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Jr. Model United Nations Preparatory Conference
Gender Equality and Economic Development
Presented by: Mr. Alex Otieno, Arcadia University
Wednesday, March 12 & Thursday, March 13, 2014
Temple University, Fox School of Business · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Gender Equality and Economic Development: Pathways to Progress
Alex OtienoArcadia University
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The Concern- An Unfulfilled Obligation
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Are Gender Equality and Economic Development
Achievable?• What is gender equality and why
does it matter to economic development?
• How do we make gender equality both possible and desirable?
• How do we sustain and expand on progress made in gender equality and development?
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What are Millennium Development Goals?
• 1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger• 2 Achieve universal primary education• 3
Promote gender equality and empower women• 4 Reduce child mortality• 5 Improve maternal health• 6 Combat HIV / AIDS, malaria and other
diseases• 7 Ensure environmental sustainability• 8 Develop a global partnership for development
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What we know
• UN Member States can make tangible impacts on all development goals
• Gender equality requires ongoing commitment
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Gender Inequality and Women’s Status
• Are women and girls discriminated against in health, education, labor market and politics?
• Gender Inequality Index (GII) measures how gender negatively impacts freedoms– Maternal mortality ratio – Adolescent fertility rate (birth rate/1000
15-19 yr olds)– Seats in national Parliament (% of
females) – Population over 25 with at least
secondary education– Labor force participation rate for 15 year
olds
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Growth as Path to Equality: Shifting into
Gear• Create policies aimed at facilitating the
link between economic growth and equality
• Increase women’s economic opportunities– Through markets, formal and informal
institutions
• Increase women’s agency, endowments, and economic opportunities
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Intersection of International and National Issues
• Support equal opportunity laws and practices that reduce unequal participation in politics, education, and economics
• Invest in infrastructure/increase women’s role in the labor market as a way of building capability and economic independence
• Review national, regional and global progress in achieving equal opportunity
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Protect and Promote Human Rights
• Freedom and opportunity to maximize individual potential regardless of sex
• Duty bearers to protect, promote and fulfill health and development rights
• Responsibility to facilitate partnership for progressive realization of goals
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Case: Gender Parity in Political Representation
• You agreed on achieving 30% women in parliaments or national assemblies
• Women still comprise only 21.4 percent of elected representatives worldwide
• Latin America has more than 24% of women MPs — one of the highest shares in the world — the region still has a long road to travel towards gender parity
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Impact of Quotas Mandated by Law
COUNTRY Proportion of women representatives before law
Proportion of women representatives after law
ARGENTINA
8.7 37.4
COSTA RICA
15.8 38.6
NICARAGUA
18.4 40.2
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Priorities from Four-Year Review
• Strategic thinking in reducing gender gaps and facilitating human development
• A gender-based approach to MDGs has potentially large payoffs• Address limits of income-based
approach and reorient public policies towards equity and empowerment
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How Can Delegates Help?• Collaboration on
poverty reduction in low income countries (global south)
• Focus on partnerships among high, middle and low income countries
• Work towards improved governance, peace, social justice and stability
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"Equality for Women is Progress
for All"• Include small farmers and the informal
private sector in models of economic development
• Create space/engage in dialogue fostering women’s participation in politics
• Facilitate access to justice and use law and the judiciary to advance empowerment and equity
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Reinforce Role of Institutions
• Use law and justice system to enhance role of institutions in equality and sustainable development
• Open spaces for women’s political involvement
• Review current strategies with a view of ensuring gender equality
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Link Equality, Development and Rights
• Identify social and political action necessary for making gender equality and development urgent matters
• Pursue social justice and accountability–Particular attention to women
• Create structures for increasing access to justice and rule of law
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Equality and Effective Economics
• Integrate human rights into all important development policies
• Use development assistance to promote women’s human rights
• Invest in programs that foster gender equity and economic development
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Way Forward- Share Knowledge and Information• Provide financial support and
strategic partnerships for evidence-based action
• Improve political participation, access to justice and rule of law
• Use international and local evidence from reviews in advocacy for change– Prevailing inequities supported by norms and
practices
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References • Boserups, E. 1970. Women's Role in Economic Development. London:
George Allen and Unwin.• Coontz, S. 2013. Why Gender Equality Stalled. The New York Times
(February 17), SR1, SR6–7.• United Nations. 2010. Achieving Gender Equality, Women's Empowerment
and Strengthening Development Cooperation. Available online at http://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/docs/pdfs/10-50143_(e)_(desa)dialogues_ecosoc_achieving_gender_equality_women_empowerment.pdf
• United Nations 2012. Dialogues at the Economic and Social Council. Online at http://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/docs/pdfs/dialogues_at_ecosoc_2012.pdf
• Wasserman DL.2010. Using a systems orientation and foundational theory to enhance theory-driven human service program evaluations. Eval Program Plann, 33(2):67-80.
• http://www.economist.com/node/6800723 Discussion on the impact of women being part of the education system as well as the economic system as a way of increasing countries outputs. Relates to child birth and participation in work.