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联合国秘书长:按当前情况,未来300年都无法实现性别平等

联合国秘书长:按当前情况,未来300年都无法实现性别平等

EDITH M. LEDERER,THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 2023-03-08
联合国秘书长古特雷斯指出,很多国家里妇女的性别权利和生殖权利正在倒退。

两性平等还有很长的路要走。图片来源:ANA FERNANDEZ—SOPA IMAGES/LIGHTROCKET/GETTY IMAGES

3月6日,联合国秘书长警告说,全球妇女权利都在受到“虐待、威胁和侵犯”,按当前的情况来看,300年内都无法实现性别平等。

安东尼奥·古特雷斯在联合国主要的性别平等机构——妇女地位委员会(Commission on the Status of Women)开场会议上表示,由于“父权体制反击”,数十年来的进展逐渐消失。

联合国秘书长古特雷斯指出,阿富汗“妇女和女孩已从公共生活中消失”,并表示很多国家里妇女的性别权利和生殖权利正在倒退。

他还表示,很多地方女孩上学时面临遭绑架和袭击的危险,他抱怨称,警察本应保护弱势女性,却成为加害者。

“从乌克兰到萨赫勒,总是妇女和女孩最先受危机和冲突影响,而且受创最严重,”古特雷斯说。

他说,其他倒退包括孕产妇死亡率上升,疫情影响迫使女孩结婚,导致辍学,母亲和看护者没法从事能获得收入的工作,等等。

为期两周的会议期间,妇女地位委员会着重关注缩小技术和创新方面的性别差距。秘书长表示,这一话题非常及时,因为随着科技发展,妇女和女孩很难跟上脚步。

“仍有30亿人无法上网,其中多数是发展中国家的妇女和女孩,在最欠发达国家,只有19%的妇女能上网,”古特雷斯说。“全球范围内,女性在科学、技术、工程和数学专业学生里仅占三分之一。

他说,科技行业里男性与女性人数占比为2∶1,人工智能领域只有五分之一的员工是女性。

他表示,“大数据”是政治和商业决策的基础,“但大数据往往忽视性别差异,或完全无视女性,导致产品和服务从一开始就加剧性别不平等。”

古特雷斯呼吁采取紧急行动,推动男女权利平等。

他说,必须增加妇女和女孩的教育、就业和收入,特别是在发展中国家。他呼吁“从政府到董事会再到教室”,科学技术领域要促进女性充分参与和领导。

古特雷斯还表示,必须创造安全的数字环境,消除社交媒体上的“厌女虚假信息和错误信息”以及“性别歧视”。

联合国妇女署(UN Women)执行主任西玛·巴胡斯在委员会开场会议上表示,“数字鸿沟已成为性别不平等的新面孔,”她表示,去年男性上网人数比女性多2.59亿。

她还引用了一项在125个国家针对女记者的调查,调查发现四分之三的女记者在工作过程中曾遭遇网络骚扰,三分之一的女记者采取了自我审查。

巴胡斯说,阿富汗的女性如果通过YouTube和博客发表言论,门上会被塔利班标记,导致很多人为了自身安全逃离阿富汗。她说,伊朗很多女性仍会因参与网络活动受到针对。

她说,当前面临的挑战是“调整影响妇女和女孩地位的技术和创新体制和落后的性别陈规观念”,清除网络空间的辱骂,追究肇事者的责任。

“如果会议结束我们做不到明确发声‘够了,不能再让不公的一切继续’,那么这场会议就白举办了,”巴胡斯说。(财富中文网)

译者:夏林

周一,联合国秘书长警告说,全球妇女权利都在受到“虐待、威胁和侵犯”,按当前的情况来看,300年内都无法实现性别平等。

安东尼奥·古特雷斯在联合国主要的性别平等机构——妇女地位委员会(Commission on the Status of Women)开场会议上表示,由于“父权体制反击”,数十年来的进展逐渐消失。

联合国秘书长古特雷斯指出,阿富汗“妇女和女孩已从公共生活中消失”,并表示很多国家里妇女的性别权利和生殖权利正在倒退。

他还表示,很多地方女孩上学时面临遭绑架和袭击的危险,他抱怨称,警察本应保护弱势女性,却成为加害者。

“从乌克兰到萨赫勒,总是妇女和女孩最先受危机和冲突影响,而且受创最严重,”古特雷斯说。

他说,其他倒退包括孕产妇死亡率上升,疫情影响迫使女孩结婚,导致辍学,母亲和看护者没法从事能获得收入的工作,等等。

为期两周的会议期间,妇女地位委员会着重关注缩小技术和创新方面的性别差距。秘书长表示,这一话题非常及时,因为随着科技发展,妇女和女孩很难跟上脚步。

“仍有30亿人无法上网,其中多数是发展中国家的妇女和女孩,在最欠发达国家,只有19%的妇女能上网,”古特雷斯说。“全球范围内,女性在科学、技术、工程和数学专业学生里仅占三分之一。

他说,科技行业里男性与女性人数占比为2∶1,人工智能领域只有五分之一的员工是女性。

他表示,“大数据”是政治和商业决策的基础,“但大数据往往忽视性别差异,或完全无视女性,导致产品和服务从一开始就加剧性别不平等。”

古特雷斯呼吁采取紧急行动,推动男女权利平等。

他说,必须增加妇女和女孩的教育、就业和收入,特别是在发展中国家。他呼吁“从政府到董事会再到教室”,科学技术领域要促进女性充分参与和领导。

古特雷斯还表示,必须创造安全的数字环境,消除社交媒体上的“厌女虚假信息和错误信息”以及“性别歧视”。

联合国妇女署(UN Women)执行主任西玛·巴胡斯在委员会开场会议上表示,“数字鸿沟已成为性别不平等的新面孔,”她表示,去年男性上网人数比女性多2.59亿。

她还引用了一项在125个国家针对女记者的调查,调查发现四分之三的女记者在工作过程中曾遭遇网络骚扰,三分之一的女记者采取了自我审查。

巴胡斯说,阿富汗的女性如果通过YouTube和博客发表言论,门上会被塔利班标记,导致很多人为了自身安全逃离阿富汗。她说,伊朗很多女性仍会因参与网络活动受到针对。

她说,当前面临的挑战是“调整影响妇女和女孩地位的技术和创新体制和落后的性别陈规观念”,清除网络空间的辱骂,追究肇事者的责任。

“如果会议结束我们做不到明确发声‘够了,不能再让不公的一切继续’,那么这场会议就白举办了,”巴胡斯说。(财富中文网)

译者:夏林

Women’s rights are being “abused, threatened and violated” around the world and gender equality won’t be achieved for 300 years on the current track, the United Nations secretary-general warned Monday.

Antonio Guterres told the opening session of the Commission on the Status of Women — the U.N.’s premiere global body fighting for gender equality — that progress won over decades is vanishing because “the patriarchy is fighting back.”

The U.N. chief pointed to Afghanistan where “women and girls have been erased from public life,” and said that in many countries women’s sexual and reproductive rights are being rolled back.

He also said girls going to school risk kidnapping and assault in many places, and he complained that there are police preying on vulnerable women they are supposed to be protecting.

“From Ukraine to the Sahel, crisis and conflict affect women and girls first and worst,” Guterres said.

In other setbacks, he said, maternal mortality is rising and COVID-19’s impact is forcing girls into marriage and keeping them out of school, while keeping mothers and caregivers out of paid work.

During its two-week session, the Commission on the Status of Women is focusing on closing gender gaps in technology and innovation. The secretary-general said the topic couldn’t be more timely because women and girls are being left behind as technology races ahead.

“Three billion people are still unconnected to the internet, the majority of them women and girls in developing countries, (and) in least developed countries just 19% of women are online,” Guterres said. “Globally, girls and women make up just one-third of students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Men outnumber women two to one in the tech industry and in the growing field of artificial intelligence only about one in five workers is a woman, he said.

He said “big data” is the foundation of political and business decisions, “but it often ignores gender differences — or turns a blind eye to women altogether — resulting in products and services that bake in gender inequality from the start.”

Guterres called for urgent action to equalize power between men and women.

He said there must be increasing education, employment and income for women and girls, especially in developing countries. He called for women’s full participation and leadership in science and technology to be promoted “from governments to board rooms and classrooms.”

Guterres also said a safe digital environment must be created that eliminates “misogynistic disinformation and misinformation” and “gender-trolling” on social media.

Sima Bahous, executive director of UN Women, told the commission’s opening meeting that “the digital divide has become the new face of gender inequality.” She said that last year there were 259 million more men than women online.

She also cited a survey of women journalists from 125 countries that found three-quarters had experienced online harassment in the course of their work and a third had engaged in self-censorship in response.

In Afghanistan, Bahous said, women who spoke out through YouTube and blogging had their doors marked by the Taliban and many fled the country to ensure their safety. In Iran, many women continue to be targeted for participating in online campaigns, she said.

She said the challenge is “to fix the institutions and harmful gender stereotypes surrounding technology and innovation that fail women and girls” and ensure that online spaces are free of abuse and perpetrators are held accountable.

“If we do not leave this session having said collectively, unambiguously, `Enough, no more,’ then we will have failed,” Bahous said.

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