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Committee: General Assembly GA RES 53/42
Topic: Gender Inequality in Education
The General Assembly,
Cognizant of the fact that ignoring the needs of women has resulted in uncontrolled population growth, high infant mortality rates, weak economies, deteriorating environments, and a poorer quality of life for all;
Further noting that progress can only be achieved if women are educated;
Taking into consideration that poor countries do not have the funds to educate their people, male or female;
Commending Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Netherlands which are the only industrialized nations which have lived up to their promise (made in the 1980s) to contribute 0.7 % of their wealth
to poor countries,
Firmly believing that poor countries which grant women equal rights should be rewarded by getting foreign aid, and that aid should be withdrawn from those poor nations which deny women equal rights,
1. Affirms its belief that the following UN organizations must have their budgets tripled, and that 95% of this increase must come from the industrialized countries (Europe, US, Canada, Japan and Australia ): the UN Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), the UN Fund for Women (UNIFEM), and the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW);
2. Encourages the industrialized nations to expand their economic aid programs to the Developing World so as to allow them to improve their educational systems, especially with regard to women;
3. Urges UNIFEM to develop a priority list which would list those nations which would receive the bulk of the aid and that this priority list be based upon the following:
a) economic needs (how poor they are);
b) the progress made in educating females at equal rates with males at all levels of education;
c) the percentage of women elected into their Parliaments;
d) the elimination of all laws which discriminate against females (Ex: Saudi Arabia and Iran not allowing females to drive; Kuwait not allowing females to vote)