New York City — The 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Girls (CSW67)— the UN’s biggest annual gathering on gender equality, the empowerment of all ladies and girls and their human rights—effectively closed its two-week lengthy session currently (six to 17 March) with the acknowledgment of the essential part of technologies and innovation in attaining gender equality. The agreed conclusions adopted by Member States supply a blueprint for all stakeholders, which includes governments, the private sector, civil society and youth to market the complete and equal participation and leadership of ladies and girls in the style, transformation and integration of digital technologies and innovation processes that fulfill the human rights and wants of ladies and girls.
At the conclusion of the negotiations, UN Girls Executive Director, Sima Bahous, mentioned: “This year’s Agreed Conclusions are game-altering and bring forward our vision of a far more equal and connected globe for ladies and girls in all their diversity. It is our job, as we leave right here currently, to translate them into reality. The ultimate achievement of these Agreed Conclusions lies beyond their finalization currently, in how we will collectively take them forward. They bring us a vision of a far more equal globe. Let us translate them into reality for all ladies and girls.”
CSW67 reaffirmed the significance of ladies and girls’ complete, equal and meaningful participation and leadership in science, technologies and innovation, and expressed concern on the restricted progress in closing the gender gap in access to and use of technologies, connectivity, digital literacy and education. It also expressed grave concern about the continuity and interrelation in between offline and on the web violence, harassment and discrimination against ladies and girls and condemned the enhance of such acts.
The Commission known as for drastically improved public and private sector investments to bridge the gender digital divide, far more inclusive innovation eco-systems, and the promotion of secure and gender-responsive technologies and innovation. It also known as for inclusive and equitable high-quality education in science, technologies, engineering, and mathematics, data and communications technologies and digital literacy to guarantee that all ladies and girls can thrive in a swiftly altering globe.
Initiatives to market innovation and technological modify, and education in the digital age for attaining gender equality need to take into account the following:
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Create digital tools and solutions to address the wants of all ladies and girls, across sectors and geographies, specially for their education, well being, financial empowerment and engagement in public life, and guarantee ladies and girls have access to digital literacy and expertise all through their life course.
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Mainstream gender in digital policies to get rid of barriers to equal access for all ladies and girls, which includes these living in poverty, in rural, maritime or remote regions, with disabilities, Indigenous ladies and girls, migrant ladies and girls, and older ladies.
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Foster a policy of zero tolerance for gender-primarily based violence that happens via or is amplified by the use of technologies and guarantee that public and private sector entities prioritize its prevention and elimination.
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Mainstream a gender point of view in the style of emerging technologies and adopt regulations to guarantee they are topic to sufficient safeguards to combat new dangers, gender stereotypes and adverse social norms, information privacy breaches and strengthen transparency and accountability.
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Market policies and programmes to reach gender parity in emerging scientific and technological fields and make supportive workplaces and education settings, which includes via gender-responsive education, distance studying options and interdisciplinary approaches combining the teaching of social sciences and scientific fields.
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Create gender-responsive innovation that challenges gender stereotypes and adverse social norms, which includes via the improvement of digital content material, awareness campaigns and teaching competencies for optimistic engagement on digital technologies that engage, educate, encourage and empowers youth, which includes young guys and boys, to turn into agents of modify for gender equality.
The 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Girls took location against the backdrop of continued backlash against women’s rights globally, from improved violence against ladies in the public space, to the gender impacts of the earthquakes in Syria and Turkiye, to the everyday horror that ladies and girls face in emergency and crisis settings which includes in Afghanistan, Ukraine and Iran.
In the 1st completely in-particular person session following 3 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, CSW67 registered pretty higher numbers with far more than 7,000 participants, which includes four heads of state and government and 116 ministers, 205 side events on UN premises, and about 700 NGO parallel events.
For the 1st time, the session integrated an interactive youth session with young persons, youth representatives of delegations, civil society and United Nations organizations , engaging in dialogue and delivering suggestions on how to guarantee young ladies and girls are component of the digital transformation. The Commission also benefited from crucial contributions from a wide variety of civil society organizations which includes the leaders and commitment makers of the Action Coalition on Technologies and Innovation for Gender Equality, launched as component of the Generation Equality Forum. The Action Coalition on Technologies and Innovation for Gender Equality has produced a substantial contribution in cementing alliances in between Governments, private sector, civil society and the UN program and in driving momentum and commitments to advance gender equality via technologies and innovation.
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