美国国务院
发言人办公室
华盛顿特区
2022年3月8日
国际妇女节庆贺全球妇女

国务卿安东尼·布林肯声明
在国际妇女节（International Women’s Day）到来之际，美国骄傲地与国际社会共同庆祝全球各地妇女和女孩子的成就与贡献，同时认识到她们仍然面对的障碍。美国坚定致力于自己的长期承诺，促进性别公平与平等，并为各方妇女和女童赋予权能。
今天，世界面对重大挑战，它们对妇女和女童构成格外严重的影响，其中包括气候危机，当前的新冠疫情，人道紧急局势以及在乌克兰、埃塞俄比亚、也门以及其他许许多多地方的冲突，也包括妇女和女童权利在阿富汗的严重退步。
美国认识到，为充分解决上述迫切问题，我们必须注重妇女和女童的需要，确保使她们有能力成为生活各方面的参与者。正因为如此，我骄傲地预告，总统的2023财政年度预算将要求为援外项目提供大约26亿美元拨款，以促进全球性别公平与平等，这是2022财政年度中为性别项目提出的拨款数字的一倍之多。它将包括要求为性别公平与平等行动基金（Gender Equity and Equality Action Fund）拨款2亿美元。此外，美国正在采取多项具体步骤，把在全球促进妇女和女童权利的政策举措正规化和予以加速，包括通过有史以来首次制定的《性别公平与平等国家战略》（National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality）。这项战略将性别公平与平等正式确立为美国的重要外交政策和国家安全重点。
为庆祝国际妇女节以及我们对提高妇女和女童地位的经久不衰的承诺，我今天骄傲看到国务院宣布颁发2022年国际妇女勇气奖（International Women of Courage Awards）。我将于3月14日星期一在state.gov主持第16届国际妇女勇气奖在线颁奖仪式。这个年度奖表彰和弘扬投身于——经常承担着巨大的个人风险与牺牲——促进人权、性别公平与平等、和平、正义、法治和问责的各方不同女性。从在尼泊尔倡导男女同性恋、双性恋、跨性别者、酷儿和间性者等（LGBTQI+）人士的权利，到在利比里亚防范和对应各种形式基于性别的暴力，到在利比亚出任第一位女外交部长等等，2022年国际妇女勇气奖的获奖者真正体现了勇气的含义。请到https://www.state.gov/secretary-of-states-international-women-of-courage-award/了解2022年国际妇女勇气奖获奖者的事迹。
美国继续深深致力于支持妇女和女童的经济安全保障，预防和应对基于性别的一切形式的暴力，使她们有更多机会获得保健、教育、司法正义、人权和法律面前的平等，以及人道救助，促进妇女在各方面发挥政治领导能力和决策作用，包括应对气候变化和安全挑战，发展科学技术和倡导民主。对我们2022年的国际妇女勇士和全球勇敢的妇女和女孩们，我感谢你们的坚强、领导作用，以及为让世界对我们所有人更加公正、和平和自由所付出的努力。
 
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Celebrating Women Around the World on International Women’s Day

PRESS STATEMENT
ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE
MARCH 8, 2022
On International Women’s Day, the United States is proud to join the global community in celebrating the achievements and contributions of women and girls from around the world, while simultaneously recognizing the barriers they continue to face. The United States stands firm in its longstanding commitment to the advancement of gender equity and equality and the empowerment of women and girls, in all their diversity.
Today, the world is facing several significant challenges that disproportionately impact women and girls, including the climate crisis, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and humanitarian emergencies and conflict in Ukraine, Ethiopia, Yemen, and in so many other places, including the significant curtailment of the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan.
The United States recognizes that in order to adequately address these pressing challenges, we must focus on the needs of women and girls, and ensure they are empowered participants in all sectors of life. That is why I am proud to preview that the President’s FY 2023 Budget will request approximately $2.6 billion for foreign assistance programs that promote gender equity and equality worldwide, more than doubling the amount requested for gender programs in the FY 2022 Budget. This includes a request for $200 million for the Gender Equity and Equality Action Fund. Additionally, the United States is taking several concrete steps to formalize and accelerate policy efforts to promote the rights of women and girls around the globe, including through the first-ever U.S. National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality. This strategy formalizes gender equity and equality as primary foreign policy and national security priorities for the United States.
In celebration of International Women’s Day and our time-honored commitment to advancing the status of women and girls, I am proud that today, the Department of State announced the awardees of the 2022 International Women of Courage (IWOC) Awards. I will host the 16th annual IWOC Awards in a virtual ceremony on Monday, March 14 on state.gov. This annual award recognizes and celebrates women, in all their diversity, who have dedicated their lives to promoting human rights, gender equity and equality, peace, justice, the rule of law, and accountability – often at great personal risk or sacrifice. From promoting the rights of LGBTQI+ persons in Nepal, to preventing and responding to all forms of gender-based violence in Liberia, to being the first woman Foreign Minister of Libya, and so much more, the recipients of the 2022 IWOC Award truly exemplify what it means to be courageous.  Find more information about the 2022 IWOC Awardees at https://www.state.gov/secretary-of-states-international-women-of-courage-award/.
The United States remains deeply committed to supporting women and girls’ economic security, preventing and responding to all forms of gender-based violence, increasing their access to health, education, justice, human rights and equality under the law, and humanitarian relief, advancing women’s political leadership and decision-making in all areas including addressing climate change and security challenges, developing science and technology, and promoting democracy. To our 2022 International Women of Courage and all the courageous women and girls around the world, I thank you for your strength, leadership, and efforts to make the world a more just, peaceful, and free place for us all.