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Ending Sex Discrimination in the Law
UN Women’s Equality in Law strategy
“implementation accelerators” include: 21
Technical support to regional and national stakeholders;
Digital tracking through accountability maps showing
where progress is being made;
Alliances with non-traditional partners;
A movement of first spouses;
Bottom-up and top-down engagement at the country level;
Leverage mandates and influence (the political influence
of heads of UN and regional bodies and agencies will be
tapped to advocate for reform);
Supporting regional and interregional policy dialogue on
discriminatory laws;
Human rights monitoring & reporting;
Building on existing movements and campaigns;
Engaging men and boys;
Document, share and learn;
Promoting South-South triangular cooperation.
Does the constitution take at least one approach to gender equality?
KEY:
No, none
General equality guaranteed
Aspirational
Guaranteed, but customary or
religious laws can supersede
Guaranteed
Source: WORLD Policy Analysis Center, Constitutions Database, 2017
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