The G7 equality ministers agreed to set up a series of systems to end gender-based violence against women and girls, including preventing violence and supporting victims, according to a joint statement published on Sunday.
The “Nikko Declaration”, signed after a two-day meeting in the city of the same name (northeast of Tokyo), includes a series of proposals to prevent violence and facilitate access to justice, health and housing for women. victims.
“To eliminate all forms of gender-based violence, we must establish integrated multisectoral systems with an emphasis on preventing violence, supporting and protecting survivors and victims, and ensuring access to justice and accountability for perpetrators,” it said. read in the text published today.
The document also refers to cases of ‘online’ harassment, as well as hate speech and misogyny found on social networks and which have intensified in recent years against victims, journalists and human rights defenders, among others.
The declaration also considers the full and equal participation of women in decision-making at all levels essential, arguing that it is “a matter of human rights, which would contribute positively to global economic, social and political conditions.”
Another of the document’s proposals is the creation of a better working environment for women workers in the tourism, catering, and care of the elderly or children sectors, positions traditionally held by women.
This weekend’s meeting is the first of its kind to be held in Japan, a country that is at the bottom of the rest of the Group of Seven (G7, a group of the seven most industrialized countries in the world) -also made up of Italy-. United Kingdom, Germany, France, Canada and the United States – on the inclusion of women in the labor market and in politics.
According to the “Global Gender Gap Report”, whose latest edition was published last week by the World Economic Forum, that Asian country ranks 125 out of 146 countries, registering the worst performance in history and the lowest in East Asia.
According to data provided in the report, only 10% of the country’s parliamentarians are women and, among ministerial positions, women occupy 8.3%, with two portfolios: Education and Economic Security.
Japan, which currently holds the G7 presidency, scored the worst of all the countries in this group, followed by Italy, which ranks 79th, while Germany, the best of the group, ranks sixth.
Source: TSF
