Professor Barbara BaileyNEW YORK, February 19, 2011

REVISED MTR REPORT of the

Commonwealth Plan of Action for Gender Equality 2005 - 2015

Consultation National Women’s Machineries

Post 9WAMM

Mid-Term Review Commonwealth Secretariat

Plan of Action for Gender Equality 2015-2015

Events since 9WAMM

• Questionnaires received from Kenya, Mozambique, Singapore and Uganda

• Data entered into SPSS database and entire database cleaned

• Data processed and new quantitative and qualitative outputs generated

• Report revised to reflect the incorporation of data from four additional countries

Countries Responding to Sections 1-5

• Total of 26 countries responded to the questionnaire

• Section 1: Enabling Environment – 23 countries• Section 2: Implementation of Critical Areas of

Plan of Action – 25 countries• Section 3: Commonwealth Secretariat Niche

Areas – 20 countries• Section 4: Evaluation of Com Sec Direct

Interventions – 22 countries• Section 5: Way forward to 2015 – 22 countries

Countries Responding to All Sections (15)

PART ONE PART TWO PART THREE PART FOUR PART FIVEANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDABAHAMAS

BAHAMAS BAHAMASBANGLEDESH BANGLADESH BANGLADESH

BANGLADESH BANGLADESHBARBADOS BARBADOS BARBADOS

BARBADOS BARBADOSBELIZE BELIZE BELIZE

BELIZE BELIZEBOTSWANA BOTSWANA BOTSWANA

BOTSWANA BOTSWANACAMEROON CAMEROON CAMEROON

CAMEROON CAMEROONCANADA

CANADACYPRUS CYPRUS CYPRUS

CYPRUS CYPRUSDOMINICA DOMINICA DOMINICA

DOMINICAGAMBIA GAMBIA

GAMBIA GAMBIAJAMAICA JAMAICA JAMAICA

JAMAICA JAMAICAKENYA KENYA

MALAYSIA MALAYSIA MALAYSIA MALAYSIA MALAYSIA

MALTA MALTA MALTA MALTA MALTA

MAURITIUS MAURITIUS MAURITIUS MAURITIUS

MOZAMBIQUE MOZAMBIQUE MOZAMBIQUE MOZAMBIQUE MOZAMBIQUE

NAMIBIA NAMIBIA NAMIBIA NAMIBIA NAMIBIA

NEW ZEALAND NEW ZEALANDNEW ZEALAND

NIGERIA NIGERIA NIGERIA NIGERIA NIGERIA

PAKISTAN PAKISTANPAKISTAN PAKISTAN

SINGAPORE SINGAPORE SINGAPORE

TONGA TANZANIA TANZANIA TANZANIA TANZANIA

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TRINIDA AND TOBAGO

UGANDA UGANDA UGANDA UGANDA UGANDA

UNITED KINGDOM UNITED KINGDOM UNITED KINGDOM UNITED KINGDOM UNITED KINGDOM

Part 1: Enabling Environment

Continuing Priorities from MTR Critical Areas

Gender, Democracy, Peace & Conflict• Women in governance and decision-making• Women/girls in armed conflictGender Human Rights and Law• Gender-based violence• Culture and persistent discriminatory stereotypes - educationGender, Poverty Eradication and Women’s Empowerment• Gender-responsive budgeting• Provision of social protection for vulnerable women – the informal

sector and women in unpaid work• Microenterprise and access to credit and marketsGender and HIV/AIDS

MTR: Findings on CGPMG1. The Monitoring Group must play a more active role in the

monitoring and evaluation process for the 2010-2015 review period.

2. Furthermore, the 2008 decision to revise the M&E Framework indicators was important, and the revised template must be starting point for future revisions based on MTR results

3. More frequent meetings than once per year of the Monitoring Group;

4. Establishing a dedicated CGPMG website with facility to improve the flow of information between meetings;

5. Representatives sitting on CGPMG should be mandated to provide feedback on MTR PoA from countries in their region at all meetings of the group.

MTR: Findings on CGPMG1. Create and articulate a clear set of targets and indicators for the 4

critical themes based on the existing plan of action. 2. New and/or emerging issues identified by respondents were: the

Global Financial Crisis, Human Rights, Human Trafficking and Migration, HIV/AIDS Palliative Care, Climate Change, and ICT, with the Global Financial Crisis ranked as the most pressing concern.

3. Targets related to emerging issues as identified by respondents, not addressed in the existing PoA, must also be incorporated in a clear implementation plan for the way forward.

4. Strongly recommended that the global financial crisis and its gender impact be addressed (Gender responsive investments)

Recommendations from 9WAMM Discussions

Review PoA in light of new developments eg. climate change

Priortise education and social issuesRevision of MTR indicator templateConsultation with member countries to develop template

for continued actions (CGPMG representatives from regions)

Determine barriers to women’s participation in governance and decision-making

In next round give more time for reportingBased on information that will be required develop a clear

intermediate strategy

Gender Workplan2010-2011: Gender responsive investments (CT3)• Enterprise development, public-private partnerships, innovative

financing, ethical financing, 2011-2012: Gender, Economic Crisis & Social Protection (CT3)• Social protection in context of public debt, informal & care

economies, culture, law and social justice, GBV (CT 2/3)2012-2013: Peace, Security & Prosperity, Women & Leadership

(CT1)• Increased leadership roles, community cohesion, democracy &

good governance, ethics, transparency and accountability

Gender Workplan: 2011-2013 themes

• Strategic implementation of PoA• Monitoring on implementation• NWM Capacity building• GRI, GRB, gender & trade, economic empowerment• Review/reform of social protection policies, land

rights• Gender, peace and security, political and leadership

development• Climate change (new concern)

Roles & Functions up to

10 wamm 2013

Commonwealth Gender Plan of Action Monitoring Group

Suggested Elements of CGPMG PoA up to 2015

• Based on feedback from MTR, emerging issues identified and proposed 3 year gender work plan (2010-13), decide on priorities for next 3 years

• Through dialogue with member states agree on priorities and specific areas of focus

• Decide on clear targets and indicators (return to Indicator template but do not be constrained by it)

Suggested Elements of CGPMG PoA up to 2015

• Decide on a general implementation strategy that can be adopted by member countries and be tailored to the local context

• Decide on the role of the CGPMG in this strategy and be guided by what emerged from the MTR and recommendations from the floor at 9WAMM

Over to you! Discussion & Decisions on way Forward for

CGPMG

What Next?