Transcript The United Nations’ MDG Strategy

Agenda
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Motivation and Overview
(using Education as an
example)
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Discussion by Selected Intervention
Area
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Energy Services
Hunger (multi-sector)
Gender
Health
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Role of Gender Needs Assessment
 Estimation of resources needed to implement
comprehensive gender interventions across multiple
sectors
 Advocacy tool to ensure appropriate gender interventions
are included and budgeted for across all other sectors
during budget formulation/PRSP discussions
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Gender Needs Assessment Approach
(1)
Sector-specific
Interventions to
Awareness
Sensitization
and Training
Subsidies
Prevention
of violence
Systemic
Issues
reach women
Gender Interventions
Total Gender Needs
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Gender Needs Assessment Approach
(2)
Country demographic data
Target coverage rates
Target
Population
TOTAL
COSTS
Cost components for key
interventions
Costs
per beneficiary
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Gender Needs Assessment Approach
(3)
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Interventions reaching women include agriculture,
nutrition, education, women’s empowerment, child and
maternal health, HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB, access to
essential medicines, water and sanitation, environment,
improving the lives of slum dwellers, science and
technology, transport and energy infrastructure.
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The analysis covers an 11 year period from 2005-2015
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Gender analysis covers direct gender interventions not
covered elsewhere
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Interventions Reaching Women
Across Sectors (1)
Hunger
Interventions to improve agricultural productivity
Targeted nutrition interventions for women and adolescent girls
School meals
Education
Provision of school facilities (infrastructure, teachers, supplies)
Subsidies for girls
Maternal Health
Antenatal care
Skilled attendance and clean delivery
Emergency obstetric care (EmOC)
Safe abortion
Counselling on contraception and family spacing
Provision of modern contraceptive methods
Reproductive Health services
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Interventions Reaching Women
Across Sectors (2)
HIV/AIDS
Behavior change programs
STD control
Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT)
Harm reduction for injecting drug users
Prevention of mother to child transmission
Blood safety interventions
Antiretroviral therapy
Treatment of opportunistic infections
Orphan support
TB
BCG vaccine
Directly Observed Treatment--Short Course (DOTS)
Malaria
Insecticide treated nets/curtains
Artemisinin combination treatment
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Interventions Reaching Women
Across Sectors (3)
Water and Sanitation
Water supply infrastructure
Integrated Water Resources Management*
Hydrological monitoring*
Sanitation infrastructure
Sewerage treatment
Awareness building
Hygiene education
Improving the lives of slum dwellers Shelter*
Urban infrastructure*
Security of tenure*
Enforcement of improved land tenure legislation*
Urban infrastructure*
Basic services*
Pollution control*
Transport system*
* Not yet costed
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Interventions Reaching Women
Across Sectors (4)
Science and technology
Science and technology advice*
Tertiary education*
Science and technology research*
Telecommunication infrastructure*
Roads
National highways and international transport corridors
District roads
Urban roads
Feeder and community roads
Footpaths*
Energy services
Improved stoves
Improved fuel inputs
Electricity generation capacity
Electricity grid
Off-grid electricity systems
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Gender Interventions (not covered
elsewhere)
Reproductive Health Awareness of and access to
Rights and Services reproductive health rights and
services
Access to Property
Rights and Work
Security
Equal access to and treatment in
work
Provision and enforcement of equal opportunity legislation, legislation
promoting gender-sensitive policies such as provision of maternity and
dependent care leave and training and support programs for women
entrepreneurs and young girls training to transition to work
Equal access to Property Rights
Legislation and administrative support to provide and protect women’s
equal rights to property and other inherited and acquired assets.
Security for girls and women from
violence
Legislative and administrative actions to prevent women against violence,
promotion of awareness of women’s right to seek redress, protection from
perpetrators (through access to shelters, services etc.) and mechanisms to
dispense justice to the perpetrators
Political representation
Participation and
Institutional Reform
Data Collection and
Monitoring
Legislation, awareness campaigns and provision of services to
decriminalize and allow safe abortions, to protect the rights of women to
plan their families, to enable access to safe contraceptives, to discourage
female genetic mutilation and other harmful practices
Mechanisms (quotas, reservations) to allow for adequate representation at
all levels of government along with adequate training
Involvement of women’s groups at
the village level
Recognition and support to women’s groups organized at the village level
to be partners in the design and delivery of public services*
National Women’s Machineries
(NWMs)
Legislative and financial support to NWMs (defined by the UN as “a single
body or complex organized system of bodies, often under different
authorities, but recognized by the government as the institution dealing with
the promotion of the status of women”)*
Gender-disaggregated data
Collection of data on gender disaggregated statistics on health, education
outcomes, access to assets and infrastructure and conditions of work and
employment and political representation and gender specific violence*
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Components of Gender Needs Assessment
Awareness Campaigns
Mass Media
Schools based Awareness
Community based Awareness Programs
Sensitization and Training
Judges, Bureaucrats, Police Force, Land Titling Officials
Vocational Training for young girls
Training for women candidates for elections
Subsidies
Income support to women below the poverty line*
Subsidies to womens groups/organizations*
Violence against women
Mass media campaign
Counselling services
Shelters
Legal services*
Mediation services*
Systemic Issues
Womens Ministries
Data Collection*
Monitoring and Evaluation*
ID documents to women*
Overall administration costs*
Special Services (legal help etc.)*
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Illustrative Targets
Awareness
50 percent of total female
population
Sensitization
50 percent of all bureaucrats
100 percent of women electoral
candidates
Vocational training
25 percent of all adolescent girls
Counseling services
50 percent of population at risk*
Shelter services
10 percent of population at risk*
* Based on prevalence rates
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