Regional dialogue in Panama calls for bold action to transform social norms preventing women in all their diversity to equally participate in decision-making across Latin America and the Caribbean
Source: UN Women
“As highlighted by CEDAW General Recommendation No. 40, parity and the full participation of women are the only way to guarantee the exercise of all other rights. It also serves as a safeguard against the discrimination and violence that women face in their daily functions and trajectories in public and political life” affirmed Bibiana Aido, UN Women Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean, opening the Regional Intergenerational Dialogue on Women’s Leadership.
Echoing this call, Marcela Ríos Tobar, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at International IDEA, emphasized: “Effective parity has helped improve democracies in Latin America. Moving toward balanced representation between women and men in politics is an effective mechanism to strengthen the connection and legitimacy of institutions and to make equality a reality as a pillar of democracy.”
Referring to the European Union’s shared values, Minister Councillor Jesús Moreno Díaz from the Delegation of the European Union to Panama affirmed: “Gender equality is a fundamental pillar of democracy, peace and prosperity. In particular, equal participation in decision-making not only provides a balance that strengthens democracy and promotes its proper functioning, but also reflects in a more accurate way the composition of society, including the interests of women”.
“As highlighted by CEDAW General Recommendation No. 40, parity and the full participation of women are the only way to guarantee the exercise of all other rights. It also serves as a safeguard against the discrimination and violence that women face in their daily functions and trajectories in public and political life” affirmed Bibiana Aido, UN Women Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean, opening the Regional Intergenerational Dialogue on Women’s Leadership.
Echoing this call, Marcela Ríos Tobar, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at International IDEA, emphasized: “Effective parity has helped improve democracies in Latin America. Moving toward balanced representation between women and men in politics is an effective mechanism to strengthen the connection and legitimacy of institutions and to make equality a reality as a pillar of democracy.”
Referring to the European Union’s shared values, Minister Councillor Jesús Moreno Díaz from the Delegation of the European Union to Panama affirmed: “Gender equality is a fundamental pillar of democracy, peace and prosperity. In particular, equal participation in decision-making not only provides a balance that strengthens democracy and promotes its proper functioning, but also reflects in a more accurate way the composition of society, including the interests of women”.