Il progresso delle donne del mondo | eatparade
Although ours is a time when awareness of human rights has reached the highest levels, even for the concrete work that plays the UN since its inception on October 24, 1945, even today, women are victims of serious violations of their rights. There are still countries where the law provides for specific obligations or prohibitions for women.
For example, in Iran, women cannot be judges or engineers and can be arrested by the religious police if not wearing the veil. Saudi women may not drive a car or ride a bike, and can be arrested for clothing considered inappropriate.
In Western countries, on the other hand, we find a discrimination in employment and discrimination in political activity, well known for the low percentage of women reaching the top management or holding political offices. The full participation of women in civic and political life in our country is relatively recent history.
In 1979 the ONU issued precisely the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women.
The problem remains the most dramatic work, in fact, despite the new family law has put an end to an absurd discrimination between the sexes, there are still some prejudices against women in the workplace, but also in family and social sphere. Unfortunately in our country there is a conservative mentality.
An economy that works for women can be achieved by transforming the work for women’s rights, thanks to the Governments that through a combination of economic and social policies, can generate decent jobs for women; making social policy for women, through well-designed social services (health, support services, water and sanitation) and measures of social protection (pensions and family allowances) as they can improve the income security of women; going towards a favourable macroeconomic environment, through the creation of dynamic and stable economies, creating decent work.
For a radical change, we must work together, because Governments are not able to achieve implementation of economic and women social rights on their own, although they have primary responsibility for it . International donors, civil society and the private sector must do their part.
