SHARM EL-SHEIKH – The United Nations (UN) Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) warned Wednesday against the disproportionate impact of corruption on women’s exclusion from decision making roles and hindering female representation at the education and economic levels.
The UNDOC reviewed an international report the office prepared, with German-backed funding, in a session entitled “Gender Mainstreaming in the Work of the UNODC” at the ninth Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the UN Convention against Corruption as part of the gathering’s third-day events.
Gender Mainstreaming is a UN-devised strategy to achieve gender equality.
The report said corruption undermines institutional development efforts and dwindles women’s chances to acquire aspired political posts, as well as any decision making role.
It further shed light on the importance of education in curbing corruption and empowering women.
Currently held in the Egyptian Red Sea resort city of Sharm el Sheikh, the COSP to the UN Convention against Corruption comes amid exceptional circumstances as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The event kicked off here Monday, with 2,000 participants from 150 countries in culmination of efforts exerted by the UN and world community to fight corruption.
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