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A/C.3/72/14 17-18695 (C) 6/11 5.2 Gender equality Myanmar is working hard to put gender equality and women’s empowerment at the heart of our national development. (...) The division between the two communities is so deeply wedged that there seems to be a race to get an advantage against each other by turning the situation into more than what it should have been. (...) There are fears and mistrusts between the two groups incited by many internal and external factors while there was also a sense of urgency to take advantage of the current international and domestic political narratives and opportunities to push forward their cause.

We also support policies that encourage firms of all sizes, in particular women and youth entrepreneurs, women-led firms and SMEs, to take full advantage of global value chains (GVCs), and that encourage greater participation, value addition and upward mobility in GVCs by developing countries, particularly low-income countries (LICs).We welcome the B20’s interest to strengthen digital trade and other work and take note of it’s initiative on an Electronic World Trade Platform (eWTP). 31. (...) We pledge to enhance policy coherence on sustainable development and reaffirm our commitment to further align our work with the universal implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on financing for development, based on the comparative advantage and the added value of the G20 and in accordance with our national circumstances, while acknowledging that the global follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda is a UN-led process.

Recommendations called on Australia to establish, or consider establishing, a 23 UPR Rec 93. 24 For example, Norway and Switzerland. 25 For example, UPR Rec 54 and UPR Rec 55. 26 These reforms will ‘require large employers to report on gender equality outcomes, including the gender composition of their organisations and their boards, pay equity, and on the availability of flexible work arrangements for men and women.’ (...) A positive development in this area since the UPR was the creation of new guidelines that will remove difficulties faced by sex and/or gender diverse people in obtaining passports that reflect their affirmed sex.32 37. (...) See Human Rights Council, Draft Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, UN Doc A/HRC/WG.6/10/L.8 (3 February 2011). 31 UPR Rec 70. 32 Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, ‘Getting a passport made easier for sex and gender diverse people’, (Media Release, 14 September 2011).

Children are facing increasing threats to their safety and wellbeing, which include mistreatment, gender-based violence, exploitation, social exclusion, and separation from caregivers because of lockdown measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. (...) However, Philippine National Police (PNP) data shows that there was a decrease in reported gender-based abuse and violence during the first months of lockdown. 4. CHR is of the position that these problems should be approached holistically by changing people’s behavior through integrating internet literacy, sex education and streamlining child- and gender sensitivity orientation in the basic education curriculum and other information drive efforts.

Joint Programmes (23) were a rising feature of the collaboration, including on gender-based violence and family violence prevention. (...) The Caribbean School Safety In itiative was an instrument towards building human capital but due to the pandemic education, health, gender equality and inclusion objectives were not met and had been highly compromised. (...) The meeting underscored the highest importance of working towards achieving gender equality and youth and children development while addressing income inequality and low participation of women in the labour force and in politics.

Law N. 5- XVI did not stipulate procedures for submitting and examining complaints of sex and gender-based discrimination. Notwithstanding, the Working Group was informed of two cases of gender-based discrimination brought to court by civil society organizations. (...) With regard to employment, article 8 of the Labour Code of 2003 prohibits any direct or indirect discrimination against the employee on the basis of, inter alia, gender. Article 10 also stipulates the obligation of employers to ensure equal pay for equal work, and article 128 proscribes, inter alia, gender discrimination in the amount and payment of wages. (...) Executive-level bodies are complemented by Gender Councils, which were established by the Government in 2010.

It is a mistake to assume that gender analysis/women’s protection will come “instinctively” to soldiers trained in war-fighting. (...) As one speaker put it, political guidance must be deeper than the directive: “Do something, General!” • Gender-sensitive conflict assessments are required to identify threats of sexual violence and inform deployment planning and resourcing. (...) This also requires a gender/age-disaggregated assessment of the root causes of violence against different demographic groups (poverty; dependence; the resurgence of harmful traditional practices; drug/alcohol use, etc)

The present response focuses specifically on the allegations relating to the absence of the rule of law; Gender-based violence (GBV); non-fulfillment of reforms; national service and forced labor; and international cooperation. (...) A/HRC/47/G/19 GE.21-08860 5 Gender-Based Violence (GBV) 13. Eritrean women’s revered role in society has been the subject of many objective studies and books examining both their inimitable contribution to the struggle for liberation as well as their equal participation in national service and national development projects. (...) In general, an overwhelming focus and effort by the Government is to consolidate the substantial progress and achievements in gender equality, mainstreaming, and empowerment.

This is mainly owing to the socio-economic conditions prevailing in different parts of the country, which have as underlying factors growing poverty, youth unemployment, gender inequalities, discrimination and gender-based violence, especially of women and girls. (...) At the provincial level, either provincial/city/municipal IACATs, chaired by Local Chief Executives, or Provincial Gender and Development Offices, constitute the structure involved in anti-trafficking efforts. (...) The Special Rapporteur visited the Haven in Manila, which provides assistance and shelter to adult women in disadvantaged situations, namely victims of gender-based violence or those vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, and adult trafficked women.

Many pastoralists come from neighbouring countries, like Chad, to take advantage of better grazing fields and water supply in the Central African Republic. (...) Other organizations had had to reduce their presence in areas where life-saving activities were provided to the civilian population.20 This had set back the humanitarian efforts to help the local population, with real costs to human lives. Sexual and gender-based violence 63. One of the most disturbing trends of human rights violations in the past conflicts and currently has been the widespread use of sexual and gender against the civilian population. (...) The lack of psychosocial support offered to scores of victims of sexual and gender-based violence, combined with the accompanying stigma, had made recovery for survivors extremely difficult, in those cases where it was even possible.