Pledge of billions of dollars to strengthen women's rights worldwide
Several countries, NGOs, and private companies have pledged to spend nine billion dollars over the next decade to strengthen women's rights around the world.
On Thursday, November 14, a number of countries and international organizations announced their readiness to strengthen women's rights around the world at the International Population Conference currently being held in Nairobi.
They are going to spend nine billion dollars over the next ten years for this purpose. This money will be spent above all on supporting the campaign against female genital mutilation, comprehensive programs to prevent gender-based violence, and preventing maternal mortality.
It is expected that empowering women and raising their awareness and self-confidence, along with other benefits, will be an effective measure to control population growth.
Countries participating in the Nairobi conference pledged to take additional national measures to achieve the goals. For example, Kenya pledged to achieve “zero” female genital mutilation by 2022.
Just one organization pays $7 billion
Several countries, including Germany and France, have pledged to pay a total of $1 billion.
Earlier this week, NGOs and private companies pledged $8 billion for this purpose.
The international organization World Vision alone is providing seven billion dollars to this project.
World Vision is a Christian organization that provides financial assistance to needy children in poor countries, primarily in the United States and Europe.
Experts say this amount is not enough to strengthen women's rights worldwide. They cite studies by the United Nations Population Fund and Johns Hopkins University in the United States, which concluded that $222 billion is needed to achieve the goals in the next ten years.
The Nairobi International Population Conference, which is attended by more than 4,000 people from 100 countries, was organized by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the governments of Kenya and Denmark.
Source: DW
