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The United States published its first strategy to promote gender equality nationally and globally , which includes the commitment to strengthen the legal framework against sexist violence that it considers “endemic” both in your country and in the world.
The White House published its National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality , a document by 42 pages that supposes the first time that the United States Government sets a series of specific objectives related to equality in their national and international politics.
The plan was prepared on White House Gender Policy Council , created in March and which is the first entity dedicated to gender equality in the United States , whose members directly advise the president American entity, Joe Biden.
The strategy identifies ten “interconnected priorities” : economic security, violence gender, health, education, justice and immigration, human rights and equality under the law, security and humanitarian relief, climate change, science and technology; and democracy and leadership.
“ Gender-based violence is endemic in homes , schools, workplaces, the Armed Forces, communities and on the internet, and too often it is part of conflicts and humanitarian crises, ”the document says.
National and global laws and policies
Therefore, The United States “will work to eliminate gender violence” through the “ development and strengthening of national and global laws and policies , the investment in comprehensive services for survivors, and the increased efforts prevention “, he indicates.
Specifically, the White House will take advantage of its contacts with other countries to express their support for “ the approval and implementation of stronger national laws” and “marc international “more solid to combat this scourge, says the document.
” In Central America, the economic insecurity of women and gender violence contribute to the root causes of migration ”, emphasizes, for example, the text.
Within the United States, the White House will create a national plan of action to end the gender violence , which will seek to address “the causes at the root of these problems ”, as well as“ increasing options and opportunities for survivors. ”
One third of Americans
Sexist violence affects a third of American women at some point in their lives, and has an ally in arms fire : an average of 53 women die every month at shot by her partner, according to the pro-gun control organization Everytown.
The White House’s immediate priority is for Congress to re-pass a law against sexist violence known in English by its acronym, VAWA, which dates from 1994 and was endorsed periodically until the Conservatives let it expire in 2019.
The strategy also raises the need to act against “sexual violence in conflicts ”, the risks for women who are activists or politicians, and the“ crisis of missing or murdered indigenous women ”in the US; in addition to promoting the fair treatment of detainees in the Justice or immigration systems.
They are also part of the plan to defend access to a “safe and legal” abortion in the United States, where the Supreme Court could repeal next year the decision that legalized this practice at the national level in 1973 , and the promotion of “Sexual and reproductive health rights” around the world.
In addition, the White House promises fight the “maternal mortality crisis in the United States” , which has a “disproportionate impact on Black and Native American women”, and reduce that scourge as well on an international level. The promotion of “gender parity and diversity” in leadership roles, “included in peace processes , national security, defense and global health ”, as well as in the private sector, is another of the strategy’s priorities.
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