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Action plan to
make women winners
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An action programme to improve the
position of women in the New Economy emerged from UNI’s first World
Women’s Conference in Berlin.
The Conference recognised the opportunities offered by the emerging
digital economy to make women winners but also warned that women will not
be automatic beneficiaries from these opportunities – a lot of work
needs to be done.
"The possibilities for women to expand their access to knowledge and
information through the Internet are enormous but in most countries this
potential is not being realised," say the conclusions. "Instead
the digital divide is compounded by the gender divide."
In many areas electricity is not available let alone the Internet while
globalisation has increased wealth and health divides and increased
exploitation of women and children.
"The feminisation of poverty along with related scourges as the
increase of trafficking in women and children, represent the darker side
of the global economy.
"In the economically advantaged nations too, women workers are among
those who are most likely to suffer from the negative impacts of the
global reorganisation of working life.
"Women are far from having achieved equal pay and equal
opportunities. There are still only a few women in leading positions, even
in countries and organisations in the forefront of the fight for gender
equality."
The action plan includes:
At work and in society:
- Equal pay for work of equal
value.
- An end to segregation in
employment.
- Better access to education and
training.
- Better preventative health
programmes at work.
- Respect for the dignity of women.
- Better sharing of tasks between
men and women.
In unions:
- Campaigning on the rights of
women at work and in society.
- Mainstreaming equal opportunity
issues into all activities.
- Measures to encourage greater
participation by women in unions.
- Leadership training for women.
- Greater gender awareness for
members and officials.
- Greater awareness of HIV/AIDS
issues and inclusion in all educational programmes.
- Campaigning against exploitation
of women.
In UNI:
- Programmes to enhance women’s
skills, representation and participation.
- Contribute to UNI work on New
Economy.
- Gender equality incorporated into
global agreements with corporations.
Action
plan to make women winners 05.09
General Secretary
hails pioneers and builders 04.09
Erste
Vorsitzende des UNI-Weltfrauenausschusses 04.09
First UNI World Women’s Committee
President 04.09
Bahn
frei für einen raschen Aufstieg der Frauen in Gewerkschaften! 04.09
Fast
track women in unions, conference told 04.09
Was
hindert die Frauen daran, in der neuen Wirtschaft zu Gewinnerinnen zu
werden? 03.09
Barriers
to women winning in the New Economy 03.09
UNI call to stop
economic violence against women 03.09
Aufruf der UNI:
Stop der wirtschaftlichen Gewalt gegen Frauen! 03.09
Asia Pacific
women meet 02.09
Media Briefing: August 16th - UNI World Congress - UNI World Women's Conference
07.08
Media-Briefing: 16. August -
UNI-Weltkongress - UNI-Weltkonferenz der Frauen
07.08
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