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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, СІЧЕНЬ 2011 19 UN WOMEN: NEW HOPE FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS b y Nadia Shmigel On July 2, 2010, the UN General Assembly voted unanimously to create a new entity. The new entity, named UN Women, will help accelerate the ongoing process of meeting of the needs of women and girls worldwide. In a move that was also geared to give women a stronger role in the structure of the United Nations, the UN consolidated the Office of the Special Advisor on Gen der Issues and Advance - ment of Women, the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW), the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), and the UN International Training and Research Institute for the Advance - ment of Women (UNITAR). The NGO community waited wit h great anticipation for UN Secretary General Ban Ki - moon to appoint the new Undersecretary General Ms. Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile, to her new post as head of UN Women. The fact that this position has been assigned the rank of Under - secre tary General is a great achievement for women, particularly as none of the heads of the four entities that are to be consolidated and integrated into UN Women were given an equivalent rank in the structure of the UN. M . Bachelet is a highly experienced lea der and is being warmly welcomed by the NGO community, which is eager to support the new entity during its integration phase and in the future and hopes that the creation of UN Women is a definitive step that will finally endow women with equal human right s to those long enjoyed by men, will end violence against women ( including trafficking of women and girls ) , will help achieve all Millennium Development Goals by established target dates, will raise awareness that gender equality must consider family polic y as it relates to equality of men and women, and will continue to assist women in their social, political, and economic development. NGOs anticipate that UN Women will take a strong stance on women’s physical and mental health issues and policies. You ca n find information on UN Women and its newly appointed Under - secretary General at http://www.unwomen.org/ . In addition to Undersecretary Bachelet, a new board of directors was selected for UN Women. The Ukrainian Permanent Mission to the United Nations is also to be congratulated, as Ukraine was appointed to the board for a 3 - year period as one of four countries representing the East European Region. Some of the statistical data in the report “Millennium Development Goals Ukraine – 2010 National Report” ( See http://www.undp.org.ua/files/ en_52412MDGS_UKRAINE2010_REP_eng.pdf ) in - dicate how much Ukraine needs to mobilize the will of its government and its people to bring about the very much needed changes that are needed to create an egalitarian democratic socie ty. Unfortunately despite the passage of the Beijing Plan of Action in 1995, which though not legally binding, became the model for many of the laws and conventions on women's rights (as did the twenty - third special session of the General As - sembly entitle d “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty - first century.”) However, the progress made in legislation continues to lag in protecting women and girls from violence, trafficking, and sexual exploitation. Women have a long way to go to achieve equal representation in positions of decision making. Even in the developed countries, man are still paid more than women for performing the same work. We all must work together toward the ultimate achievement of long overdue equality for women in the world. Women worldwide will need to continue to work with their governments through advocacy, a wareness, and if needed, pressure, which can be exercised by reporting lack of compliance with and enforcement of such laws as the Convention on Elimina tion of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). _______________________ The author is Main NGO Representative of the World Federation of Ukrainian Women's Organizations to t h e UN, in consultative status with ECOSOC. 11/14/10.
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