Gender
The international community made strong
commitments to gender equality and the empowerment of women at
United Nations conferences during the past decade. The 1995
Beijing Platform for Action focuses on poverty, conflict and
recovery situations, human rights, the impact of
macro-economic policy and globalization, HIV/AIDS and access
to ICTs. These are all priorities that closely track UNDP's
own practice areas. Gender equality is a core principle of
UNDP. UNDP is committed to translating these international
commitments into its support services in all six practice
areas.
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the region
Women in Eastern and Central Europe and the
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) face discrimination
and inequality. Stereotypical gender roles are deeply
entrenched, limiting women’s economic opportunities and
influence in the political sphere. Issues on violence against
women and Trafficking need to be combated.
UNDP
aims to mainstream the principles of gender equality into all
its programmes and projects. To this end, UNDP has established
a network of Gender Focal Points and key national partners in
the region with the aim of improving countries’ capacity to
implement gender-sensitive policies and
programmes.
UNDP
is in a strong position to promote gender equality at the
highest level and can prevent gender from being seen as a
‘women’s issue’. UNDP can engage not only ministries devoted
to women’s issues, but also key government institutions that
are regarded as gender neutral. To all these institutions UNDP
conveys the message that unless gender problems are addressed
adequately, states cannot achieve sustainable
development.
All
over the region, UNDP has supported the implementation of
gender-specific projects. As a result, National Action Plans
have been developed and implemented in consultation with NGOs,
and a number of analytical reports on the status of women and
gender have been published.
To further strengthen this capacity, UNDP has
developed and published training tools, sub-regional
bulletins, textbooks and other tools for Central and Eastern
Europe and the CIS. The most recent publications include a
note on trafficking in human
beings a report
on gender and ICT, manuals for gender mainstreaming, and gender budgeting.
In June a Joint community of practice meeting
was held in Yerevan between Local Governance, Human Rights and
Gender. Find more information and materials here.
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Russian journalists learned about gender
issues and discussed coverage of these pressing problems as
part of the UN in Russia’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
workshops for regional media. more...Human trafficking casts a blight on
development in Belarus. Hundreds of young women go abroad
annually to seek opportunity and better lives but end up
trafficked into sexual exploitation in as many as 30
countries, according to Belarus interior ministry figures.
Efforts to combat trafficking ... more...UNDP Moldova and the National Bureau of
Statistics have launched a new report, Women and Men in the
Republic of Moldova. more...Representation of women in all three branches
of government—executive, legislative and judicial - remains
marginal, with no women in a ministerial or regional
governor's post, and only 5% of parliamentary seats occupied
by women, reports the third edition of the Women and Men in
Armenia 2005. more...NEW YORK, 8 March 2006 - The concept of human
development has been championed by UNDP for two decades.
One of its basic tenets is that development requires more than
economic growth alone. The fight against poverty is not
a campaign of charity - it is a mission of empowerment.
... more...
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