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Yerevan, October 2007

Gender Community of Practice Meeting. Gender Survey - Compilation of Inputs Summary. Yerevan, October 2007. Identified Priorities Main Gender Issues. Women’s unequal access to resources / feminized poverty Weak institutional mechanisms and structures related to gender

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Yerevan, October 2007

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  1. Gender Community of Practice Meeting Gender Survey - Compilation of Inputs Summary Yerevan, October 2007

  2. Identified PrioritiesMain Gender Issues • Women’s unequal access to resources / feminized poverty • Weak institutional mechanisms and structures related to gender • Lack of implementation of CEDAW and gender related legislation (gap between de jure/de facto gender equality) • Discrimination of women in the world of work • Equal and adequate access to education and healthcare services • Low participation of women in decision making processes • Violence against women • Trafficking • Discriminatory stereotypes • Low life expectancy of men • Gender in EU accession processes (where applicable)

  3. Gender issues covered by UNDP activities (I) UNDP gender specific projects • Strengthening of mechanisms/institutions for gender equality/GM (e.g. gender analysis, gender budgeting, gender disaggregated data etc) • Draft and implementation of gender responsive national legislation/policies/NAPs • Enhancing women’s political participation (e.g. through Parliamentarians, women’s voter education etc) • Increasing public awareness on gender related issues • Economic empowerment/women entrepreneurs • Engendering media/education/health care system • Empowerment of women migrants • VAW

  4. Gender issues covered by UNDP activities (II)UNDP GM projects • Social inclusion and local economic development • Women and security • Access of women to micro credits and SME support schemes • Promoting ICT among young rural women • Gender and Governance • Vocational training for women prisoners/women • Targeting women as vulnerable group within HIV/Aids Programmes • Engendering NHDRs • Gender disaggregated labour force survey

  5. Main challenges (I) What has not worked? • Support to [the establishment/setting up of] institutional mechanisms • Quality of Gender Equality Legislation drafted • NAPs/laws not adopted by Government • Enhancement of women in leadership positions • Women in professional associations • Mainstreaming gender into PRSP/MTDS • Engendering of national EU integration strategies • Promotion of GE by state actors • Inclusion of gender CSOs in HIV programme • Prevention strategy on trafficking ineffective • Ad hoc project interventions (not strategic) • Lack of disaggregated data • Men’s crisis and information center

  6. Main challenges (II)Obstacles to GM/WE projects (identified within country) • Lack of relevant laws and policies and where existent, lack of implementation • Lack of capacity of national institutions on gender • Low priority of gender issues on political agenda • Lack of resources • Lack of awareness and existing stereotypes • Lack of women in decision making • Glass ceiling and lack of childcare facilities as main obstacle for women’s empowerment • Insufficient use/access to disaggregated data • Lack of structured participation of civil society • Lack of transparency resulting from weak monitoring of women’s rights • No laws on reproductive health • High mortality rates of men

  7. Main challenges (III)Obstacles to GM and WE (identified by UNDP CO) “In-house” • Lack of knowledge and technical expertise in house • Insufficient human and financial resources • Inconsistent use of available mechanisms • GM still not considered an “obligation”/lack of accountability mechanisms • Weak “institutionalization” of gender in CO External factors • Low public awareness • GM as low priority of Government • Women’s participation in politics • Women’s labour force participation • Support to women’s NGOs

  8. Identified Entry Pointsfor standalone WE projects • Institutional strengthening/capacity development for GE • Draft, amendments and implementation of legislation/policies (including NAPs) • Monitoring for gender equality • Women’s political empowerment • Women in the labour market • Women entrepreneurs • Access to education and health services • VAW • Women and ICT • Gender literacy (disaggregated data, gender budgeting etc)

  9. Identified Entry Pointsfor GM projects • Women’s leadership in local self-governance • Empowering women for participation in decision making processes • Strengthen women entrepreneurship (poverty projects) • Women in local economic development • Social inclusion • Women and PAR • Women and ICT • Gender and HIV/Aids • Women’s access to water and energy • Gender analysis in environmental policies • Empowerment of women in conflict zones • CD for gender disaggregated data • VAW • Urban planning; ecological tourism • Strategies/implementation of EU policies and legislation

  10. Thank you for your attention!

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