1 / 0

WOMEN, PEACE, SECURITY AND JUSTICE: UNDP IN ACTION: Turning problems into global solutions!

WOMEN, PEACE, SECURITY AND JUSTICE: UNDP IN ACTION: Turning problems into global solutions!. Roma Bhattacharjea, D.Phil., Oxford University Senior Gender Adviser and Team Leader, UNDP HQ. PEACE AND SECURITY ISSUES. Millions of women, men, boys and girls are impacted by armed conflict

marci
Télécharger la présentation

WOMEN, PEACE, SECURITY AND JUSTICE: UNDP IN ACTION: Turning problems into global solutions!

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. WOMEN, PEACE, SECURITY AND JUSTICE: UNDP IN ACTION:Turning problems into global solutions!

    Roma Bhattacharjea, D.Phil., Oxford University Senior Gender Adviser and Team Leader, UNDP HQ
  2. PEACE AND SECURITY ISSUES Millions of women, men, boys and girls are impacted by armed conflict International community must strengthen its collaborative efforts to deliver better for women and girls in armed conflict The UN, keymember states and civil society need to deepen cooperation on this critical global agenda!
  3. Crisis Prevention and Recovery (CPR)One of UNDP’s four practice areas Armed Conflicts and Natural Disasters - major obstacles to poverty eradication, development and MDGs Armed Conflicts 30 countries affected in 2010 Cost of armed violence in non-conflict countries approx. US$ 163 billion / year Av cost of one conflict: US$ 64 billion Natural Disasters (in the last decade) 4,000 recorded Over 2 billion people affected Economic losses estimate : US$ 960 bn World Bank est: US$ 3 trillion in 40 years
  4. CPR Expert Support to UNDP Country Offices (2010) Moldova Georgia Serbia Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Armenia Cyprus Tajikistan FYR Macedonia Iraq Afghanistan Palestinian Territories Jordan Pakistan Nepal Dominican Rep. Bangladesh Mauretania Haiti Yemen Niger Sudan Senegal Guatemala Barbados Guinea-Bissau Guinea Chad Myanmar Philippines Guyana Nigeria Ethiopia Sierra Leone Sri Lanka Maldives Colombia CAR Liberia Surinam S. Sudan Kenya Papua New Guinea Ecuador Ghana Togo Indonesia Burundi Comoros Angola Malawi Timor-Leste Fiji Madagascar Zimbabwe Mozambique Namibia Lesotho National Disaster Risk Advisors:Armenia, Barbados, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Georgia (supported by Switzerland), Guatemala, Jordan (supported by Switzerland), Madagascar, Malawi, Moldova, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Serbia Peace and Development Advisors: Colombia, Cyprus, Ecuador, Fiji, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Maldives, Mauritania , Moldova, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Togo Senior Gender Advisors:Burundi, Iraq, Kosovo, Liberia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Timor-Leste Early Recovery Assistance: Afghanistan, Angola, Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Comoros, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Moldova, Namibia, Niger, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Philippines, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Southern Sudan, Surinam, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Yemen, Zimbabwe Conflict Prevention Advisors: Bangladesh, Indonesia, FYR Macedonia, Pacific Sub-Regional Centre in Suva, Palestinian Territories, Philippines, Suva/Fiji (sub-regional centre)
  5. UNDP: Policy and programmes Key actor in global UN policy and world-wide programmes Shaped first-ever SG Report on Women’s Participation in Peacebuilding with UN partners and civil society Works with national and international partners across the globe!
  6. UNDP’s approach Lasting peace can only be based on sustainable and inclusive development Nationally owned National capacity development Broad-based participatory solutions Multi-stakeholder dialogues
  7. UNDP: PEACEBUILDING Inclusive governance Inclusive economic recovery Rule of Law/Justice Women’s empowerment and gender equality
  8. Women’s voice and political participation Burundi-the highest numbers of women in the Senate in Africa and second highest in the world after Bolivia Nepal-capacitating historic numbers of women to contribute to constitution design 23 women in leadership position in sub-national Sri Lanka
  9. Conflict Prevention Timor Leste-increasing women’s participation in informal peace processes and conflict mediation Fiji-first independent platform for dialogue between state officials, military council, civil society – platform organized through leadership of women’s groups
  10. Access to Justice In 2010 more than 4000 women survivors of gender-based and sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict contexts received free or subsidized legal aid towards supporting their legal representation
  11. Economic recovery In 2010 UNDP through reintegration (DDR) created job opportunities for 7340 female and 24, 955 male combatants Created 12 million work days benefiting 240,000 crisis-affected people, of which 40 per cent were women Iraq-UNDP trying to influence a USD 50 million UN private sector strategy development initiatives –baseline of women’s poverty
  12. Women’s Empowerment in Crises Global Policy Support to Crisis Countries Example Results Support to Burundi election  highest percentage of women in the Senate in Africa and the second highest in the world. 14 countries: UNDP built local and national capacity to respond to sexual and gender based violence. Emergency employment initiatives. UNDP promotes participation of women . Average now 40%. Gender mainstreaming in assessments. Women’s participation in disaster risk management.
More Related