{"id":62062,"date":"2025-09-23T18:01:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T18:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/leaders-lament-slow-progress-on-womens-rights"},"modified":"2025-09-23T18:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T18:53:20","slug":"leaders-lament-slow-progress-on-womens-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/leaders-lament-slow-progress-on-womens-rights","title":{"rendered":"Leaders Lament Slow Progress on Women&#8217;s Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>A wave of misogyny is rolling across the world,\u201d U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders who warned of a growing global backlash against women\u2019s rights on the 30th anniversary of a landmark conference.<\/p>\n<p>A day before speeches are set to begin at the 80th session of the U.N. General Assembly, Guterres said that hard-won gains for women\u2019s rights are under attack and lamented the impact some technological advancements are having on women\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n<p>The 1995 United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing is perhaps best known for the phrase \u201cwomen\u2019s rights are human rights,\u201d spoken by then-U.S. first lady Hillary Clinton, later secretary of state.<\/p>\n<p>At the Beijing conference 189 nations signed a document calling for the \u201cfull and equal participation of women in political, civil, economic, social and cultural life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guterres said the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was the most ambitious global political commitment to women\u2019s rights ever achieved. But \u201cprogress has been slow and uneven,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Many leaders recommitted to the 1995 Beijing declaration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are meeting at a pivotal time for the empowerment of women and girls,\u201d said Sabine Monauni, deputy prime minister of Liechtenstein. \u201cIn recent years, we have witnessed a backlash to gender equality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has manifested in various forms, such as legislative rollbacks, as well as the proliferation of misogynist and anti-gender rhetoric, including in parliaments and public office,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Other leaders decried a shortage of women in prominent U.N. positions, noting that no woman had ever served as secretary-general in the 80 years of the world body\u2019s existence.<\/p>\n<p>Annalena Baerbock, president of the 80th General Assembly, said one in three women globally will experience sexual violence at some point during a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no country in the world where women\u2019s rights are purely equal to men, and they are still too many places where even speaking about women rights is a matter of life and death,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We must continue our resistance, which is why we are here today peacefully.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 10% of women remain trapped in extreme poverty, said Huang Xiaowei, deputy head of the National Working Committee on Children and Women of the State Council of China.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders said pressure on women\u2019s rights had been intensified by war and climate change.<\/p>\n<p>About 676 million women and girls live within reach of deadly conflict, the highest recorded since the 1990s, said Sima Bahous, executive director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen and girls in crises suffer unspeakable atrocities, hunger and violence from Afghanistan, the DRC, Gaza, the Sudan, Ukraine to Yemen and beyond,\u201d Bahous said. \u201cWomen and girls bear the brunt of crises.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A number of leaders cited a new and unexpected hurdle in the fight for women\u2019s rights: the unsavory side of technological advancement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTechnology is spreading hate like a virus,\u201d Guterres said on Monday. \u201cArtificial intelligence is reshaping our world. But this transformation is unfolding in an industry dominated by men, shaped by biased data, and driven by algorithms that frequently reinforce discrimination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also face new \u2014 and have to address \u2014 new challenges, like the negative influence of social media on the self-image,\u201d said Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, the first female president of Suriname.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Lesotho<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. A wave of misogyny is rolling across the world,\u201d U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders who warned of a growing global backlash against women\u2019s rights on the 30th anniversary of a landmark conference. A day before speeches are set to begin at the 80th session of the U.N. 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