【外刊英语精读】联合国论坛解决性别不平等问题 | gender inequality at UN forum

Billions pledged to tackle gender inequality at UN forum联合国论坛斥资数十亿解决性别不平等问题Generation Equality Forum in Paris announces plans to radically speed up progress on women’s rights于巴黎举办的“世代平等论坛”宣布多项计划，要从根本上推进女性权利进步。Billions of pounds will be pledged to support efforts to tackle gender inequality this week at the largest international conference on women’s rights in more than 25 years.本周举行的“世代平等论坛”将宣布斥资数十亿英镑，以解决性别平等问题，该论坛历史已经有25年之久，是女性权利议题最大规模的国际会议。The Generation Equality Forum, hosted in Paris by UN Women and the governments of France and Mexico, will launch plans to radically speed up progress over the next five years.“世代平等论坛”由联合国妇女署以及法国、墨西哥政府联合主办，于巴黎举行，该论坛将发起计划，在未来五年内大力推进女性权利进步。After two years of consultation between governments, feminist and women’s rights groups, philanthropic foundations, the private sector and UN agencies, the three-day forum takes place amid concerns the pandemic has exacerbated a crisis in women’s rights.在政府、女权和女性组织、慈善基金、私人企业以及联合国各机构两年的磋商之后，该为期三天的论坛得以召开，社会各界担忧疫情使女性权利危机更加恶化。An estimated 47 million more women will fall into extreme poverty due to Covid, according to the World Economic Forum.根据世界经济论坛，由于疫情陷入极度贫困的女性预计将增加4700万。And the International Labour Organization has said unemployment for women rose by 9 million in 2020 compared to 2019 and is projected to increase by another 2 million in 2021.国际劳工组织表示，与2019年相比，2020年女性失业人数增加900万，预计在2021年再增加200万。The pattern for men is different – they are projected to see unemployment decrease in 2021.而男性则截然相反，2021年男性失业率将下降。“The world has been fighting for gender equality for decades, but progress has been slow.“全世界数十年来都在争取性别平等，但是进展却很缓慢。Now is the chance to reignite a movement and deliver real change,” said Melinda French Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which announced a new commitment of $2.1bn over five years to economic empowerment, health and family planning, and accelerating women in leadership.当下对我们来说是个机会，让我们重新发起运动，做出真正的改变，” 梅琳达·盖茨表示，她是“比尔及梅琳达·盖茨基金会”联合主席，该基金会宣布在未来五年内斥资21亿美元，用于经济赋权、健康和计划生育，并加速培养女性领导力。“The beauty of our fight for gender equality is that every human being will gain from it.”“性别平等运动之美在于每个人都能从中受益。”French Gates said that while there has been some progress since the fourth world conference on women brought 47,000 activists to Beijing in 1995, nowhere in the world are women on equal footing with men.梅琳达·盖茨表示，第四次妇女大会于1995年在北京召开，当时有47000名女性活动家涌向北京，自此以来女性权利有所进展，然而现在全世界没有一个地方女性能够真正地和男性平起平坐。Waves of opposition to women’s rights have emerged, and structural barriers still exist.世界各地出现了浪潮般对女性权利的反对，结构性壁垒依然存在。Other pledges of funding, and legislative changes, will be announced in six areas: gender-based violence, economic justice, sexual and reproductive health rights, climate justice, technology and innovation and feminist movements and leadership.大会还会在六个领域宣布资金和立法改革的承诺，分别是：性别暴力、经济正义、性与生殖健康权利、气候正义、科技与创新以及女权运动和领导力。A compact addressing women’s role in peace and security and gender equality in humanitarian programming is also due to be unveiled.一项协议也即将问世，该协议主要解决女性在和平与安全中所扮演的角色以及人道主义项目中的性别平等这两个问题。In response to the pandemic exacerbating digital inequities, the Global Fund for Women will launch its System Reboot campaign to support feminist technology innovators in the developing world and to “mobilise technology as a force for gender justice”.为解决疫情加剧的数字不平等问题，“全球妇女基金”将发起“系统重启”运动，以支持发展中国家的女权科技创新者，并“调动技术的力量来推动性别正义”。前往小宇宙评论区与主播互动