What concrete steps can governments do to drive social and institutional change?
Governments can enforce women’s rights from the best document there is, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (Cedaw), an expert body was that was established in 1982. It’s a fantastic guideline that can really put governments in check on how to ensure that their women feel safe and protected. Therefore it’s a matter of education, governments need to invest in their children so they can utilise what their country has to offer. They need to put an investment into empowering their women. It’s not just about building 10 schools and saying, “hey – I did my job” it’s about making sure the government can protect them on their way to school, making sure that they get jobs after graduation, that they can enter all levels of employment their country has to offer. And you see stories like that happening in Egypt and Kuwait where it’s possible for women to come out on the top. But then there are governments who assign their women political positions but th
