20 Oct 2010

UN / WORLD POPULATION REPORT ADVANCER

The 2010 State of the World Population report links peace, security and development to women’s rights and empowerment. UNFPA / FILE

Posted at: October 20, 2010 7:00 am

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STORY: UN / WORLD POPULATION REPORT ADVANCER 
SOURCE: UNFPA / MINUSTAH / UNTV / MONUSCO
TRT: 2.15
RESTRICTIONS: NONE 
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: OCTOBER 2010, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

SHOTLIST:

FILE - MINUSTAH - 19 SEPTEMBER 2010, TORBECK, HAITI

1. Various shots, women building canal walls
2. Various shots, woman with wheelbarrow

UNFPA – OCTOBER 2010, NEW YORK CITY

3. Med shot, UNFPA Director Thoraya Obaid working
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director, UN Population Fund:
"The State of World Population Report presents stories of women and girls who have lived through a natural disaster or a war, and the main message of the Report is that too often women and girls suffer, whether in wars or natural disaster, but they are forgotten, in the reconstruction phase, or in the peace-building activities."

FILE – UNTV – DATE UNKNOWN

5. Various shots, chaos during civil war
6. Various shots, civil war footage
7. Various shots, women community police

FILE - UNAMA - AUGUST 2009, KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

8. Various shots, women voting during 2009 elections

UNFPA – OCTOBER 2010, NEW YORK CITY

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director, UN Population Fund:
"When we rebuild society after a natural disaster or a war crisis, we should not build it on the same inequalities that existed before; rather, we should renew the society through ensuring that the human rights of all are protected and are achieved."

FILE – UNTV – 31 OCTOBER 2010, NEW YORK CITY

10. Various shots, Security Council adopting resolution 1325

UNFPA – OCTOBER 2010, NEW YORK CITY

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director, UN Population Fund:
"Security Council resolution 1325 was just the beginning. It opened the door to look at issues of peace and security as they relate to women and girls. And it condemned sexual violence as a crime that needs to be punished, and also, it promoted the participation of women in peace negotiations and peace-building."

FILE - UNTV - MARCH 2009, GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

12. Various shots, IDP camp
13. Various shots, women carrying wood in forest

FILE – MONUSCO – MARCH-APRIL 2004 / SONGO MBOYO, EQUATEUR PROVINCE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

14. Various shots, rape victims

STORYLINE:

The 2010 State of the World Population report, launched today, says that when women have access to the same rights and opportunities as men, they are more resilient to conflict and disaster and can lead reconstruction and renewal efforts in their societies.

Head of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Thoraya Obaid explains that the report's main message is that "too often women and girls suffer, whether in wars or natural disaster, but they are forgotten, in the reconstruction phase, or in the peace-building activities."

Through the stories of women affected by conflict or catastrophe in places like Liberia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Haiti, Iraq, Jordan, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Timor-Leste and Uganda, the report shows how communities and civil society are healing old wounds and moving forward.

However, UNFPA reports that more still needs to be done to ensure that women have access to services and have a voice in peace deals or reconstruction plans.

Obaid says that it is important that "when we rebuild society after a natural disaster or a war crisis, we should not build it on the same inequalities that existed before; rather, we should renew the society through ensuring that the human rights of all are protected and are achieved."

The report's release coincides with the 10th anniversary of the Security Council's landmark resolution 1325 which aims to put a stop to sexual violence against women and girls in armed conflict and to encourage greater participation by women in peacebuilding initiatives.

Obaid says that the resolution, which was adopted in 2000, was "just the beginning" and "opened the door to look at issues of peace and security as they relate to women and girls."

According to UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), out of 300 peace agreements for 45 conflict situations in the 20 years since the end of the Cold War, only 18 have addressed sexual violence in 10 conflict situations.

In countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it is estimated that more than 200,000 women and children have been raped over more than a decade of the country's conflict.