STRUCTURAL & POLICY CONSTRAINTS
IN ACHIEVING THE MDG'S FOR WOMEN & GIRLS - EXPERT PAPERS FOR CSW 58 - 2014
In
accordance with its multi-year programme of work (2010–2014), the 58th session of the Commission
on the Status of Women (CSW) in 2014 will consider the “Challenges and
achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for
women and girls” as its priority theme.
To take stock on current research and assist the CSW in its deliberations,
UN Women, in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Latin America and
the Caribbean (ECLAC), convened an expert group meeting (EGM) on “Structural
and policy constraints in achieving the MDGs for women and girls” from
21 to 24 October 2013 in Mexico City, Mexico. The aim of the Expert Group
Meeting was to:
- Identify the challenges, including the structural and
policy constraints, for achieving the MDGs for women and girls;
- Identify the policy priorities and critical issues for
achieving the MDGs for women and girls and for the post-2015 agenda; and
- Develop action-oriented recommendations to accelerate
achieving the MDGs for women and girls.
- Radhika Balakrishnan, Center for Women’s Global
Leadership, USA
Macro
policy and the MDGs
- Olivier De Schutter, United Nations Special Rapporteur
on the right to food
Advancing
women’s rights in post-2015 development agenda and goals on food and
nutrition security
- Valeria Esquivel, Universidad Nacional de General
Sarmiento, Argentina
Measuring
unpaid care work with public policies in mind
- Naila Kabeer, London School of Economics and Political
Science, United Kingdom
Rights,
capabilities and collective action: Tthe “missing ingredient” in the MDGs
- Renu Khanna, SAHAJ – Society for Health Alternatives,
India
MDG
5 in India: Whither reproductive and sexual rights?
- Marai Larasi, Imkaan and End Violence Against Women
Coalition, United Kingdom
Beyond
the silos and the silences: Addressing violence against women and girls
within the post-2015 agenda
- Isha Ray, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Challenges
and achievements in Millennium Development Goals for water and sanitation
for women and girls
- Robinah Rubimbwa, Center for Women in Governance
(CEWIGO), Uganda
Gender,
peace and security and the post-2015 framework
- Liane Schalatek, Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America,
Germany
The
post-2015 framework: Merging care and green economy approaches to finance
gender-equitable sustainable development
- Gita Sen and Avanti Mukherjee, India
No
empowerment without rights, no rights without politics: Gender equality,
MDGs and the post-2015 development agenda
- Sivananthi Thanenthiran, ARROW, Malaysia
Have
the MDGs fostered progress on women’s SRHR? Effective policies and
remaining challenges
- Cecilia Umul, International Indigenous Women Forum,
Guatemala
Violence
against women and girls
- Elaine Unterhalter, Institute of Education, University
of London, United Kingdom
The
MDGs, girls’ education and gender equality
- Hannah Wright, Saferworld, United Kingdom
Gender,
peace and security and the post-2015 framework
- Association for Women’s Rights in Development
Have
the Millennium Development Goals promoted gender equality and women’s
rights?
- International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS
ICW
statement on MDGs and post-2015
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