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CORDOBA DECLARATION FEMINARIO: “LOS DERECHOS DE LAS MUJERES SON DERECHOS HUMANOS”. Córdoba noviembre 2009 We, assembled in the XX Feminario organized by the "Plataforma Andaluza de Apoyo al Lobby Europeo de Mujeres" (Andalusian Platform to Support European Women Lobby), five hundred women from the civil sector, academics, communications media and political institutions, empowered by their actions and words, conscious that our agenda has improved democracy, and knowing that women's rights are an inalienable part of Universal Human Rights, issue the following statements: CONSIDERING CONSIDERING that anything that happens anywhere on Earth has an immediate effect elsewhere, so is it crucial to continue to encourage women's networks, and work with an international perspective to coordinate goals and increase efforts. CONSIDERING that equality is acceptance of diversity and non- discriminatory. CONSIDERING that in the last fifty years women's rights have experienced important advancements and this evolution allows us now to define future work strategies. CONSIDERING that it is vitally important to value achieved advancements, knowing that they are fragile and our primary challenges are to consolidate them. CONSIDERING that all advancements that have led to extended rights in our societies have been encouraged by the equality agenda promoted by the International Feminist Movement. CONSIDERING that it is necessary to strengthen the rights that are stated in the action plan from the Fourth World Women's Conference on sexual and reproductive health issues; that women and men have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when, and how often to do so, to be appropriately informed about family planning methods, and this must be -DECLARACIÓN DE CÓRDOBAPlataforma Andaluza de Apoyo al Lobby Europeo de Mujeres 1 recognized as a right, and in exercising this right, they should take into account their responsibilities. CONSIDERING that it is vital not to forget the reactionary movement produced by every advance in the women's movement. CONSIDERING that the situation has changed because the defense of women's rights is now in a leadership position moving towards the future, while groups that oppose equality defend reactionary positions that remain in the past. CONSIDERING that the UN supported International Conferences on Women have been fundamental tools in supporting achieved advancements. CONSIDERING that it is important to develop democracies in countries to guarantee a state of being in which women and men have the same rights. CONSIDERING that there is no equality without democracy and for democracy to exist it is necessary that public policy be focused on citizens' rights. CONSIDERING that “If all the world were democratic the absolute political majority rule would be in women's hands.” CONSIDERING that it is essential, to consolidate rights that countries be free from religious influences. CONSIDERING that it is essential to remove religious indoctrination from schools and favour the familiarization of all religions that act as normative and cultural vehicles responsible for women's freedom or submission in most parts of the world. CONSIDERING that sacred order cannot be imposed over the legislative one and we live in democracies and not theocracies; we cannot permit that the decision making that affects women's lives remain with people that belong to organizations whose discipline and obedience are far removed from constitutional order and Human Rights. WE DECIDED 1. WE DECIDED that since conceptual anachronisms still exist by those who are resisting the advancement of women's rights, since complete citizenship is developed in democratic states and not in theocratic ones, and since no religious mandates can be imposed or can shape the legislative order, we women ask that the United Nations eliminate the "Permanent Non-Member Observer Mission" status of the Vatican City, and limit their participation in the United Nations General -DECLARACIÓN DE CÓRDOBAPlataforma Andaluza de Apoyo al Lobby Europeo de Mujeres 2 Assembly, in their debates, and international conferences and Committees. 2. WE DECIDED that there should be no objection to reproductive women's rights because that will limit HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, and will reduce health and educational resources to women. 3. WE DECIDED that the largest danger facing women's human rights comes from the interference of religion in their countries, and therefore, it is necessary to address the commitment towards secular states. We propose that religious doctrines be removed from schools, and favour the teachings of all religions because they are normative and cultural, and vehicles responsible either for women's freedom or for subjugation in most parts of the world. 4. WE DECIDED since there is a clear link between women's poverty and prostitution, and that slavery still prevails in the false and perverse idea of free election that hides that most women are trafficking victims and avoids the symbolic dimension of the problem, that when a woman sells her body she sells my body, and the bodies of all women. That’s why we recommend clear policies and specifics, with enough economic resources, in order that all women in the world can be self-fulfilled without being submitted to humiliating practices. 5. WE DECIDED that women cannot continue to be strangers to the peace process and that their presence is important because they can tell about specific aggressions they’ve suffered and guarantee rebuilding an effective reconciliation. OUR CONCLUSION It is essential for an International Organizations commitment to develop a systematic plan of expression and explicit interpretation of Human Rights, treaties, and conventions in terms of gender equality. -DECLARACIÓN DE CÓRDOBAPlataforma Andaluza de Apoyo al Lobby Europeo de Mujeres 3 That is why, assembled in Cordoba in November 2009, in the framework of the XX Feminario, we consider necessary a new Conference on Population and we demand another World Conference on Women to update our agenda of Women’s Rights. -DECLARACIÓN DE CÓRDOBAPlataforma Andaluza de Apoyo al Lobby Europeo de Mujeres 4