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UNESCO / Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

6 February 2007 UNESCO - Section for Women and Gender Equality, Bureau of Strategic Planning

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6 February 2007UNESCO HQ, Paris6 February 2007

UNESCO HQ, Paris

UNESCO/ Sony Ericsson WTA TourPartnership

for

Gender Equality

UNESCO/ Sony Ericsson WTA TourPartnership

for

Gender Equality



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Why ?



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The Facts

640 of the 960 million adults who cannot read are women.

Women provide 70% of agricultural labour, produce over 90% of food, but are not represented in budget deliberations.

Women comprise only 10 % of the world’s economy in terms of asset holding and own less than 1 % of the land and real estate.

In both developed and developing countries, women are still averaging slightly less than 78% of the wages given to men for the same work, a gap that is not even closed in the most developed countries.

16,8% women in elected parliaments; ranging from 6,8% in the Arab States to 39,7 in the Nordic countries.

Gender-based violence on the increase. In many countries, rape is not considered a crime, goes unpunished and continues to be used as a tool of war.

Young women are 1.6 times more likely to be living with HIV than young men. Young women make up over 60% of 15-24 year-olds living with HIV.



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Women don’t need charity.

Women want Education and Opportunity



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Committed to making a difference….

UNESCO/ Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Partnership for Gender Equality

UNESCO/ Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Partnership for Gender Equality



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How?



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Promote Women’s Leadership in all of UNESCO’s domains, globally

and in different regions and countries

Promote Women’s Leadership in all of UNESCO’s domains, globally

and in different regions and countries

Building on the Iguales campaign, the OBJECTIVE of the

Partnership is to :

This will be achieved through a dual approach:

I. Mobilize & raise public awareness

II. Build empoweringpartnerships



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Partnership has 4 components :

1. Strengthening Women’s Leadership

2. Promoters of Gender Equality (PGE) .

3. Mentoring, Fellowships & Scholarships

4. Using WTA Tour tournaments, social events and conferences as awareness and fundraising platforms

Partnership will adopt a phased implementation.



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1. Strengthening Women’s Leadership

Strengthen national/community commitment to building women’s leadership capacities in Education and Sports; Culture & the Arts; Sciences & the Environment; Information, Communication & the Media

Establish a UNESCO-WTA Tour Fund for Women’s Leadership that will support projects that effectively contribute to strengthening women’s leadership capacities and opportunities.

Objective

Purpose



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2. Promoters of Gender Equality (PGE) .

The 2 to 3 Promoters, as role models & mentors for gender equality in sports and society as a whole, will globally promote, through their personal commitments and careers, equality between women and men, women’s empowerment and women’s roles and contributions to achieve equality.

Purpose

Coach

Accompany

Connect & involve

Monitor impact

In support, UNESCO will…

11 November 2006, Madrid, Spain Launch of the PartnershipVenus Williams becomes « Promoter for Gender Equality »



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3. Mentoring, Fellowships & Scholarships

Support women’s individual leadership in all spheres, so they can improve their lives, as well as those of their families, communities and countries.

Objective

A. Provide a limited number of outstanding women with the opportunity to pursue and excel in sport-related careers such as sports journalism, medicine, physical education teaching/training, management & business administration, etc. and careers that support healthy lifestyles (fellowships for higher education)

B. Provide a limited number of young women active in sports with the opportunity to pursue their education (scholarships for secondary level)

Purpose



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4. Awareness and fund raising platforms

Using WTA Tour tournaments, social events, and conferences as platforms to raise awareness and funds in support of women’s leadership and gender equality.

Purpose

Build long-term commitment to women’s leadership, gender equality and the overall objectives of the Partnership among key corporate and opinion leaders.

Objective



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Thank you!

WTA MEDIA CONTACT Andrew Walker, Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, +1 727 871 5666, [email protected]

UNESCO CONTACT Saniye Gülser CoratSection for Women and Gender EqualityBureau of Strategic PlanningUNESCO+33 (0)1 45 68 17 [email protected]

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