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The delegation from Austria outlined their country's commitment to gender equality and efforts to alleviate discrimination against women. Austria will expand vocational training and education to tackle gender stereotypes, address its gender pay gap, and increase access to childcare. It also aims to get more women elected to political positions and in corporate leadership roles. Austria remains committed to UN Women and supporting activities related to women, peace, and security. Since 2015, Austria has continued implementing its National Action Plan on protecting women from violence and introduced new regulations against sexual harassment, cyberbullying, and online violence. It also seeks to improve work-life balance for both women and men through expanded all-day school programs and more flexible parental leave policies.

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The delegation from Austria outlined their country's commitment to gender equality and efforts to alleviate discrimination against women. Austria will expand vocational training and education to tackle gender stereotypes, address its gender pay gap, and increase access to childcare. It also aims to get more women elected to political positions and in corporate leadership roles. Austria remains committed to UN Women and supporting activities related to women, peace, and security. Since 2015, Austria has continued implementing its National Action Plan on protecting women from violence and introduced new regulations against sexual harassment, cyberbullying, and online violence. It also seeks to improve work-life balance for both women and men through expanded all-day school programs and more flexible parental leave policies.

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Delegate: Rishav Dey

Topic: Ensuring gender equality by alleviating discrimination against women

Delegation: Austria

Committee: UN Women

“Strong women build strong nations".


-Women for Women International.

Good morning honorable chair and fellow delegates on behalf of the chancellor Karl
Nehammer and the people of this nation the delegation of Austria is pleased to
participate in this committee of UN Women in order to discuss the important topic of
Ensuring gender equality by alleviating discrimination against women.

Vowing to tackle gender stereotypes, Austria will expand gender-sensitive vocational


orientation and educational guidance, and encourage women in science and technology.
Ongoing implementation of the National Action Plan on Gender Equality in the Labour
Market will address the high gender pay gap and strengthen income transparency. Other
actions will aim to reconcile family work, for women and men, and extend child-care
facilities. Intensified mentoring and training programmes will encourage women to stand
for elections on all political levels, while women’s roles in company management and
board positions will also be promoted. Austria will continue measures to prevent and
protect women and girls from all forms of violence. Internationally, it remains committed
to the work of UN Women, and will back activities in the fields of women, peace and
security, violence against women and access to justice. Speaking at the Global Leaders’
Meeting on 27 September 2015, President Heinz Fischer said: “This new political impetus
will reinvigorate and streamline our efforts to promote women’s and girls’ rights and to
give them their rightful place in our global society.”

Since the Global Leaders’ Meeting in September 2015, Austria has continued its efforts
to strengthen gender equality and women’s empowerment. The implementation of the
National Action Plan on the Protection of Women against Violence, adopted in 2014,
continues to be a national priority. A new regulation on sexual harassment entered into
force in 2016, as well as a new provision on cyberbullying and the “Initiative against
Online Violence”, to comprehensively fight hate speech, cyberbullying or non-consensual
sexting.

Furthermore, the initiative of all-day schools to improve the reconciliation of work and
family life for both women and men will be expanded, doubling the available places in
all-day schools until 2025.

The reform of the childcare allowance system, which will enter into force in March 2017,
also aims at more flexibility for parents as well as an increase in the number of fathers
taking parental leave. Moreover, a new provision has entered into force in the beginning
of 2016 to strengthen women’s labour market participation.
Additionally, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Health and Women’s Affairs regularly
organizes exchanges between representatives of the public administration,
parliamentarians and non-governmental organizations working in the area of women’s
rights and gender equality.

To engage and inform young people about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a
workshop is currently being prepared to train young people and to develop ideas on how
to implement SDG 5 on gender equality in the specific contexts in which the participants
live, work and study.
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