On the occasion of the 2014 International Women’s Day, International IDEA joins the rest of the world in awareness raising and celebrating women with the theme Empowering change and action. For International IDEA this presents an opportunity to salute all women across the world for defending the rights of women in all spheres of life and the implementation of empowering change and actions. Though yet again we celebrate women of the world in the context of unmet Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - and in particular MDG 3 on gender equality and the empowerment of women.
The past three decades have seen significant gains in securing women’s rights and constitutional guarantees of equality. That so much discrimination against women persists after decades of national and international commitments to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women is an unfortunate reality. The rising global consensus on women’s empowerment did not emerge overnight but rather evolves from a long, slow struggle for the recognition of women’s rights. Consequently, concerted actions on empowering women in order to trigger changes in the deeply rooted gender inequalities in all spheres of life are essential.
We invite our users to read the complete article published March 5 2014
On the occasion of the 2014 International Women’s Day, International IDEA joins the rest of the world in awareness raising and celebrating women with the theme Empowering change and action. For International IDEA this presents an opportunity to salute all women across the world for defending the rights of women in all spheres of life and the implementation of empowering change and actions. Though yet again we celebrate women of the world in the context of unmet Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - and in particular MDG 3 on gender equality and the empowerment of women.
The past three decades have seen significant gains in securing women’s rights and constitutional guarantees of equality. That so much discrimination against women persists after decades of national and international commitments to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women is an unfortunate reality. The rising global consensus on women’s empowerment did not emerge overnight but rather evolves from a long, slow struggle for the recognition of women’s rights. Consequently, concerted actions on empowering women in order to trigger changes in the deeply rooted gender inequalities in all spheres of life are essential.
We invite our users to read the complete article published March 5 2014