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Progress in gender mainstreaming the the
Ministries of Labor Evelyn Jacir de Lovo,
Director of the Department of Social Development
and Labor, OAS Working Groups Meeting of the
IACML Bahamas, April 16-19, 2013
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Gender Mainstreaming in the IACML

• 2006 CIM, OAS (Dept. of Social Development) and
  ILO partnership to mainstream gender in the
  policies, programs and operation of the
  Ministries of Labor

• 2007 XV IACML adopts the IACML Strategic
  Guidelines for advancing gender equality and
  gender non-discrimination in the context of
  decent work

• 2007-2009 Studies and Hemispheric RIAL Workshop
  on Gender Mainstreaming in the Ministries of
  Labor of the Americas

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Gender Mainstreaming in the IACML

• During 2010, subregional Workshops on strategic
  planning of gender mainstreaming were carried out
  and led by the Secretariat of the Inter-American
  Commission of Women (CIM)

• In XVII IACML in 2011 San SalvadorHIGH LEVEL
  DIALOGUE AMONG LABOR AND WOMEN MINISTERS ON
  GENDER EQUITY IN THE WORKPLACE

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Gender Mainstreaming in the IACML
GOALS
ACTIVITIES
IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVES

• Decent work with gender equality
• Increase womens participation and employment
• Reduce gender gaps with regard to informality and
  wages
• Improve the quality of employment for women
• Achieve the full entry of women into the world of
  work, free from discrimination and under
  conditions of equal opportunities
• Ensure equal access to the benefits of social
  protection
• Impact on the work and family balance
• Increase participation of women in social
  dialogue schemes and unions

Study - Analysis of the Institutional
arrangements
RIAL Hemispheric Workshop
Institutional strengthening of Ministries of
Labor, aimed at effectively mainstreaming gender
in their operations, policies and programs
RIAL Portfolio of Programs and bilateral
cooperation
Subregional workshops on Strategic planning /
Gender CIM
High Level Dialogues
Gender Audits
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Participatory Gender Audits

• A pioneering regional initiative Ministries of
  Labor of Barbados, El Salvador and Peru.
• A component of the joint commitment by the ILO
  and OAS to support the labor administrations of
  the region. Financed by the Canadian Labour
  Program and ILO resources.
• The initiative was spearheaded in response to a
  demand in the Hemispheric Decent Work Agendas of
  the ILO and the Inter-American Conference of
  Ministers of Labor (IACML), which coincide in
  their prioritization of gender equality as one of
  the most pressing challenges of the region.

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Participatory Gender Audits
Goal
Promote institutional learning on how to
effectively incorporate gender mainstreaming in
policies, programs and structures.
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• In the institutional context, gender
  mainstreaming entails incorporating a focus on
  gender equality in all policies, strategies,
  programs, administrative and economic activities,
  as well as in the institutional culture of the
  organization, to contribute to a change in the
  situation of gender inequality.
• UNDP Strategic Regional Framework on Gender in
  Latin America and the Caribbean 2005-2009

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Objectives
Participatory Gender Audits

1. Evaluate the state of implementation of gender
   mainstreaming in the Ministry (policies,
   programs)
2. Select and share information on mechanisms,
   practices and attitudes that signify a positive
   contributions towards an incorporation of the
   gender perspective in the Ministry.
3. Evaluate the level of allocated and incurred
   resources on activities related to gender themes.
   
4. Analyze the extent to which human resource
   policies are sensitive to gender issues.

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Objetivos
Participatory Gender Audits

1. Identify the gender distribution at different
   levels of the Ministrys personnel.
2. Establish an initial gender mainstreaming
   baseline, with the intention of jumpstarting a
   gradual process for its implementation.
3. Determine the spaces to introduce possible
   improvements and propose feasible strategies to
   put the plan of action into practice.

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Description
Participatory Gender Audits

• A tool and process based on a participatory
  methodology developed by the ILO that was
  enriched during this experience.
• Applying a methodology designed for this kind of
  exercise, the Facilitating Team carried out
  interviews and workshops, activities complemented
  with a documented analysis prior to and during
  the development of the Audit.

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Results
Participatory Gender Audits

• The following were identified as results of the
  systematization and analysis of the information
• Main findings
• Best Practices
• Recommendations to achieve gender mainstreaming
  in the Ministry both at an institutional level
  and by each specific area.

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Final Product
Participatory Gender Audits

• Report that includes recommendation to improve
  performance and concrete measures so that the
  unit/institution can conduct the follow-up.
• Plan of Action for the implementation of the
  recommendations. MAJOR ADDITION OF THIS EXPERIENCE

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Best Practices in the 3 Audits carried out
Participatory Gender Audits

• Ciudad Mujer in El Salvador
• The Measurement of Time Use in Peru
• The Disaggregation of Data by Sex in Barbados

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• These Audits are part of a process that
  originated within the IACML, in partnership with
  the ILO and the CIM, to support labor
  administrations and to make tools available to
  them in order to move towards
• full equality between men and women in the
  world of work.