Women’s equality in the UK – A health check

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traffickers. 24 However, we are concerned that these may be piecemeal and often delivered through a religious framework. (See Article 6) Under Article 7, in Wales, although there was a decrease of three women members of the National Assembly for Wales from 48% to 42% between 2008 to 2013, this remains a significantly higher proportion than elsewhere in the UK. The National Assembly for Wales has the first ever female Presiding Officer of a devolved institution in the UK as well as two female leaders of the four main political parties in Wales. In its Programme for Government 25 the Welsh Government has committed to identifying steps to deliver a more representative pool of decision makers and greater numbers of women in public appointments. The Welsh Government has also committed to seeking to introduce Norwegian-style gender quotas for appointments to public bodies in Wales, ensuring that at least 40% of appointments are women 26 which the Westminster Government has refused to do. (See Article 4) Under Article 10 the Welsh Government has proposed to make education on ‘healthy relationships’ compulsory in Welsh schools, 27 which we greatly support. (See Article 10) Further and Higher Education providers are also currently developing equality objectives and action plans for meeting the Equality Act 2010. The protection and expansion of the Flying Start children’s centre service is also noted. 28 (See Article 11) Under Article 11 as part of the Welsh Strategic Equality Plan, a three year project, Women Adding Value to the Economy (WAVE), is an innovative equal pay project funded through the Welsh Government. In terms of women’s health, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland offer similar services for cancer screening including mobile screening units. (See Appendix: 23) Under General Recommendation 19, the Domestic Abuse (Wales) Bill, which is expected in late 2013, will place a statutory duty on relevant public bodies to have a violence against women strategy in place locally which includes elements of prevention, protection and support, as the criminal justice system is a reserved matter for the UK Government. This will also cover all forms of violence against women including sexual violence and rape. 29 We look forward to seeing how this progresses and would encourage the other Devolved Administrations to develop something similar. (See General Recommendation 19) We would like to see more of a 4 nations approach to gender equality with the Devolved Administrations working together to ensure that positive policy relating to gender equality is reproduced. The Government should provide further information to show how it will ensure that it fulfils its responsibilities under CEDAW, and that all levels of government are complying with the Convention, regardless of the status of devolution and decentralisation of power in the UK. 24. See Equality and Human Rights Commission, UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women http://www. equalityhumanrights.com/human-rights/our-human-rights-work/international-framework/un-convention-on-the-elimination-ofdiscrimination-against-women/ 25. Welsh Assembly Government, Programme for Government http://wales.gov.uk/about/programmeforgov/?lang=en Accessed: 04/05/13 26. See Equality and Human Rights Commission, UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women http://www. equalityhumanrights.com/human-rights/our-human-rights-work/international-framework/un-convention-on-the-elimination-ofdiscrimination-against-women/ 27. Welsh Assembly Government (2012) Consultation on legislation to end violence against women and domestic abuse (Wales) http://wales. gov.uk/consultations/housingcommunity/vawwhitepaper/?lang=en 28. Oxfam (2012) The Perfect Storm: Economic stagnation, the rising cost of living, public spending cuts, and the impact on UK poverty. Oxfam: Oxford http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/the-perfect-storm-economic-stagnation-the-rising-cost-of-living-public-spending-228591 29. Women’s Equality Network Wales (2012) Submission to the Committee on the Convention for the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, WEN Wales response. WEN Wales: Burry Port http://wenwales.org/wp-content/uploads/Submission-tothe-Committee-on-CEDAW-formatted-version-final.pdf 198 Women’s equality in the UK: CEDAW shadow report 2013
Annex 2: The UK’s relationship with the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories In the Concluding Observations of the CEDAW Committee at the forty-first session in 2008 the Committee called for a national development, implementation and monitoring strategy covering the UK, the Crown Dependencies and the Overseas Territories. 1 While the UK Government’s 7th Periodic Report 2 includes greater detail about the UK’s relationship to the Crown Dependencies (CDs) and Overseas Territories (OTs), there is no evidence of any national strategy. Due to this, the work relating to the CDs and OTs in the UK is poorly linked up and carried out by entirely different government departments. 3 It is unclear at this stage whether a delegation from the CDs and OTs will be attending the 2013 CEDAW Committee examination alongside the UK, but we would strongly advocate that State and NGO delegations are encouraged by the UK to participate in the examination in future. While we appreciate that it is for the CDs and OTs to request the extension of CEDAW to their jurisdictions and the UK could not, and should not, force such an extension, politically speaking the UK wields a great deal of influence in its overseas jurisdictions. If the UK were to increase its international promotion of CEDAW, then we do not doubt that this would be a powerful encouraging force for the CDs and OTs to request an extension. The Crown Dependencies CEDAW extends to the Isle of Man, but it does not yet extend to Jersey or Guernsey. While both Jersey and Guernsey have implemented the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) into their domestic legislation, they have not yet requested an extension of CEDAW or proposed the necessary legislation to allow them to implement CEDAW in an equivalent way to the ECHR. In our view this political process could have valuable influence in the CDs. Recommendation: An annual process is set up in the UK where an enquiry is sent to Jersey and Guernsey each year to share details of the UK’s work on women’s rights and ask them what their position is on CEDAW We would emphasise that the ECHR alone does not safeguard women’s rights in Jersey and Guernsey to the extent required by CEDAW; we would particularly like to draw the CEDAW Committee’s attention to the invaluable report 4 written for this examination by Jersey Community Relations Trust (See Appendix: 37). 5 The Isle of Man Trades Union Congress, a leading trade union, informed the UK CEDAW Working 1. CEDAW Committee (2008) Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Forty-first session http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N09/555/92/PDF/ N0955592.pdf?OpenElement Para 263 2. Government Equalities Office (2011) CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women) report. United Kingdom’s Seventh Periodic Report. GEO: London http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/equalities/international-equality/7thcedaw-report?view=Binary 3. The Crown Dependencies Team located with the Ministry of Justice (as of letter dated 12 May 2011) and the Overseas Territories Directorate located with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (as of letter dated 3 June 2011). 4. Jersey Community Relations Trust (2012) Contribution to the Women’s Resource Centre, CEDAW Shadow Report 5. While a comparable report is not available from Guernsey we note that women’s representation remains low in the political sphere see: The Guernsey Press (2012) ‘States equality: Quotas are for fish not women’, The Guernsey Press, 31st August 2012 http://www. thisisguernsey.com/news/2012/08/31/states-equality-quotas-are-for-fish-not-women/ Women’s equality in the UK: CEDAW shadow report 2013 199
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