Title: Regional Conference on Mainstreaming Gender in National Poverty Reduction Strategies Hanoi, Vietnam, 12-14 March 2002
1Regional Conference on Mainstreaming Gender in
National Poverty Reduction StrategiesHanoi,
Vietnam, 12-14 March 2002
- Objectives
- Review exchange experiences on mainstreaming
of gender in NPRS - Identify obstacles challenges in mainstreaming
gender in designing and implementing of the NPRS - Lessons learned for the future formulate a
shared view of next steps - Have a plan of action for priority steps to
promote attention to critical gender issues in
the NPRS process
2Mongolian Poverty Reduction Strategy Experience
to date
- NPAP (1994-2000)
- - NPAP institutional structure set up
- - Central, regional and local level participation
encouraged - - Wide-range of public awareness raising and PA
support - activities promoted encouraging self-help
mentality in - overcoming poverty among the population.
- - NPAP implementation capacity built
- - WB, IMF, UN and other bilateral cooperation,
joint experiences - efforts ensuring sustainability and economic
growth led to the interllinkage of economic part
of I-PRSP with Poverty Reduction, Growth
Facilities program.
3Mongolian Poverty Reduction Strategy Experience
to date
- I-PRSP (2001)
- -IPRSP provides a sound basis for
- developing a fully participatory PRSP
- -Broad participation ensured by all stakeholders
Government agencies, NGOs, civil society
institutions, academia - -Policy document truly owned by the Government
of Mongolia
4National Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
Preparation Process
- Key activities
- - Technical working group set up representing the
Government NGO partnership, being divided in 3
task force groups - - Work plan for F-PRSP revised last October-
November was reviewed by the participants of the
regional seminar - - PRG set up last November has been working on
expanding research analytical dimensions
towards economic growth poverty reduction
macro-economic policy impact on trade
production, budgetary monetary policy impact on
poverty
5National Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
Preparation Process
- -Experts working on the monitoring indicators
pointed out - a) progress indicators, b) result-ended
indicators - -Issues concerning foreign trade,
production/industry promotion, processing
industries, agricultural sector and tradeservice
sector would be incorporated into a F-PRSP - -Broader participation partnership with all
stakeholders ensured (50 of Dornod seminar were
civil society CBOs representatives) - -Policy recommendation for pro-poor budget
planning/allocation, prioritization of resource
mobilization and other related alternatives - -IEC activities conducted amongst various groups
MPs cabinet members, general public, mass media
6Surveys reports vis-à-vis NPRS Gender Issues
- -Mongolian Poverty Assessment in Transition
Economy, WB (1996) - -LSMS, NSO (1995, 1998)
- -NHDR, UNDP (2000)
- -Women in Mongolia Mapping Progress under
Transition, UNIFEM (2000) - -PLSA, NSO (2001)
- -HIES with some modules of LSMA, WB/UNDP (2002)
7National Program for Advancement of Mongolian
Women (NPAW) (Government Resolution No145, 1996)
- NPAW (1996-2020) 11 critical areas of concern
- a. Women economic development
- b. Women poverty
- c. The status of rural women
- d. Women education
- e. Women reproductive health
- f. Women the family
- g. Women in power and decision-making
- h. Violence against women human rights
- i. National machinery for advancement of women
- j. Women the mass media
- k. Women environment
8Key obstacles in the process of preparing
gender-responsive NPRSP
- The design, collection, analysis dissemination
of data statistics suffer from incomplete
disaggregation by sex other pertinent variables - Major gaps in data missing data towards 4
dimensions of poverty - Weak capacity to undertake gender analysis at a
level that meets the complex challenges posed by
the transition for womens empowerment gender
equality
9Key obstacles in the process of preparing
gender-responsive NPRSP
- Inadequate capacity to disaggregate data
meaningfully to use the information to raise
understanding about poverty gender dimensions
influence policy makers - Weakness in gender mainstreaming across NPRSP
linked with weakness in the capacity to use the
knowledge generated to advocate, negotiate
influence policy processes
10Challenges in mainstreaming gender in designing
implementing the NPRSP
- National gender information system should be set
up focusing on 4 dimensions of poverty
potential PRSP interventions - Mechanisms should be developed to trace the
differential outcomes impacts of macro-economic
policy changes on women men, specifically
regarding the sources the impacts of the
taxation revenue generation policy - HIES using gender analysis should be integrated
into micro-economic sex disaggregated data bases
for conducting policy-oriented research analysis
11Challenges in mainstreaming gender in designing
implementing the NPRSP
- The poverty dimension of rural urban women
men should be addressed from a rights-based
approach - Participation of all stakeholders should be
encouraged during the F-PRSP process including
decision-makers, civil society institutions,
academia citizens - Monitoring, analysis and assessment indicators
benchmarks should be identified consensus built
on the NPRSP formulation and implementation
(capacity building issues)
12Lessons learned for the future shared view
for next steps
- Engender the PRSP participatory process raise
awareness among gender/womens advocates - Share experiences best practices, identifying
entry points with - MDG ensuring that gender equality is seen as a
pre-requesite for sustainable development and
poverty eradication - Eradicate poverty hunger
- Achieve universal primary education
- Promote gender equality empowerment of women
- Reduce child mortality
- Improve maternal health
- Combat HIV/AIDS
- Ensure environment sustainability
- Development a global partnership for development
13Lessons learned for the future shared view
for next steps
- NPAW PRSP
- Action Plan of the Government of Mongolia PRSP
- Treatment of gender in PRSP (matrices)
- CSW- eradication of poverty empowerment of
women throughout their life cycle as the main
focus - UNDAF PRSP
- CCA PRSP
- Results accountability in the area of gender
equality backed by financial allocalions
organizational practices
14Lessons learned for the future shared view
for next steps
- Gender mainstreaming in poverty reduction
strategy, democratic governance, crisis
prevention recovery, environment sustainable
energy, HIV/AIDS, ICT - Gender - responsive budget analysis, planning
- Womens security-violence against women
- Promotion of gender justice
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