17 December 2020
14:45

Algeria commits to ongoing efforts to

promote peace and tolerance and implement
strategies to improve women’s status
Outlining progress made over the past 20 years, in social, economic and
political spheres, Algeria highlights recent gains such as the adoption of a
Working Woman’s Charter which aims to reconcile family and professional
obligations and the participation of women in company management bodies
as well as their representation in trade unions. … The National Peace and
Reconciliation Charter was adopted on 29 September 2005, as a result of a
referendum. In this area, the efforts of the Government and the people are
both ongoing and resolute. They are based on the policy of de-radicalization
which consists essentially of promoting the civilizing values of peace,
concord and tolerance. … Just like in Beijing 20 years ago, my country joins
in the commitment of the international community to continue to work for
the promotion of women’s rights and to implement strategies which aim to
improve their status. [Commitment statement: en | ar | fr]
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From <https://www.unwomen.org/en/get-involved/step-it-up/commitments/algeria>
 
Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation
for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. 

Despite adoption of the law, Algeria has yet to adopt the more
comprehensive legal measures, such as protection orders to protect women
from violence and concrete duties on law enforcement to respond to
domestic violence, needed to prevent domestic violence, assist survivors,
and prosecute offenders. The law, moreover, makes women vulnerable to
threats from the offender or relatives, by including a provision that a
pardon by the victim puts an end to prosecution.
There has been progress over the last decades: More girls are going to school, fewer
girls are forced into early marriage, more women are serving in parliament and
positions of leadership, and laws are being reformed to advance gender equality. 

Despite these gains, many challenges remain: discriminatory laws and social norms

remain pervasive, women continue to be underrepresented at all levels of political
leadership, and 1 in 5 women and girls between the ages of 15 and 49 report
experiencing physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner within a 12-month
period.

From <https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/gender-equality/>
Algeria’s Constitution enshrines the principle of non-discrimination based
on sex and requires the state to take positive action to ensure equality of
rights and duties of all citizens, men and women. In February 2016,
parliament introduced an article proclaiming that the “state works to attain
parity between women and men in the job market,” and “encourages the
promotion of women to positions of responsibility in public institutions
and in businesses.”
On December 10, 2015, parliament adopted amendments to the penal code
specifically criminalizing some forms of domestic violence. Assault
against one’s spouse or former spouse can be punished by up to 20 years
in prison, depending on the victim’s injuries, and the perpetrator can face a
life sentence for attacks resulting in death. The amendments also
criminalize sexual harassment in public places.
Algeria’s Family Code continues to discriminate against women despite
some amendments in 2005 that improved women’s access to divorce and
child custody. An adult woman still requires a male guardian to conclude
her marriage contract, a requirement not imposed on men. A man can
divorce unilaterally, while a woman must apply to the courts. If a woman
wishes to divorce without her husband’s consent and without justification,
she needs to pay back her dowry, or an equivalent amount of money, to
her husband in return for the divorce. This is particularly problematic as
the code does not recognize marital property, provisions that values
women’s non-monetary contributions to the marriage at the time of
termination.
 
 
From <https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2017/country-chapters/algeria>
the state in which access to rights or opportunities is unaffected by gender.
"legislation that reflected the principles of gender equality"
 
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Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of
access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and
decision-making; and the state of valuing different behaviors, aspirations and needs equally, regardless of
gender.
Gender equality
Gender equality is the goal, while gender neutrality and gender equity are practices and ways of thinking
that help in achieving the goal. Gender parity, which is used to measure gender balance in a given
situation, can aid in achieving gender equality but is not the goal in and of itself. Gender equality is more
than equal representation, it is strongly tied to women's rights, and often requires policy changes. As of
2017, the global movement for gender equality has not incorporated the proposition of genders besides
women and men, or gender identities outside of the gender binary.
UNICEF says gender equality "means that women and men, and girls and boys, enjoy the same rights,
resources, opportunities and protections. It does not require that girls and boys, or women and men, be
the same, or that they be treated exactly alike."[1][a]
On a global scale, achieving gender equality also requires eliminating harmful practices against women
and girls, including sex trafficking, femicide, wartime sexual violence, gender wage gap,[2] and
other oppression tactics. UNFPA stated that, "despite many international agreements affirming their
human rights, women are still much more likely than men to be poor and illiterate. They have less access
to property ownership, credit, training and employment. They are far less likely than men to be politically
active and far more likely to be victims of domestic violence."[3]
As of 2017, gender equality is the fifth of seventeen sustainable development goals (SDG 5) of the United
Nations. Gender inequality is measured annually by the United Nations Development
Programme's Human Development Reports.
 
From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_equality>
Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal
ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic
participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing different behaviors, aspirations and
needs equally, regardless of gender. 
 
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