{"id":425317,"date":"2024-03-15T22:47:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T19:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=425317"},"modified":"2024-03-15T22:47:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T19:47:01","slug":"somalia-spearheads-empowerment-at-un-summit-with-focus-on-resource-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/somalia-spearheads-empowerment-at-un-summit-with-focus-on-resource-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia Spearheads Empowerment at UN Summit with Focus on Resource Access"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>United Nations Headquarters, New York<\/strong> \u2014 68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women event at the UN headquarters spotlighted the pivotal role of women\u2019s resource rights in achieving gender equality, poverty alleviation, and food security. The conference, themed \u201cHarvesting Empowerment,\u201d brought together global leaders and policymakers to underscore the necessity of equitable land and resource ownership.<\/p>\n<p>Representing Somalia, the Director of the Gender Department at the Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development, Sadia Mohamed Nor delivered a compelling address. She emphasized the critical need for an integrated approach to growth and development that intertwines economic and social progress, with a particular focus on law enforcement and gender-responsive employment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnsuring women\u2019s economic empowerment and access to resources demands a gender-sensitive macroeconomic environment, full employment, decent work, and comprehensive social protection measures,\u201d she stated. The call to action was clear: \u201cInvest in Women: Accelerate Progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The conference outlined key measures to transform the status of women and combat the feminization of poverty. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Adopting gender-responsive budgeting:<\/strong> Increasing investment in social infrastructure to enhance women\u2019s capabilities and alleviate unpaid care and domestic work.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Inclusive trade facilitation:<\/strong> Leveraging the AfCFTA principles to ensure women\u2019s benefits from trade processes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sustainable infrastructure:<\/strong> Guaranteeing access to food and nutrition, particularly in conflict or disaster-stricken areas.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Financial empowerment:<\/strong> Enhancing women\u2019s access to credit, training, and skills development to improve their quality of life and reduce poverty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The event marked a renewed commitment to reviewing and strengthening policies that promote transparency, accountability, and informed action based on the knowledge of rights, paving the way for a more equitable and prosperous future for all women.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-425319 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GIu5HOfWEAAYHWU.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GIu5HOfWEAAYHWU.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GIu5HOfWEAAYHWU-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GIu5HOfWEAAYHWU-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GIu5HOfWEAAYHWU-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GIu5HOfWEAAYHWU-860x645.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-425320 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GIu5HOfXUAABoEb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GIu5HOfXUAABoEb.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GIu5HOfXUAABoEb-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GIu5HOfXUAABoEb-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GIu5HOfXUAABoEb-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GIu5HOfXUAABoEb-860x645.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Nations Headquarters, New York \u2014 68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women event at the UN headquarters spotlighted the pivotal role of women\u2019s resource rights in achieving gender equality, poverty alleviation, and food security. The conference, themed \u201cHarvesting Empowerment,\u201d brought together global leaders and policymakers to underscore the necessity of equitable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":425318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-425317","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":425321,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425317\/revisions\/425321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}