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Brain-booster / 24 Oct 2023

Brain Booster for UPSC & State PCS Examination (Topic: G20 New Delhi Declaration : Gender Equality and Empowering All Women and Girls)

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1. Enhancing Economic and Social Empowerment

  • G20 reiterated its Commitment to eliminate gender-based violence including sexual violence, harassment, discrimination and abuse against women and girls both online and offline, and ensure safe workplaces.
  • Promote women’s inclusion into the formal financial system by strengthening their access to economic resources, particularly through digital finance and microfinance.
  • Eliminate gender stereotypes and biases, and change norms, attitudes and behaviours that perpetuate gender inequality.

2. Bridging the Gender Digital Divide

  • Address gender norms and barriers to accessibility, affordability, adoption, and usage of digital technologies.
  • Encourage and support initiatives by identifying, funding, and accelerating proven solutions, thereby improving women’s livelihoods and income security.
  • Welcome initiatives to support women empowerment in the digital economy.

3. Driving Gender Inclusive Climate Action

  • Support and increase women’s participation, partnership, decision-making and leadership in climate change mitigation and adaptation, and disaster risk reduction strategies and policy frameworks on environmental issues.
  • Support gender-responsive and environmentresilient solutions, including water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) solutions, to build resilience to the impact of climate change and environmental degradation.

4. Securing Women’s Food Security, Nutrition, and Well-Being

  • Encourage investments in inclusive, sustainable and resilient agriculture and food systems.
  • Support accessible, affordable, safe and nutritious food and healthy diets in school meal programmes.
  • Promote innovation for inclusive agri-value chains and systems by and for women farmers.
  • Support gender-responsive and age-sensitive nutrition and food system interventions by leveraging innovative financing instruments and social protection systems in ending hunger and malnutrition.

Financial Sector Issues

  • The group welcomed the successful conclusion of the G20 TechSprint 2023, a joint initiative with the BIS Innovation Hub, which will promote innovative solutions aimed at improving crossborder payments.
  • G20 reiterated its commitment to promote sustainable capital flows. To this effect, it took note of the OECD’s Report, “Towards Orderly Green Transition – Investment Requirements and Managing Risks to Capital Flows”.

Countering Terrorism and Money Laundering

  • The G20 expressed concern about illicit trafficking and diversion of small arms and light weapons.
  • International cooperation among States is critical to combat these phenomena, including export, import controls, and tracing.
  • G20 condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including those on the basis of xenophobia, racism and other forms of intolerance, or in the name of religion or belief, recognizing the commitment of all religions to peace.