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News From Non -Aligned World NAM recognises the role of rural women in sustainable development By IINS Research Team The new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have gender equality and women’s empowerment at their core. It has been acknowledged that for the SDGS to be truly transformational, rural women are a key constituency in assisting national governments to achieve inclusive and gender-equitable results. In October 2015, former United Nations Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon once remarked, “Rural women are the backbone of sustainable livelihoods and provide food security for their families and communities”. The then UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka also reaffirmed that rural women play a key role in underpinning sustainable development and further stressed that following the framework of Agenda 2030 will help in accelerating progress for rural women. Rural women play a critical role in supporting their households in the achievement of food and nutrition security, in improving rural livelihoods and in generating income and overall well-being. Rural women account for a substantial proportion of the agricultural labour force, perform most of the unpaid care work and are significant actors in food production as well as in the agricultural, forestry, fisheries, and livestock sector. Non-Aligned Movement too recognises the significant role that rural women play in the realisation of the development goals. NAM has reaffirmed the vital role of women and the need for their full and equal participation and leadership in all areas of sustainable development, as well as resolving to undertake legislative and administrative reforms to give women equal rights with men to economic resources, equal access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, credit, inheritance, natural resources and appropriate new technology. The Movement has also recognized the importance of promoting, protecting and enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by rural women and girls, including the right to development. NAM has welcomed the adoption of the Resolution 70/132 on improvement of the situation of women in rural areas which states that the empowerment of rural women is critical for the realization of their rights and to secure the well-being of their families and communities. Their contributions are vital to agricultural and rural development and local and national economies. Rural women are key to the success of virtually all the proposed sustainable development goals, not only proposed goal 5, to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, but also across the framework, particularly synergies with goals 1 (end poverty in all its forms everywhere) and 2 (end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture) NAM Member States have reiterated the importance of empowering rural women as critical agents for “Non-Aligned Movement too recognises the significant role that rural women play in the realisation of the development goals. NAM has reaffirmed the vital role of women and the need for their full and equal participation and leadership in all areas of sustainable development” advancing agricultural and rural development In realisation of this, number of NAM Member States has undertaken a series of initiatives to promote the development and welfare of women in the rural areas and which is yielding positive results. Here, we focus on two NAM countries- namely India and Bangladesh. India’s rural development programs have helped organize 22 million women into Self-Help Group (SHGs). A notable program in India has been Support to Training and Employment Programme (STEP) which aims to enable groups of women to take up employment-cum- income generation program and provide support for further improving training and employment conditions of women. The target group includes the marginalised asset less rural women. In Bangladesh, rural women are now engaged in rural development works across the country as labourers. Further, through the Kallyani scheme, Bangladesh is bringing the internet to isolated rural areas through a social enterprise that empowers women to become entrepreneurs. The women, known as Kallyani, travel between villages via bicycle and bring with them a laptop, tablet, smartphone, Wi-Fi hotspot and digital camera that villagers can use. The women have also been trained to give simple legal and medical advice. 10 October - 9 November, 2017 (14)
NAM’s position on UN Peacekeeping Operations Since its inception, the Non-Aligned Movement has played a significant contribution towards maintaining international peace and security. NAM regards peacekeeping as the flagship activity of the United Nations. NAM Member States contribute to 88 per cent of all UN peacekeeping personnel deployed on the field. The Movement has adopted a principled position concerning UN peacekeeping operations. NAM believes that the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security rests with the UN and that the role of regional arrangements, in that regard, should be in accordance with Chapter VIII of the Charter, and should not in any way substitute the role of the UN, or circumvent the full application of the guiding principles of the UN peacekeeping operations. At the 8033rd meeting of the UN Security Council held on 29th August 2017, NAM put forwards its principled position on the UN peacekeeping operations. Venezuela, speaking on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement emphasised that all mandated peacekeeping tasks must be accompanied by a parallel, comprehensive and inclusive peace process and based on national ownership and the consent and adherence of the concerned parties. NAM stresses that such operations are not a substitute for addressing the root causes of conflict, among them poverty, hunger, inequality, human rights violations and mismanagement of natural resources. NAM also emphasizes the importance of respecting States’ sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence, reiterating that the principles of peacekeeping - consent of the parties, impartiality and the non-use of force expect in self-defence - are critical to the success of peace operations. NAM believes that increasing demand for peacekeeping missions and the multidimensional nature of contemporary operations call for a more robust partnership between the United Nations and regional organizations. In this respect, the African Member States of NAM attach great significance to the United Nations Security Council resolution 2320 (2016) which acknowledges the need for more cooperation between the African Union handled peace operations and the United Nations and News From Non -Aligned World By Dr. Pawan Mathur stresses the need to enhance the predictability, sustainability and flexibility of financing for African Union-led peace support operations authorized by the Security Council and under the Security Council’s authority consistent with Chapter VIII of the UN Charter. South Africa has called for United Nations assessed contributions to be used for financing African Union-led peace support operations authorized by the UN Security Council. Botswana while supporting resolution 2282 (2016) has noted that peacekeeping operations should complement existing national, regional and “In this respect, the African Member States of NAM attach great significance to the United Nations Security Council resolution 2320 (2016) which acknowledges the need for more cooperation between the African Union handled peace operations and the United Nations and stresses the need to enhance the predictability, sustainability and flexibility of financing for African Union-led peace support operations authorized by the Security Council and under the Security Council’s authority consistent with Chapter VIII of the UN Charter. South Africa has called for United Nations assessed contributions to be used for financing African Union-led peace support operations authorized by the UN Security Council” international efforts aimed at advancing dialogue, strengthening national capacity and assisting institution. It may be mentioned here that Botswana had contributed troops and military personnel to operations in such places as Somalia, Rwanda, Darfur, Mozambique and Lesotho. In the latter two, as well as in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it had played a mediating role, while its former President, Festus G. Mogae, was currently serving as Chairman of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Committee in South Sudan. NAM has also reiterated the importance of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, the only United Nations forum mandated to comprehensively review that question, advocating a structural and predictable (15) 10 October - 9 November, 2017
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