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Short Summary
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| Title |
Experts Meeting on Gender Mainstreaming of Poverty
Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) in Selected African Countries: Proceedings
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| Author |
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Southern
Africa, Sub-regional Resource Facility (SURF) and the United Nations
Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Regional Office for Southern Africa |
| Publication
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March 2003 |
| Publisher |
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Southern
Africa, Sub-regional Resource Facility (SURF) and the United Nations
Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Regional Office for Southern Africa |
| Donor |
UNDP and UNIFEM |
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Short Summary |
Through presentations and working groups, participants
from governments, civil society and donor agencies explored conceptual
issues around gender and poverty, how to engender Poverty Reduction
Strategy Papers (PRSPs) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),
and the extent to which gender-sensitive budget initiatives are integrated
into these. The key recommendations on how to better mainstream gender
concerns into PRSPs include a call to find conceptual clarity on the
relationship between poverty and gender. This means taking a fresh
look at terms such as “female-headed households”, “vulnerable groups”
and “empowerment”. Given the close link between PRSPs and MDGs, advocacy
is needed with stakeholders to ensure they understand how important
it is to both engender the MDGs and promote gender equality as an
MDG goal in itself. The need to strengthen capacity included developing
the capacity of Ministries of Gender to participate in macroeconomic
policy formulation as well as developing the capacity of Ministries
of Finance to appreciate the importance of gender to their work. |
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