| Civil and Political Rights - Women's equal political representation and participation in policy and decision making at all levels in societies in fundamental in the achieving of equality and the realisation of full civic and political rights for women. Women need equal access to and full participation in power structures, decision making and governments. Capacity for woman leadership needs to be built in all parts of the world and in all societies and organisations. (Conference Statement) Separation of religion and state: organised religion always has been and remains the greatest enemy of women's rights. In religious teachings of all the world's religions, women are considered inferior and therefore subjugated to men. The constitutional separation of religion and state is fundamental to the empowerment of women. States based on secular principles are the only ones that can allow and promote equality between women and men and the freedom on conscience and belief for all their citizens. The conference also agreed that women and men needed to stand side by side to fight for the equality between the sexes. Within the Humanist movement, the issues of women's empowerment must be mainstreamed. All member organisations of IHEU are urged to put gender on their political agenda. They are also urged to look within the policies and practices of their own organisations to ensure that the gender imbalance is addressed, that the voices of women are both heard and listened to, and that the leadership of women is encouraged, sustained and developed Women's Rights in Clerical Slovakia - Viera Falgunova
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