Committee: Commission on The Status of Women. Topic B: Economic empowerment of women

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1 Committee: Commission on The Status of Women Topic B: Economic empowerment of women Dear delegates, It s an honor and pleasure to welcome every one of you to CIDEBMUN 2017, in the committee of CSW (Commission on the Status of Women). In this simulation, we are hoping to supply a way to expand your view of the world and its current situation. We intent to provide a life-changing experience through this simulation. The simulation is based upon real life issues or events that are indeed happening around the globe and being discussed in the United Nations headquarters. CIDEBMUN has assigned you a country. A country that must have been researched deeplyby you to understand and interpret your delegation s position. We will be discussing this year Guaranteeing access to maternal health for all women and the Economic Empowerment of women. Women empowerment and gender equality is one of the conflicts that have a strong impact on today s society. Keep in mind this and any other factors that may influence your position. After reading this letter, we will inform you about your committee, the topic in question, what actions has the UN taken, among other things. We expect you to have broader view of what the world is going through by making this two-day simulation a wonderful experience to all of you. Do not hesitate to ask any questions or doubts. We can only hope for the best behavior, attitude, and performance from you. Delegates, good luck, and consider the words so wisely spoken by Malala Yousafzai We cannot all succeed if half of us are held back We encourage you to act upon what you believe. Remember you are making a change in the world just by coming here today to defend a position that you believe in. Don t be held back, it s now your time to succeed. Director: Neila Mariana Garza Gutiérrez Moderator: Eduardo Álvarez Quintanilla Introduction

2 The Commission on the Status Of Women was a result of the United Nations commitments to the development of women in different roles of the modern world, it first began with the signing of UN charter in San Francisco with over 160 signatories only four of them were women, despite of the disadvantages they succeeded in enrolling women s rights in the founding document of the United Nations, later in London in February 1946 Eleanor Roosevelt, a United States delegate, read an open letter addressed to ``the women of the world, that said: ``To this end, we call on the Governments of the world to encourage women everywhere to take a more active part in national and international affairs, and on women who are conscious of their opportunities to come forward and share in the work of peace and reconstruction as they did in war and resistance. (Roosevelt, 1946) A few days later a Sub-commission dedicated to the status of women was established under the Commission of Human Rights, although there was plenty of controversy many women delegates and representatives of non-governmental organizations truly believed that a separate body specifically dedicated to women's issues was completely necessary. The first chairperson of the CSW requested ECOSOC in May 1946 for a change to a full commission status and thus on 21 June 1946, the CSW was officially created. The CSW official Headquarters are located in New York some of the outcomes the CSW is affronting right now are Women s economic empowerment in the changing world of work, and Women s empowerment and the link to sustainable development that were taken place on the 61th and 60th annual sessions, with this women are looking forward to strengthen normative and legal frameworks meaning that legal frameworks will be modified to achieve the compenetration of women in more important working roles, as well as implementing economic and social policies for women's economic empowerment. Director: Neila Mariana Garza Gutiérrez Moderator: Eduardo Álvarez Quintanilla

3 Quorum 1. Angola 2. Belarus 3. Belgium 4. Burkina Faso 5. Cameroon 6. Chile 7. China 8. Ecuador 9. France 10. India 11. Ireland 12. Jamaica 13. Japan 14. Laos 15. Mexico 16. New Zealand 17. Nicaragua 18. Russia 19. South Africa 20. Sudan 21. Sweden 22. Thailand 23. United Kingdom 24. United States

4 Topic Introduction Topic B: Economic empowerment of women According to the first article of the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights, established by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1948, All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Unfortunately, women s working rate is only 47.1% while men s is 72.2% and they tend to have less access to formal financial institutions and saving mechanisms (only 47% worldwide) according to the UN Women association. What recent studies have proved, is that, indeed, women help and are an immense influence when it comes to jobs. When women work, worldwide economies improve. If gender inequality has taught us one thing, is just the stagnation of the society. When it comes to education, according to UN Women, women s education increased educational attainment accounts for about 50 per cent of the economic growth in OECD countries over the past 50 years. Women Empowerment is a key point for society s improvement. It has been proved that without women getting involved in today s society, it could no longer function at all. There are thousands of women around the globe who are seeking for equality of opportunities regardless of their gender and that can make a change in the world. Women empowerment should be already considered by default. Women are demanding what should be their right: all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Women are not in extinction, they occupy the other half of the world and it seems just an incoherent decision to demeritate their work just because of the gender they were born as. Topic History

5 In 2010 one specific matter got the attention of the CSW women weren't getting the same labor opportunities as men talking in a socioeconomic way, this is why The Commission on the Status of Women reaffirmed the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, that were the outcome documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly and the declarations adopted by the Commission on the occasion of the tenth, fifteenth and twentieth anniversaries of the Fourth World Conference on Women. Which was Determined to advance the goals of equality, development and peace for all women everywhere in the interest of all humanity and was dedicated to address the constraints and obstacles and enhancing further the advancement and empowerment of women all over the world, and agree that this requires urgent action in the spirit of determination, hope, cooperation and solidarity. Throughout history, people can find many real-life crises involving women and how they are being accused or abused in several ways. This, mainly because of the oppression women have every day. Chances of you getting any feminist majority country are dull. Its particularly overwhelming to realize how many women are being slowed down from their progress just because society cannot give them another role in society other than helping children grow and develop. Of course, education is not an easy job, yet, should people start wondering about why, while men can work freely in their dream job, women must be judged by their appearances instead of their capability for working? Why should women worry about the superficial overall view people have upon them? Unless people start to give courage women all around the globe, unless people envision women for something more than just a cliché, everything will stay the same. It is in times like this, when people should start working to help women set their goals and ambitions higher to help society grow and progress. UN Action

6 Many gender equality campaigns, such as HeForShe for example, are successfully acting on this serious conflict. Having allies such as United States, United Kingdom and even Mexico, its impact on the society is a major one. Still there are much more countries that do not help women achieve a better life. Countries like China, Russia, Japan and many other African countries do not empower women enough for them to be independent human beings. CSW tries to empower women in many ways providing maternal health or education. CSW does each year in the UN headquarters many sessions in which they try to resolve some of the economic and social issues regarding women. Many international organizations support women s economic empowerment, including the Beijing Platform for Action, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and a series of International Labor Organization conventions on gender equality. UN Women supports and helps women s economic empowerment in line with these, and with the growing body of evidence that shows that gender equality significantly contributes to advancing economies and sustainable development. Under crisis response, works in complex humanitarian contexts in 30 countries to restore dignity of female-headed households, and provide durable solutions for refugees. In 2016 alone, CSW served displaced and refugee women and girls under its global flagship program initiative, Women s Leadership, Empowerment, Access and Protection(LEAP). The Global Acceleration Instrument (GAI) for Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action, is a flexible and rapid global funding mechanism. By investing directly in local women s groups, the GAI is an effective and efficient way to provide significantly higher levels of direct support to local responders. Questions (Topic A and B)

7 How is your country involved on the raise of awareness for empowerment of women? Is your delegation involved in helping reduce maternal mortality if so, how? Has your delegation already taken measures to prevent maternal death or empower women globally? What do you believe your delegation can do to prevent or lower the rate of death mortality in developing countries? What are the capacities your delegation must address both issues properly? What does your delegation believe that as a committee could be done to address both issues? Does your delegation have the resources to support the prevention of maternal death or the empowerment of women globally? What is the socioeconomic impact your country could have as a consequence of addressing both issues? How is your delegation helping women to find opt working conditions? What is your delegation doing to increase women job s possibilities? How is your delegation socially helping women empowerment? Recommended Sites

8 DEVAMMA, B. L. WOMEN ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT. Blumberg, R. L. (2005, August). Women s economic empowerment as the magic potion of development. In 100th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August, Philadelphia. Bibliography (Topic A and B) Unwomenorg. (2017). UN Women. Retrieved 25 August, 2017, from unorg. (2017). United Nations Sustainable Development. Retrieved 25 August, 2017, from What we do: Economic empowerment. (n.d.). Retrieved September 22, 2017, from What we do: Humanitarian action. (n.d.). Retrieved September 22, 2017, from