Alliance of Womens Legislative Initiatives

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Alliance of Womens Legislative Initiatives
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Challenges to participation of women in politics

• Risk of annulment of special measures during the
  first reform of the political system and
  discreditation of the ides
• Discontent with the existing living standards is
  growing among the society. One of the reasons in
  the opinion of the population is weakening of the
  institute of parliamentary. Women deputies are
  accused of it
• Disillusionment in the institute of elections

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The Alliance was officially established at the
General Assembley, which took lace on 27 May 2008.

• 12 - deputies
• 16 - staff of the governmental structures
• 38 - NGOs
• 56- physical persons
• 122 total

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Structure

• 2 coordinators deputy Ch. G. Abdullaeva, M. A.
  Karybaeva
• 4 working groups Policy, Economics,
  Socio-cultural, Violence
• 8 regional coordinators
• Cross-cutting themes the youth and mass media

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Inclusion of Gender Right into the development
strategies

• At the present time CDS for 2009-2011 is being
  developed
• We kept the section Policy of achievement of
  gender equality in the Chapter Development
  Environment
• Measures in the social sector pre-school
  facilities, child and maternal mortality
• The issue is not available in economics, in the
  section of policy, and in the regional
  development

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Legislation adopted laws

• New edition of the Law On the State Guarantees
  of equal rights and equal opportunities for men
  and women (No 184 as of 4 August, 2008)
• On the social order
• On the State pension social insurance
• Introduction of 30 gender quota for auditors of
  the Chamber of Accounts and members of the
  central Election Commission of KR

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Draft Laws

• Promotion of interests of the civil society in
  the Tax Code (jointly with International centre
  of non-commercial law and the Civil Society
  Support Centers Association (CSSCA)
• Gender analysis of the draft Law of KR On the
  State civil service (CSA)
• Gender analysis of the labor legislation

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Violence

• Parliamentarian hearing on the issue of domestic
  violence was held on 17 June. Based on the
  results of the Parliamentarian hearing work of
  the Ministry of Interior KR was activated
  (Resolution No 265)
• Analysis of the current Law was carried out
• Study the experience of other countries
  (Azerbaijan, Georgia and USA)
• CSSCA and Freedom House joined into the process
  of analysis and currently are developing
  amendments into the Law

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New models of providing external assistance

• Address to the paeticipants of the High Level
  Forum in Accra Forum, to the government and to
  donors
• Action Plan was drawn up, including activities
  for the Parliament, Government, civil society
  organizations and donors
• Letters of women-Ministers, Deputy Ministers and
  Deputy Governors of CDS

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What is planned

• 7 October Parliamentarian hearings
• Improvement of institutional mechanism
• Gender analysis of the family Code,
• Results of the Report on CEDAW Action Plan
• Domestic violence new law, lobbying
• Creation of the youth wing

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Am I satisfied with the work of the Alliance?

• Complicated themes are blocked
• Problems of communication in the Alliance
• Civil Society plays service role
• Formal membership both on behalf of deputies and
  CSO
• Working Groups exercise formal approaches
• Issues of communications with the regions gaps
  in content
• Policy of donors and ownership