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Let me make it clear, blunt even:
Let me make it clear, blunt even:
We can never accept that so-called traditional values are used as an excuse to deprive women of their undeniable rights.
We can never accept that so-called traditional values are used as an excuse to deprive women of their undeniable rights.
We can never accept that human rights are labelled "Western" rights, that they do not apply outside North-America and Europe.
We can never accept that human rights are labelled "Western" rights, that they do not apply outside North-America and Europe.
To partly paraphrase Hillary Clinton:
To partly paraphrase Hillary Clinton:
Women's Rights are Human Rights.
Women's Rights are Human Rights.
Human Rights are Universal Rights.
Human Rights are Universal Rights.
Nonetheless, there is resistance to women's rights and participation all over the world.
Nonetheless, there is resistance to women's rights and participation all over the world.
This must not go unnoticed.
This must not go unnoticed.
In a study of 173 countries, the World Bank reveals that
In a study of 173 countries, the World Bank reveals that
In 100 of them, women face gender-based job restrictions
In 100 of them, women face gender-based job restrictions
In 46 of them, there are no laws to protect women from domestic violence
In 46 of them, there are no laws to protect women from domestic violence
In 16 of them, husbands can legally prevent their wives from working
In 16 of them, husbands can legally prevent their wives from working
This is intolerable.
This is intolerable.
It must be dealt with.
It must be dealt with.
Norwegian policy
Norwegian policy
Norway's overall political vision is simple, yet ambitious: to contribute to empowerment so that women and girls can make their own choices.
Norway's overall political vision is simple, yet ambitious: to contribute to empowerment so that women and girls can make their own choices.
The potential of women must be unlocked.
The potential of women must be unlocked.
We are working on a broad range of issues.
We are working on a broad range of issues.
First and foremost: Education is key to empowering girls and women.
First and foremost: Education is key to empowering girls and women.
We have made it a priority in our development assistance.
We have made it a priority in our development assistance.
Education gives women a better and stronger position to make decisions for their families, communities, and countries.
Education gives women a better and stronger position to make decisions for their families, communities, and countries.
Education has significant health gains; it prevents child marriages and early pregnancies.
Education has significant health gains; it prevents child marriages and early pregnancies.
Education is one of the most important tools for enabling girls and women to work their way out of poverty.
Education is one of the most important tools for enabling girls and women to work their way out of poverty.
Secondly, Norway believes that the private sector is key to economic growth in developing countries.
Secondly, Norway believes that the private sector is key to economic growth in developing countries.
Cooperation with the private sector creates jobs and builds capacity in the countries that need it the most
Cooperation with the private sector creates jobs and builds capacity in the countries that need it the most
Women represent an under-used resource that can contribute additionally to growth.
Women represent an under-used resource that can contribute additionally to growth.
Nonetheless, women have less access to equal employment opportunities and capital to grow their businesses.
Nonetheless, women have less access to equal employment opportunities and capital to grow their businesses.
Women are often barred from owning or inheriting land or other property.
Women are often barred from owning or inheriting land or other property.
Women have less income to invest.
Women have less income to invest.
It is only when men and women equally can pursue employment, entrepreneurship, and leadership, that societies can realize their full potential for growth and women can get their rightful share of prosperity.
It is only when men and women equally can pursue employment, entrepreneurship, and leadership, that societies can realize their full potential for growth and women can get their rightful share of prosperity.
Norway is addressing these challenges in close cooperation with partners that are dedicated to ensuring equal participation for women and men in the private sector.
Norway is addressing these challenges in close cooperation with partners that are dedicated to ensuring equal participation for women and men in the private sector.
Thirdly, Norway works to combat all forms of violence against women, including sexual violence, domestic violence, female genital mutilation and child and forced marriage.
Thirdly, Norway works to combat all forms of violence against women, including sexual violence, domestic violence, female genital mutilation and child and forced marriage.
The objectives are to prevent violence, provide effective legal and health assistance and to include boys and men as allies in this work.
The objectives are to prevent violence, provide effective legal and health assistance and to include boys and men as allies in this work.
Some have called violence against women a pandemic:
Some have called violence against women a pandemic:
One in three women experience violence during their lifetime.
One in three women experience violence during their lifetime.
An estimated 14.2 million girls under the age of 18 are married off each year.
An estimated 14.2 million girls under the age of 18 are married off each year.
The cost of violence, not only in terms of the human suffering for women and girls themselves, but also for the society in terms of health costs, lost working hours, is enormous.
The cost of violence, not only in terms of the human suffering for women and girls themselves, but also for the society in terms of health costs, lost working hours, is enormous.
Labelling it a pandemic or not: It can and must be prevented.
Labelling it a pandemic or not: It can and must be prevented.
Battles are still plentiful
Battles are still plentiful
20 years after the adoption of the landmark Beijing Platform for Action – battles are still plentiful.
20 years after the adoption of the landmark Beijing Platform for Action – battles are still plentiful.
One prime example is the work for international acceptance of sexual rights and right to abortion.
One prime example is the work for international acceptance of sexual rights and right to abortion.
This is central to women's and girls' ability to have control over their own bodies and lives.
This is central to women's and girls' ability to have control over their own bodies and lives.
To prevent women from dying during labour.
To prevent women from dying during labour.
Another important example concerns the protection of women human rights defenders, the backlash against civil society, and the denial of freedom of speech.
Another important example concerns the protection of women human rights defenders, the backlash against civil society, and the denial of freedom of speech.
Unfortunately, these will remain key battlegrounds also in the years to come.
Unfortunately, these will remain key battlegrounds also in the years to come.
We must fight the opponents head on.
We must fight the opponents head on.
Methodically.
Methodically.
Consistently.
Consistently.
Norad's Report
Norad's Report
Challenges and opportunities for gender equality alike are covered in Norad's report on results that Jon (Lomøy) will present later today.
Challenges and opportunities for gender equality alike are covered in Norad's report on results that Jon (Lomøy) will present later today.
The report documents progress when it comes to the situation of women in relation to health, education and norms on women's rights.
The report documents progress when it comes to the situation of women in relation to health, education and norms on women's rights.
Maternal deaths have been reduced by 45 per cent globally since 2000.
Maternal deaths have been reduced by 45 per cent globally since 2000.
Two-thirds of developing countries have achieved equal access to primary education for boys and girls.
Two-thirds of developing countries have achieved equal access to primary education for boys and girls.
I am glad to note that the report concludes that Norway has played an important role towards that end.
I am glad to note that the report concludes that Norway has played an important role towards that end.
When we talk about women's economic and political participation – the picture is more mixed.
When we talk about women's economic and political participation – the picture is more mixed.
The recommendation is to focus on implementation of global commitments – and to leave no girl behind.
The recommendation is to focus on implementation of global commitments – and to leave no girl behind.
I could not agree more wholeheartedly.
I could not agree more wholeheartedly.
Development aid can only play a small, albeit important role towards global gender equality.
Development aid can only play a small, albeit important role towards global gender equality.
We will not make women passive recipients of aid.
We will not make women passive recipients of aid.
Our aim is to use a variety of measures, not least our political capital, to push for women's rights.
Our aim is to use a variety of measures, not least our political capital, to push for women's rights.
"Sisters are doing it for themselves," Annie Lennox sings.
"Sisters are doing it for themselves," Annie Lennox sings.
I am a firm believer in that.
I am a firm believer in that.
Look at Malala.
Look at Malala.
Look at the women in the Tunisian Jasmine Revolution.
Look at the women in the Tunisian Jasmine Revolution.
Look at the countless women that organize for rights and livelihoods in their villages.
Look at the countless women that organize for rights and livelihoods in their villages.
Let there be no doubt: Norway will continue to play a leading role so that women and girls all over the world are able
Let there be no doubt: Norway will continue to play a leading role so that women and girls all over the world are able
to set their own goals
to set their own goals
to define their own future
to define their own future
to fulfill their full potential.
to fulfill their full potential.
Women's Rights and Equality
Kvinners rettigheter og likestilling
Foreign Minister Børge Brende's speech at the Norad conference in Oslo 9 December 2015.
Utenriksminister Børge Brende holdt denne talen på Norad-konferansen i Oslo 9. desember 2015.
Norway condemns conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi
Norge fordømmer dommen mot Aung San Suu Kyi
“Today’s conviction of opposition politician and Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is unacceptable.
- Dagens dom mot opposisjonspolitiker og Nobel fredsprisvinner Aung San Suu Kyi er uakseptabel.
Aung San Suu Kyi was today sentenced to three years’ imprisonment, which the regime reduced to 18 months’ house arrest.
Aung San Suu Kyi ble i dag dømt til tre års fengsel, som av regimet ble omgjort til 18 måneders husarrest.
“With this sentence, the regime has missed an opportunity to demonstrate that they want the country to follow an inclusive and democratic path of development.
- Regimet går med denne dommen glipp av en mulighet til å vise at de ønsker en inkluderende og demokratisk utvikling i landet.
“Now it is important for the international community to react.
-Det er nå viktig med en internasjonal reaksjon mot denne dommen.
I will raise the matter with the UN Secretary-General when he visits Norway later this month, said Mr Støre.
Jeg vil ta opp saken med FNs generalsekretær når han besøker Norge senere denne måneden, sier utenriksministeren.
Aung San Suu Kyi has been under house arrest for 13 of the last 19 years.
Aung San Suu Kyi har sittet i husarrest i 13 av de siste 19 årene.
Norway has repeatedly called for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all other political prisoners in Burma.
Norge har gjentatte ganger krevd løslatelse av Aung San Suu Kyi og alle andre politiske fanger i Burma.
Norway to give NOK 10 million in humanitarian aid to Kyrgyzstan
Norge gir 10 millioner kroner til Kirgisistan
“I am concerned about the situation in Kyrgyzstan.
- Jeg er bekymret for situasjonen i Kirgisistan.
Norway stands ready to help those who are being affected by this difficult situation,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
Norge vil bidra til å hjelpe de som rammes i denne vanskelige situasjonen, sier utenriksminister Jonas Gahr Støre.
The Norwegian contribution of NOK 10 million will be used to alleviate the acute humanitarian needs.
Det norske bidraget på 10 millioner kroner skal bidra til å avhjelpe de akutte humanitære behovene.
The funding will be split between UNICEF, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Pengene vil bli fordelt på Unicef, FNs høykommissær for flyktninger, FNs høykommissær for menneskerettigheter og Den internasjonale røde kors-komiteen.
Norway is also involved in discussions about the situation in Kyrgyzstan in the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and NATO.
Norge tar også del i drøftingene av situasjonen i Kirgisistan i Organisasjonen for sikkerhet og samarbeid i Europa (OSSE) og i Nato.
“We are particularly concerned about the situation of the ethnic minorities in the country, and are following it up through the OSCE,” said Mr Store.
- Vi er spesielt bekymret for de etniske minoritetene i landet, og følger dette opp gjennom OSSE, sier utenriksminister Støre.
The violence began with an uprising in April in several provinicial towns in northern Kyrgyzstan.
Opprøret begynte i april i flere provinsbyer nord i Kirgisistan.
The unrest has spread to the capital and to the southern parts of the country, where there is an ethnically mixed population.
Urolighetene spredte seg til hovedstaden og de sørlige delene av landet, som er etnisk sammensatt.
Almost 400 000 people have fled the fighting.
Nærmere 400.000 har måttet flykte fra voldshandlingene.
A further 700 000 people are believed to be directly or indirectly affected by the violence.
Ytterligere 700.000 mennesker antas direkte eller indirekte berørt av volden.
Read the statement from the Troika here.
Les hele uttalelsen fra troikaen her.
Unless we make a concerted effort now, the situation will get even worse, with inevitable consequences.
Om vi ikke setter inn et krafttak nå, vil situasjonen bli enda verre, med de konsekvenser det vil få.
This is why the Government has proposed a three-year commitment to provide up to NOK 1.6 billion in humanitarian and development aid for the period 2017-2019,' said Mr Brende.
Regjeringen foreslår derfor en treårig forpliktelse på inntil 1,6 milliarder i humanitær- og utviklingsbistand for 2017 – 2019, sier utenriksminister Børge Brende.
NOK 150 million of Norway's funding for the crisis for 2017 will be used for food, to protect people who have fled their homes, and for other emergency aid.
Av den norske støtten for 2017, vil 150 millioner kroner gå til mat, beskyttelse av mennesker på flukt og annen akutt nødhjelpsinnsats.
This humanitarian funding will be channelled through the UN, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and various Norwegian NGOs in north-eastern Nigeria and the other countries around Lake Chad – Niger, Cameroon and Chad.
Denne humanitære støtten vil kanaliseres gjennom FN, IOM, ICRC og norske frivillige organisasjoner i Nordøst-Nigeria og de øvrige landene rundt Tsjadsjøen – Niger, Kamerun og Tsjad.
'In addition to emergency aid, it is important to provide long-term support for development efforts.
- I tillegg til den akutte innsatsen, er det viktig med flerårig støtte til sårt nødvendige utviklingstiltak.
'Here in Oslo today, the international community has made an important promise to the people in these crisis-affected areas.
- Det internasjonale samfunnet har i Oslo i dag gitt et løfte til befolkningen i de rammede områdene.
This is a question of saving lives, of safeguarding the future for millions of people.
Det handler om å redde liv, og sikre fremtiden til millioner av mennesker.
For more information, see the conference website.
For mer informasjon, se konferansens hjemmeside.
Oslo Humanitarian Conference for Nigeria and the Lake Chad Region raises $672 million to help people in need
Oslo Humanitarian Conference for Nigeria and the Lake Chad Region raises $672 million to help people in need
The Lancet/Campell conference in Oslo 18-20 May 2009
The Lancet/Campell-konferansen i Oslo 18.-20. mai 2009
- We need to build an argument that can reach the presidents, the prime ministers and the finance ministers – arguing that they too are health ministers, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said in his statement at the Campbell conference “Better evidence for a better world” at Holmenkollen Park Hotel in Oslo 18 May.
- We need to build an argument that can reach the presidents, the prime ministers and the finance ministers – arguing that they too are health ministers, sa utenriksminister Jonas Gahr Støre bl.a. i sitt innlegg under Campbell-konferansen “Better evidence for a better world” på Holmenkollen Park Hotel i Oslo 18. mai.
(Transcription (excerpt) of the minister's statement)
(Transkripsjon (utdrag) av utenriksministerens tale)
Thank you so much for inviting me.
Thank you so much for inviting me.
I will try to explain to you how I come at this issue of evidence.
I will try to explain to you how I come at this issue of evidence.
I think the point of departure is that eleven years ago I joined Gro Harlem Brundtland, when she became the Director General of the World Health Organization.
I think the point of departure is that eleven years ago I joined Gro Harlem Brundtland, when she became the Director General of the World Health Organization.
I was her chief of staff – in the election campaign, in the transition, and in the two first years of her tenure.
I was her chief of staff – in the election campaign, in the transition, and in the two first years of her tenure.
And at that moment, as before and after, there was a lively debate about the role of evidence – in medicine, in health – moving on in academic circles, hospitals, health ministries, locally, nationally – all around most of the world.
And at that moment, as before and after, there was a lively debate about the role of evidence – in medicine, in health – moving on in academic circles, hospitals, health ministries, locally, nationally – all around most of the world.
In the WHO, the challenge we saw was that we needed to take this debate into the organisation.
In the WHO, the challenge we saw was that we needed to take this debate into the organisation.
It is controversial – it is based on different evaluation of values, and evidence, and figures and norms, but it is better to have it on the inside -making the organisation a lively place, than making the organisation into an institution which is kind of - relating what happens at the outside.
It is controversial – it is based on different evaluation of values, and evidence, and figures and norms, but it is better to have it on the inside -making the organisation a lively place, than making the organisation into an institution which is kind of - relating what happens at the outside.
From a policy point of view, the WHO, which I believe is a unique global public good, is there, but it has to argue its case.
From a policy point of view, the WHO, which I believe is a unique global public good, is there, but it has to argue its case.
To win the attention of policymakers, beyond the health ministers.
To win the attention of policymakers, beyond the health ministers.
My first observation I made at WHO, was that health ministers is really not the problem.
My first observation I made at WHO, was that health ministers is really not the problem.
They basically agree.
They basically agree.
But they don’t necessarily decide.
But they don’t necessarily decide.
So we need to build an argument that can reach the presidents, the prime ministers and the finance ministers – arguing that they too are health ministers.
So we need to build an argument that can reach the presidents, the prime ministers and the finance ministers – arguing that they too are health ministers.
For that to happen, you have to find and present evidence in a way which argues the case for health.
For that to happen, you have to find and present evidence in a way which argues the case for health.
I think that was why I was brought into this.
I think that was why I was brought into this.
When I came into it, it really stuck with me.
When I came into it, it really stuck with me.
So when I became foreign minister – I clearly saw that I can not do foreign policy and developing policy without a solid focus on health.
So when I became foreign minister – I clearly saw that I can not do foreign policy and developing policy without a solid focus on health.
Because I see the importance of health in so many of the key points that underpins conflicts.
Because I see the importance of health in so many of the key points that underpins conflicts.
That it has to be an integral part of solutions.
That it has to be an integral part of solutions.
If we want to bring any of these policies forward, we need to cross sectors.
If we want to bring any of these policies forward, we need to cross sectors.
Because that was the other thing I learned at the WHO – was that, unless you are able to cross sectors, engage other professions, we are not going too succeed.
Because that was the other thing I learned at the WHO – was that, unless you are able to cross sectors, engage other professions, we are not going too succeed.
Our national director of health in 1948 in Norway, Karl Evang, who was a co-drafter of the constitution of the WHO, said at the time that “economists are worse than TB!”
Our national director of health in 1948 in Norway, Karl Evang, who was a co-drafter of the constitution of the WHO, said at the time that “economists are worse than TB!”
Well, some still are of that view, and that shows how serious both diseases are.
Well, some still are of that view, and that shows how serious both diseases are.
But I think it is interesting had Karl Evang, who was a progressive politician, been around these days - he would have felt encouraged.
But I think it is interesting had Karl Evang, who was a progressive politician, been around these days - he would have felt encouraged.
Because he could now have seen that economists can be the best advocates of wise health policies.
Because he could now have seen that economists can be the best advocates of wise health policies.
Professions need to be able to cooperate.
Professions need to be able to cooperate.
I have noticed that also as a foreign minister.
I have noticed that also as a foreign minister.
Unless I focus on the health dimension, and have evidence for that health dimension, my policies has less potential to provide the results that I try to seek.
Unless I focus on the health dimension, and have evidence for that health dimension, my policies has less potential to provide the results that I try to seek.
We have just presented the white paper on Norwegian foreign policy to parliament and we came into that interesting debate that foreign policy is really all about making domestic policy possible.
We have just presented the white paper on Norwegian foreign policy to parliament and we came into that interesting debate that foreign policy is really all about making domestic policy possible.
And every foreign policy should have one purpose, namely to defend the national interests.
And every foreign policy should have one purpose, namely to defend the national interests.
But what we learned, of course, and I come back to the same thing as I did with health, so much of what matters to our interests is really beyond the foreign policy sphere.
But what we learned, of course, and I come back to the same thing as I did with health, so much of what matters to our interests is really beyond the foreign policy sphere.