Country : Qatar

Committee : No Poverty
Topic : Global Strategies in Eradicating Poverty Based on Gender Perspective

A life free from poverty and hunger is a fundamental human right, as stated in the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in
1948. Poverty is closely related to various dimensions of inequality, including income status,
gender, ethnicity and location. Inequality is manifest across several dimensions, such as
employment, earnings and access to social services 1. Reports from UN Women and ILO show
that over the past few decades, globally women’s labour force participation has stagnated, and
the gender gap in labour force participation rates remains very high at 27 percentage points,
women also are over-represented in informal employment, enduring poor and sometimes
dangerous working conditions, lack of social protection, and low pay.
According to Resolution adopted by the general assembly (A/47/721), The eradication
of poverty and destitution in particular developing countries, has become of the priorities of
development for the 1990s, and considering that the promotion of the eradication of poverty
and destitution requires public awareness. The UN General Assembly has also recently adopted
A/RES/69/149 on combatting trafficking of women and girls, A/RES/69/147 to eliminate
violence against women, and A/RES/69/236 to emphasize the role of women in development.
Nevertheless, poverty data disaggregated from a gender perspective are not produced regularly
by countries around the world and are not systematically compiled at the global level. The total
number of countries with any poverty statistics disaggregated by sex between 2000 and 2014
and available for use in this report is 78. Among these, 34 are European and other developed
countries. Among developing countries with available data, 23 are in Africa, 16 in Latin
America and the Caribbean, and 5 in Asia (United Nations, 2015a).
Regarding efforts to eradicating poverty from gender perspective, As reported Minister
for Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs of Qatar, on the “Review of the
implementation of the agreed conclusions of the sixtieth session of the Commission on the
Status of Women” (document E/CN.6/2018/4). Qatar emphasizing that the Government has
recently achieved a distinct social and economic transformation to advance the status of
women. Women lead ministries and State institutions and enjoy programmes broadening their
access to the labour market through scholarships 2. Woman participation in the labour market
is 37 per cent for the 25-to-29 age group and almost 49 per cent for the 30-to-34 age
group. Meanwhile, women hold 30 per cent of decision-making positions. Qatar has also
adopted national mechanisms to contribute to equal opportunities and equality at the
policymaking level, including granting women the right to vote and stand for elections to
municipal councils, and policies.
The Qatar Federation feels that important subtopics must be addressed are lack of gain
access to material and social resources, gender-based violence, women’s lack of access to
education and jobs, and women’s lack of representation in politics and political decision-
making. Qatar believes it is necessary to ensure availability poverty data which aggregated
from a gender perspective for effective eradicate poverty.

1
Understanding Poverty from Gender Perspective by Women and Development Unit, Santiago, Chile, June 2004
2
https://www.un.org/press/en/2019/wom2175.doc.htm