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3.1. Gender Equality
Gender equality and the enforcement of women's and girls' rights worldwide are indispensable conditions for sustainable development and are treated as cross-cutting issues of the United Nations on numerous committees, programs and specialized agencies. In Agenda 2030 which (with an objective in Sustainable Development Goals, SDG 5) and worn as a target in several other SDGs bill. Germany is in the UN together with the EU partners for the constant awareness of the needs of women for equality and protection of women's rights one. This applies to the General Assembly as well as election bodies, including the Human Rights Council, ECOSOC, the CSW ( Commission on the Status of Women, CSW) social development Commission ( Commission for Social Development, CSocD) the Committee (the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, CEDAW) and not least the Security Council. Germany promotes equality and equal rights, the activities of the specialized agencies (eg WHO, FAO, ILO) and programs (eg. As UNDP, UN Women). Sun supports the federal government, for example, since 2011 the "UN Fund to End Violence against Women" ( UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women) for the prevention of violence against women. During the reporting period, the federal government also was part of the Steering Committee of the joint program of United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA and UNICEF (against female genital mutilation Joint Program on Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting: Accelerating Change).
The most important legal instrument in the area of women's rights is the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). States Parties shall report to the CEDAW Committee regularly in national reports on the implementation. After submission of the combined 7-8. answered States report 2015 Germany this in November 2016 additional issues (List of Issues) of the CEDAW Committee. The hearing of 7/8. States report to the CEDAW Committee took place during the 66th meeting on 21 February 2017 in Geneva. Germany received praise for important national equality policy advances of the 18th legislature, and especially for his humanitarian efforts in receiving refugees from the committee. In March 2017, the CEDAW Committee Germany sent its final 57 remarks. These form the basis for the development of the next periodic report to be submitted in March 2021st 2017, the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs (BMFSFJ) continued on the basis of the new concluding observations the existing dialogue process with civil society. Parallel to the state report, the civil society organized. 38 civil society organizations (coordination of the German Women's Council (DF)) worked together in a CEDAW Alliance 2015-2016 a comprehensive CEDAWAlternativbericht. The federal government has accepted this report on 14 December 2016 as part of a day-long dialogue session and discussed.
With Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (2000) and its successor resolutions, the Security Council requested the active involvement of women in all stages of conflict prevention and conflict resolution and the protection of women and girls from sexual violence and rape in armed conflicts. The objectives of Resolution 1325 have since been enshrined in the foreign, security, indoor and development policy in Germany. In the EU, NATO, OSCE and other international organizations, the federal government is committed to taking account of the core objectives of Resolution 1325th
The federal government decided in January 2017 the second national action plan for implementation of Resolution 1325 for the period 2017 to 2020, building on the comprehensive approach of the first National Action Plan (NAP). With the continuation of the action plan, the federal government emphasizes its efforts to implement the resolution mainstreaming in their foreign, security, development and gender equality activities.
The federal government stepped in 2016 during the 71st UN General Assembly Launched by Spain national " Women, Peace and Security Focal Points Network "At. The network includes 80 or so countries and regional / international organizations (ECOWAS, EU, NATO, OSCE, AU, UN Women, Union for the Mediterranean) on. It is used to exchange best practices on women, peace and security.
The BMFSFJ supports the work of the German Committee of UN Women as one of fifteen official national committees. Focus is the project "Networking of national work on equality and gender equality with the international work on gender equality and advancement of women". It helps to raise awareness for the work of UN Women and publicize the focus on gender equality and women's rights as well as to raise funds for the programs of UN Women. At the same time it enables a greater incorporation of German policy on "Gender Justice / Fair opportunities for women and men in the Life Course" in international contexts.
UN Women is mandated by the Women's Rights Commission (CRC), which as a functional commission of the Economic and Social Council of the UN has the empowerment of women and their rights as a priority objective since its founding 1946th It prepares recommendations and reports to promote women's rights in the fields of politics, economy, society, social affairs and education and contributes to the consolidation of women's rights.
The CRC is measured by the participation, the largest commission of the UN. Germany was from 1997 to 2017 one of the 45 members of the CRC and had 2016/17 holds the vice presidency in office of the CSW. At the 60th session of the CSW in 2016 Germany was responsible for the negotiation of the final document, which laid the foundation for the implementation of Agenda 2030 in the women's rights field. The conclusions suggest specific measures to implement Agenda 2030 for women and girls in single thematic areas. it may apply in terms of civil society participation in the detailed recommendations as a special progress. Contrary to the trend in other UN fora Germany succeeded in anchoring of additional elements in the official FRK-
Program in which non-state actors such as NGOsand national human rights institutions had their say. At the 61st Session of the CSW with Germany also designed the preparation and holding of the meeting shall prevail. The meeting was dedicated to the "strengthening of economic self-determination of women in a changing world of work." In the final joint declaration, the Member States agreed, among other things, to improve the legal framework for equality between men and women in the workplace, discrimination against , for example due to pregnancy or motherhood, to eliminate women and to ensure equal access to education and a successful education for women and girls, especially for young mothers and young married women.
The federal government promoted to July 2016, the project "Support by the International Labor Organization (ILO) for the carriage of equal pay in Germany." For a consultation process was initiated with the social partners to discuss international best approaches to closing the wage gap between women and men. Under the project, the ILO guidelines were "gender equality boost - ensure equal pay" provided on gender-neutral activity rating for Germany.
The ILO and UN Women who in 2017 together with the OECD, Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC) started. Germany was invited here to be a partner. The official launch of the initiative took place in September 2017
at the margins of the UN General Assembly held in New York. In preparation for this appointment and to discuss the design of a meeting of international experts was held in August 2017 BMFSFJ.