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January-March 2003 asdfnetwork The UN Women’s Newsletter, Vol. 7 • No. 1 • January, February and March 2003 From the desk of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women Dear Friends, concerns in UNIC (Athens) related more to career It is good to be in touch with you again. development, particularly among the local staff mem- Our Focal Point, Aparna Mehrotra, has been re- bers (men and women) with the imminent closing of assigned for the past two months on an interim basis UNIC there. to work on Iraq issues with Mr. Raffeuddin Ahmed, We continue to serve all our staff by proposing Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Iraq. policies, monitoring achievements and targets, encour- We are pleased that she was chosen for this assign- aging staff and programme managers alike, finding ment and that she has a chance to apply a gender- new sources for recruiting women, and giving coun- sensitive approach to her work on Iraq while broaden- selling, referrals, practical steps and hope to all who ing her other substantive skills. At present, the team of need us. the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues One final issue: we are interested in having your and Advancement of Women (OSAGI) includes Joan views on network and on how we can improve it. Seymour, Acting Focal Point for Women, who was Please fill in the questionnaire and e-mail it to a former Principal Officer in the Department of [email protected]. Political Affairs and Departmental Focal Point; she is With appreciation and warm regards, ably and energetically supported by Sylvia Hordosch, Personnel Policies Officer, Shihana Mohammed, Hanya Salah, Rebeca Dain and Marjorie George. Angela E. V. King Our primary ongoing concerns are looking at how the new staffing system impacts on the lives and careers of women staff in all categories; on developing strategies for reviewing the slowing trend of the per- Contents centage of women at the United Nations through a re-examination of causes; and in working closely with The Secretary-General’s message for the new dynamic head of the Department of Manage- International Women’s Day . 2 ment, Ms. Catherine Bertini, who is determined to Institutions and change: do women make work with the Office of Human Resources Manage- a difference? . 2 ment and my Office to ensure that gender balance is Women in the news . ...4,5 met at least by 2006. Informal survey on paid paternity leave . 5 The Focal Point’s office has been keeping in touch Around the UN . 9 regularly with the Departmental Focal Points but will UN Millennium Development Goals . 10 need to work more closely with Departmental Focal In your interest . policy matters . 11 Points in offices away from Headquarters and in mis- sions. Currently, there is only one Departmental Focal Staff services . 11 Point in a mission, in MINURSO. Congratulations to . 12 I have also recently had a chance to talk to the In your interest . 12 Departmental Focal Point of the Economic Commis- Did you know that . 13 sion for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Women, peace and security . 13 Nieves Ricco, and a group of women staff there, as News flash . 14 well as in our United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Athens. The concerns in ECLAC included Web sites . 14 the effect of the new staffing system on women and Survey for network readers . 15 access to the Office of the Ombudsman; whereas network • The UN Women’s Newsletter The Secretary-General’s message Institutions and change: do women for International Women’s Day make a difference? The Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, said, in his message The Focal Point for Women of the Office of the Special to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March 2003, that Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women the Millennium Development Goals—including the promo- (OSAGI) organized a panel discussion on “Institutions and tion of gender equality and the empowerment of women— change: do women make a difference?” on 12 March 2003, represented a new way of doing development business. To during the forty-eighth session of the Commission on the reach those objectives, gender equality was not only a goal in Status of Women, at United Nations Headquarters. its own right but it was critical to our ability to reach all the Panellists provided different perspectives on the issue, others. Thus, the work of the United Nations for development based on their particular experiences with the UN, government, must focus on the needs and priorities of women, including operational agencies and peace operations. promoting the education of girls and placing women at the Ms. Angela E. V. King, who acted as moderator, wel- centre of the fight against HIV/AIDS, so that women and girls comed the panellists and guests, stating that she was pleased to can have all the skills, services and self-confidence needed to see the conference hall filled with people. She indicated that protect themselves. The Secretary-General said that only by this in itself was a measure of the increasing importance investing in the world’s women could we expect to reach the attached to institutions and change and to the issue of gender Millennium Development Goals by 2015; and he concluded balance and gender equality. In systems where democratic rep- by stating that “when women thrive, all of society benefits”. resentation was accepted as fundamental to good governance, there was no more time to wait and no effort to be spared to (For the complete text, go to meet the goal of gender balance. Furthermore, as the www.un.org/events/women/iwd/2003/sgmessage.html) Secretary-General pointed out in his message on International Women’s Day, gender equality was not only a goal in itself but a means to the achievement of all other goals. Mr. Iqbal Riza, Chef de Cabinet, Office of the Secretary- General, United Nations, reiterated the commitment of the Secretary-General that gender balance was not just a goal but Panel discussion,Wednesday, 12 March 2003 a means for achieving the Millennium Goals of the United 2 Vol. 7 • No. 1 • January, February and March 2003 Nations. He further stated that indeed women make a differ- political institutions has been steadily increasing over the ence and cited such examples as Ms. Eleanor Roosevelt and years to reflect the diversity of New Zealand society. To Ms. Mary Robinson, as well as the women who were among achieve this, it was recognized that there was a need to bal- the panellists and organizers of the panel. However, he pre- ance work, family and community commitments, thus allow- ferred to pose a different question to the audience: “How can ing employees to achieve a better balance in their lives. we ensure that women can find their rightful opportunities to Special efforts were made to ensure that: recruitment of make a difference?” In spite of the recognition that the full employees was consistent with the goals of gender parity; participation of women—half of humankind—was essential, policies on maternity/paternity leave were implemented; re- the United Nations has fallen short of many of the goals it had recruitment of women who wished to come back to work set for itself; and that women had been fighting an unequal after extended periods of leave taken to raise families was battle. With the institution of the new vacancy management encouraged; improved access to affordable childcare for system, heads of departments, funds and programmes would working parents was offered; part-time and flexi-time was be held accountable for gender progress. It was clear that the introduced; and a fresh look be made at pay equity. The UN system could only benefit from the diversity resulting Ambassador concluded by stating that in order to assist the from the inclusion of both women and men. Moreover, there Secretariat to reach gender balance, it was of utmost impor- was not a single issue in the UN that was not a “women’s tance that Member States provide to the Secretariat more issue”. This was the single most important reason to give gender-balanced nominations to all bodies of the UN, as well women the opportunity to make a difference. as for peacekeeping missions. Ms. Catherine Bertini, Under-Secretary-General for Ms. Lena Sundh, Deputy Special Representative of the Management, United Nations, stated unequivocally that Secretary-General, United Nations Observer Mission in the women always make a difference in institutions. She spoke of Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), discussed the her 10-year experience while serving as Executive Director of role and importance of women in peacekeeping missions. the World Food Programme (WFP). She explained that with The presence of women becomes fundamental in achieving the introduction of her internal reforms “Decade for the goals of the mission, in all aspects of peacekeeping and Change”, it was possible almost to reach gender parity in peacemaking. Member States must continue to be encour- WFP. She continued to illustrate how important it was to aged to send more women in their contingents. As war understand the needs of women, because it was they who increasingly affects civilian populations, women become were the pivotal actors, at least in food aid and the elimina- increasingly important as essential mediators for successful tion of hunger. Ms. Bertini concluded by saying that, as head conflict resolution, reconstruction and peace-building. of the Department of Management, she was hopeful that Ms. Blanca Antonini, Deputy Director for the under the framework of the Millennium Goals she would be Americas, Department of Political Affairs, United Nations, able to bring about positive changes in most aspects of the life spoke about her experience as a senior woman in two of staff members.
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