Government of South Africa / UNFPA Collaboration in Population and Development (2007-2010)

1. United Nations Population Fund Government of South Africa / UNFPACollaboration in Population and Development (2007-2010) Presented by UNFPA to the Portfolio Committee on Social Development 13 October 2009

2. UNFPA Mission Statement UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is an international development agency that promotes the right of every man, woman, and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect. UNFPA - because everyone counts

3. What is ICPD? What is ICPD? International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in1994 in Cairo, 179 countries agreed that population and development are inextricably linked, and that empowering women and meeting people's needs for education and health, including reproductive health, are necessary for both individual advancement and balanced development. The conference adopted a 20-year Programme of Action, which focused on individuals' needs and rights, rather than on achieving demographic targets.

4. Population and Development • People are both the means and ultimate beneficiaries of development. • Population dynamics and reproductive health are central to development, need be integral to poverty reduction strategy • Population indicators are perhaps the most sensitive in determining the extent to which the people have directly benefited from programmes of social and economic development.

5. Selected Population Indicators • Population size (current & projected) • Population growth rate • Level of urbanization; rural population • Labour force: employment, unemployment, etc. • Education composition, literacy; completion rate; skills • Migration patterns and rates – internal & international • Age composition (youth, adults, elderly dependency burden • Fertility rate; teenage pregnancy, etc. • Morbidity: prevalence of HIV/AIDS; TB; Cholera, etc. • Mortality level : Infant, Child, Maternal, etc • Life expectancy at birth, males & females • Population with access to water, health services, electricity, sanitation, good housing, transport etc.

6. Population & Development Integration • Integration means explicit consideration of population and its social, economic and demographic characteristics in national/regional/local development planning process; • Determination of population sensitive development indicators (population in relation to health, education, environment, social welfare, etc.) for setting targets and for monitoring and evaluation; • Utilization of appropriate population and development models in generating data for policy formulation, plan design and implementation and; • Integration of population strategies into existing development frameworks

7. SA’s Population Policy Vision of the Policy • To contribute towards the establishment of a society that provides a high and equitable quality of life for all South Africans in which population trends are commensurate with sustainable socio-economic and environmental development Goal of Policy • The goal of the policy is to bring about changes in the determinants of the country's population trends, so that these trends are consistent with the achievement of sustainable human development

8. UNFPA South Africa • UNFPA South Africa consists of Country Office in Pretoria, 3 Sub Offices in KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Limpopo, with the former being fully staffed and operational • The office is working closely with the Limpopo Provincial Government to conclude final arrangements for UNFPA Sub Office in this Province • Sub Offices are headed by the Provincial Programme Officers, supported by Administrative staff.

9. South Africa Country Programme 2007 - 2010 • Programme developed through consultation between Govt. UNFPA and civil society, including NGOs, CBOs, FBOs and other stakeholders. • The current programme reflects national priorities as articulated in Government’s Vision 2014 and contextualized within the MDGs and the Government-prepared Country Analysis • The proposed country programme comprises three components; • Reproductive Health, including HIV/AIDS • Population and Development • Gender

10. Strategy to achieving the Goal of the 3rd Country Programme The overall strategy of the 3rd CP responds to: • Prevailing gender inequities (in-spite of strong legislative framework) • Limited capacities, weaknesses in SRH services • HIV and AIDS and overall quality of life; Priority provinces: Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, and Free State province. UNFPA provides strategic technical and capacity building assistance towards addressing these gaps

11. Programme Outputs – Reproductive Health • Strengthened capacity of Govt. and civil society to prevent HIV infection, particularly among women, young men and women • Govt. is supported to achieve Universal Access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support (Joint AIDS Team) • Strengthened capacity of health care workers for effective delivery of SRH services, including prevention and management of GBV, and promoting avoidance of unwanted and teenage pregnancies • Accelerated and increased use of both male and female condoms • Strengthened national M&E framework

12. Programme Outputs – Population and Development • Strengthened Government capacity to integrate population, gender, environment and HIV/AIDS issues into development • Strengthened capacity of Government to generate, analyse and disseminate policy-relevant data, including MDG-related indicators • Population and Development networks between South Africa and other countries in the region established. • Government and social partners are supported to accelerate economic growth and development for the benefit of all

13. Programme Outputs - Gender • Increased community capacity to prevent and respond to GBV • Strengthened capacity of different spheres of Govt., NGOs and other relevant institutions in gender auditing, gender budgeting and gender mainstreaming • Strengthened provision of comprehensive services for women victims of GBV and abuse • Strengthened capacity of national, provincial and local authorities and law enforcement agencies, as well as NGOs and CBOs, to implement human rights-based policies and programmes aimed at prevention and response to GBV and abuse of women and other vulnerable groups • SA experiences in prevention and response to GBV and abuse shared with other countries

14. Programme Activities P &D: Supporting Population Units, institutions of higher learning; Univ. of KZN, Univ. of NW to advance capacity building on the integration of population issues in development policies and programmes SRH: Collaboration with the Department of Health to improve and expand capacity of the national health system to deliver high-quality SRH services, including FP, HIV prevention and increasing screening coverage for cervical cancer through capacity of health professionals Gender: Provide technical support in the establishment of the Ministry for Women’s Affairs, and capacity building for Gender Focal Points on gender mainstreaming and gender responsive budgeting. Support on the 10 year review of the 16 Days Campaign

15. Some Key Accomplishments • Ongoing University based PD training programmes; University of KwaZulu-Natal & University of North West. • Technical support to Statistics South Africa on the Post-Enumeration Survey towards Census 2011 • Youth Lekgotla on HIV/AIDS pre- SA 2009 AIDS Conference 30 -31 March 2009 to strengthen network of young people to act as mentors and ground breaker for HIV/AIDS interventions • Training of health care professionals in FP, and cervical cancer screening, and enhanced capacity of Religious Leaders in advocacy – HIV and GBV prevention, and promoting SRH services • Ongoing technical support to the newly established Ministry of Gender, Children and Persons with Disabilities • Support to Government on the 10 year review of the 16 Days Campaign

16. UNFPA in the South African Context • Government fully capable of financing development programmes • UNFPA interface aimed at strategic areas of intervention that would enable meaningful contribution in development policies and programmes • The Government has vast technical capacity gaps which undermine the achievement of well intended policies, main challenge in implementation • UNFPA support continues to be of a technical nature , with a particular emphasis on capacity building for Public servants in the areas of UNFPA mandate

17. UNFPA and Parliamentarians • UNFPA has over 30 years of experience in working with parliamentarians. Since the 1970s, UNFPA has supported the formation of national and regional parliamentary groups on population in all regions of the world. • Today there are four regional parliamentary networks on population and development covering the entire globe (Asia, Inter-America, European and Arab/Africa regions), with numerous national groups working hand in hand with these regional networks.

18. UNFPA Partnership with Parliament • To encourage increased budget allocation for population and development • Serious gaps remain: funding for Reproductive Health has suffered significantly because of the shift of population assistance funds to HIV/AIDS • Link Population & Development agenda to the MDGs and better monitor country progress • Support capacity building for Parliamentarians to effectively monitor implementation of developmental instruments and policies • While many laws and policies are improved, the implementation of them remains a challenge

19. UNFPA Partnership with Parliament • Facilitate exchange by Parliamentarians of information, lessons-learned and best practices among countries and regions on population and development • Support dialogue and cooperation amongst Parliamentarians at regional and international levels, e.g International Parliamentarians Conference/IPCI on ICPD • Assist to translate population data for real people …putting a face to the numbers • Produce reports and messages for people who are NOT in the population field…so that they can say Yes!...they understand and see their roles in contributing to population and development • Extend partnerships to non-traditional allies in implementation of population programmes, including private sector and communities

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