Wednesday, 12th
An excellent presentation by the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Ms Rashida Manjoo (South Africa) using a power point. It has been 20 years since the establishment of the mandate of special rapporteur on violence against women. There have been amazing gains, but there are gaps and challenges. Report to Human Rights Council in June.
States are accountability, there are indicators, due diligence is needed, individual and systemic causes. There continues to be gender related killings of women. Two reports a year are submitted.
Concerns expressed for incarcerated women, ostracized. Prisons are shut down but numbers increasing. Situation for women in prison very serious, although a multtude of issues facing women.
Individual due diligence, systemic due diligence are both needed Law and public policy needed. Women's empowerment, application of CEDAW, lack of accountability and impunity.
Empowerment, Istanbul convention should not be applied to other regions from Europe. Regions develop own Conventions - and this is needed.
Recommends a stand alone goal on VAW. Most pervasive human rights violation, privilege of resources going to to women in conflict. Gets worse in conflict, but violence is there in all countries, and now seeing cut back to shelters etc.
Spoke about substantive equality. Have to respect boundaries. List of countries who have not responded.
Space for women is being appropriated, by men,have to set up own space. UN has supported this as well - question - how do you work? Analysis of who is leading - 3 names come up. Men and boys, haven't been challenged.
Questions from the group came up - who do we call on in emergencies - women from Liberia asked - feel abandoned - where no government. Also question from American Indian Women - where getting no results from own government - who to turn to? And question re internet companies - with international connections, how to regulate and police? Importance of statistics.
--Mary Scott
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