This document, entitled National Policy on Gender Equality and Development, represents the first part of a comprehensive policy framework. The list of references used in the formulation of the National Policy on Gender Equality and Development is also given at the end of the first part.
THE MACRO-ECONOMY AND TRADE
The development of gender indicators is therefore an integral part of the estimates of the performance of the economy. Introducing Gender Responsive Budgeting3 and gender audits in the planning, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of the national budget process.
LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
The gender division of labor in the market and the resulting returns to labor for women and men inform consumption patterns and incomes. There are insufficient formal labor/employment strategies to increase women's participation in the productive process, with sufficient security and sustainability. Women's increased participation in the informal sector of the economy raises concerns about security, protection and sustainability of employment.
Establishing institutional mechanisms to effectively monitor and promote equal employment opportunities for men and women in the public and private sectors and conducting gender audits at all levels: employment, promotion, separation, working conditions, salary, minimum wage and gender. capital issues.
LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE
The need to increase women's participation in power and decision-making as a means to promote fair, transparent and accountable governance and sustainable development. There is insufficient knowledge and information available on the barriers to broader women's involvement in power and decision-making at all levels. Women's roles in family and child care need to be more adequately supported to enable women to participate in power and decision-making.
To take measures to ensure women's and men's equal access and full participation in power and decision-making as a means of improving leadership and management at all levels.
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Integrating gender analysis into national poverty reduction strategies and social sector investment programming, including the use of gender-disaggregated data, and gender-sensitive approaches to promote gender equality in the distribution of resources and poverty reduction. Improving monitoring and evaluation mechanisms of existing poverty reduction initiatives to ensure equity and gender balance in the distribution of resources to all vulnerable groups, including the elderly, single female and male households, youth and the disabled. Development of multi-faceted, proactive gender-aware measures and interventions that will serve to permanently break the cycle of poverty by targeting causal factors such as nutrition, literacy and access levels for people in vulnerable situations, e.g.
Establishing and/or strengthening mechanisms to increase consultation with communities and their participation in the identification, coordination, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of initiatives to reduce poverty from a gender perspective.
AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Gender equality should be promoted in men's and women's access to control and management of natural resources, factors of production and agricultural support services. The roles of men and women should be recognized and encouraged in the development of approaches that emphasize environmental protection, preservation and conservation, and the sustainable use of natural resources for socio-economic development, including food and agriculture. Promoting equal access of men and women to the factors of agricultural production, with particular emphasis on gender differences in access to and repayment of credit, beneficiaries of land purchase, land ownership, commodities, advisory services and technology, taking into account the disadvantaged position of the most vulnerable men and women in rural areas.
Promoting gender-conscious and sensitive policies, plans and approaches that promote gender equality in the agriculture and rural development sectors, including strategies to increase the participation of men and women in decision-making at all levels.
UNWAGED ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES, DOMESTIC AND FAMILY LIFE Mainstream neo-classical economic theory, based on the experience of fully
It supports the development of the family as an institution of equality by advocating that men and women share the responsibilities of family members who care for them and have more equitable access and control over family resources. Promote the recognition of unpaid and reproductive work and unpaid work and the regulation of domestic and family life, based on their enormous contribution to social protection and national development, and to ensure that the improvement of this sector is given greater value and resources. Examination of gender-disaggregated data and increased research on unpaid work in various sectors, including agriculture and family businesses, in formal and informal contexts, as a basis for allocating funds for the training and development of unpaid workers.
Promoting initiatives that support and strengthen domestic and family life, and increase the participation of men and women in shared family responsibilities, including the ratification of the ILO Convention on Shared Family Responsibilities.
GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
Public education is necessary to increase society's understanding of the nature, frequency and impact of gender-based violence, of legal rights and remedies and how they can be secured, and of the support mechanisms available. Develop and implement integrated measures to alleviate, prevent and treat the problem of gender-based violence, increase women's and men's understanding of their legal rights and responsibilities and improve legal remedies. Public education to improve critical understanding of gender-based violence, including domestic violence, sexual harassment, forced prostitution, rape, child sexual abuse, buggery and incest, including legal rights and implications, and access to redress and support services.
Review of existing legislation and/or their supporting mechanisms, necessary to improve remedies for all forms of gender-based violence, including the Domestic Violence Act 1999, Sexual Offenses Act 2000 and the Children's Authority Act.
EDUCATION AND HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT
Gender bias and stereotypes in policy, standards, planning and delivery of education and training services as reflected in curricula, textbooks and methodologies and their impact on gender equality between boys and girls and men and women and the achievement of their maximum potential potential. Promote gender equality in education and training through equitable access to lifelong learning and the use of gender-sensitive materials and approaches to achieve fully functioning human capital in which men and women and boys and girls can reach their highest potential. Developing indicators and setting standards to achieve gender equality in educational access, opportunities and outcomes based on gender audits of operations and management systems in education and training, from early childhood to tertiary and further and non-formal education, to transform education as an instrument of equality gender in society.
Promoting mechanisms to equally educate and train men and women, and boys and girls in rural and underprivileged communities, using distance learning as a mechanism for increasing access to quality education and promoting access to information technologies and communication.
HEALTH AND WELL BEING
Therefore, both men and women have a critical role to play in preventing, protecting and delaying the HIV/AIDS pandemic. It seeks to improve men's and women's access to care throughout their life cycle, improve reproductive and sexual health strategies, and complement the implementation of national HIV/AIDS strategic plans. Expensive market-driven privatized health services, including insurance, are beyond the reach of poor men and women.
To promote equal access for men and women to gender-sensitive, appropriate, affordable and high-quality health care, information and related services throughout their life cycle.
MASCULINITY AND MANHOOD
Developing gender-sensitive measures addressing men's critical gender interests, which support their wider participation in family arrangements and promote positive notions of masculinity, mindful of the changing demands on men and masculinity within society. Promotion of greater gender sensitivity and awareness of men's gender issues, as well as the new challenges, roles and responsibilities, and demands of fatherhood, by policy makers, planners and implementers, e.g. Introducing and/or expanding initiatives to support men, including and especially initiatives that support parenting training and a beneficial recasting of the role of men in society, including the provision of men-friendly spaces that provide men and boys with the opportunity to form networks of develop support and communication that are community-oriented. and workplace-based.
Promoting increased numbers of men trained in non-traditional fields, including gender studies, social work, nursing, education and other caring professions, to address false stereotypes about masculinity and to provide effective role models who demonstrate men's ability to function in society to care and nurture. .
GENDER AND SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
YOUTH
The need for increased private sector partnerships to facilitate job training and employment opportunities for youth, ensuring the removal of barriers to the participation of young men and women in particularly non-traditional areas. The impact of gender-based violence on young men and women, including male violence, rape including date rape, forced or coerced sex, and domestic violence. To promote the equitable development of young men and women, by embracing gender-sensitive approaches that are in tune with their needs and interests, aware of their rights and responsibilities, and that maximize their full potential in building a cohesive and productive society .
Promoting equitable access to ICT and other community resources that are youth-friendly and gender-sensitive, empowering young men and women to reach their full potential and form productive communities.
ELDERLY PERSONS
A large number of elderly people live alone due to the decrease in generational change, international and local migration of adult children, preference for nuclear family arrangements and increased participation of women in the workforce. To promote gender equality in the situation of older men and women and in the provision of measures that meet their current and changing needs while facilitating their continued contribution to national development. Promoting increased gender sensitivity in the implementation of aging policies and programs, based on research that examines the gendered impacts of aging on men and women, related to their different roles and responsibilities, using disaggregated gender data and gender analysis of the data to inform implementation strategies.
Promoting gender sensitivity in the care and treatment of older men and women through training of staff in institutions, carers and other support systems.
DISABLED PERSONS
To promote gender equality in providing responses and structures to meet the needs and aspirations of men and women and girls and boys with disabilities and to position them as strategic and important contributors to national development. Collecting, aggregating and disseminating information and research at the national level on the situation and condition of persons with disabilities using sex-disaggregated data and gender analysis to identify interventions needed to adequately support men and women with disabilities limited. Establishing measures to prevent gender discrimination and promote equal access of men and women with disabilities to services, including transport, education, health and employment, which are sensitive to the needs and rights of men and women with disabilities disabilities.
Promoting the equitable development of men and women, and boys and girls with disabilities, including their protection from gender-based violence and sexual abuse, and providing training to relevant personnel, and public education to ensure their equitable participation in all areas of national life for sure
CO-ORDINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICY
The government-appointed Interdepartmental Committee on Gender and Development will be re-established to ensure that all aspects of policy are integrated into the work of government. The policy will be coordinated and implemented in connection with other international obligations in the field of gender equality and development. An active and ongoing partnership and collaboration with the THA will be encouraged to promote the coordination and implementation of the National Policy on Gender Equality and Development.
Gender disaggregated information will play a crucial cornerstone in the execution of the national policy on gender and development.
CONCLUSION
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