This power-point provides: - A summary of the Asia Pacific Draft Ministerial Declaration on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment (17-20, November, 2014) - A summary of the contested issues and concerns flowing from the debates around the Draft Ministerial Declaration - Some of the good practices to promote gender equality and women's empowerment which some Asia-Pacific countries had shared.

1. An Analysis of the Asia Pacific Draft
Ministerial Declaration on Gender Equality
and Women’s Empowerment
Ranjani.K.Murthy, Board Member
Presentation at Southern Regional Debriefing of Beijing +20
Process, Organised by EKTA, December 20 2014

2. Objectives
Draft
Declaration
Concerns
Good
practices

3. Draft Declaration
(17-20th November, 2014, Bangkok)
3 Health
IMR, CMR, MMR, FLE
Gaps, SBA, unsafe abortion, SRH, RR, HIV,
teenage pregnancy
2. Education and training
Primary education
Secondary, tertiary, vocational, literacy, career
tracking, stereotypes
1. Poverty
Reduced Feminization, land, finance, malnutrition

4. Draft Declaration
Economy
Non discrimination Policy and Legislation
LFPR, wages, assets, unpaid, information, work
life balance
Armed conflict
Awareness peace building, action plans Protection, leadership, reintegration, justice
Violence
Legislation, multi sectoral High rates, emergencies, impunity

5. Draft Declaration
Human Rights
CEDAW ratification
Optional protocols, discrimination,
stereotyping, violations
Institutional mechanisms
NCW, DWCD, GFP Powers, budget & capacities, mainstreaming,
Decision making
More women Still below global, local and corporate

6. Draft Declaration
Girl child
IMR, CMR, nutrition, harmful practice
Son preference, Infanticide, SSA, early
marriage, gender gaps, sexual exp, CSR
Environment
Diasters and climate change Decision, unequal NRM/land , land grab
Media
Access to info, ICT Unequal access, portrayal, new harassment

7. Future
Institutions
Financing
Accountability
MIS
Partnerships
Regional
partnerships Multi-sector
audits

8. Cross cutting idenitities
Gender
Headship
Age
Caste
Migrant
HIV
Class
Ethnicity
Minority
Disability
Contested
LBT, Caste

9. Contested issues
Caste
LBT
Balancing home
and work life
Abortion
Sexual and
reproductive rights
Sexuality education
Optional protocol
Universal
access/rights

10. Not adequately raised
• Neo-liberal agenda
• Changing marriage, household, community and
inter-state institutions
• Public provision of care
• Housing rights of women
• Solutions for addressing gaps identified

11. Good practices of countries
Gender equality Law
Flexible work place ,
TE
Land on name of
women LL household
Support for young
couple
Migrant center/law
Local govt to
parliament
Gender Policy

12. The Scales: Which way it will tilt?
Final Outcome Document Asia Pacific