Human Rights-Based Approach to Programming - UNFPA -

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Human Rights-Based Approach to Programming-
UNFPA -

• Overview UNFPA and Human Rights

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UNFPA and Human Rights

• Action 2
• Policy Committee of UN reiterated importance of
  HRBA
• HRBA manual based on Action 2 General Manual

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UNFPA Strategic Plan Goals
Population and Development Reproductive Health and Rights Gender Equality
Use of data to guide investments in - gender equality - youth development - reproductive health, HIV/AIDS Universal access to reproductive health by 2015 Universal access to comprehensive HIV prevention by 2010 Gender equality ADVANCED? Women and adolescent girls empowered to exercise their human rights
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UNFPA Strategic Plan

• UNFPA supports capacity-building to implement the
  human rights-based approach in programming and
  policies at all levels from an ICPD perspective
• Approach focuses on
• inclusion
• interdependence
• participation
• non-discrimination
• Special attention focused on most excluded and
  marginalized population groups of society

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Strategic Plan Cross-cutting Concerns

• Special attention to marginalized and excluded
  populations
• identify excluded and marginalized groups and
  assess needs, specifically sexual and
  reproductive health needs
• target the poorest of the poor, especially
• disadvantaged adolescents and youth
• women survivors/victims of violence and abuse
• out-of-school youth
• women living with HIV
• women engaged in sex work
• minorities and indigenous people
• women living with disabilities
• refugees and internally displaced persons
• women living under occupation
• aging populations

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For Example - Strategic Plan Goal 3

• Outcome 1 Gender equality and the human rights
  of women and adolescent girls, particularly their
  reproductive rights, integrated in national
  policies, development frameworks and laws.
• Outcome 3 Human rights protection systems
  (including national human rights councils,
  ombudspersons, and conflict-resolution
  mechanisms) and participatory mechanisms are
  strengthened to protect the reproductive rights
  of women and adolescent girls, including the
  right to be free from violence.

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Activities

• Capacity-building The Manual

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The Process

• Workshop in Headquarters
• Two rounds of interviews in Headquarters
• One round of phone interviews with staff from
  country offices (designated by GDs)
• Workshop in Boston Staff from COs, GDs, Training
  branch, HRU, OED, TSD and the four regional
  centres
• First regional testing workshop (Ghana, Africa)
• A meeting with experts from HRU, TSD and GDs to
  finalize the content
• Three other regional workshops
• Plan with Training Branch, including e-learning
  course

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Activities

• Inter-agency (Human Rights, Indigenous,
  Disabilities)
• Protection mechanisms
• NHRIs, judiciary, laws
• Work with HRC, special procedures and treaty
  bodies
• Advocacy