UN / WOMEN LAND RIGHTS DESERTIFICATION
16-Jun-2023
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Addressing a high-level event to mark Desertification and Drought Day, General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi said, “when women farmers have access to own land, they grow more, and so do their children and nations.” UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / WOMEN LAND RIGHTS DESERTIFICATION
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DATELINE: 16 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
TRT: 02:33
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 16 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST
RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
16 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
3. Wide shot, General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi walks up to podium
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Csaba Kőrösi, President, General Assembly:
“When women farmers have access to own land, they grow more, and so do their children and nations.
The UN Food and Agricultural Organization finds that with women’s equal access to resources, including land, agricultural yields could rise by almost a third, resulting in potentially 150 million fewer hungry people in the world.”
5. Wide shot, Côte d'Ivoire delegation
6. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We depend on land for our survival. Yet, we treat it like dirt. Unsustainable farming is eroding soil 100 times faster than natural processes can restore them. And up to 40 percent of our planet's land is now degraded, imperilling food production, threatening biodiversity and compounding the climate crisis. It hits women and girls the hardest. They suffer disproportionately from the lack of food, water scarcity and forced migration that results from our mistreatment of lands. Yet they have the least control.”
7. Wide shot, UNCCD Goodwill Ambassadors Baaba Maal, Inna Modja and Ricky Kej
8. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I urge all governments to eliminate legal barriers to women owning land and to involve them in policymaking; support women and girls to play their part in protecting our most precious resource. And together, let's stop land degradation by 2030.”
9. Wide shot, Prime Minister of Namibia Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila walks up to podium
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, Prime Minister, Namibia:
“In line with SDG 15, coupled with our endeavours to prioritize gender mainstreaming in our national priorities, particularly in addressing drought as a current challenge faced in Namibia, we have also extrapolated these initiatives to our engagements at an international level. This is primarily because we recognize the importance of gender mainstreaming in climate action, in disaster risk reduction, to ensure inclusivity and social justice.”
11. Various shots, UNCCD Goodwill Ambassadors Baaba Maal, Inna Modja and Ricky Kej receiving diplomas
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
16 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
3. Wide shot, General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi walks up to podium
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Csaba Kőrösi, President, General Assembly:
“When women farmers have access to own land, they grow more, and so do their children and nations.
The UN Food and Agricultural Organization finds that with women’s equal access to resources, including land, agricultural yields could rise by almost a third, resulting in potentially 150 million fewer hungry people in the world.”
5. Wide shot, Côte d'Ivoire delegation
6. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We depend on land for our survival. Yet, we treat it like dirt. Unsustainable farming is eroding soil 100 times faster than natural processes can restore them. And up to 40 percent of our planet's land is now degraded, imperilling food production, threatening biodiversity and compounding the climate crisis. It hits women and girls the hardest. They suffer disproportionately from the lack of food, water scarcity and forced migration that results from our mistreatment of lands. Yet they have the least control.”
7. Wide shot, UNCCD Goodwill Ambassadors Baaba Maal, Inna Modja and Ricky Kej
8. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I urge all governments to eliminate legal barriers to women owning land and to involve them in policymaking; support women and girls to play their part in protecting our most precious resource. And together, let's stop land degradation by 2030.”
9. Wide shot, Prime Minister of Namibia Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila walks up to podium
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, Prime Minister, Namibia:
“In line with SDG 15, coupled with our endeavours to prioritize gender mainstreaming in our national priorities, particularly in addressing drought as a current challenge faced in Namibia, we have also extrapolated these initiatives to our engagements at an international level. This is primarily because we recognize the importance of gender mainstreaming in climate action, in disaster risk reduction, to ensure inclusivity and social justice.”
11. Various shots, UNCCD Goodwill Ambassadors Baaba Maal, Inna Modja and Ricky Kej receiving diplomas
STORYLINE
Addressing a high-level event to mark Desertification and Drought Day, General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi today (16 Jun) said, “when women farmers have access to own land, they grow more, and so do their children and nations.”
Kőrösi said, “with women’s equal access to resources, including land, agricultural yields could rise by almost a third, resulting in potentially 150 million fewer hungry people in the world.”
In a pre-recorded message, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “we depend on land for our survival. Yet, we treat it like dirt.”
He noted that “unsustainable farming is eroding soil 100 times faster than natural processes can restore them. And up to 40 percent of our planet's land is now degraded, imperilling food production, threatening biodiversity and compounding the climate crisis.”
Guterres said women and girls “suffer disproportionately from the lack of food, water scarcity and forced migration that results from our mistreatment of lands. Yet they have the least control.”
He urged all governments “to eliminate legal barriers to women owning land and to involve them in policymaking; support women and girls to play their part in protecting our most precious resource. And together, let's stop land degradation by 2030.”
The Prime Minister of Namibia, Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, for her part said, “In line with SDG 15, coupled with our endeavours to prioritize gender mainstreaming in our national priorities, particularly in addressing drought as a current challenge faced in Namibia, we have also extrapolated these initiatives to our engagements at an international level. This is primarily because we recognize the importance of gender mainstreaming in climate action, in disaster risk reduction, to ensure inclusivity and social justice.”
The high-level event “Her Land. Her Rights: Advancing Gender Equality and Land Restoration Goals” was organized jointly by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), UN Women, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the United Nations Development Programme.
It brough together leaders and gender equality champions to discuss policies and actions needed to advance women’s land rights and promote stronger female leadership and decision-making power in sustainable land management.
Officially declared by the General Assembly as “World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, since 2019, it has been known simply as Desertification and Drought Day and is observed on 17 June to promote public awareness
of international efforts to combat desertification and promote drought resilience.
Kőrösi said, “with women’s equal access to resources, including land, agricultural yields could rise by almost a third, resulting in potentially 150 million fewer hungry people in the world.”
In a pre-recorded message, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “we depend on land for our survival. Yet, we treat it like dirt.”
He noted that “unsustainable farming is eroding soil 100 times faster than natural processes can restore them. And up to 40 percent of our planet's land is now degraded, imperilling food production, threatening biodiversity and compounding the climate crisis.”
Guterres said women and girls “suffer disproportionately from the lack of food, water scarcity and forced migration that results from our mistreatment of lands. Yet they have the least control.”
He urged all governments “to eliminate legal barriers to women owning land and to involve them in policymaking; support women and girls to play their part in protecting our most precious resource. And together, let's stop land degradation by 2030.”
The Prime Minister of Namibia, Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, for her part said, “In line with SDG 15, coupled with our endeavours to prioritize gender mainstreaming in our national priorities, particularly in addressing drought as a current challenge faced in Namibia, we have also extrapolated these initiatives to our engagements at an international level. This is primarily because we recognize the importance of gender mainstreaming in climate action, in disaster risk reduction, to ensure inclusivity and social justice.”
The high-level event “Her Land. Her Rights: Advancing Gender Equality and Land Restoration Goals” was organized jointly by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), UN Women, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the United Nations Development Programme.
It brough together leaders and gender equality champions to discuss policies and actions needed to advance women’s land rights and promote stronger female leadership and decision-making power in sustainable land management.
Officially declared by the General Assembly as “World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, since 2019, it has been known simply as Desertification and Drought Day and is observed on 17 June to promote public awareness
of international efforts to combat desertification and promote drought resilience.
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