Romania

PERMANENT MISSION OF ROMANIA
TO THE UNITED NATIONS
MISSION PERMANENTE DE LA ROUMANIE
AUPRES DES NATIONS UNIES
High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
New York, 10 -14 July 2017
Statement by
Mr. Adrian Marius Rindunica
Secretary of State
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL JUSTICE OF
ROMANIA
Session 8 - Review of implementation: SDG 5
R.Q)MANIA
for the United Nations Security Council
2020-2021
12 July 2017
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Mister Vice-president,
Distinguished Delegates and Colleagues,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
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In Romania, the equal opportunities and treatment for women and men are a
fundamental principle of human rights, implemented both at the legislative level
as at the public policies level. This principle is established by Law no. 202/2002
on equal opportunities and treatment for women and men. republished, which
regulates the measures to promote equal opportunities and treatment for women
and men in all spheres of public life in Romania.
The Romanian experience in the field of gender equality includes already a wellstructured
legislation, institutional mechanisms and also a developing civil society
and an important academia sector.
Discrimination and gender inequality continues to manifests on all levels, in fields
such as labour, education, access to decision making, balanced distribution of
roles and family responsibilities. There for, is important to have measures as
reconciling family and professional life, encouraging women access to university
education and to male professions, encouraging raising number of women to
high level decisional positions, promoting gender equality as key factor in
combating poverty, promoting training for expert on equality, and reducing
gender pay gap.
In order to have same opportunities as men, women have to overcome some
specific obstacles such as, family responsibilities, which in most of the case are
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theirs. The traditional role of women in most societies is more as genitor and
services provider for the benefit of their families. There is a need for selfdevelopment
regarding unjustified fears connected to the gender stereotypes
promoted in the society and in families.
Direct, indirect discrimination and the existence of the segregation in the labour
market are the main factors that still led to the existence, of a gap between the
incomes of women and men. The statistics featured by the Statistical Office of
the European Union (EUROSTAT) show that the percentage of the wage gap
between women and men, on European level, was of 16.4% and in Romania, of
9. 7°/o. Although Romania is under the European average, intervention measures
are still required, especially in the private sector, among companies and
corporations, where this situation is mostly encountered.
Regarding the need for strong legislative and institutional measures aiming on
one hand, to limit the phenomenon by applying punitive measures against
perpetrators and, on the other hand, to support victims by providing a range of
services appropriate support, NAEOWM implemented, between October 2014
and December 2015 the project "ST ART - A quality life in safety!", funded by
HROP 2007-2013, totalling 170.207.156 lei (38 million euros). The project aimed
to implement at a holistic and integrated development of mechanisms, policies,
procedures and tools applied nationwide, generating long-term benefits for
people in situations of gender inequality, domestic violence or human trafficking
risk.
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