Equality means strict allocation and equity means seeking equality without really necessarily achieving it.

Commitment 5. To achieve equality and equity between women and men.

So there is a spirit of equality, combined with deep inequalities.

The legal equality that women enjoy does not necessarily translate into factual equality.

So we conclude that it doesn't much matter how you get your greater equality, as long as you get there somehow.

Article 4 Acceleration of Equality between Men and Women

Article 4 Acceleration of equality between men and women

Article 4. Acceleration of the achievement of equality between men and women

(v) Actively promoting gender equality with the aim of achieving full equality between men and women

It was unclear, for instance, what had actually been done to achieve equal distribution and ownership of land and equal access to credit.

Let us strive for equal opportunity for all.

Viet Nam has basically acquired gender equality in primary education and is trying to accomplish universalization of lower secondary education.

They require undermining formal equality for a certain period of time in order to achieve de facto equality in the long term.

Equal access to the implementation of social rights for men and women.

That ultimately hindered gender equality.

The rate of progress towards parity had been too slow.

Inequality and oppression remain a reality.

The Committee is especially concerned about the State party's narrow focus primarily on de jure equality rather than the realization also of de facto, or substantive, equality of women as required under the Convention.

Organizatioa Pentru Apararea Drepturilor Omuluis

European Solidarity Towards Equal Participation of People

The mechanism of justice was the basic means of achieving equality.

Gender parity in primary and secondary education should be on track for full parity by 2009.

Temporary special measures aimed at accelerating de facto equality between men and women

Violence against women is an obstacle to the achievement of the objectives of equality, development and peace.

To achieve such a situation, it is necessary to prohibit both direct and indirect discrimination, to eliminate any existing gender inequality, create equal opportunities for men and women and implement different strategies to promote gender equality.

Differences between women and men must be taken into account in achieving substantive equality.

The Constitutional Revision of 2001 has opened the way for real (de facto) gender equality.

Ireland should perhaps be more pro active in attaining substantive equality.

Women's health promotion could be a practical approach to achieve greater gender equity.

UNDP's gender policy is based on a two pronged approach to achieving gender equality

harmonisation of all laws at all levels with the Gender Equality Law

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Disparities and inequalities stand in the way of countries' achieving the Goals.

Obstacles to the advancement and full equality of women

III. Measures undertaken for the achievement of gender equality

In most countries, de facto equality between women and men in political participation was yet to be achieved.

Creating awareness of peace negotiations as a tool for achieving gender equality is essential.

quot Violence against women is an obstacle to the achievement of the objectives of equality, development and peace.

The commitment to achieve gender equality and justice included in the 1999 Broad Guidelines of State Policy specifically calls for the empowerment of women to achieve gender equality and justice.

Article 4

Violence against women was one of the main obstacles to achieving real equality.

Their application should be construed consistent with the objective of achieving gender equality, equal protection and fair access to justice.The convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, in article 4, paragraph 1, specifies that special measures aimed at accelerating de facto equality between men and women should not be considered discrimination and should in no way entail as a consequence the maintenance of unequal or separate standards.

Tracking and measuring progress remains a challenge for the organization.

Second, the forthcoming general comment must reflect a substantive equality approach, which recognizes women's equality in both de jure and de facto senses.

(d) Aiming for universal coverage to save lives and reduce inequities.