Management Response

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: 2012 - 2013 , IST (CO)
: Final Evaluation of Project on Making Politics Work with Women (MP3W) in Nepal
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Recommendation: 1. Continue to support gender responsive voter education; develop IEC materials targeting women leaders and voters; advocate for 33% of Constituent Assembly (CA) seats for women; establish Women Political Watch Groups (WPWGs) in other possible districts, linking them with local organizations to increase their institutional capacity; and support dialogue forums for women political leaders.
Management Response: Accepted
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1.1 Develop an interactive voter and civic education orientation/package in Nepali for potential women, vulnerable and excluded groups, community leaders to increase women's role and participation in the upcoming 19 November 2013 Constituent Assembly (CA) election as voters and candidates. This has been initiated as part of the UNDP-UN Women collaboration promoting gender responsive electoral processes. Governance and National Planning (GNP) Unit 2013/12 Completed
Recommendation: Continue to support the development of strategic knowledge products, such as Model Constitution, recommendations for gender responsive constitutional provisions, and position papers on electoral system design and affirmative actions ensuring women's human rights and gender equality for policy advocacy.
Management Response: Accepted
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2.1 Women's Charter of Demands developed and disseminated to major political parties and the media by the National Women's Commission (NWC) with UN Women support GNP Unit 2013/10 Completed
2.2 The Nepal office draft framework of support for 2014-17 includes the following outcome: Outcome 1.1 The new Constitution of Nepal incorporates principles of substantive equality and non-discrimination in line with CEDAW Senior Management and GNP Unit 2013/12 Completed A background note for Constituent Assembly members on key women's empowerment and gender equality provisions for the Constitution of Nepal has been prepared. The Constituent Assembly promulgated the seventh Constitution of Nepal on 20 September 2015. Coordinated advocacy by UN Women, other UN agencies and partner organizations for a gender responsive constitution contributed to the inclusion in the new constitution of many gender responsive provisions in line with CEDAW and other human rights instruments. Several issues highlighted UN Women’s “Background Note on Key Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality Provisions for Inclusion in the Constitution of Nepal” and key messages on the draft were incorporated in the constitution. The new constitution reinforces positive discrimination in education, health, employment and social security to create special opportunities for women, and guarantees proportional representation of women in all state organs. The constitution has extended the fundamental rights of women to include the right to safe motherhood, the equal right of women to lineage without any gender discrimination, and the equal right of both the spouses in property and family affairs. It recognizes the “sexual and gender minority” community and guarantees their rights to equality, social justice and citizenship by their identity for the first time in the constitutional history of Nepal. However, the constitution has yet to guarantee equal and independent citizenship rights to women.
2.3 Relevant knowledge products will be developed under the new political leadership and participation programme GNP unit 2015/12 Completed UN Women and UNDP jointly prepared a background note on temporary special measures to promote women's representation and participation in local elected bodies in the first quarter of 2014. The background note has been shared with the UNCT, Peace Support Working Group and government agencies and women's groups and development partners and is available on UN website http://www.un.org.np/attachments/select-examples-temporary-special-measures-promote-women%E2%80%99s-representation-and-participat
Recommendation: Engage actively with the media to increase awareness on women's rights issues (participation in political and peace processes, CA elections, UNSCR 1325, violence against women, gender equality concerns and electoral processes.
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3.1 The Nepal office draft framework of support for 2014-17 includes the following output to take forward the above recommendation: Output 3.1.3 Media houses commit to implementing gender responsive reporting (on key GE/WE issues including VAW/G) in line with the GON Information and Communication policy Senior Management and GNP Unit 2013/12 Completed Media Advocacy Group (MAG) is on board and is working with media to implement gender responsive reporting.
3.2 Support a study reviewing the portrayal of women in the media and organize a consultation with media houses and the Ministry of Information and Communication and Women Children and Social Welfare to discuss gender responsive media reporting GNP Unit 2014/12 Ongoing
Recommendation: Prioritise women's leadership and participation as a key focus area of intervention in the forthcoming strategic plan of the office.
Management Response: Accepted
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4.1 The Nepal office draft framework of support for 2014-17 prioritizes women's leadership and political participation as a key thematic area with the following Outcome and Outputs: Outcome 1.3 Women's representation in major political parties, judiciary, civil service, security sector and trade unions enhanced; Output 2.1.3 Networks of excluded women [rural women farmers, conflict affected, trafficked survivors, returnee migrant workers, home base workers, HIV positive women] have voice and agency to influence local and national decision making processes for sustainable development; Output 4.1.1 Government officials [MOPR, MOWCSW and DCC] able to implement and monitor NAP on UNSCRs 1325 and 1820 commitments at the national and local level in collaboration with CSOs Senior Management , Women Economic Empowerment (WEE), WPS and GNP Units 2013/12 Completed
4.2 The office has initiated the process of developing a four year programme on women?s leadership and political participation Senior Management and GNP Unit 2014/03 Completed Draft programme document developed.
Recommendation: Encourage collaboration and coordination among implementing partners in planning, designing and implementing project activities to ensure synergy.
Management Response: Accepted (UN Women in all its projects has been deliberately including systematic consultations with key stakeholders at all stages of the programming cycle).
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5.1 The Nepal office draft framework of support for the period 2014-17 benefits from feedback from consultations with government, civil society, the UN and development partners held during September to October 2013 Senior Management 2013/10 Completed
5.2 The Nepal office draft framework of support for 2014-17 in the the Organisational Effectiveness and Efficiency Framework (OEEF) includes plans to organize regular strategic partner meetings Senior Management Team 2014/12 Ongoing Regular meetings with strategic partners are ongoing. The office had planned to convene a strategic partner roundtable meeting in April 2015 following the completion of the first year of its strategic note (SN) and annual work plan 2014-17 (AWP). This has been postponed in light of the humanitarian crisis.
Recommendation: Continue to raise the awareness of general public and political parties on the implications of gender gaps, gender based violence, participation of women in politics etc.
Management Response: Accepted
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6.1 The Nepal office draft framework of support for 2014-17 prioritizes women's leadership and political participation as a key thematic area with the following outputs: Output 1.1.1 Women's caucus and gender equality advocates able to influence the inclusion of gender responsive provisions in line with international standards [CEDAW] in the new Constitution and Output 1.3.1 Gender equality advocates and women's groups have enhanced lobbying capacity to promote the representation and leadership of women in major political parties, judiciary, civil service, security sector and trade unions enhanced Senior Management and GNP Unit 2013/12 Completed
6.2 Facilitate consultation between gender equality advocates/women's groups and political parties at the national and local level in the second quarter of 2014 GNP Unit 2014/12 Completed A series of consultations were organized specifically around the constitution drafting process at the national level. Consultations will continue on other relevant issues.
Recommendation: Support long-term capacity development (of Women Political Watch Groups (WPWGs)/CA members/Women's Caucus) interventions to enhance women's political leadership and participation.
Management Response: Accepted
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7.1 The Nepal office draft framework of support for 2014-17 prioritizes women's leadership and political participation as a key thematic area with the following Outcome 1.3 Women's representation in major political parties, judiciary, civil service, security sector and trade unions enhanced Senior Management and GNP Unit 2013/12 Completed
7.2 Facilitate consultation between gender equality advocates/women's groups and political parties at the national and local level GNP unit 2014/12 Ongoing A series of consultations were organized specifically around the constitution drafting process at the national level. Consultations will continue on other relevant issues.
7.3 Support consultations for the women's caucus members to discuss gender responsive provisions for the Constitution in line with international standards [CEDAW] GNP Unit 2014/12 No Longer Applicable The current Constituent Assembly agreed to not forming a caucus.
7.4 Strengthen the institutional capacity of networks of excluded women [rural women farmers, conflicted-affected women, trafficking survivors, returnee migrant workers, home-based workers, HIV-positive women] to influence local and national decision making processes for sustainable development WEE Unit 2015/12 Ongoing To influence local and national decision making process for sustainable development, 6 excluded women’s network’s institutional capacity was enhanced on the Result based management in 2015. This will be taken forward in 2016 by the NCO-WEE unit.
7.5 Support government training institutions [Administrative Staff College, National Judicial Academy, Local Development Training Academy, Revenue Administration Training Center] to review their curricula and enhance their institutional capabilities to deliver gender responsive training to civil servants GNP Unit 2015/12 Ongoing The National Judicial Academy (NJA) trained judges, court officials, public prosecutors, police, advocates and representatives from NGOs including women’s groups in 5 districts (total 155 males and 188 female participants from Dang, Dailekh, Surkhet, Achham and Kailali districts) enhanced knowledge, attitudes and practices to implement gender sensitive procedures on in-camera hearing, continuous hearing and evidence protection for promoting gender-responsive justice. with UN Women support. The Local Development Training Academy (LDTA) trained 186 government officials on GRB and their roles in local planning process through the "Ensuring a Participatory and Secure Transition (EPST)" joint UN Women and UNDP project.
Recommendation: Partner with the Election Commission, National Women's Commission (NWC) and Ministry of Women Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) to strengthen their institutional capacities to promote women's rights and gender equality .
Management Response: Accepted
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8.1 The Nepal office draft framework of support for 2014-17 prioritizes women's leadership and political participation as a key thematic area with the following outputs: Output 1.2.1 Election Commission staff at national and local levels able to implement the Election Commission Gender Policy and Output 5.1.1 Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare [MOWCSW] is able to formulate and implement a national women?s empowerment and gender policy in collaboration with National Planning Commission and gender equality advocates Senior Management and GNP Unit 2014/12 Completed
8.2 Facilitate orientation workshops for Election Commission [EC] staff on the Election Commission Gender Policy at the national level and support the development of an action plan for the Election Commission Gender Policy GNP Unit 2014/12 Overdue-Initiated UN Women provided technical inputs during the drafting of the ECN Gender and Inclusion Policy through IFES in 2014. UN Women, at the request of ECN supported the design of a two-day Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) and gender audit training package and facilitated the development of a training programme for the 35 staff members of the Election Commission (EC) of Nepal, held on 16-17 October 2015. UN Women is in consultation with ECN to provide capacity enhancement support to ECN officials in 2016. The activity will be conducted during second and third quarter of 2016
8.3 The Nepal office in partnership with the National Women Commission (NWC) is implementing a project to strengthen the capacities of NWC members and officials with DANIDA support. GNP Unit 2013/12 Completed
8.4 Provide technical support to MoWCSW to formulate a national women's empowerment and gender policy in collaboration with National Planning Commission and gender equality advocates Senior Management and GNP Unit 2014/12 Ongoing The draft National Gender Equality Policy supported by UN Women is being reviewed by the MoWCSW. The policy will be available in 2016.