Eliminating discrimination against women in political and public life with a focus on political transition 2013, para. 17
Paragraph- Paragraph text
- Yet, despite decades of efforts, the Working Group notes that, in 2012, the General Assembly expressed its concern at the reality that women in every part of the world continued to be largely marginalized from the political sphere and saw it necessary to again dedicate a resolution to promote women's political participation. In 2012, the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament indicated its alarm at the underrepresentation of women in the European Union legislative council and leadership positions, and at the stagnation of women's representation at one third or less in parliaments across the region. In 2011, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) reported on the "inequitable and sluggish" progress made in women's political representation at different levels of government in the Americas. In 2012, the World Bank found that in the Asia-Pacific region, rapid growth and economic development, with the highest female labour force participation rate in the developing world, have not been enough to attain gender equality, including in the area of political agency and representation.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- WG Discrimination Against Women, Report to the HRC (2013), A/HRC/23/50, para. 17.
- Paragraph number
- 17
sorted by
Date added
93 relationships, 93 entities