Expert Group Meeting: Envisioning women’s rights in the post-2015 context
The 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in 2015 conducted a global review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and considered opportunities for strengthening gender equality and the empowerment of women in the post-2015 development agenda.
Intergovernmental processes are well under way to inform and design the future post-2015 development agenda. The 59th session of the CSW provided an important opportunity to reflect on progress made towards gender equality in the last twenty years, to identify the multiple challenges that have held back progress as well as to consider effective strategies for advancing women’s rights in the post-2015 context.
In order to take stock on current research and assist the Commission in its deliberations, UN Women convened an expert group meeting (EGM) on “Envisioning women’s rights in the post-2015 context” from 3 to 5 November 2014 in New York. In the context of the 20-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the EGM:
- Identified the constraints and challenges that have held back progress towards gender equality;
- Identified the priorities and critical issues for advancing women’s and girls’ human rights; and
- Developed action-oriented recommendations to accelerate progress towards gender equality and the realization of women’s and girls’ human rights in the post-2015 context.
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Background papers
- Sanam Anderlini and Madeline Koch
Extremism in the mainstream: Implications for women’s rights (forthcoming) - Raewyn Connell and Rebecca Pearse, Australia
Gender norms and stereotypes: A survey of concepts, research, and issues about change - Andrea Cornwall, United Kingdom
Strategies and pathways to makes states more accountable for women’s rights - Naila Kabeer, United Kingdom
Gender equality and economic growth: A view from below - Dorrit Posel and Daniela Casale, South Africa
Gender, education and labour market outcomes
Expert papers
- Fareda Banda, University of London, United Kingdom
My two cents on Beijing+20 plus response to Raewyn Connell and Rebecca Pearce - Charlotte Bunch, New York, USA
Notes - Raewyn Connell and Rebecca Pearse, University of Sydney, Australia
Gender norms and stereotypes - Janet R. Jakobsen, Barnard College, Columbia University, USA
Extremism in the mainstream: Implications for and actions by women - Faiza Jama Mohamed, Equality Now, Nairobi Office Director
The Beijing Platform for Action on women’s and girl’s rights and its relevance today - Dorrit Posel and Daniela Casale, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Gender, education and access to labour markets - Cecilia M.B. Sardenberg, NEIM/UFBA, Brazil
Engaging with the state in defense of women’s rights: Comments on Andrea Cornwall’s paper “Strategies and pathways to make states more accountable for women’s rights”