Title: UNDP RBEC Regional Centre
1- UNDP RBEC Regional Centre
- Engendering the Localizing Sustainable
Development Projects in Western-Balkan Countries
and CIS - Dono Abdurazakova, Regional Gender Adviser
- Bratislava, 12 September 2003
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2Long-term objective socially just and
sustainable society by ensuring
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- balanced participation between men and
women - that gender issues are integrated into
decision-making, implementation, monitoring and
evaluation of localized Sustainable Development
initiatives. -
3Gender mainstreaming is
- the process of assessing the implications for
women and men of any planned action, including
legislation, policies or programmes, in all areas
and at all levels. It is a strategy for making
womens as well as mens concerns and experiences
an integral dimension of the design,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation of
policies and programmes in all political,
economic and societal spheres so that women and
men benefit equally and inequality is not
perpetuated. The ultimate goal is to achieve
gender equality. The Report of the Economic and
Social Council for 1997. United Nations, 1997.
4Gender mainstreaming is
- a strategy that considers a gender perspective
as an integral part of activities and
decision-making to identify where specific
measures are needed most, for greater and
long-lasting impact
5Gender mainstreaming
- .Is a strategy, not a goal. The goal is gender
equality
6Gender mainstreaming
- No longer viewed as a separate issue
- Requires thorough and rigorous analysis of the
situation - Doesnt mean that gender-specific intervention
are abandoned!
7Gender equality
- All human beings are free to develop their
personal abilities and make choices w/o the
limitations set by gender roles - Aspirations and needs of women and men are
equally valued and favoured
8ARGUMENTATION
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- human rights issue
- credibility issue
- efficiency issue
- pre-condition and pre-requisite for
successful local development strategies -
9Conceptual framework international obligations
- The Beijing Platform for Action
- Convention on Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
10No more why but HOW to integrate Gender?
- No ready-made recipe, but need for adaptation to
the specific needs of each policy area
- Tips the earlier conducted, the better results
at the end and more space to introduce changes
11Ensure the Following Steps
- Availability of information and sex
disaggregated data is one of the principal
pre-requisites - Expertise in the gender relations and policies on
equality needed - Based on the first two steps, move with the
preparation of a check list to ask the right
questions -
12Step one
- Outline the current position of men women in
the area which this policy proposal will address - Who are beneficiaries? How many women, men? What
data source is used to determine these figures?
Are there differences in situation of women and
men in this sector/area ( in terms of access to
resources, participation, norms and values,
rights, etc)? Is opinion of women and men is
taken into account from the point of costs,
benefits, acceptance, advantages and utility?
13Step Two
- What factors lead to women and men being
affected differently in the area being addressed
by this policy proposal? - Identify the factors which lead to the
differential impact on women and men - What are the final costs (both financial
and human) paid by women and men if this policy
is adopted? - What benefits (material or other) the
decision will bring to women and men? - What implications will be for everyday
life of certain group(s) of women or men? -
14Step Three
- How can the factors which lead to women or
- men being affected differentially be addressed
- and changed?
- How can the policy proposal respond to the
factors identified in Step 2? - What actions are proposed in this regard?
- What are the long lasting effects/impact in case
of failure of the proposed policy? -
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15Tools and Resources developed at the UNDP RBEC
Regional Centre, Bratislava
- Gender Mainstreaming in Practice A Handbook
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- Drafting Gender-Aware LegislationHow to Promote
and Protect Gender Equality in the Central and
Eastern Europe and in the CIS -
- Available at on-line, at UNDP RBEC Gender Virtual
Gender Library, http//gender.undp.sk
16Are there gender issues in the region?
- The suicide rates (up 90), committed by men in
some parts of the region are highest in the
world - High life expectancy gaps
- High educational level of women combined with
their low representation at all levels of
decision-making
17Womens average monthly income as percentage of
mens
- Albania 87 BH n/a
- Bulgaria n/a Croatia n/a
- Romania 80 Turkey n/a
- Serbia Montenegro 79
- Source UNDP/UNECE Gender statistics website
http//www.unece.org
18Working population
- Country Year women men
- Albania 1999 38 62
- BH N/a
- Bulgaria 1998 47 53
- Croatia 1999 46 54
- FYROM 1998 39 61
- Romania 1998 46 54
- Turkey 1999 31 69
- SM 1999 42 58
- Source UNDP/UNECE Gender statistics website
http//www.unece.org
19Seats in parliament
- Country Year women men
- Albania 2001 6 94
- BH 2002 17 83
- Bulgaria 2002 26 74
- Croatia 2002 21 79
- FYROM 2002 18 82
- Romania 2002 11 89
- Turkey 2002 4 96
- SM 2002 7 93
- Source Inter-Parliamentary Union,
http//www.ipu.org
20SUGGESTED ENTRY-POINTS
21(1) sub-regional advocacy workshop
- Suggest gender- balanced representation
- Include a separate session for gender
sensitisation and awareness raising on the need
to integrate gender if local development
strategies intend to be successful - Ensure that other sessions do not
perpetuate existing gender inequalities and
traditional distribution of gender roles - Search and bring successful examples of
mainstreamed from gender perspective local
development strategies developed through
participatory methods (gender budgets).
22 (1) Training for Local Action Groups
- Preparation of Situation Assessment
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- Ensure that Gender analysis is a part of overall
methodology(s) - Gender expert is part of the team
- Questionnaires include gender specific questions
- Interviews target equally women and men in
balanced manner, to reflect their views
23Pilot strategy development for and with
participation of the LAG-s
- As strategy will be developed in a
participatory manner, special efforts should
apply to ensure that women and men represented
equally - and the environment enables them to participate
and provide meaningful input - Not only special elements dedicated to gender in
the strategies, tools for achieving the strategy,
and appropriate action plans, but overall goal
mainstreamed.