As we have come to understand, maintaining social distance is imperative to contain the spread of the corona virus. Nonetheless, refugees in congested camps and densely populated areas, who have been displaced owing to conflicts and natural disasters, and left increasingly vulnerable to the dangers of the virus, are leading life precariously.
In 2020, the international community’s plan was to embark on its decade of action for the Sustainable Development Goals, honour major declarations such as Beijing and determine how to accelerate sustainable solutions to the world’s biggest challenges including gender related goals. But things did not go as planned. Instead, today’s world is facing a “global crisis unlike any other in the 75 year history the United Nations.” While consensus differs among States as they make fragmented attempts to deal with this challenge, the COVID 19 pandemic continues to exacerbate existing gender inequalities.
As we have come to understand, maintaining social distance is imperative to contain the spread of the corona virus. Nonetheless, refugees in congested camps and densely populated areas, who have been displaced owing to conflicts and natural disasters, and left increasingly vulnerable to the dangers of the virus, are leading life precariously.
It has been acknowledged that pandemics, which are large disease outbreaks that affect several countries, pose major health, social, and economic risks.
SI Director of Advocacy, Bev Bucur proposes a journey of discovery - take the time to learn more about the SI Advocacy work, and the grassroots projects taking place far and wide.
SI Advocacy Coordinator, Hannah Agius, explains the role of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in shaping today's progression towards gender equality.
SI UN Representative, Berthe De Vos-Neven, provides an insiders look at the history and function of the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
Twenty-five years ago, 186 countries gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark for the World Summit for Social Development (WSSD), joined by 2,300 representatives from 811 non-governmental organisations and created the Copenhagen Declaration and Program for Action.
