{"id":250884,"date":"2025-09-23T06:11:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T10:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=250884"},"modified":"2025-09-23T08:36:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T12:36:34","slug":"prime-minister-browne-urges-renewed-action-resources-and-leadership-to-accelerate-gender-equality-and-womens-empowerment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/prime-minister-browne-urges-renewed-action-resources-and-leadership-to-accelerate-gender-equality-and-womens-empowerment\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Browne urges renewed action, resources, and leadership to accelerate gender equality and women\u2019s empowerment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-2468374487\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister the Honourable\u00a0Gaston Browne\u00a0on Monday addressed the\u00a0High-level meeting to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing+30), reaffirming <a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/the-antigua-and-barbuda-civil-registry-abcr-marks-its-fifth-anniversary-with-purpose-perseverance-and-progress\/?swcfpc=1\">Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s<\/a> commitment to transform the promises of Beijing into concrete progress for women and girls.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his statement, the Prime Minister underscored national gains since 1995\u2014more women (especially young women) in leadership, higher female university graduation rates than males, pay-equity reforms, and stronger legal protections\u2014while acknowledging the global challenge that\u00a0gender-based violence and sexual offences\u00a0continue to pose.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2167415703\" class=\"antig-content_4 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https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:838\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg 838w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:939\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1047\" height=\"1280\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> He stressed that\u00a0gender equity is essential to justice, development, and the sustainability of families and communities, and is especially vital for\u00a0small states\u00a0confronting the impacts of climate change.\u00a0<\/p><div id=\"antig-2262502773\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Beijing Declaration is not a relic of the past\u2014it is a living promise,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/the-antigua-and-barbuda-civil-registry-abcr-marks-its-fifth-anniversary-with-purpose-perseverance-and-progress\/?swcfpc=1\">Prime Minister Browne<\/a> said. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/the-antigua-and-barbuda-civil-registry-abcr-marks-its-fifth-anniversary-with-purpose-perseverance-and-progress\/?swcfpc=1\">Antigua and Barbuda <\/a>will stand firm, work harder, and speak louder\u2014because the rights, dignity, and potential of women and girls must never again be negotiable.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-during-his-presentation-prime-minister-browne-highlighted-a-number-of-national-commitments-to-include\">During his presentation, Prime Minister Browne highlighted a number of National Commitments to include;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Accelerate implementation&nbsp;of all Beijing commitments, moving \u201cfrom promise to action.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Resource gender equality work, even amid fiscal constraints, to ensure sustained delivery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amplify women\u2019s leadership&nbsp;in climate action, finance, and peacebuilding, and expand pathways to decision-making across public life; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensure equal pay for equal work, protect women from violence, and\u00a0invest in health and education\u00a0while opening doors to leadership at every level.\u00a0<br><br>Prime Minister Browne called on the international community to act with\u00a0urgency, courage, and a renewed spirit of commitment, noting that\u00a0no nation can reach its full potential when half its people are held back. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He urged Member States to recommit resources and political will so that\u00a0equity becomes equality, and\u00a0every woman and girl can live free, lead boldly, and 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