China news agency Beijing, October 15th: Consolidating international consensus to create a better future together ¨C the international community positively assesses the global women¡¯s summit

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From October 13 to 14, the Global Women¡¯s Summit was held in Beijing, Beijing, with heads of governments, parliamentary leaders, deputy prime ministers, ministerial representatives, UN and international organizations, foreign ambassadors in China and others from more than 110 countries attending. Many people believe that this summit will consolidate international consensus and draw a new blueprint for the development of the world¡¯s women¡¯s cause, which is an important milestone in the history of the international women¡¯s movement and will accelerate the new process of women¡¯s comprehensive development and promote the creation of a better future for humanity.

¡°China has demonstrated leadership.

In an interview with reporters during his attendance at the Global Women's Summit, Mozambique's Prime Minister Levy pointed out that the summit was of extraordinary significance, injecting new momentum for the future development of global women's careers and introducing the practices of protecting women's rights and interests in their respective countries to the leaders of many countries, we learn from each other and discuss together, and this exchange can help us adjust strategies and directions to move forward. "

"We would like to say thank you to the Chinese government. China is the leader in the development of global women's cause." Zamira Akbagsheva, president of the Kyrgyz Women's Congress, who attended the meeting, said that the Global Women's Summit provides an opportunity to build global consensus and link the forces of various countries. She noted that many leaders delivered speeches at the summit to mobilize all parties to take positive actions to jointly implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing World Conference on Women) 30 years ago.

Icelandic Minister of Justice Sorbjörg Günleig Sdottir believes that the Global Women's Summit's exploration of effective measures, actions and concrete steps for women's development is key to continuously promoting the gender equality agenda. During the meeting, she told reporters: "Although the specific problems faced by countries are different, the core issues have always been the key elements to guarantee equality between men and women, such as the right to education and economic independence."

Speaking at a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, UN Secretary-General Guterres¡¯ deputy spokeswoman Haaker said that the Global Women¡¯s Summit was important for the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and the UN Action Programme, ¡°the United Nations thanked China for its contribution and support for the important work of UN Women.¡±

30 years ago, the Beijing Women¡¯s Conference was held; 10 years ago, China and the UN Women¡¯s Agency jointly held the Global Women¡¯s Summit at the United Nations headquarters; 5 years ago, China initiated to hold the Global Women¡¯s Summit again.

"China has shown leadership and injected momentum into the global women's agenda again," Irina Bokova, the former director-general of UNESCO, who attended the World Women's Conference in Beijing 30 years ago, told reporters at the summit. "This is an unfinished business that requires us to continue to work hard, and the Global Women's Summit is of great significance to set a policy roadmap for the future."

China's practice inspires people and enlightens the world

690 million women have simultaneously entered a moderately prosperous society, the maternal mortality rate has dropped by nearly 80% compared with 1995, women account for more than 40% of the employed people in the whole society, and more than half of the entrepreneurs in the Internet field are women... After years of hard work, China's women's career has made historic achievements and historic changes. People from many countries said that China's practice is inspiring and enlightening to the world.

¡°Wherever I go in China, I can see female software engineers, scientists, teachers, journalists, entrepreneurs, craftsmen, tour guides, public relations personnel ...¡± said the deputy chairman of the Serbian National Assembly, Lagush. she believes that Chinese leaders attach great importance to the continuous improvement of the legal system to ensure the development of women and the continuous improvement of the social and economic security system, are the three main reasons why Chinese women have become important forces in the era of knowledge economy and innovation.

"China has many successful practices in economic development and women's empowerment, and the progress made in poverty eradication is also very important." Leila Sandoval, a representative of Chile's Ministry of Women and Gender Equality who attended the meeting, said. "China is a good example, and many good practices are worth emulating in Latin America."

Sonia Breesley, president of the French Association of Women's University Graduates, said that China has made significant progress in the past 30 years in gender equality and protection of women's rights and interests, and the practical experience is worth the international community to draw from, such as formulating the implementation of China's Women's Development Program, organically combining women's health, education, economic and social security; women's inclusion in the technological and digital modernization processes; actively exploring grass-roots mediation mechanisms, and so on.

"China's achievements in the field of women's rights and interests can be regarded as a global model. This is not only reflected in a series of digital indicators, but also because it has achieved comprehensive and sustainable empowerment in various fields of economic and social participation such as education, health, and employment." Warif Kumeha, president of the Silk Road Research Institute in Lebanon, said,"We can learn from China's experience to integrate women's empowerment projects into national development plans and promote society to achieve more sustainable and measurable progress."

China actively provides opportunities and guarantees for global women¡¯s cause with its own development, and at the summit announced further support for the development of global women¡¯s cause in terms of funding, projects, exchanges and training, and capacity building.

Oninantena Razafimala, a 33-year-old farmer from Madagascar, participated in the China-led ¡°New Farm of Africa Mother¡± project, she said in recent years she has studied hybrid rice technology with several Chinese women agricultural technology experts, and her affection and confidence have deeply inspired her to contribute to women¡¯s strength through her own efforts, not only to improve her family living standards, but also to the modernization of our country¡¯s agriculture.¡±

Claire Delgado, Co-Chair of the World Trade Organization¡¯s Informal Working Group on Trade and Gender, said: ¡°China is playing an increasingly important role in empowering women.We look forward to China¡¯s continued sharing of practical experiences and strengthening multilateral cooperation to help promote inclusive economic participation for women, especially women in developing countries.¡±

Promote joint development and promote implementation

The summit was held under the theme of "Common Fate: Accelerating a New Process for Women's Comprehensive Development."The Summit Chairman stated that the general direction of human development and progress will not change, that the logic of the world's historical twists will not change, and that the general trend of the common destiny of the international community will not change, and called for ten actions to protect and promote the rights and interests of women and girls, improve institutional mechanisms for promoting gender equality and women's comprehensive development.

¡°The current global gender equality process has been stagnant or even regressive in some areas, so the theme of the summit is very relevant to the present time,¡± said Fethiye Octaviani, a scholar at the University of Bravica, Indonesia, who hopes that the ten calls will be effectively implemented, ¡°only in this way can we accelerate the achievement of the common goal of promoting gender equality and promoting the full development of women in all spheres of society.¡±

Yekaterina Zakariajinskaya, director of the Center for World Political and Strategic Analysis at the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences, pointed out that the ten calls around promoting the development of women's cause need to be further addressed, pointed out the direction of action to safeguard women's rights, women's own development and enhance women's capabilities, highlighted the milestone significance of the summit and vital to accelerate the development of women's cause in the world.

Lisette Vera, a Cuban documentary producer who has attended the Women¡¯s Congress in Beijing, said that the ten calls specifically clearly indicate the direction from political, social and economic aspects to promote women¡¯s development, and the next key is to push governments to do well.

¡°China will always promote the comprehensive development of women as an important part of promoting common development,¡± said Professor Rustel Caldero of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, ¡°The Global Women¡¯s Summit fully reflects China¡¯s role in practicing the concept of building a community of human destiny and the four major global initiatives.¡±

Gloria Leggi Amundi, Kenya¡¯s lawyer for women¡¯s rights and interests, said that the summit will transform the vision of building a community of human destiny into action, putting the promotion of women¡¯s comprehensive development in an important position in the progress of human civilization, not only to inherit and promote the spirit of the Beijing Women¡¯s Society, but also to contribute wisdom and strength to building a more just, inclusive and equal world.