ZONTA’s ADVOCACY JIGSAW

Presentation to District 22 Conference

29th September 2013

Denise Conroy, District Centurion

ZONTA’sADVOCACY

JIGSAW

Human

Rights

Conventions

MDGs3 & 5

BEIJINGPFA

CEDAW

UN Security

Council

Resolutions

UN General

Assembly

Resolutions

International

Conventions

& Protocols

International

Agencies

(UN)

International

Reports

On

Women’s

Status

Religious

Cultural

Discriminatio

n

Zonta Tools

For

Advocacy

Zonta

International

Projects

Zonta’s Advocacy Jigsaw

What is Advocacy?

The expression of support for, or opposition to, a cause, argument or proposal

Advocacy may include influencing laws, legislation or attitudes

Zonta’s Advocacy is an action taken in ‘The Public Interest’ or ‘For the Greater Good’ with respect to Advancing the Status of Women and Girls and their Human Rights

(ZI Governing Documents, 2012 : Glossary)

Advocacy is:

Why Is It Important?

• It allows Zonta to improve the Status of Women via:

Governments

All other Organisations

– Federal– State– Local

– NGO’s– Sporting Groups– Businesses– Schools etc

• It gives Zonta Visibility

• It gives Zonta Credibility

BEIJINGPFA

UN Security

Council

Resolutions

MDGs3 & 5

UN General

Assembly

Resolutions

International

Conventions

& Protocols

International

Agencies

(UN)

International

Reports

On

Women’s

Status

Religious

Cultural

Discriminatio

n

Zonta Tools

For

Advocacy

Zonta

Advocacy

Policies

Process

Human

Rights

ConventionsCEDAW

CEDAW


CEDAW

• The PRIMARY convention for improving the Status of Women

• Origins in formation of CSW – Commission on the Status of Women - 1946

• CEDAW adopted in 1979 by UN General Assembly

• Australia signed CEDAW on 17th July 1980; ratified CEDAW on 28th July 1983

• Australia ratified the Optional Protocol to CEDAW on 4th December 2008

• Zonta International adopted its ‘Status of Women’ object in 1935

CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN

Articles of CEDAW most misunderstood by Zontians

Economic Status – Articles 11, 13, 14

Economic Status is NOT about ‘Getting a Job’. It IS about:

• No discrimination in Employment (sex, marital status, pregnancy)

• Same rights, opportunities, selection criteria, salaries, benefits with respect to work of equal value (Positions open to both Men and Women) AND in the evaluation of the quality of work.

• Right to social security benefits, superannuation benefits, paid leave.

• Right to supporting social services to enable parents to combine family obligations with work responsibilities

Article 11 - Employment

Refer: Zonta ‘Tools’ – Advocacy for all 16 Articles www.Zonta.org

CEDAW -Economic Status (cont.)

• Right to Family Benefits

• Right to Bank loans, Mortgages & other Forms of Credit

• Right to participate in Recreational Activities, Sports, and all aspects of Cultural Life

Article 13 – Economic &

Social Benefits


• Addresses the problems faced by women in Rural and Remote Areas, especially economic survival

• Ensure women participate in and benefit from Rural Development especially in areas of:

– Development Planning

– Health Care Facilities

– Training & Education

– Self – Help Groups, Co-operatives

– Access to Loans

– Adequate Living Standards – Housing, Sanitation, Electricity & Water Supply, Transport, Communications

Article 14 – Rural Women

CEDAW (cont.)

Health Status – Article 12Health Status is NOT about any type of cancer or other disease. Health Status relates to:

Equal access to Health Care Services• Women compared to Men (expenditure comparisons on

gender-related diseases/ services)• Area compared to Area (access to treatment facilities)• Special case of women in Rural/ Remote Areas (combined

with Article 14)• Special needs of women so that they have control over

their reproductive health – access to family planning, services re: pregnancy, confinement, post natal period, as well as adequate nutrition during pregnancy and lactation

Article 12 – Health Status


CEDAW (cont.)

‘Over-lapping Articles’

• Eliminate Discrimination• Policy Measures – Changing Legislation/

Polices• Guarantee of Basic Human Rights &

Fundamental Freedoms• Sex Role Stereotyping & Prejudice• Equality of Laws• Marriage & Family Life

Article 1


Article 2

Article 3

Article 5

Article 15

Article 16

Zonta Advocacy

BEIJINGPFA

UN Security

Council

Resolutions

MDGs3 & 5

UN General

Assembly

Resolutions

International

Conventions

& Protocols

International

Agencies

(UN)

International

Reports

On

Women’s

Status

Religious

Cultural

Discriminatio

n

Zonta Tools

For

Advocacy

Zonta

International

Projects

Human

Rights

Conventions

CEDAW

BEIJINGPFA

UN Security

Council

Resolutions

UN General

Assembly

Resolutions

International

Agencies

(UN)

International

Reports

On

Women’s

Status

Religious

Cultural

Discriminatio

n

Zonta Tools

For

Advocacy

Zonta

International

Projects

Human

Rights

ConventionsCEDAW MDGs

3 & 5

International

Conventions

& Protocols

Zonta Advocacy

International

Conventions

& Protocols

InternationalConventions & Protocols

a) Legal, Political, Economic, Educational, Health & Professional Status of Women

c) Universal respect for Human Rights & Fundamental Freedoms

Align Zonta’s Objects

With:

• Relevant International Instruments

• Declarations/Resolutions by the UN General Assembly & UN Security Council

• Beijing Platform for Action (PFA)

• Millennium Development Goals (3 & 5)

• International Bill of Human Rights & Core International Human Rights Instruments

Refer to Handout (From www.zonta.org authored by D. Conroy)

Zonta Advocacy

BEIJINGPFA

UN Security

Council

Resolutions

MDGs3 & 5

UN General

Assembly

Resolutions

International

Agencies

(UN)

International

Reports

On

Women’s

Status

Religious

Cultural

Discriminatio

n

Zonta Tools

For

Advocacy

Zonta

International

Projects

Human

Rights

ConventionsCEDAW

InternationalConventions& Protocols

BEIJINGPFA

UN Security

Council

Resolutions

UN General

Assembly

Resolutions

International

Conventions

& Protocols

International

Agencies

(UN)

International

Reports

On

Women’s

Status

Religious

Cultural

Discriminatio

n

Zonta Tools

For

Advocacy

Zonta

International

Projects

Human

Rights

ConventionsCEDAW

Zonta Advocacy

MDGs3 & 5

MDGs

3 & 5

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

• Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women

• Improve Maternal Health

MDG 3

MDG 5

MDGs 3 & 5 only are applicable to Zonta

UN MDG ReportsAustralia’s Reports

Women & Climate ChangeWomen – ZI & Disaster Relief

Refer: – www.un.org/millenniumgoals/reports.html– www.dfat.gov.au/un/millennium-development-goals.html– Links to Zonta’s Objects (Articles by Denise Conroy) on

www.zonta.org/MemberResources/Tools/AdvocacyTools.aspx}

MDGs 3 & 5 (cont.)

• Improve the ratio of girls to boys in primary, secondary, tertiary education

• Improve the share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector

• Increase the proportion of seats held by women in Parliament

CEDAW Article 10

(Educational Status)

MDG Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality & Empower Women

CEDAW Article 7

(Political Status)

CEDAW Article 11

(Employment Status)

Target Indicators CEDAW Articles

MDGs 3 & 5

MDG Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality & Empower Women (cont.)

Zonta’s Focus:

• Australia’s ‘Scorecard’ re:– Women’s Education– Women’s Employment– Women in Politics

MDGs 3 & 5

• Reduce maternal mortality ratio• Increase proportion of births

attended by skilled health personnel

• Provide access to family planning

• Provide antenatal care coverage

MDG Goal 5: Improve Maternal Health

CEDAW Article 12

(Health Status)

Target Indicators CEDAW Articles

MDGs 3 & 5

• Australia’s indigenous women’s health against these goals

• Australian women’s progress in:– Seats held in Parliament, Council/ Mayor /positions– Salary Gaps– Superannuation– Company Board Appointments

• Women on the single pension / benefit

• Women’s education/ employment in:– Science– Engineering– Other occupations dominated by Men

Refer: Australia’s latest report to CEDAW www.fahcsia.gov.au (Search for CEDAW Reports)ABS Gender Indicators www.abs.gov.au /ausstats/abs@nsf/mf/4125.0

Zonta’s Focus:

MDG Goal 5: Improve Maternal Health (cont.)

BEIJINGPFA

UN Security

Council

Resolutions

UN General

Assembly

Resolutions

International

Conventions

& Protocols

International

Agencies

(UN)

International

Reports

On

Women’s

Status

Religious

Cultural

Discriminatio

n

Zonta Tools

For

Advocacy

Zonta

International

Projects

Human

Rights

ConventionsCEDAW

Zonta Advocacy

MDGs3 & 5

BEIJINGPFA

MDGs3 & 5

UN General

Assembly

Resolutions

International

Conventions

& Protocols

International

Agencies

(UN)

International

Reports

On

Women’s

Status

Religious

Cultural

Discriminatio

n

Zonta Tools

For

Advocacy

Zonta

International

Projects

Human

Rights

ConventionsCEDAW

Zonta Advocacy

UN Security

Council

Resolutions

UN Security

Council

Resolutions

UN Security Council Resolutions

• Its resolutions are binding on all UN Member States

• Reports on enactment of Resolutions are via:

– UN Women

– UN Strategic Framework on Women and Peace and Security 2011 – 2020

• Accountability Mechanism

– Consequences for Violating the Resolution

The Security Council has primary responsibility, under the UN Charter, for the maintenance of International Peace and Security.

None! at Security Council level

Left to Member States to enact

Refer: www.un.org/en/sc/documents/resolutions/index.shtmlwww.unwomen.org/1325plus10www.stoprapenow.org

UN Security Council Resolutions (cont.)

Which Resolutions Apply?

1325 (2000)

1889 (2009)

1820 (2008)

1888 (2009)

1960 (2010)

2016 (2013)

Refer: Peacewomen Project Security Council Monitor www.peacewomen.org/security_council_monitor/

Directed to Women’s Leadership in Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution

Prevention of, and response to, Conflict – Related Sexual Violence

Adds operational detail to all the previous resolutions. All actors (Security Council, Member States, all UN Entities) must do more to implement previous mandates and to combat impunity for these crimes.

UN Security Council Resolutions (cont.)

Refer: Complete list of SCRs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolutions_1_to_100

– First SCR to link women to the peace & security agenda

– First SCR to recognise conflict–related sexual violence as a matter of International Peace & Security

– Addresses obstacles to women’s participation in peace processes & peace building as prescribed in SCR 1325

– Strengthens the implementation of SCR1820 through assigning leadership and establishing effective support mechanisms and development of approaches to address the effects of violence perpetrated during conflicts

– Provides an accountability system for implementation of SCR’s 1820 & 1888. It mandates the Secretary General to list those parties credibly suspected of committing or being responsible for, sexual violence in his annual reports.

Resolution 1325 (2000)





UN Security Council Resolutions (cont.)Other Thematic Security Council Resolutions relevant to the implementation of the Peace & Security Agenda

– Condemns sexual and gender-based violence, recruitment of child soldiers, forced displacement of civilians, trafficking of women and children, sexual exploitation & abuse

– Aimed at protecting children from acts of sexual violence

– Overlaps proposed indicators called for in SCR 1889

1644 (2006)

1894 (2009)

1612 (2005)

Instruments Supporting UN Security Council Resolutions

CEDAW

Other Relevant Legal Instruments

International Criminal Tribunals (Yugoslavia, Rwanda)

Beijing PFA (1995)

– ESP. Critical Area focussing on women in armed conflict

Other Policy Instruments

WINDHOEK Declaration & Namibia Plan of Action (2000)Drafted by Zonta International Honorary Member, Dame Margaret Anstee (DCMG), the first woman Under-Secretary General in the UN (1987 – 1992) and the first woman to head a peace-keeping mission (in Angola 1992 – 1993).

International Criminal Court

BEIJINGPFA

MDGs3 & 5

UN General

Assembly

Resolutions

International

Conventions

& Protocols

International

Agencies

(UN)

International

Reports

On

Women’s

Status

Religious

Cultural

Discriminatio

n

Zonta Tools

For

Advocacy

Zonta

International

Projects

Human

Rights

ConventionsCEDAW

Zonta Advocacy

UN Security Council

Resolutions

BEIJINGPFA

UN Security

Council

Resolutions

MDGs3 & 5

UN General

Assembly

Resolutions

International

Conventions

& Protocols

International

Agencies

(UN)

International

Reports

On

Women’s

Status

Religious

Cultural

Discriminatio

n

Zonta

International

Projects

Human

Rights

ConventionsCEDAW

Zonta Advocacy

Zonta Tools

For

Advocacy

Zonta Tools

For

Advocacy

Zonta Tools For Advocacy

Refer to Z.I. Website – Tools – Advocacy For:

Advocacy

Affiliation– Policies

– Processes

– Frameworks

– Protocols

Checklists

Who takes action/ what level/ when appropriate

CEDAW

Zonta Tools For Advocacy (cont.)

– Zonta and Climate Change

Refer to PowerPoint slides on ‘Jigsaw’ (complete version) on the District Website after Conference

– Beijing PFA

– MDGs

– Violence Against Women

– Zonta and Natural Disasters

Dealing with effects on women

Zonta’s ‘Tools’ For Advocacy (cont.)

• Like all service projects, Zonta’s Advocacy must address Zonta’s Objects

• Use all tools on ZI/District website to identify

relevant ‘support’ for action(s) being advocated

• Use a logical approach; base arguments on well-

researched facts, NOT emotion / emotive statements

(which align with CEDAW, MDGs, BPFA & other Conventions, UN Resolutions focussing on Status of Women issues)

How to Approach Advocacy

Zonta’s ‘Tools’ For Advocacy (cont.)

• Identify the correct level of government for issues

where there needs to be a change of law or policy

• When advocating to NGOs, charities, businesses –

identify all key stakeholders

• Be ‘strategic’ in deciding the best time to make the

approach

BEIJINGPFA

UN Security

Council

Resolutions

MDGs3 & 5

UN General

Assembly

Resolutions

International

Conventions

& Protocols

International

Agencies

(UN)

International

Reports

On

Women’s

Status

Religious

Cultural

Discriminatio

n

Zonta

International

Projects

Human

Rights

ConventionsCEDAW

Zonta Advocacy

ZontaTools For Advocacy


Human

Rights

Conventions

MDGs

3 & 5

BEIJING

PFA

CEDAW

UN Security

Council

Resolutions

UN

General

Assembly

Resolution

s

Internationa

l

Conventions

& Protocols

International

Agencies

(UN)

InternationalReports

OnWomen’s

Status

Religious

Cultural

Discrimination

Zonta

Tools For

Advocacy

Zonta

Internationa

l

Projects

Following each pieceof the puzzle

leads to acomprehensive approachto successful advocacy

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Advocating to improve

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STATUS of WOMEN

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