Gender Analysis of Civil Service Training

1. Gender Analysis of Civil Service Training Working Towards equal opportunities for women in the civil service

2. Welcome • Hedwig SchlagsWomen’s Employment Promotion Project • Rachel WarehamGender Mainstreaming Project

3. Introduction • Report Purpose • Commitments to Gender Equality by Afghan Government • Methodology

4. Women in the Civil Service • Statistics • Current Environment • Categories • Civil Service Reform

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Civil Service Reform • IARCSC • PAR • PRR • RRR

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

10. 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

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

12. 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

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

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

15. 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

16. Contact the Authors • Rosemary Stasek Consultantrosemary@stasek.com • Sarah AhmadyarProgram Assistantahmadyars@hotmail.com