2nd Man Committee: Economic and Financial
Women and development
Chile
Alyssa Weber
Hartford Union High School
The United Nations has proven its deep care for the rights of woman in many ways. The
UN has created the Unite Nations Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality
(IANWGE). They have passed many resolutions to support the equality of woman and their
rights. In UN Security Council Resolution 1325 the United Nations called for the full and equal
participation of women in all peace and security initiatives. The United nations has created The
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW),
which defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national
action to end all demonstrations of discrimination. The United Nations has acted to promise that
woman will have equal rights in developing countries and that they will have an equal say within
the government of their home country.
Chile believes that there is still a lot to achieve in the area of woman and the development
of their roles in society, and that the United Nations should continue to hold conferences in order
to improve this area of our world. Chile’s influence on this subject has increased in the past
years. Chile’s culture has characterized woman because of their biological differences between
them and men. Stereotypically, many people believe that Chile remains unwavering in their
values system whereby men dominate the household. There is also a strong influence from the
Catholic church which characterizes woman as the homemakers and not as equals to men. Chile
has made progress through commitments acquired under the Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Chile is open to the idea of strengthening
women’s rights.
Chile, partnered with the United Nations, can take great strides towards achieving the
recognition of woman’s rights within the world as a whole. We would like to require countries
to send reports to the IANWGE about their progress within the areas of women’s rights. We
would like to require countries to abide by the CEDAW and to include the details about their
compliance within their reports to the IANWGE. Countries should be called to form committees
that have the main goal of recognizing woman’s views on political issues within their home
countries. Countries should be required to make steps to allowing women to vote and hold
positions within the government. Meetings like the Latin American and Caribbean Regional
Conferences on Women should be held to allow countries to share experiences, measure
progress, develop proposals and identify common challenges in the rights of women.