HLPF 2019 – ARROW’s statement on SDG4: Quality Education

This statement was prepared on behalf of the Women’s Major Group (WMG) on 9th July 2019 at HLPF 2019.

Review of SDG implementation and interrelations among goals: Discussion on SDG 4 – Quality education 

 

Thank you Madam Moderator.

My name is Shamala Chandrasekaran from the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) and the Women’s Major Group.

Madam Moderator, women and girls particularly from LDCs and MICs, face many obstacles in accessing and completing education. There are also systemic and structural barriers which include early marriage and pregnancy, gender-based violence and discrimination.

We believe that social protection policies and public services that recognise and support women’s productive and reproductive lives, reduce and redistribute unpaid domestic and care work, are key for women to improve their income, reduce time poverty, help poor households meet basic needs and ensure improved performance of girls in school.

Failure to ensure social protection, as well as the high cost of education, have hindered implementation of SDGs at all levels. SDG 4 should, therefore, be considered as a key component of a set of core competencies that require sustained learning and updating. Education needs to be innovative and diversified, including informal, comprehensive sexuality education (CSE), TVET and lifelong learning should be promoted to ensure that no one is left behind, especially young women and girls.

With this, we call for:
1. Promotion of equal opportunities in learning and education to boost employment and the empowerment of women, economic prosperity and their contribution to the well-being of girls.
2. Ensure access to SRHR services and information for young people, especially girls, through policy integration and implementation to reverse key health barriers to achieving SDG4 with involvement of youth themselves.
3. Ensure policies and legislation that enhance completion of girls’ education and remove systemic and structural barriers that limit attainment of quality education.

Thank you Madam Moderator.

Vietnam

  • Centre for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population (CCIHP)

Indonesia

  • Aliansi Satu Visi (ASV);
  • CEDAW Working Group;
  • Hollaback! Jakarta;
  • Institut Kapal Perempuan;
  • Kalyanamitra;
  • Komnas Perempuan;
  • Remaja Independen Papua/Independent Youth
    Forum Papua (FRIP/IYFP);
  • Perkumpulan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia (PKBI);
  • Perkumpulan Lintas Feminis Jakarta;
  • Perkumpulan Pamflet Generasi;
  • RUTGERS Indonesia;
  • Sanggar SWARA;
  • Women on Web;
  • Yayasan Kesehatan Perempuan (YKP); 
  • YIFOS Indonesia

Maldives

  • Hope for Women
  • Society for Health Education (SHE)
HLPF 2019 - ARROW's statement on SDG4: Quality Education

This statement was prepared on behalf of the Women’s Major Group (WMG) on 9th July 2019 at HLPF 2019.

Review of SDG implementation and interrelations among goals: Discussion on SDG 4 – Quality education 

 

Thank you Madam Moderator.

My name is Shamala Chandrasekaran from the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) and the Women’s Major Group.

Madam Moderator, women and girls particularly from LDCs and MICs, face many obstacles in accessing and completing education. There are also systemic and structural barriers which include early marriage and pregnancy, gender-based violence and discrimination.

We believe that social protection policies and public services that recognise and support women’s productive and reproductive lives, reduce and redistribute unpaid domestic and care work, are key for women to improve their income, reduce time poverty, help poor households meet basic needs and ensure improved performance of girls in school.

Failure to ensure social protection, as well as the high cost of education, have hindered implementation of SDGs at all levels. SDG 4 should, therefore, be considered as a key component of a set of core competencies that require sustained learning and updating. Education needs to be innovative and diversified, including informal, comprehensive sexuality education (CSE), TVET and lifelong learning should be promoted to ensure that no one is left behind, especially young women and girls.

With this, we call for:
1. Promotion of equal opportunities in learning and education to boost employment and the empowerment of women, economic prosperity and their contribution to the well-being of girls.
2. Ensure access to SRHR services and information for young people, especially girls, through policy integration and implementation to reverse key health barriers to achieving SDG4 with involvement of youth themselves.
3. Ensure policies and legislation that enhance completion of girls’ education and remove systemic and structural barriers that limit attainment of quality education.

Thank you Madam Moderator.

Morocco

  • Association Marocaine de Planification Familiale (AMPF),
  • Morocco Family Planning Association

India

  • CommonHealth;
  • Love Matters India;
  • Pravah;
  • Rural Women’s Social Education Centre (RUWSEC);
  • SAHAYOG;
  • Sahaj;
  • Sahiyo;
  • SAMA – Resource Group for Women and Health;
  • WeSpeakOut;
  • The YP Foundation (TYPF)

Lao PDR

  • Lao Women’s Union;
  • The Faculty of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Health
    Sciences (UHS)

Sri Lanka

  • Bakamoono;
  • Women and Media Collective (WMC),
  • Youth Advocacy Network – Sri Lanka (YANSL)

Malaysia

  • Federation of Reproductive Health Associations of Malaysia (FRHAM);
  • Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG);
  • Justice for Sisters (JFS);
  • Reproductive Health Association of
    Kelantan (ReHAK);
  • Reproductive Rights Advocacy Alliance Malaysia (RRAAM);
  • Sisters in Islam (SIS)

Maldives

  • Hope for Women;
  • Society for Health Education (SHE)

Myanmar

  • Colourful Girls Organization;
  • Green Lotus Myanmar

Nepal

  • Beyond Beijing Committee (BBC);
  • Blind Youth Association of Nepal;
  • Blue Diamond Society (BDS);
  • Nepalese Youth for Climate Action (NYCA);
  • Visible Impact;
  • Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC);
  • YPEER Nepal;
  • YUWA

Pakistan

  • Aahung, Centre for Social Policy Development (CSPD);
  • Forum for Dignity Initiative (FDI);
  • Gravity Development Organization; Green Circle Organization;
  • Indus Resources Center (IRC);
  • Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aaghai (ITA);
  • Rehnuma – Family Planning Association Pakistan;
  • Shelter
    Participatory Organisation;
  • Shirkat Gah;
  • The Enlight Lab

Philippines

  • Democratic Socalist Women of the Philippines (DSWP);
  • Galang;
  • Healthcare Without Harm;
  • Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities;
  • Likhaan Centre for Women’s Health;
  • Nisa UI Haqq Fi Bangsamoro;
  • PATH Foundation Inc. (PFPI);
  • Women’s Global Network for
    Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)

Singapore

  • End Female Genital Cutting Singapore
  • Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)

Mongolia

  • MONFEMNET National Network