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CIM Annual Reports 2018: Promoting Gender Equality and Women's Rights in the Americas

This report highlights the operational framework, strategic initiatives, and capacity-building efforts of the CIM in promoting gender equality and women's rights in the Americas. It includes the adoption of key declarations, programs, and plans, as well as the institutionalization of a human rights and gender equality approach in the work of the OAS. The report also showcases the CIM's efforts in promoting women's political rights for democracy and governance, including capacity-building courses and support for political parties.

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CIM Annual Reports 2018: Promoting Gender Equality and Women's Rights in the Americas

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  1. CIM Annual Reports 2018Presentation to the General CommitteeMay 14th 2018

  2. Operational framework of the CIM’s work • 38th Assembly of Delegates of the CIM (2019): • Adoption of the Declaration of Santo Domingo on Equality and Autonomy in the Exercise of the Political Rights of Women for the Strengthening of Democracy • Adoption of the Triennial Program of Work of the CIM 2019-2022 • Executive Committee of the CIM 2019-2022: • Presidency: Dominican Republic • Vice-Presidencies: Canada, Colombia, Panama • Members: Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Surinam • Strategic Plan 2016-2021 of the CIM : • The CIM as a hemispheric policy forum for women's rights and gender equality • Thematic Pillars of the OAS: Democracy, Human Rights, Security and Development (coordination with other OAS entities) • Institutionalization of gender in the work of the OAS • Strategic Plan of the MESECVI 2018-2023 • Reflection of these commitments in the draft Strategic Plan of the OAS

  3. CIM Reports 2018 CIM/doc.140/19 • Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) to the General Assembly • Report of the Secretary General on the Implementation of the "Inter-American Program on the Promotion of the Human Rights of Women and Gender Equity and Equality“ • Report on the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women, "Convention of Belém do Pará" in compliance with Resolution AG/RES. 2908 (XLVII-O/17) CIM/doc.141/19 CIM/doc.142/19 Available at: http://www.oas.org/en/cim/reports.asp

  4. CIM Annual Report (CIM/doc.140 /19) Institutionalization of the human rights and gender equality approach in the work of the OAS • Institutional Policy on Gender Equality, Diversity and Human Rights of the General Secretariat of the OAS and its Plan of Action • Series of workshops against workplace harassment, with emphasis on sexual harassment • Coordination with the OAS Project Evaluation Committee • Regular support to other departments / entities of the OAS • Guide to inclusive communication • Orders and directives on gender equality in the GS/OAS

  5. CIM Annual Report (CIM/doc.140 /19) Institutionalization of the human rights and gender equality approach in the work of the OAS Capacity-building • "Virtual Course on Rights and Gender Equality in Policies, Programs and Projects" (two editions in 2018) • "Virtual Course Strategic Planning with a Gender Focus" (two editions in 2018) • Diploma in Communication, Gender and Human Rights (one edition in 2018) • Specialization and International Course: Public Policies and Gender Justice (one edition in 2018) • Specialization in Gender Violence, Participation and Public Policies (one edition in 2018) • Specialization in Integral Education of Sexuality: Challenges for its implementation in Latin America and the Caribbean (one edition in 2018) • Massive Open Online Course on the OAS Gender Policy for staff (MOOC - launch 2019)

  6. CIM Annual Report (CIM/doc.140 /19) Institutionalization of the human rights and gender equality approach in the work of the OAS Methodological Transfer: Participatory Gender Assessments • To the National Women's Mechanisms of the region, for their replication in other sectors and public institutions • Funds from the Government of Liechtenstein (2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018) to implement the methodological transfer in Paraguay (2015), Costa Rica (2017, at the municipal level) • Dominican Republic (2018, inter-institutional level)

  7. CIM Annual Report (CIM/doc.140 /19) Women's political rights for democracy and governance • Skills Strengthening Course for Women Candidates: • In collaboration with the Department for Effective Public Management (DEPM), through the School of Governance of the OAS and with the support of the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID) • Editions in Mexico (Mexico City, Chiapas, Aguascalientes), Peru, Dominican Republic, Panama • Model Protocol for Political Parties: Prevent, Address and Punish Violence against Women in Political Life • Support the efforts of political parties to establish new norms and adopt measures to prevent • Strengthening the legislative agenda for women's rights : • V Consultation with Parliamentarians of the Americas (February 27, Panama) on i) Balance on achievements and challenges for the advancement of the legislative agenda on gender in the hemisphere; and ii) Violence against women, with particular emphasis on the manifestations seen in political life

  8. CIM Annual Report (CIM/doc.140 /19) Women's political rights for democracy and governance • Inter-American Task Force on Women's Leadership: • Improve the coordination and coherence of actions among international, intergovernmental and inter-American institutions and other interested parties to position the Americas as a leader in achieving SDG 5.5 within the framework of the Summit of the Americas process • Promote better understanding, develop evidence and share knowledge about how women's leadership contributes and impacts the SDG agenda and inclusive societies • Promote better understanding, develop evidence and share knowledge about how women's leadership contributes and impacts the SDG agenda and inclusive societies • Amplify existing initiatives led by Task Force members and find opportunities to make them more accessible to historically excluded groups • Create opportunities for women leaders to acquire knowledge, build trust and establish networks to support their continuous personal and professional growth

  9. MESECVI Annual Report (CIM/doc.142/19) • Evaluationphase of the Third Multilateral Evaluation Round: • Launch of the Third Hemispheric Report on the Implementation of the Belémdo ParáConvention and 28 National Reports prepared based on the System of progress indicators for measuring the implementation of the Convention of Belém do Pará • XV Meeting of the Committee of Experts of the MESECVI • December 3-5, 2018, Washington, DC • Adoption of the Inter-American Model Law on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of the Gender-Related Killing of Women and Girls for Gender Reasons (Femicide / Femicide) • Adoption of General Recommendations on Self-Defense (No. 1) and Missing Women (No. 2)

  10. Annual report on the implementation of the IAP (CIM/doc.141/19) • 15 entities (54% of the total) have specific mandate (s) to advance gender equality and women's rights in their area of work • 27 entities have a strategy to integrate gender equality and rights perspectives in their activities • 19 entities (53% of the total) act as Secretariat of nter-American committees / commissions/ meetings that addresses the issue of gender equality and women's rights • 30 entities (57% of the total) have a policy (ies), program (s) and / or project (s) that promote gender equality and women's rights • 21 entities (62% of the total) have the technical capacity to implement the gender and women's rights perspective • Of the departments of the GS/OAS and Autonomous and Decentralized Bodies that responded to the questionnaire, 22 indicated that they promoted the integration of women's rights and/or the gender perspective in their reports during the period • Most of the entities stated that they would like to continue counting on the support and technical advice and training provided by the CIM / OAS to advance the implementation of the PIA

  11. Budget of the CIM (2013-2019)

  12. Human and financial resources (2019) • Increase granted in resolution AG / RES. 2912 (XLVII-O / 17) "Financing of the program-budget of the Organization 2018" was maintained in 2019

  13. Carmen Moreno • Executive Secretary, Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) • http://www.oas.org/en/cim/default.asp • cmoreno@oas.org

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