Ecuador believes that all Member States, as well as the United Nations system...

Ecuador believes that all Member States, as well as the United Nations system, should more coherently and systematically apply international law and implement the programes and policies aimed at combating ongoing complex problems hindering the achievement of the rights of women. Since 2008, my country has had a new constitutional framework that lays the foundations for participatory democracy. The preamble of our Constitution also acknowledges the rights of women and provides for a way to move from equality on paper to genuine equality by identifying how those who have been victims of inequality and discrimination due to tradition, history, culture or religious attitudes are to be treated.