"16 days against Violence" campaign launched in Uzbekistan
26/11/2020 20:22
"16 days against Violence" campaign launched in Uzbekistan
26/11/2020 20:22
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 26 November 2020, the opening ceremony of the campaign "16 days against violence" was held. As part of this event, an online meeting was held on the topic "Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women: measures taken to mitigate its consequences, lessons learned and next steps."
The ceremony was attended by the Chairperson of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Chairperson of the Commission on Ensuring Gender Equality Tanzila Narbaeva.
The event was attended by senators, UNDP Resident Representative in Uzbekistan Matilda Dimovskaya, UN Resident Representative in Uzbekistan Helena Fraser and other UN representatives, senior officials of a number of international organizations and heads of relevant ministries and departments.
During the online meeting, they talked about cases of violence against women, mitigation of their consequences and measures taken, in particular, about practices, problems and plans for the future.
It was noted that in recent years, under the leadership of the President, a number of measures have been taken in our country to ensure the rights and interests of women and gender equality, protect the family, motherhood and childhood, develop women’s entrepreneurship, create new jobs, improve the working and living conditions of women, and prevent harassment. and violence against them. This issue has become a priority area of government policy.
As a result of democratic reforms, the activity of our women in political and social processes is increasing. This was confirmed by the parliamentary elections and local Kengashes held in December last year. The country’s parliament has risen to 37th place among 190 national parliaments in the world by the number of women deputies. 5 years ago, Uzbekistan was 128th in this indicator.
Over the past four years, 24 legal acts affecting the interests of women have been adopted in the field of shaping legislation and ensuring the rule of law in accordance with international standards. In addition, a Strategy for Achieving Gender Equality until 2030 has been developed.
In order to support women in need of social protection, last year, at the expense of commercial banks and the Public Fund for the Support of Women and the Family, over 172 thousand women were allocated loans worth 4.9 trillion soums for organizing your own business. In addition, in order to ensure employment of women and attract them to entrepreneurship, about 170 thousand jobs were created for women.
About 260.3 thousand unemployed and low-income women included in the "iron notebook" were attracted to paid public works and funds for their salaries in the amount of 270.5 billion soums were financed from the Public Works Fund under the Ministry.
In addition, in our country, the prevention of violence, the provision of legal and social assistance to women who have suffered from violence has been established on a systematic basis. In particular, with the introduction of a self-isolation regime in cooperation with the Association of NGOs under the Commission for Ensuring Gender Equality and international organizations, the Hotline service was launched on April 10 this year. During this time, about 4000 applications were received. Of these, 40% are associated with cases of violence, and women received psychological, legal and rehabilitation assistance.
During the event, such issues as cooperation with government agencies and NGOs, migrants and violence, the role of the media in changing social norms, the role of a protective order in mitigating the consequences of violence were discussed.
The need was also stressed to develop measures to further strengthen cooperation aimed at protecting the rights and interests of women, preventing cases of violence against them, supporting women’s entrepreneurship, ensuring gender equality and further improving the status of women in society.
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