Paris: World leaders, generous, and organizations have promised at least $ 40 billion at international conferences in Paris to improve gender equality, because women and girls around the world have greatly influenced by the consequences of pandemic.
UN Female Executive Director Phumzile Mlasuka-Ngcuka welcomed the promise in the three-day generation equality forum that began Wednesday.
The summit “is about change.
It’s about moving from making an appointment to tell us what you will do for the women’s situation to change,” he said.
French President Emmanuel Macron said that for the past half a year, additional.
47 million women fall into poverty in the middle of a pandemic, and millions of others lack treatment, contraception and the possibility of choosing for themselves.
“While they are at the forefront of the war against Covid, women are the first victims of this health crisis.” He said.
This conference aims to deal with and fund all the problems that prevent the rights of women – forced marriages, gender-based violence, leaving schools, inequality work, loss of innovation and technology and their sexual health.
The Foundation NameSake Bill and Melinda Gates announced that they would spend $ 2.1 billion in the next five years for health and family planning programs, economic empowerment projects and other initiatives.
Ford was found to announce an investment of $ 420 million to overcome threats to women’s rights caused by Covid-19.
The World Bank is committed to funding programs in 12 African countries.
The conference, which was jointly held by the United Nations, France and Mexico, was largely held virtually, but several heads of state, UN officials and women’s rights activists were also present directly in Paris.
Intended to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1995 Beijing World Conference on women, where these countries made a great commitment to achieve gender equality, delayed from last year because of Coronavirus.
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is known to say in Beijing that “human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights,” come to Paris to encourage the younger generation to continue to fight.
“Now look back, I believe we have made progress not close enough, and that we must commit to go further.
But we also need the power to claim rights,” he said.
“Rights without strength adding a little.” Our Vice President Kamala Harris, spoke through video conferencing, highlighting threats to democracy throughout the world.
“Democracy is in danger.
Strong people have become stronger.
Human rights violations have multiplied,” he said.
“And who is injured when democracy falls? When democracy is shaken? …
Well, women and women are among those who suffer.” Harris previews US commitments to “strengthen our institutions” in a way that will create “real results that improve women’s lives in the United States and women throughout the world,” without providing details.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres criticized what he described “pushback” today from several world leaders, political, economic and religious movements throughout the world.
“We have to push back to the pushback”, he said.
“We must win the ideological battle against conservative forces.”