The Secretary General of the United Nations Organization (UN), António Guterres, admitted on Monday that he aims to raise 300 million dollars to distribute among women’s organizations in countries in crisis.
“I promised to do everything in my power to raise 300 million dollars, in the next three years, for women’s organizations and human rights defenders in crisis situations,” said António Guterres, who met with women representatives of civil society in a meeting where the challenges facing gender equality were discussed.
The Secretary General of the United Nations goes further and even assumes the objective that more women participate in peace processes that involve the UN: “From now on, in peace processes led or where the UN is integrated, we will fight for women to participate. Our objective, and we are still far away, is a participation of at least 30%”.
At the meeting, António Guterres expressed his concern about the setbacks that have occurred in recent years, arguing that half of humanity cannot be left behind. And in all these crisis regions, women are worse off than men.
“They earn less, they have ten times more unpaid tasks, the food crisis has a disproportionate impact on women, who are the first to go hungry. Reproductive and sexual rights have been seriously attacked by many governments that undermine autonomy over their bodies and their lives,” considers the UN leader.
And he goes further: “Many challenges we face today, such as wars, climate chaos and the rising cost of living, are the result of a male-dominated culture.”
In this annual conversation with civil society, this year dedicated to women, António Guterres also expressed concern about how digital technology has contributed to discrimination against women.
The Secretary General of the United Nations recalls that algorithms are mostly created by men and amplify sexism. There are cases of influential people with campaigns to denigrate women and girls reaching millions of young people and online attacks affecting women the most.
The UN experts drew attention to the campaign that the Myanmar military junta is running on social media. The military is harassing and inciting attacks against anyone.
defends democracy and human rights. The report speaks of hate speech, threats of sexual violence and discriminatory messages that try to discredit activists and have led many women to withdraw from public life.
Experts are calling on companies that own messaging and social networking apps to help combat this campaign. Telegram was the first to take action, suspending 13 accounts linked to the military junta, but many others remain active.
Source: TSF
