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B building a Gender Smart Organization -TAF Mongolia-. WEP BALI WORKSHOP - FEBRUARY , 19 2014. Mongolia Country CONTEXT. Gender Strategy of TAF-Mongolia. Improving Gender Balance Moving from 3 to 7 full time male staff from Jul 2012 to Feb 2014 out of a total of 35 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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BBUILDING A GENDER SMART ORGANIZATION-TAF MONGOLIA-
WEP BALI WORKSHOP - FEBRUARY, 19 2014
MONGOLIA COUNTRY CONTEXT
POLICY and INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
GENDER INDICES
National Committee on Gender Equality
Women’s Caucus in Parliament
National Law on Promotion of Gender Equality (2011)Gender focal points in Ministries and Government AgenciesQuotaImplementation Strategy and Action Plan for the Law (2013)
Law on Combatting Trafficking in Persons (2012)Law on Victim and Witness Protection (2013)Revised law on Domestic Violence (in Parliament)
33rd in Gender Gap Report 2013 out of 136 countries compared to 44 in 2012
Women’s political participation (14.9% seats (11/76) in Parliament, 3 female Ministers)
Reverse gender gap Health (in Life Expectancy- 63.2 men vs. 71.2 women in 2011) and Higher Education
Women representation in senior management level positions within Government and the Private Sector remains low
GENDER STRATEGY OF TAF-MONGOLIA
Improving Gender Balance-Moving from 3 to 7 full time male staff from Jul 2012 to Feb 2014 out of a total of 35
Gender Assessment of TAF’s Country Program (Dec 2011-Jan 2012)
Gender Training for Staff-All staff (Jan 2012/0.5 day)-Program staff (May 2013/3 days)-Selected project staff (Donor training)
-Induction on Gender Policy for new staff
Gender Mainstreaming in Projects
GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN PROJECTS
GENDER/WEP PROJECTS:
Shirin Pandju Merali Scholarship Program
Supporting Mongolia’s Efforts in Combatting TIP
(Swiss Embassy, July 2013 – June 2014)
TIPs Legal Defense Fund
(WEP Private Funding, Sept 2013 - Mar 2014)
J-TIP Proposal for Holistic and Systematic Enhancements of TIP Victim and Witness Protection
(State Department, Sept 2014- Aug 2017)
OTHER INITIATIVES Supporting Women’s Leadership and Political Participation• Organized International Women’s Leadership Conference (CoD, July 2012)
• Organized Women’s Forum ( CoD, April 2013)
• Supported and Presented during North-East Asia Women Parliamentary Forum (November, 2013)
• Women NGOs- Roundtable TAF 20th Anniversary, October 2013
Economic Empowerment
• Support for Local Gender Budgeting and Economic Empowerment to NCGE
Gender and Men’s Issues• Supported National Forum on Social Development and Men’s Participation including
development of 3 PSAs (November, 2013)
Research• GBV Research Project (September 2012-December 2013- Cancelled)
• Women’s Role in Preventing Corruption and Promoting Transparency Paper (CoD, April 2012)
• Outcomes of the International Women’s Leadership Forum Paper (CoD, April 2012)
• Analysis of case law relating to victims of TIP (planned)
CONCLUSION Country Level:
Competitive Environment in terms of Working with Women NGOs
Office:
Challenging HR environment for recruitment of male staff
Need for a gender training manual for new staff
Programming:
Gender Mainstreaming within Programs goes together with rigorous M&E which requires training
Very little funding from donor agencies for gender in Mongolia
Thank You