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PAN AMERICAN SCHOOL

10TH ANNUAL MODEL

UNITED NATIONS

February 23rd

, 24th

, and 25th

Dear Delegates,

Welcome to PASMUN 2017! We are honored to have you

participate at our 10th Annual Model United Nations. Our

secretariat, chairs and staff have been working to give you

one of the best simulations you will ever experience.

During these three days you will have the opportunity to deal with international issues which will improve your skills, flourish your leadership, will promote teamwork and will make you have a different way of viewing the world we live in. You will also get to know new people, since this is an event created by students for students.

We encourage you to challenge your abilities in all the possible ways before, during and after the event. We hope you give your best in this simulation and take the most advantage of it. This year, since we still have faith in humanity, we are trying to inspire you in order for you to inspire others to be the change! We are beyond excited to have you in our event!

Sincerely,

Natalia Tellez

Secretary General

Natalia Tellez

Secretary General

Jose Luis Herrera

Director General

Miranda Silva

Crisis Director

Valeria Villafranca

Subsecretary of

Commitees

Rafael Paredes

Chief of Crisis

Paola Froto

Subsecretary of Affairs

Pablo Navarro

Subsecretary of

Technology

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Committee: Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

Director: Valeria Villarreal

Moderator: Sofiann Leguz Gutiérrez

Topic B: Women Empowerment in the Political World

I. Committee Background

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is a committee that was made

as the principal global intergovernmental body dedicated to the promotion of

gender equality and the empowerment of women. The CSW is instrumental in

promoting women’s rights, documenting the reality of women’s lives throughout the

world, and shaping global standards on gender equality and the empowerment of

women. Every year, representatives of Member States meet at the United Nations

in New York to evaluate gender equality, identify challenges, set global standards

and formulate adequate policies to promote equality and advancement of women

worldwide. This commission tries to focus on each, and every single right that

women might have. What this committee expects, in case a woman is being

treated improperly, either in accordance with her rights, obligations or actions that

she has done, they will have always the right to defend themselves, but for them to

be easier, the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will be always for them

to defend them or protect them. In conclusion, the commission on the Status of

Women does the women rights be accomplish in a justice way, in which everyone

will have their priorities and rights in order of following laws.

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II. Statement of the problem

Women Empowerment in the Political World has been a major issue worldwide;

this refers to people of any gender, stressing the distinction between biological sex

and gender as a role as it also refers to other marginalized genders in a particular

political or social context. Empowering women to participate fully in economic life

across all sectors is essential to build stronger economies, achieve internationally

agreed goals for development and sustainability, and improve the quality of life for

women, men, families and communities.

The empowerment and autonomy of women and the improvement of their

political, social, economic, and health status is highly important. In addition, it is

essential for the achievement of sustainable development. The full participation

and partnership of both women and men is required in productive and reproductive

life, including shared responsibilities for the care and nurturing of children and

maintenance of the household. In all parts of the world, women are facing threats

to their lives, health and well- being as a result of being overburdened with work

and of their lack of power and influence. In most regions of the world, women

receive less formal education than men, and at the same time, women's own

knowledge, abilities and coping mechanisms often go unrecognized.

Education is one of the most important means of empowering women with the

knowledge, skills and self-confidence necessary to participate fully in the

development process. Countries should act to empower women and should take

steps to eliminate inequalities between men and women, by establishing

mechanisms for women's equal participation and equitable representation at all

levels of the political process and public life in each community and society and

enabling women to articulate their concerns and needs or promoting the fulfillment

of women's potential through education, or skill development

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III. Topic Information

a) History of the topic

The issue of the Women Empowerment in the Political World has been present

since ancient times. Empowerment is the process by which the women achieve

increased control and participation in decision making which in turn helps to

achieve equal basis with men in various spheres – political, economic, social,

cultural and civil. More than 40 years ago, the Universal Declaration of Human

Rights asserted, "everyone has the right to education". In 1990, Governments

meeting at the World Conference on Education for all in, Thailand committed

themselves to the goal of universal access to basic education. But they also say

that this physical education needs to be a plied not only for men and kids, also for

women. In the simplest words, empowering the women means creating such an

environment in which they can take independent decisions for their personal

development and the development of society in general.

b) Current Issues: .

Globally, women have fewer opportunities for economic participation than men,

less access to basic and higher education, greater health and safety risks, and less

political representation to guarantee the rights of women and giving them

opportunities to reach their full potential is critical not only for attaining gender

equality, but also for meeting a wide range of international development goals.

Empowered women and girls contribute to the health and productivity of their

families, communities, and countries, creating a ripple effect that benefit. This issue

is commonly happening in the urban areas, as the ones that have fewer resources.

The problem essentially is routed in gender disparity in India. Gender disparity

manifests itself in various forms, the most obvious being the trend of continuously

declining female ratio in the population in the last few decades. Social stereotyping

and violence at the domestic and societal levels are some of the other

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manifestations. Discrimination against girl children, adolescent girls and women

persists in parts of the country. The gender disparity can be understood that it

exists by looking at the sex ration in India, which stands at 933.

c) United Nation Actions

The United Nations have always been working on protecting women rights, as

more than 90 governments have made concrete commitments to overcome gender

equality gaps at, and since, a historic event by UN Women and the People’s

Republic of China, “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s

Empowerment. The United Nations always have help of other committees as

ECOSOS or UNODC, but these issue of Women Empowerment on Political Worlds

may need to be solve by just the committee of Commission on the Status of

Women (CSW)) Education is one of the most important means of empowering

women with the knowledge, skills and self-confidence necessary to participate fully

in the development process. Countries should act to empower women and should

take steps to eliminate inequalities between men and women, by establishing

mechanisms for women's equal participation and equitable representation at all

levels of the political process and public life in each community and society.

IV. Conclusion:

As the Commission of the Status of Women (CSW) with the topic of “Women

Empowerment in the Political World”, it's very important to have many effective

solutions, that may overcome with topic, for it to be solve, cause the issue is been

affecting many countries and people since many years ago. The United Nations is

trying to have all these in control, but it is very difficult without solutions, that you

may be saying and applying in the debate. Always keeping in mind that if any rule

of law is move for solving this issue of Women Empowerment in the Political World,

sometimes may be bad or may cause damage to other decisions, always try to

focus on the topic. Countries that are located in Urban Areas may have a major

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importance of searching better information, since you will be the point of issue, in

which all delegates may be asking at you. The Commission of the Status on

Women (CSW) will expect that all women's received a good treatment, as

physically and verbal. In Urban Areas this issue is more common, so the treatment

and rules should need to be increasing for them. Many countries are being affected

as some of them are causing these problems, as some of them are receiving this

issue as a very bad consequence of other countries. Many solutions will help a lot

to solve this problem.

V. Essential Questions:

1. What causes are making Women Empowerment in the Political World

exists or happen in your country?

2. What effects is your country having because of the Women

Empowerment in the Political World?

3. How can you receive some help from the governments?

4. How would your country apply your solutions in other countries?

5. In what form is Women Empowerment in Political World affecting

your country?

6. Is your delegation helping other countries, or your delegation is

receiving help from other countries, and how?

7. Are any campaigns supporting your delegations main solutions?

8. What other solutions will your country have, if the ones you are

planning to apply don’t function?

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VI. Bibliography:

unwomen.org recovered from www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/leadership-and-political-participation

unwomen.org recovered from http://www.unwomen.org/en/partnerships/businesses-and-foundations/womens-empowerment-principles

readglobal.org recovered from http://www.readglobal.org/blog/126-10-ways-to-empower-women

nation.com.pk recovered from http://nation.com.pk/columns/21-Nov-2015/woman-empowerment-the-solution

cia.gov recovered from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

care.org recovered from http://www.care.org/sites/default/files/documents/2009sSII-Womens-Empowerment-and-Engaging-Men-Brief.pdf

usaid.gov recovered on November 11, 2016 from https://www.usaid.gov/what-we-do/gender-equality-and-womens-empowerment

wenations.org recovered on November 11,2016 from http://www.wenations.org/programs/