights of this thesis.</p>

When Things Fall Apart

2018 ◽  
pp. 149-165
Author(s):  
Christopher Burr Jones
Keyword(s):  
Critical Infrastructure ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Public Administrators ◽  
Futures Studies ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Basic Services ◽  
Development Goals

The chapter addresses the challenges facing first responders and public administrators due to accelerated warming, global weirding, and the limits to complexity. Similarly, these same challenges are also likely to have an impact on the ability of governments, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations to implement and realize the sustainable development goals and their 169 targets. The chapter focuses on the state of critical infrastructure, primarily in the USA, and the maintenance and sustainability of the physical systems of energy distribution, transportation, communication, and other basic services that support economic development and social systems. The chapter posits the need to explore these themes through the lens of futures studies and the need to envision and create preferred futures.

scholarly journals Axiology of the Phenomenon “Sustainable Government Administration” and Interaction of Ukraine with International Organizations in the Field of Environmental Safety

2021 ◽  
Vol 940 (1) ◽  
pp. 012067
Author(s):  
A Lelechenko ◽  
O Lebedinska ◽  
S Somin ◽  
T Derun ◽  
M Ivanisiva
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Modern Human ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Government Administration ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Development Goals

Abstract The purpose of the article is to present empirical research on the study of the axiology of the phenomenon of “sustainable government administration”, the identification of its role and place in the system of value priorities for the development of modern human civilization, as well as the justification of new approaches to international cooperation towards the achievement of global Sustainable Development Goals. A new scientific term has been formulated and a separate scientific and practical direction in the field of science “State administration” - “sustainable government administration”, its subject, object, exclusive features, and methods of implementation have been determined. The author’s model of a criterion comparative analysis of state governance of sustainable development, public administration sustainable development and sustainable government administration features is proposed. Particular attention is paid to the issue of enhancing Ukraine’s participation in the activities of international governmental and non-governmental organizations in the field of environmental safety. The article is a logical continuation of previous scientific studies of the author’s team. The analysis allows to assume that in the case of the introduction of state regulation of sustainable development at the global, national and regional levels, has every reason to achieve a significant part of the Sustainable Development Goals without waiting for 2030.

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