UN / WOMEN ARAB REGION
07-Mar-2023
00:02:53
A group of activists from the Arab region participating in the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York warned about a deterioration of the women’s situation in their countries. UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / WOMEN ARAB REGION
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 03 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
TRT: 2:53
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 03 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
SHOTLIST
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
07 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2.Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Brigitte Chelebian, network champion, Justice Without Frontiers, Lebanon:
“The economic, social, health, education crisis had a bad effect on women and girls. The percentage of violence and cyber bullying increased from the starting of the COVID-19 pandemic to more than 100 per cent. Women and girls are not able to access justice due to the pesky legal fees, especially cases related to personal status law.”
4. Med shot, activists addressing journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Suzan Aref, founder and director, Iraq's Women Empowerment Organization:
“If now the door is open for women participation and equality, this cannot be achieved without a clear vision and strategy, legal structure, official machinery and provision of the implementation.”
6. Med shot, journalists in the audience
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Samia El Hashmi, Co-founder, Mutawinat women's rights organization, Sudan:
“Sudanese women were in the frontline for the Sudanese revolution. But after the formation of the hybrid government, between the military component and civic component, women were deprived of being in the frontline of building the nation.”
8. Close up, journalists in the audience
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Zahra' Langhi, co-founder of Libyan Women's Platform for Peace (LWPP):
“There's also an attack on civil society activists and specifically women human rights defenders. We are witnessing cyber war on women. There is an increase in conflict related sexual violence. All of this with zero accountability.”
10. Med shot, activists addressing journalists
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Amani Aruri, member of the UN Women's Global Youth Task Force on Beijing +25, Palestine:
“Palestine is not different than most of the Arab countries, in terms of discrimination, in terms of shrinking spaces, in terms of lack of democratic processes. In Palestine, the democratic process is defective. We don't have elections, whether presidential elections or the Palestinian Legislative Council, which is the parliament. Patriarchal structures, discriminatory laws and regulations that prevent women from their basic rights, from access to justice, from the protection they need also, not only as peacebuilders, but also as human beings,”
12. Wide shot, briefing room
1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
07 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2.Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Brigitte Chelebian, network champion, Justice Without Frontiers, Lebanon:
“The economic, social, health, education crisis had a bad effect on women and girls. The percentage of violence and cyber bullying increased from the starting of the COVID-19 pandemic to more than 100 per cent. Women and girls are not able to access justice due to the pesky legal fees, especially cases related to personal status law.”
4. Med shot, activists addressing journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Suzan Aref, founder and director, Iraq's Women Empowerment Organization:
“If now the door is open for women participation and equality, this cannot be achieved without a clear vision and strategy, legal structure, official machinery and provision of the implementation.”
6. Med shot, journalists in the audience
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Samia El Hashmi, Co-founder, Mutawinat women's rights organization, Sudan:
“Sudanese women were in the frontline for the Sudanese revolution. But after the formation of the hybrid government, between the military component and civic component, women were deprived of being in the frontline of building the nation.”
8. Close up, journalists in the audience
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Zahra' Langhi, co-founder of Libyan Women's Platform for Peace (LWPP):
“There's also an attack on civil society activists and specifically women human rights defenders. We are witnessing cyber war on women. There is an increase in conflict related sexual violence. All of this with zero accountability.”
10. Med shot, activists addressing journalists
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Amani Aruri, member of the UN Women's Global Youth Task Force on Beijing +25, Palestine:
“Palestine is not different than most of the Arab countries, in terms of discrimination, in terms of shrinking spaces, in terms of lack of democratic processes. In Palestine, the democratic process is defective. We don't have elections, whether presidential elections or the Palestinian Legislative Council, which is the parliament. Patriarchal structures, discriminatory laws and regulations that prevent women from their basic rights, from access to justice, from the protection they need also, not only as peacebuilders, but also as human beings,”
12. Wide shot, briefing room
STORYLINE
A group of activists from the Arab region participating in the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York warned about a deterioration of the women’s situation in their countries.
The civil society leaders spoke to journalists on Tuesday (7 Mar) in a press conference sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations.
The activists are members of Karama, a network of civil society groups and activists in 13 countries in Africa and the Arab region, that provides an international platform for women to share skills and knowledge, and be part of a regional movement.
From Lebanon, Brigitte Chelebian, a network champion for Justice Without Frontiers, said that “the economic, social, health, education crisis had a bad effect on women and girls” in her country.
According to Chelebian. “the percentage of violence and cyber bullying increased from the starting of the COVID-19 pandemic to more than 100 per cent” and “women and girls are not able to access justice due to the pesky legal fees, especially cases related to personal status law.”
Suzan Aref, the founder and director of Iraq's Women Empowerment Organization, noted that “if now the door is open for women participation and equality, this cannot be achieved without a clear vision and strategy, legal structure, official machinery and provision of the implementation.”
The Co-founder of Mutawinat women's rights organization, Samia El Hashmi, said, “Sudanese women were in the frontline for the Sudanese revolution. But after the formation of the hybrid government, between the military component and civic component, women were deprived of being in the frontline of building the nation.”
Describing the situation in her country, Zahra' Langhi, the co-founder of Libyan Women's Platform for Peace (LWPP), said that “there's also an attack on civil society activists and specifically women human rights defenders.”
Langhi added, “We are witnessing cyber war on women. There is an increase in conflict related sexual violence. All of this with zero accountability.”
Amani Aruri, from Palestine, a member of the UN Women's Global Youth Task Force on Beijing +25, noted that “Palestine is not different than most of the Arab countries, in terms of discrimination, in terms of shrinking spaces, in terms of lack of democratic processes.”
Aruri argued that the “democratic process is defective” and pointed to “patriarchal structures, discriminatory laws and regulations that prevent women from their basic rights, from access to justice, from the protection they need also, not only as peacebuilders, but also as human beings,”
The sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women takes place from 6 to 17 March, in New York, under the theme “Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls”.
The civil society leaders spoke to journalists on Tuesday (7 Mar) in a press conference sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations.
The activists are members of Karama, a network of civil society groups and activists in 13 countries in Africa and the Arab region, that provides an international platform for women to share skills and knowledge, and be part of a regional movement.
From Lebanon, Brigitte Chelebian, a network champion for Justice Without Frontiers, said that “the economic, social, health, education crisis had a bad effect on women and girls” in her country.
According to Chelebian. “the percentage of violence and cyber bullying increased from the starting of the COVID-19 pandemic to more than 100 per cent” and “women and girls are not able to access justice due to the pesky legal fees, especially cases related to personal status law.”
Suzan Aref, the founder and director of Iraq's Women Empowerment Organization, noted that “if now the door is open for women participation and equality, this cannot be achieved without a clear vision and strategy, legal structure, official machinery and provision of the implementation.”
The Co-founder of Mutawinat women's rights organization, Samia El Hashmi, said, “Sudanese women were in the frontline for the Sudanese revolution. But after the formation of the hybrid government, between the military component and civic component, women were deprived of being in the frontline of building the nation.”
Describing the situation in her country, Zahra' Langhi, the co-founder of Libyan Women's Platform for Peace (LWPP), said that “there's also an attack on civil society activists and specifically women human rights defenders.”
Langhi added, “We are witnessing cyber war on women. There is an increase in conflict related sexual violence. All of this with zero accountability.”
Amani Aruri, from Palestine, a member of the UN Women's Global Youth Task Force on Beijing +25, noted that “Palestine is not different than most of the Arab countries, in terms of discrimination, in terms of shrinking spaces, in terms of lack of democratic processes.”
Aruri argued that the “democratic process is defective” and pointed to “patriarchal structures, discriminatory laws and regulations that prevent women from their basic rights, from access to justice, from the protection they need also, not only as peacebuilders, but also as human beings,”
The sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women takes place from 6 to 17 March, in New York, under the theme “Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls”.
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