ANNEX 4 UNIFEM KEY THEMATIC AREAS UNIFEM WILL

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Annex 4: UNIFEM key thematic areas

Annex 4. UNIFEM key thematic areas

UNIFEM will support and track changes in the three thematic areas of work that contribute to its overarching goal of strengthening implementation of commitments. In each it will spearhead global, regional and national-level advocacy, knowledge and network building, South-South exchange and capacity-development. It will also support cross-cutting actions at the national level. UNIFEM will build on many national, regional and cross-regional initiatives already begun during the MYFF 2004 – 2007 (see chart at the end of this Annex).

Specific UNIFEM contributions in each thematic area include:

-Enhancing women’s economic security and rights: The gender-differentiated impacts of macroeconomic and trade policies, economic development strategies, and investment in livelihood options remain poorly understood. At the same time, building understanding of how to create an enabling environment for women to achieve secure and sustainable livelihoods is central to the achievement of the MDGs and other development goals. UNIFEM has a unique role to play in this area, in partnership with other key actors:

a) UNIFEM will strengthen understanding of the gender dimensions of macroeconomic policies – including PRSPs, National Development Plans and Strategies, trade agreements and other policy frameworks – and advocate for responses that mitigate negative consequences for women and enhance economic opportunities for poor women. This will include continuing support for pilot initiatives to bring a stronger gender equality perspective to new aid modalities, including direct budget support and SWAPs. This work includes building capacity of gender equality advocates to use tools – such as Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) – and support inclusive policymaking processes. UNIFEM works closely with UNDP, ILO and other UN agencies in this arena.

b) UNIFEM will continue to support policy advocacy, policy formulation, and capacity development to implement and monitor policies related to the economic security and rights of particular groups of women, including migrant women workers, women in informal sector work, indigenous women, HIV positive women, rural poor women and others. Partners will depend on the area of focus, and will include ILO on informal work, IFAD and FAO in support to rural poor women, UNCTs in addressing the economic rights of HIV+ women, etc.

c) On a pilot and selective basis, UNIFEM will partner with mainstream development actors to identify promising initiatives that can significantly enhance women’s economic/market opportunities if scaled up. Its work with the World Bank on results-based initiatives in support of women’s livelihood options and with FAO and UN-HABITAT on women’s right to land and property will continue in the Strategic Plan period and be strengthened with additional dimensions and partners.

-Reducing the prevalence of violence against women and HIV/AIDS: The Secretary-General’s In-depth Study on All Forms of Violence against Women (A/61/122/Add.1) provided a comprehensive overview of the causes, consequences, actions being taken, and priorities for action in this sector. With regard to HIV/AIDS, the annual UNAIDS/WHO AIDS Epidemic Update provides data against which to measure progress. UNIFEM will contribute to this goal in four ways, focused on supporting intensified implementation of commitments to end violence against women and reduce the prevalence of HIV/AIDS.

It will coordinate the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women – bringing together all interested UN partners as well as outside experts – to support innovative initiatives that contribute to strengthened implementation of laws and policies. It will expand the breadth, depth, and resources of the Trust Fund, taking concrete action to more systematically position the Fund as a resource for the work of the entire UN system, as well as to build capacity of grantees to document what works and disseminate lessons. Trust Fund resources will support actions that spur implementation of existing laws, national policies and plans of action to end violence against women, and support special funding windows, such as a window to address the inter-linkages of VAW and HIV/AIDS and a window for groups to address sexual violence in crisis and conflict countries;
It will focus on addressing sexual violence in war and armed conflict situations through active participation in the UN inter-agency partnership on this issue (with UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and others), as well as through support to demonstration programmes in conflict-affected countries;
With partner UN organizations – particularly UNFPA and UNICEF – it will continue to respond to requests for specific assistance at national or regional levels, including through supporting countries to formulate, adopt, cost and implement laws, policies and national action plans addressing gender-based violence, and through coordination of regional programmes such as the South Asia programme to eliminate trafficking of women and girls. It will continue its active participation in the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, focusing on the inter-linkages of ending VAW and HIV/AIDS and will also strengthen its support for networks of HIV positive women to be influential in national, regional and global decisions that affect their lives and livelihoods. It will also participate in the Inter-Agency Network against Violence against Women;
It will spearhead and/or participate in UN system-wide and inter-agency advocacy initiatives aimed at prevention– such as the annual Latin American and Caribbean inter-agency campaign to end violence against women – with a renewed focus on supporting the UN system to consistently test and revise advocacy strategies that generate measurable changes in attitudes and understanding amongst key audiences, including men and policy-makers.

-Increase gender justice in democratic governance in stable and fragile states: While there is reliable data on changes in levels of women’s participation in decision-making positions (particularly at national level), the achievement of gender-equitable governance that is responsive to the needs of different groups of women requires much more than returning larger numbers of women to public office. Gender justice in democratic governance requires that: supporters of gender equality are able to call for accountability and responsiveness from public and private authorities (electoral accountability); institutional reforms in the public administration bring incentives and performance measures to support improved responses to the needs of women and families; post-conflict transitional justice and security sector reforms address gender-based atrocities and guarantee the physical security women need to participate effectively in public life.

UNIFEM will contribute to meeting these requirements for gender justice in democratic governance through four areas of action:

a) Electoral accountability: UNIFEM will leverage its years of support to women’s political participation through new efforts to go ‘beyond the numbers’ and to build the political impact of women in politics. It will invest in the capacity of women and men voters to be effective constituencies for gender equality policies from political parties. Through network-building (in partnership with UNDP, NDI, IPU, International IDEA and others in the iKnow Politics network and through regional programmes in partnership with parliaments and other actors) and its targeted programming and technical support (in partnership with UN Integrated missions, UNDP, DPA, and electoral commissions, in post-conflict countries that are holding elections) it will build knowledge and programming experience in this area.

b) Women and peace-building: UNIFEM will continue to advance women’s leadership and influence in peace-building and conflict prevention, post-conflict reconstruction, and truth and reconciliation processes as its contribution to implementing key provisions of Security Council Resolution 1325. This work builds on the foundations of its peace and security programming from 2001 – 2007, but strengthens efforts to engage with communities to prevent sexual and gender-based violence, and build early warning systems.

c) Transitional justice and security sector reform: Stronger technical expertise will be developed in these two areas. International investments in both have tended to be gender-blind. The extent to which gender-based atrocities are dealt with in transitional justice interventions can shape subsequent justice system treatment of gender-based inequalities (including the treatment of these issues in informal justice systems). The extent to which security sector reforms contribute to public safety has a profound impact on women’s enjoyment of rights in a post-conflict context. Key partners include DPKO and UNDP as well as the International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC).

d) Public sector and accountability reforms: Good governance is central to the new aid agenda, budget reform, and to post conflict recovery and reconstruction. UNIFEM will develop new programming in this area in partnership with UNDP. This will involve supporting pilot programming to demonstrate the importance of gender-sensitive incentive systems, performance measures, and procedures for gender responsive planning, programming and budgeting at national and local levels, including via capacity development in gender responsive budgeting. Pilot efforts will be attached to existing public sector and accountability reform efforts.

Current and planned regional and cross-regional/programmes

that respond to UNIFEM’s Goals and Outcome

The chart below is intended to demonstrate how UNIFEM’s existing and planned global/cross-regional and regional programmes are relevant to the Goal and outcomes in its Strategic Plan. Many of the programmes (especially, for instance, GRB) are relevant to multiple outcomes and thematic areas. Please note that this is an illustrative, rather than an exhaustive, listing. Also note that it does not include national-level programmes that UNIFEM will be undertaking and for which it has already secured funds.

How to read: The programmes listed in bold/italics are global or cross-regional. Those in regular type are regional. For each programme included, UNIFEM has indicated the number of countries in which it is anticipated to take place, the key partners, and the donor(s). This is only listed in the first mention of the programme. Programmes with an asterisk (*) are those that are at an early conceptual stage.

Goal:	National commitments to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment implemented in fragile and stable states to:
Outcome	Enhance women’s economic security and rights	End violence against women and HIV/AIDS	Achieve democratic governance

National development strategies (including PRSs, SWAPs, post-conflict reconstruction strategies, and other nationally-owned plans) advance gender equality in line with national commitments to women’s empowerment (e.g., MDGs) and human rights (e.g., CEDAW and regional human rights commitments	Gender-responsive budgeting programmes^ⁱ (approx 25 countries /UNCDF, UNDP, UNFPA, Belgium/Spain/Finland) Gender equality and aid effectiveness (12 countries/ILO/European Commission)	Gender responsive budgeting	Gender-responsive budgeting Programme of technical support for National Machineries for Women* (40 countries) Gender equality and aid effectiveness
Constitutions and legal frameworks and processes – particularly those related to economic security and rights, women’s care work, property and inheritance rights, trade, migration, ending VAW, and electoral and security sector reform – are formulated and implemented to promote and protect women’s human rights and eliminate gender inequality	Strengthening implementation of CEDAW (Southeast Asia/7 countries/CIDA) Securing women’s land rights (CIS/3 countries/FAO/Norway)	UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (approx. 15 countries per year/17 UN partners/multi-donor) Strengthening implementation of CEDAW/Southeast Asia	Gender & Governance Programme (approx. 10 countries/UNDP/Norway) Security sector reform through a gender equality lens* Strengthening implementation of CEDAW/ Southeast Asia Gender Equality Laws Programme (CEE/3 ctries /UNDP, ILO)
Formal and informal justice systems^¹ promote women’s human rights at national and local levels		UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women Supporting women’s engagement in peace-building & preventing sexual violence in conflict (6 countries/UK-DFID)
Budgets and budget processes are aligned with commitments to gender equality	Gender-responsive budgeting	Gender responsive budgeting	Gender-responsive budgeting
Gender equality experts, advocates and their organizations and networks enhance their capacity and influence to ensure that there are strong gender equality dimensions in national laws, policies and strategies	Gender-responsive budgeting	UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women UN Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict Countries (12 UN partners/ Spain, Norway)	*Women’s Election Watch (approx. 20 countries/Germany, Canada) UN Democracy Fund pro-grammes ( 10 countries) Addressing SGBV & women’s role in peace-building (8 countries/UK-DFID)** Regional programmes of support to women parliamentarians (Arab States/UK-DFID; Pacific/ NZAID)
The most marginalized women have the resources, capacities and voice to ensure that their priorities are included in relevant national policies, programmes and budgets	Achieving E-equality (Arab region/5 countries/CISCO Systems, USAID) Strengthening home-based workers (Asia)	UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women Supporting women’s engagement in peace-building & preventing sexual violence in conflict Programme of support to HIV+ women*	Empowering Indigenous Women (Latin America, 4 countries, Spain)
Key policy, service delivery and media institutions have the resources, structures, procedures, incentives and capacities to implement laws and policies that promote and protect women’s human rights in line with global, regional and national agreements	Gender-responsive budgeting Progress of the World’s Women 2009*	Gender-responsive budgeting UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women Progress of the World’s Women 2010* Gender Equality in National AIDS Strategies (4 countries/Caribbean/DFID)	Gender-responsive budgeting Progress of the World’s Women 2008* Gender Equality Laws Programme (CEE/3 countries/UNDP, ILO)
Community-level initiatives generate effective models for advancing women’s human rights and eliminating gender inequality	Results-based initiatives on women’s economic empowerment (5 countries/World Bank)	UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women Safe Cities for Women’s Human Rights (Latin America/ 3 countries/Spain)

i This encompasses four current programmes (cross-regional in four countries supported by Belgium; Latin American regional programme supported by Spain; CEE programme supported by Finland; partnership agreement with UNFPA on tools and capacity development) as well as: a programmes under-development with UNCDF and UNDP on local level GRB in 8 countries; a plan to bring additional UN organizations together to develop a system-wide approach to GRB.

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