Floriane Borel (Senior Global Policy Associate) reports from Geneva on the first regional review of UN member states’ progress toward gender equality ahead of Beijing+30, emphasizing Guttmacher’s research on abortion restrictions and the link between comprehensive SRHR and gender equality.
On the road to Beijing+30
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Transcript: Hi, I’m Floriane Borel, Senior Global Policy Associate at the Guttmacher Institute. This week, we’re at the United Nations Office in Geneva to participate in the first of five regional reviews assessing UN member states’ progress on gender equality, ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
This is an important moment: next year marks 30 years since national governments came together at the 1995 World Conference on Women to agree on a global set of gender equality goals through the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. I’ll come back later to discuss the Beijing Declaration and why it remains so relevant.
My colleagues and I have been preparing to bring Guttmacher research into this week’s regional review and to connect with other groups working on gender equality across North America, Europe and Central Asia. Guttmacher will focus particularly on research addressing the harmful impacts of abortion bans and restrictions, as well as the vital link between comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality.
Our research provides valuable insight into how these issues affect the health and well-being of women, transgender and gender non-binary individuals. I look forward to bringing this to the table and thank you for following—we’ll be back with more soon.