Implementing+the+Secretary+General's+campaign+to+combat+violence+against+women


 * __Implementing the Secretary General's campaign to combat violence against women__**

The Secretary General of the UN has launched a campaign that aims to cease violence against women. One in every three women in the modern day world are likely to be beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise subjected to a lifetime of severe abuse. This also includes preventing female circumcision and dowry murder, which are problems that are surfacing and becoming increasingly popular. The delegate of Iraq fully believes that this campaign is the ideal investment for countries who wish to help stop violence against because it outlines a framework on what will be done to achieve this. This campaign will run alongside the MDG’s, which brings to light the magnitude of this issue, because if this is solved, then all the rest of the goals will be much simpler to achieve. Ban Ki-Moon has raised awareness for this campaign and it is currently renowned among large political leaders, this will increase its probability of being implemented within a nation because heads of state know the origin of this campaign. It will strengthen the UN role in ending violence and “creating an organizational culture within UN systems that rejects violence against women and girls”. Iraq further emphasizes that countries help reinforce this organization because it deals with the core of the conflict, by building up on the decades of work done by women activists and other organizations who demand change in this particular field. General Assembly resolutions 61/143 and 62/133 are aimed at intensifying the efforts to eliminate violence against women. This campaign will work to fortify these resolutions so that this conflict would no longer hinder gender equality. Thus, Iraq fully supports this campaign and urges other countries to do so, as it is the closest and most potent plan we currently have to ending this problem.

1. __ Calls on __ all countries to integrate violence against woman as a violation of human rights and addresses it by some sort of legal consequence to be determined by the respective country, this will: a. Acts of violence of women such as:  i. Domestic violence  ii. Rape b. Increase awareness on the severity of gender-based violence c. Allow women to be more actively engaged within their communities 2. __ Suggests __ that as a member of the United Nations, each country should gather data on gender-based violence, this will help determine the direction of the Secretary Generals campaign, as this will: a. Indicate which areas are more pressing than others, therefore needing a larger budget b. Allow for better planning to all the NGO’s and member States participating in this campaign. c. Raise awareness on the issue, as campaigns can be backed up with legitimate statistics d. Be cross-compared with different countries in order to:  i. Evaluate causes to gender-based violence  ii.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Manage time spent in each country relating to this issue <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> iii.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Allow NGO’s and other contributors to evaluate which methods are more efficient than others 3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> __ Calls __ on all countries ready to actively participate in this campaign to allow the UN to be at the centre of all activities so that: a.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> They can actively facilitate communication between Member States b.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> NGO’s active in this campaign have a “headquarters” to report to  c.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">  There is an organization in charge which will actively share event dates or release information relating to the campaign d.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> The Secretary General can evaluate the status of the issue in terms of: <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> i.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Whether or not the goal is being achieved <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ii.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Efficiency of budget use <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> iii.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Calendar events