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De voorbereidingen op de CSW57 zijn begonnen!

Wat willen we de Nederlandse regeringsdelegatie meegeven als ze naar de Commission on the Status of Women in New York gaan?
 
Dat was de hoofdvraag tijdens de maatschappelijk middenveld consultatie op 6 december in Den Haag die WO=MEN samen met Aletta-Equality en de Nederlandse Vrouwen Raad (NVR) organiseerde. Elk jaar geven we de regeringsdelegatie die Nederland vertegenwoordigt in de Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) bij de Verenigde Naties aanbevelingen mee. Dit jaar gaat het hoofdthema over geweld tegen vrouwen. Wat vindt het netwerk van WO=MEN goede methoden om geweld tegen vrouwen te voorkomen? En waar moet Nederland voor strijden bij de VN? Nederland wordt internationaal gewaardeerd en is een speler die gevoelige onderwerpen durft aan te snijden, zoals seksuele en reproductieve gezondheid en rechten (SRGR). De 40 organisaties/individuen die aanwezig waren bij de maatschappelijk middenveld consultatie hebben flink wat input gegeven die worden verwerkt in twaalf aanbevelingen voor de Nederlandse delegatie.

Daarnaast maakten we kennis met de nieuwe VN Vrouwenvertegenwoordiger 2013: Josette Dijkhuizen. Zij heeft een eigen bedrijf waar ze vrouwelijke ondernemers ondersteunt om als mens en onderneming te groeien. Volgens Josette heeft vrouwelijk ondernemerschap meerdere voordelen. Het zorgt er voor dat vrouwen empowered worden en daardoor weerbaarder zijn voor bijvoorbeeld geweld. Maar ze zegt ook dat vrouwen anders ondernemen dan mannen. Vrouwen investeren namelijk meer terug in het gezin en de maatschappij dan mannen. Als onze VN Vrouwenvertegenwoordiger wil ze zich dan ook in 2013 inzetten om het vrouwelijk ondernemerschap onder de aandacht te brengen.
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