Importance of women's political empowerement - Gurmai Zita

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Closing remarks Importance of women's political empowerment For the last two years, in the middle of an unprecedented economic, financial and social crisis, we have been witnessing an increasing understanding of the need to empower women and to adopt measures to increase social, economic and political equity. The main aim of this publication was to collect relevant strategies and best practices in order to start a common thinking on how to put more women in charge especially in political and economic fields. The workshop co-organized by the Foundation of European Progressive Studies and the CEE Network for Gender Studies aimed to assess the possible answers and tools to improve women’s political empowerment. Our societies are experiencing a dramatically changing period, where the future of the next generations suddenly appears uncertain, and where the cohesion of our societies is threatened. Therefore it is not only a matter of the EU institutions, nor an issue restricted to Europe. It is a global problem with specific regional aspects. While the majority of female politicians, civil activists and NGOs members gave their own, sometimes complex, receipt for the same issue, the overall conclusion was unanimous: women’s political empowerment is a key accelerator for economic and social progress. However, nowadays, while some women manage to reach key political decisional seats, it appears that there is still a large gap and that women need to be reconciled with politics. Not only because men have claimed the political power for themselves for decades and centuries. But also because women argue that politics and power carry the same meaning and that power politics is a concept they do not want to be associated with. All this is a matter of definition. Power should not be seen as something negative by women. Power, in fact, gives one the resources, the possibilities to pursue the values and aims we believe in. As women are often more concerned by the common welfare of our societies, and the future of our children, they should not exclude themselves from politics. On the contrary, they have a responsibility to be involved. But they also need to be encouraged and supported, which supposes to create the appropriate conditions for this empowerment. Furthermore, all countries in the world that call themselves democratic should give an appropriate share of the leading positions to women, who account for half of their population. Despite some major progress, this is still far from being the case and women still have to be stronger, to prove more and to jump more hurdles than men. Therefore, one of the common results of this publication is the support of gender quotas, for political parties, for government offices, as well as for companies and international organisations. 101
102 Annex The articles of the contributors show that women’s political empowerment can only be achieved by a combination of several strategies, such as: � Legal framework: women’s rights must be included in the country’s constitution and in specific laws referring to the social, economic and political situation; � The effective implementation of such legal framework, as well as efforts in education in order to raise women’s awareness about their rights; � A strong commitment of political parties, pointing women’s empowerment as a major policy and setting up special departments and/or programmes; as well as promoting gender mainstreaming. � A strong network of women’s organizations at international, national, regional and local level.
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