L'égalité des sexes et l'avenir de la Terre

Mar 9, 2015 Mary Robinson , Amina J. Mohammed, Christiana Figueres

NEW YORK – Il y a vingt ans, l'adoption par 189 gouvernements de la déclaration et du programme d'action de Pékin a marqué un tournant dans l'histoire des droits des femmes. Ce plan progressiste reste une puissante source d'inspiration dans l'effort pour réaliser l'égalité des chances pour les femmes et les filles.

Mais alors que de nombreux progrès ont été réalisés au cours des décennies suivantes, il reste encore beaucoup à faire pour garantir aux femmes et aux enfants une vie saine, une éducation et leur pleine intégration sociale. Dans seulement 42 pays les femmes détiennent plus de 30% des sièges au sein du corps législatif et les filles n'ont pas toujours les mêmes possibilités d'éducation que les garçons en Afrique sub-saharienne, en Océanie et en Asie occidentale.

L'égalité des sexes ne concerne pas seulement la préoccupation de la moitié de la population mondiale : il s'agit d'un des droits de l'homme, elle est un sujet de préoccupation pour nous tous, car aucune société ne peut se développer sur le plan économique, politique ou social, quand la moitié de sa population est marginalisée. Nul ne doit être laissé pour compte.

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Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change from 2010 to 2016, is the co-founder of Global Optimism Ltd., co-author of The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis, and co-host of the podcast Outrage + Optimism.

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Freddie Sheffield Dec 28, 2015

Yes I also support new globalization of sustainable development. Gender equality must be practised by everyone. Why should women be discriminated? Everyone must accept that she is as important as man. Without her men's race could not survive. According to http://www.legisocial.fr/conventions-collectives-nationales everybody should respect her and stop decriminalizing women s and girls.
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Tony Francis Mar 12, 2015

Women are as important as men for the human race to survive; just as the heart is as important as the brain for the human body to survive. But that does not necessarily mean that the brain and heart are equal, and that they can do each other's jobs. They will be healthy and efficient if they stay in their own places & do the jobs they were designed for. It is stupid for the heart to complain that the head steals all the attention doing nothing but sitting pretty on the shoulders, while she (the heart) does not get any attenton cos nobody sees her working tirelessly 24/7 pumping blood reliably to feed nutrients and clean the whole body body of toxins. The feet can complain that they are carrying all the weight of the body in dirt, & sharp stones, but not getting the same attention as the head which dies nothing.
Women have a very important role to play in ensuring the survival of the human race; at home, nurturing man's offspring, in their womb, and later, by suckling, feeding& cleaning, for which they are specifically designed. By their ignoring their maternal for chasing their selfish greed for money, drugs, alcohol, sex & boyfriends, they are ruining their societies, and turning their offspings into woman -haters and rapists.
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Eusebio Manuel Vestias pecurto vestias Mar 12, 2015

I am in favor of a new globalization of sustainable development and genter equality and universal health
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Antigoni Aliki Mar 11, 2015

Your very own IMF no matter where it goes to, harms women by making them unemployed, victims of exploitation and forces them to leave school. What r u going to do about it'? Now you want to include women. What for? Don't tell me you have "tasks" for them.
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george sos Mar 10, 2015

Ban religions,stop brainwashing people in the hope you will have control over them ,and all problems will be solved.This situation is a product of the corrupt,unethical and hypocritical suggestions made for decades to people through mediums that reached the poor and hungry,those less fortunate.The problems start when some want to control others.Want to have more than others(greed).These are the factors that made this possible.These are the things we should eradicate.Hypocritical politicians who pay their way into power,helped by corporations and serving their interests and only theirs.
Solution is simple,but simple things tend to not have added value!!!!...If we d spoken openly as humans,and demanded equal sharing of the wealth of the world,all problems would go away.Women today are pushing this Professionalism line,as if this will make the ethos of our society different,by creating more vultures who just want to eat each other for a place in the rich mans table...no thank you !!this is preparing the next slave generation.
If we really cared for women ,we d unite and help them take what they deserve,their equality.their rights as humans.and we d do the same for the poor,the men slaves,the men labourers in qatar ,or saudi,USA or germany,who get peanuts to serve those who own 80% of worlds wealth.
Women have nothing to gain by supporting this kind of "liberation".structured to create more professional slaves for the markets.....thats equality in slavery...no thank you
As for earth,well ,slaves will dig the earth to get out the gold for the rich ,the diamonds,or whatever the rich value ,and pay for good money(peanuts from their vast stolen wealth).
earth suffers from the wealthy markets,from the welathy industrialists who dont vcare for nothing buit profit.As for those chinese rich who build "eco-cities" for employees,well,slave and in a box,what more can you want women?..:(:(
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Anurag Dhyani Mar 10, 2015

That's true for South Asia too which is burgeoned with its huge population and is grappled with the Gender Equality along with sustainability issue from a long time.
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Anurag Dhyani Mar 10, 2015

For this developed countries have to understand their responsibilities under Common But Differentiated Responsibilities principle and have to provide access of technology to the developing countries. Developing countries, similarly, have to understand their responsibility and needs to incorporate strong climate change related provisions in their National Targets. A holistic approach to the problem could (perhaps !) help the issue from being escalated and to deal with it in a comprehensive manner.
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