Gender Analysis of Civil Service Training

Working Towards equal opportunities for women in the civil service

Welcome

• Hedwig Schlags Women’s Employment Promotion Project • Rachel Wareham Gender Mainstreaming Project

Introduction

• Report Purpose • Commitments to Gender Equality by Afghan Government • Methodology

Women in the Civil Service

• Statistics • Current Environment • Categories • Civil Service Reform

Statistics

• No central source of number of civil servants • No gender-disaggregated data • 180,000 to 325,000 total • One estimate 38,000 women • One estimate 60% of women teachers

Current Environment

• Lack of central coordination and tracking • Lack of merit-based selection system • Lack of post-training evaluation • Lack of post-training information sharing • Fossilized/discriminatory civil service infrastructure

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Categories

Women in senior- and mid-level managerial and policy-making positions Women in administrative and technical positions Women in support positions such as cleaners and tea servers Women who will be displaced in the civil service reform process Women who will enter the civil service in the near- and medium-term future

Civil Service Reform

• IARCSC • PAR • PRR • RRR

Civil Service Training

• No centralized coordination or tracking • Attempt at general inventory by ministry and provincial administration • Source – ministries, NGO’s and training providers

Recommendations

General: • President Karzai should hold government officials publicly responsible for a commitment to gender equality • Independent Administrative Reform & Civil Service Commission (IARCSC) should form an equity unit • Implement RRR process immediately with gender component • Implement gender-sensitive merit-based selection processes for training attendees.

• Ministries and donors participate in central training tracking

Recommendations

For women who will be displaced in the civil service reform process: • Provide opportunity for retraining as teachers • Provide intensive English language training

Recommendations

For women in senior- and mid-level managerial and policy-making positions: • Provide business communications training • Provide training for effective access to women in the Parliament

Recommendations

For women in administrative and technical positions: • Provide business communications training • Provide intensive English language training

Recommendations

For women in support positions such as cleaners and tea servers: • Conduct a relevant needs assessment

Recommendations

For women who will enter the civil service in the near- and medium-term future: • Assist in GTZ research project on civil service employment for women

Contact the Authors

• Rosemary Stasek Consultant [email protected]

• Sarah Ahmadyar Program Assistant [email protected]