Institutional

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Institutional Organizational Assessment of
MoWCA Policy Dialogue Statement from the
Development Partners 16 October 2002
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Purpose Undertake review of MoWCAs structure to
ascertain its ability to

• Fulfill a leadership role

• Implement follow-up to NAP for Womens
  Advancement

• Respond to recommendations made in the 1997
  WID Review

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Objectives

• Facilitate formulation of a practical
  development Plan of Action

• Move towards a programming approach to gender
  mainstreaming

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Findings

• More headway needed to implement NAP in MoWCA
  and Line Ministries (LM)

• For advancing gender, WID Focal Points
  need
• Clear TOR
• Clear mandate

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• Study points to

• Opportunities for maximizing existing National
  Womens Machinery

• Possibilities for MoWCA, through its
  machineries, to be a resource for other Line
  Ministries.

• However

• Right linkages need to be created

• Monitoring needs to be pursued

• Accountability to NCWD needs to be strengthened

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MoWCA
The Future
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3 steps for greater cooperation (DP-GoB)

• Strategize programme to enhance gender
  mainstreaming ensure NAP implementation with
  better all-round participation

• Identifies with other Ministries support
  needed for gender mainstreaming

• Development partners need to work with MoWCA
  in a coordinated manner

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• All of the above 3 steps within a framework of

• Pro-poor

• Pro-women

• Sectoral plans and budget (gender sensitive PRSP)

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Commitments

• For LCG WAGE/MoWCA to reach agreement to
  better support NAP

• Assessing ability for strategic projects to
  fall in line with a coordinated programmatic
  strategy.