Women’s Empowerment Is Central to Global Sustainability, Says New UN Report

[Gormy Cuss]

Posted on February 9 2012 | News
http://www.unwomen.org/2012/02/womens-empowerment-is-central-to-global-sustainability-says-new-un-report/

The UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability released its report “Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing,” on 30 January 2011 in Addis Ababa. The 22-member panel established by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2010 brought renowned global leaders together to “formulate a new blueprint for a sustainable future on a planet under increasing stress resulting from human activities.” It was co-chaired by Finnish President Tarja Halonen and South African President Jacob Zuma. The report contains 56 recommendations to put sustainable development into practice and to mainstream it into economic policy, and will feed into the intergovernmental processes underway, including the Rio+20 Conference.

While panel members directed the ultimate content and recommendations, UN Women provided substantive support to the panel to help ensure that gender equality and women’s empowerment issues were accurately reflected in the report. The panel strongly supported gender equality and women’s empowerment as fundamental to sustainable development, stating, “Persistent gender inequality in particular has to be addressed as part of any serious shift towards sustainable development.”

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Makes sense to me.

[NAO]

1. Why do Catholic Bishops want to destroy the Earth?

[midnight]

2. I agree now keep women with basic health care, and that includes birth control!