Women S Economic Security and Citizenship

Proposal

Hemispheric Programme on Women’s Economic Security and Citizenship

Contents Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) Hemispheric Programme on Women’s Organization of American States (OAS) Economic Security and Citizenship

I. Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3 II. Situation analysis………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4 III. The UN, the OAS, CIM and women’s economic security and citizenship………….………… 9 IV. Description of the project…………………………………………………………………………………………… 11 V. Performance measurement framework……………………………………………………………………… 12 VI. Project budget……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 26 VII. Project partners…………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 33 VIII. Strategies for execution…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 35 IX. Monitoring and evaluation…………………………………………………………………………………………. 36

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I. Introduction

Since its creation in 1928, the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) has played a leading role in securing the citizenship rights of women in the Americas. Its role as the first hemispheric women’s rights forum in promoting and developing international jurisprudence and public policies on citizenship and equality is evidenced in the adoption of Inter-American Conventions on the Nationality of Women, the Civil Rights of Women, and the Political Rights of Women, as well as the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women, “Convention of Belém do Pará.” These binding legal frameworks have been fundamental instruments for the recognition of women as subjects of human rights and active agents of democracy. In June 2000, the OAS General Assembly adopted the Inter-American Program on the Promotion of Women’s Human Rights and Gender Equity and Equality (IAP).1

The approval of the IAP responded to the situation, context, and hemispheric priorities that grew out of the political, economic, and social conditions in the Americas at that time. In the last decade, the region and the world have seen drastic changes, the result of the global security crisis, limited governability in some countries, a profound financial crisis, and an increase in unemployment. The events of this decade call for contextualizing the new challenges that emerge from the dynamic, changing hemispheric and global landscape. Against this backdrop, in February 2010 the CIM Executive Committee considered it necessary to update and operationalize the IAP with the support of the CIM Strategic Plan 2011-2016.2

In the 40th regular period of sessions of the OAS General Assembly (Lima, 2010), the Member States reaffirmed their commitment to implement the IAP. This programme, which began in 2000, has helped to gradually mainstream the gender equality perspective into some areas of the OAS. However, as the 2010 evaluation of the implementation of the IAP indicates,3 the programme has faced certain weaknesses in terms of effective planning, execution, monitoring, and evaluation, as a result of the lack of operational goals, strategies, and management mechanisms and instruments that would allow for follow-up of the actions and efforts carried out within the OAS and its Member States. Likewise, there have been significant deficiencies in the allocation of human and financial resources from the OAS budget to support the implementation of the IAP.

In this context, and taking into account both the internal consultations regarding institutional priorities that were conducted with the various OAS Secretariats, and the external consultations that were carried out with other international organizations, civil society groups and academic institutions, the aim of the CIM Strategic Plan 2011-2016 is to make the IAP operational by adapting it to these challenges in order to advance toward securing the full citizenship and the rights of women.

Operationalizing the IAP points to three fundamental objectives: i) revitalizing the role of CIM as the hemisphere’s policy forum on women’s rights and gender equality; ii) laying the groundwork for a results-based management that will help strengthen the Commission’s institutional capacity and effectiveness; and iii) contributing to a stronger response from the OAS to the rights and demands of the women of the hemisphere.

1. OAS General Assembly Resolution AG/RES.1732 (XXX-O/00) 2. The full text of the CIM Strategic Plan 2011-2016 is available at: http://www.oas.org/en/cim/docs/CIM-StrategicPlan2011-2016-ENweb.pdf 3. CIM/doc.7/10 3 Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) Hemispheric Programme on Women’s Organization of American States (OAS) Economic Security and Citizenship

Accordingly, the strategies of the CIM Strategic Plan 2011-2016 are: i) to harmonize CIM’s activities with those of the OAS; and ii) to institutionalize a rights-based and gender perspective in the main forums and programmes and in the institutional planning of the organization. The Strategic Plan is structured along four programmatic areas in order to better articulate it with the four thematic pillars of the OAS:

- Women’s substantive political citizenship for democracy and governability - Women’s economic security and citizenship - Women’s human rights and gender-based violence - Citizen security from a gender perspective

CIM is one of the first inter-governmental bodies to make the fight for women’s economic security and citizenship one of its main objectives. Since its inception, the OAS has made a commitment to the women of the hemisphere to support and promote their participation in the labour field in conditions of equality and full citizenship. The CIM Strategic Plan 2011-2016 sets out broad goals and activities within the context of CIM’s work to promote and protect women’s economic security and rights, to increase decent work opportunities and conditions, and to increase their access to resources and benefits. The purpose of this programme proposal is to provide a more in-depth view of the activities, results, indicators and timeline of this programme within a results-based management framework.

II. Situation analysis

Countries with greater equality between women and men are more productive, have higher levels of economic growth, more representative institutions and better development outcomes for future generations. The message is simple: gender equality – beyond being a human right and development goal in and of itself – is smart economics.

José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General, OAS Forward to OAS/CIM publication “Advancing Gender Equality in the Context of Decent Work” 2011

Over the last few years, the economies of the countries of the Americas have been affected by one of the most profound financial crises in the last century, which, according to a number of studies, 4 is disproportionately impacting women and children. In addition to limiting women’s economic and social opportunities, the effects of the crisis are damaging a number of the gains women have made in recent decades in quality of life improvements. While not all countries have been equally impacted by the financial crisis, it has been suggested that the progress achieved in the years leading up to the crisis in poverty reduction and the provision of social services for low-income populations could be undone if policies and commitments for investment are not upheld.

Notwithstanding the heterogeneous impacts of the global financial crisis, women and men have been affected in different and unequal ways, in some cases mirroring past crises.5 The spheres in which women have been most affected are those related to the labour market, food supply and food security,

4. See for example Bárcena, A., El impacto de la crisis en Latinoamérica [The impact of the crisis in Latin America] (ECLAC, 2009), or Antonopoulos, R. “The Current Economic and Financial Crisis: A Gender Perspective.” Working Paper No. 562, The Levy Economic Institute of Bard College, New York, 2009. 4 Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) Hemispheric Programme on Women’s Organization of American States (OAS) Economic Security and Citizenship access to financial services for productive activity, access to remittances, and access to housing and unpaid work in the care economy, among others. However, according to a 2010 study conducted by Mones, this reality is not being addressed in the measures taken by countries to confront the crisis and bring about economic recovery in the region.6 These deficiencies in economic policies have implications for driving economic growth and competitiveness in the region in the context of the crisis.

The condition of poverty among the women of the Quick facts

Americas continues to be one of the obstacles that - Women in Latin America are affected by poverty limit their possibilities to achieve human at a rate 20% higher than men (2012). development, reach satisfactory levels of - Women’s labour participation in Latin America and the Caribbean has increased faster than in economic security, and actively participate in the any other region in the world with more than 70 political life of their countries. million women joining the labour force since 1980 (2011). - Eighty-two percent of employed women from the  In Latin America and the Caribbean, 174 poorest 20% of the region’s population work in the low-productivity sector (2011). million people lived in poverty in 2011, which - 7 In Peru, 67% of employed women work in the is 31.4% of the total population. The majority informal sector (2012). of the countries of the region are still far from - In the United States, women earn an average of reaching the first of the Millennium 82.2% of men’s earnings, while black women and Latina women earn 69.5% and 60.5% Development Goals, which is to eradicate respectively of the earnings of white men (2011). extreme poverty and hunger. ECLAC reported - In Latin America and the Caribbean, women have less access to financial services; 22% of women that women’s poverty rates are higher than have savings accounts as compared to 28% of those of men’s throughout the hemisphere, men (2012). particularly in Panama (1.37 times higher), - Women’s representation on the boards of large firms in the Americas is just 10% (2012). Costa Rica (1.30 times), Dominican Republic - Women comprise just 10-30% of formal owners (1.25 times), Chile (1.24 times) and Uruguay of farmland in Latin America (2012). - (1.21 greater). They also noted that this In Guatemala, 7% of self-employed women have access to credit compared with 14% of self- pattern of inequality worsened in 13 out of 18 employed men (2012). countries between 2002 and 2008.8 - Only 24% of countries in the region provide maternity leave of 14 weeks or more.  The poverty rate in the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean is also high. Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, and Saint Lucia account for 80% of the total poverty in the Caribbean, with a higher prevalence in rural areas.9

 The poverty rate in the United States has continued to rise due to the recent financial crisis, increasing from 14.3% in 2009 to 15.1% of the total population in 2010, or 46.2 million people.10 Women heads of household represented around 31.6% of poor families in 2010.

Despite overall increases in the rate of women’s participation in the labour force, the rate of

5. Antonopoulos 2009, op.cit.; Cagatay 2009; and Mones, B. “La crisis financiera global y las políticas de estimulo económico en América Latina y el Caribe: efectos y oportunidades para las mujeres,” [The global financial crisis and economic stimulus policies in Latin American and the Caribbean: effects and opportuntities for women], UNIFEM, 2010. 6. Mones 2010, op. cit. 7. ECLAC. “Poverty and Indigence Levels are the Lowest in 20 Years in Latin America,” Press release, 29 November 2011. 8. ECLAC. Social Panorama of Latin America 2010. Santiago: ECLAC, 2010. . 9. ECLAC, 2010, op. cit.. 10. U.S. Census Bureau. “Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United Status: 2010,” Press Release, 13 September 2011. 5 Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) Hemispheric Programme on Women’s Organization of American States (OAS) Economic Security and Citizenship participation of women in Central America (37%), the Caribbean (41%), and South America (44%) was still less than 50 percent in 2010.11 Women in the hemisphere also continued to experience occupational segregation and earn less than men who perform the same work (Figure 1). For example, in 2010, the OECD reported that the gender wage gap in median earnings of full-time employees in Canada was 21 percent.12

Figure 113 Women’s monthly income as a percentage of men’s monthly income in Latin America (18 countries, circa 2007)

In the majority of countries of the region, unemployment among women has increased as a result of the crisis. Information available from the ILO through 2009 for 12 countries shows that the female unemployment rate continues to be higher than the rate for men. The weighted-average male unemployment rate rose from 6.3% to 7.5% in the first three quarters of 2008 and 2009, respectively, while the corresponding rate for women increased from 9.3% to 10.1%. The rate of unemployment among women is particularly problematic in the Caribbean: 30.1% of women were unemployed in contrast to 26.1% of men in Martinique (2009); 26.1% of women in contrast to 19.2% of men in Guadeloupe (2007); 24.5% of women in contrast to 11% of men in Sao Tome and Principe (2006); and 22.8% of women compared to 8.5% of men in the Dominican Republic (2008). 14 There are also large gaps in the unemployment rates of lower- and upper-income female populations in the Latin American and Caribbean region. In 2009, women in the region’s lowest one-fifth income quintile experienced unemployment at a rate five times higher than women from the highest quintile.15

11. UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). “The World’s Women 2010: Trends and Statistics,” New York: United Nations, 2010, p. 77. 12. As cited in ILO. “Equality at work: The continuing challenge,” International Labour Conference, 100th Session. Geneva: International Labour Organzation, 2011, Report I(B), p. 22. 13. ECLAC. Statistical Yearbook for Latin American and the Caribbean 2008, as cited in CIM “Advancing Gender Equality in the Context of Decent Work,” 2011, p. 35 14. ILO. Table 8a. Unemployment (LFS), published in Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM). Last updated 12/2011. Also available at: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/kilm. 15. UN ECLAC. Social Panorama of Latin America 2011, p. 27. 6 Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) Hemispheric Programme on Women’s Organization of American States (OAS) Economic Security and Citizenship

In 2009, women’s work in the informal sector increased by 3.1% over 2008, which signified that 57.1% of all women were limited to finding employment in this sector, compared to 51% of men. Women often end up in low-productivity, self-employment occupations or in domestic service, where nine of ten workers lack access to social security.16 Table 1 illustrates the percentages of men and women who worked in the informal sectors of the labour industry from 2007-2009 by country. However, trends in status of employment may also differ by sub-region; from 2004-2007, 80% of women working in the Caribbean were wage and salaried workers and 16% were own-account workers, while 62% of women in South America were salaried and 28% were own-account workers. 17 Many women in the region are also limited to part-time work. For example, of the female work force surveyed in urban areas in Argentina in 2009, 36.7% held part-time employment as compared to 14.8% of the male working population.18

In Latin America and the Caribbean, 44% of the employed urban population and 37% of the total employed population belong to and contribute to social security systems, a figure that has remained virtually unchanged since 2002, with significant differences between countries and between men and women. In 2011, of households headed by men, 49.5% were covered by social security, while only 41.3% of women-headed households had social security coverage.19 In a 2012 report on gender equality and pension reforms, Arza presents data on the discrepancies in coverage of contributory pensions in various countries in Latin America.20 In countries such as Colombia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, and Paraguay, the coverage rates of contributory pensions for men were about twice the rates of women, while in Bolivia, they were about three times higher.21

The statistics available in the region on the use of time show that women’s workdays are longer than men’s due to their care responsibilities and the unpaid domestic work that traditionally falls to them (Figure 2). On a daily basis, they work between three and five hours longer than men, due to the double or triple domestic workday. The World Development Report 2012 on Gender Equality and Development revealed that women dedicate a greater percentage of time to unremunerated tasks than men: 86% in Guatemala; 81% in Costa Rica and 74% in Mexico and Uruguay. 22 An increase in the number of people requiring care, such as an aging population and ongoing childcare needs, plus the growing incorporation of women into the labour market, and the permanence of the division of labour by sex in the household, have resulted in what researchers have called “the care crisis”.23

Table 1 Urban population employed in the informal sectors of the labour market by sex, 2007-2009 (% of total urban employed population)24

16. ILO. Global Employment Trends for Women. Geneva: International Labour Organization, March 2009. 17. UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The World’s Women 2010: Trends and Statistics, United Nations: New York 2010, p. 86. 18. ILO, Table 5. Part-time workers, published in Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM). Last updated 12/2011. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/kilm 19. ECLAC 2011, op. cit., p. 33. 20. Arza 2012, op. cit. p. 10. 21. Ibid. 22. As cited in CIM/OAS, “Advancing gender equality in the context of decent work,” September 2011, p. i. 23. ECLAC. Social Panorama for Latin America 2009, Chapter 4, pp. 1-2. 24. Arza, Camila. “Pension Reforms and Gender Equality in Latin America,” Gender and Development- Paper No. 15, UNRISD, March 2012, p. 5. 7 Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) Hemispheric Programme on Women’s Organization of American States (OAS) Economic Security and Citizenship

Part of the dynamic of the economic, social, and political exclusion of women involves their limited access to bodies with decision-making power over the priorities of public policies and the investments of national budgets. The ILO found that women in urban areas in Peru (2008) hold only 19% of legislative and managerial positions such as legislator/senior official, corporate manager, or general manager; countries such as Panama (2008) revealed much higher rates with women represented in 48% of these types of decision-making positions.25 Scant representation of large sectors of the population, exclusion and social inequality based on gender and ethnicity, as well as persistent poverty, are some of the main characteristics of the context in which the financial crisis is playing out. Poverty poses obstacles to democratic governance, economic development, and the competitiveness of the region’s economies.

Figure 226 Total work time: Hours per day (or week) of paid and unpaid work, disaggregated by sex

25. Calculated by the United Nations Statistics Division based on data published by the International Labour Office in Table 2C Total employment, by occupation. Last updated 12/2011. Available from: ILO LABORSTA, http://laborsta.ilo.org 26. ECLAC. Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean (GEO), “Total work time: total number of hours per day (or week) of paid and unpaid work, disaggregated by sex, among people aged 15 and above” http://www.eclac.org/oig/aeconomica/default.asp?idioma=IN. 8 Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) Hemispheric Programme on Women’s Organization of American States (OAS) Economic Security and Citizenship

III. The UN, the OAS, CIM and women’s economic security and citizenship

In the area of women’s economic security and citizenship, the States of the region have assumed binding and voluntary commitments through numerous international and inter-American conventions, treaties, declarations, platforms for action, consensuses, principles, and other types of agreements.

The principal agreements are: - Convention No. 100 on Equal Remuneration (ILO, 1951) - Convention No. 111 on Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) (ILO, 1958) - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UN, 1966) - Convention No. 156 on Workers with Family Responsibilities (ILO, 1981) - Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the area of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: “Protocol of San Salvador” (OAS 1988) - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (UN, 1979) and its Optional Protocol (1999) - The Declaration and Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women (UN, 1995) - Inter-American Program on the Promotion of Women’s Human Rights and Gender Equity and Equality (OAS, 2000) - United Nations Millennium Declaration (UN, 2000) - Convention No. 183 on Maternity Protection (ILO, 2000) - Inter-American Democratic Charter (OAS, 2001) 9 Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) Hemispheric Programme on Women’s Organization of American States (OAS) Economic Security and Citizenship

- The Quito Consensus (UN, 2007) - Declaration of Buenos Aires: “Facing the Crisis with Development, Decent Work, and Social Protection (OAS, 2009) - Declaration of Commitment of Port of Spain (Fifth Summit of the Americas, 2009) - The Brasilia Consensus (UN, 2010) - Convention No. 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers (ILO, 2011)

A strong international and inter-American legal framework has been established to enshrine and protect the rights of women and to punish discrimination based on gender, within which it is worth highlighting the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW, 1979). This convention establishes the unlawfulness of any type of discrimination (explicit or implicit) against women that serves as an obstacle for the realization of their rights, and promotes the adoption of measures to guarantee and protect women’s right to work, to equal employment opportunities, the right to choose their profession and employment, receive equal pay for work of equal value, to access training and promotion opportunities, and the right to social security.

In addition to CEDAW, recent commitments made by the countries of the inter-American system to ensure the guarantees and protection of women’s rights in conditions of equality with men are contemplated in the IAP, as they have been contemplated in many other programmes and platforms for action at the regional and international levels, including the Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, 1995); the consensuses reached as a result of the Regional Conferences on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (the Quito Consensus in 2007 and the Brasilia Consensus in 2010) and the Inter-American Democratic Charter (OAS, 2000).

These conventions, treaties, declarations, platforms for action, consensuses, principles, and other types of agreements have served to accelerate the attainment of women’s political, economic and social citizenship in the years following their adoption in the majority of countries. The States that have signed and ratified these international instruments are obliged to bring their national laws in line with their provisions.

In terms of women’s economic security and citizenship, the Member States of the OAS and CIM have reaffirmed these existing commitments and adopted new ones in the decade since the adoption of the IAP. Strategic guidelines were approved during the XV IACML in 2007 to help advance gender equality and non-discrimination within a decent work framework and to “orient future actions by the Conference in favor of the integration of the gender perspective in the operations, policies and programs of Ministries of Labor.”27 Efforts to advance gender equality in the context of decent work at the hemispheric level have since continued, with the first meeting being held in November 2011 in San Salvador, El Salvador between the Ministers of Labour and their counterpart representatives in the national women’s mechanisms. Recent governmental and political changes in the region have also ushered in legislative and constitutional reforms that have precipitated the realization of gender equality in the labour field. For example, the new 2008 Constitution of Ecuador and 2009 Constitution of Bolivia explicitly include the

27. OAS/CIDI, “Strategic Guidelines of the XV IACML for Advancing Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination Within a Decent Work Framework,” 4 September 2007, OEA/Ser.K/XII.15.1; TRABAJO/doc.10/07. 10 Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) Hemispheric Programme on Women’s Organization of American States (OAS) Economic Security and Citizenship right of “equal remuneration for work of equal value”.28 Steps have also been taken to improve working conditions for domestic workers in the region. The International Labour Conference adopted Convention No. 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers in June 2011, which requires States to take a series of measures to amend or create legislation to promote decent work and basic human rights for domestic workers. Brazil and Uruguay played an active role in the negotiations to adopt the Convention and are likely candidates for ratification in 2012.29

The above-mentioned series of national and international-level commitments provides CIM with a strong mandate to promote and protect women’s economic security and citizenship in the region, and serves as the basis for CIM’s work in this area.

IV. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT

Goal/Ultimate Outcome: Women’s economic security increased, as well as their opportunities and access to resources and benefits of economic and social policies enacted for economic recovery from the global financial crisis by countries of the Americas.

Immediate outcomes: 1. Gender equality driven at the Competitiveness Forum of the Americas, along with a greater understanding of the impact of gender inequalities on the economy and in the spheres of labour and the informal sector; 2. Development of policies for micro, small and medium enterprises strengthened based on the consideration of gender factors that condition opportunities, competitiveness and the development potential of women in selected countries in the Americas;30 3. Policies developed for the comprehensive support and social protection of women involved in economic activities in the informal sector, from a rights and gender perspective in selected countries of the Americas; 4. Labour and competitiveness policies promoted and strengthened with a rights-based approach and gender perspective in selected countries of the Americas and in the frame of the Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labour (IACML); 5. Agenda for women’s rights and gender equality promoted in the “OAS Private Sector Forum” to foment equal opportunity and women’s competitiveness in the development of new business schemes and in employment in the countries of the Americas.

28. ILO. “Equality at work: The continuing challenge,” International Labour Conference, 100th Session 2011, Report I(B), p. 15-16. 29. AWID. “Economic Rights and Justice for Domestic Workers” March 23, 2012. Available at: http://awid.org/News-Analysis/Friday- Files/Economic-Rights-and-Justice-for-Domestic-Workers. 30. The following criteria were considered to select countries in each of the outcomes: a) countries for which this theme is a priority in their national policies for gender equality; b) countries prioritized by programs of the OAS Secretariat of Integral Development; c) countries that express their interest in working on this particular theme; and d) countries that have fewer technical resources available to advance in the integration of a rights-based approach and gender equality perspective in this theme. 11 Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) Hemispheric Programme on Women’s Organization of American States (OAS) Economic Security and Citizenship

V. Performance Measurement Framework Women’s economic security and citizenship

Data Baseline Data Expected outputs Indicators Targets Collection Responsibility Data Sources Methods Ultimate Outcome Women’s economic security - Specific measure 0 countries At least 25% National Literature OAS (CIM) increased, as well as their established for the exercise of the CIM, CEDAW review opportunities and access to of women’s economic project and IAP National women’s resources and benefits of economic security and citizenship, on countries reports; mechanisms and and social policies enacted for the basis of agreed begin to Member national labour economic recovery from the global international and inter- report States ministries financial crisis by countries of the American commitments on periodic Americas women’s human and labour reports on rights implementat - Number of countries ion of OAS reporting on this measure Protocol of San Salvador; IACML Working Group reports Immediate Outcomes

Data Baseline Data Expected outputs Indicators Targets Collection Responsibility Data Sources Methods Ultimate Outcome

1. Gender equality driven at the - Number of dialogues, To be At least one OAS Forum Literature OAS (CIM and panels, initiatives, and established significant reports and review Department of Competitiveness Forum of the Americas, along with a greater informational sessions that based on forum panel website Economic take place during the forum review of or dialogue Development, understanding of the impact of gender inequalities on the that take gender previous per project Trade and Tourism considerations into account forums year (DEDTT)) economy and in the spheres of labour and the informal sector - Number of official final declarations, principles or One commitments that result significant from the forum that final incorporate a gender declaration, equality perspective commitment or principle by end of project 2. Development of policies for - Number of countries that 0 countries All selected National Literature OAS (CIM and receive technical assistance project CIM, review DEDTT) micro, small and medium enterprises strengthened to integrate the measures countries CEDAW and and strategies that result by end of IAP reports; National women’s based on the consideration of gender factors that condition from the expert project Member mechanisms and assessment and/or States labour ministries opportunities, competitiveness and the development potential hemispheric dialogues At least one periodic - Number of policies that To be significant reports on of women in selected countries in the Americas support MiSMEs that are established policy Protocol of amended or created to based on a reform per San incorporate a gender review of selected Salvador; perspective as a result of existing project IACML the programme’s activities policies country by Working end of Group project reports 3. Policies developed for the - Number of countries that To be At least one National Literature OAS (CIM and comprehensive support and formulate or adopt established significant CIM, review Department of suggested measures and based on a policy CEDAW and Social social protection of women involved in economic activities strategies to amend, create review of reform per IAP reports; Development and or improve social protection existing project Member Employment in the informal sector, from a rights and gender perspective policies or services for policies and country by States (DSDE)) women working in the services end of periodic in selected countries of the 13 Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) Hemispheric Programme on Women’s Organization of American States (OAS) Economic Security and Citizenship

Data Baseline Data Expected outputs Indicators Targets Collection Responsibility Data Sources Methods Ultimate Outcome Americas informal sector project reports on National women’s - Community of practice 0 Protocol of mechanisms and platform established and communities One San labour ministries operating on the theme of of practice community Salvador; policies and measures of of practice IACML social protection for women established Working in the informal sector Group reports

Community of practice website and list of members 4. Labour and competitiveness - Number of policies and To be At least one National Literature OAS (CIM, DSDE policies promoted and strategies amended or established significant CIM, review and Inter- strengthened with a rights- created to accelerate the based on a policy CEDAW and American Network based approach and gender reduction of gender review of reform per IAP reports; for Labor perspective in selected inequalities and to generate existing project Member Administration countries of the Americas and new opportunities for policies country by States (RIAL)) in the frame of the Inter- decent work for women in end of periodic American Conference of line with mutually project reports on National women’s Ministers of Labour (IACML) developed strategies Protocol of mechanisms resulting from the expert San consultations 0 community One Salvador; - Community of practice of practices community IACML platform established and of practice Working operating on the theme of established Group labour and competitiveness reports policies from a rights and gender perspective Community of practice website and list of members 5. Agenda for women’s rights and - Number of To be At least one Forum Literature OAS (CIM and gender equality promoted in recommendations or established significant website review DEDTT) proposals for initiatives that based on recommend with agenda the “OAS Private Sector 14 Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) Hemispheric Programme on Women’s Organization of American States (OAS) Economic Security and Citizenship

Data Baseline Data Expected outputs Indicators Targets Collection Responsibility Data Sources Methods Ultimate Outcome Forum” to foment equal result from the Forum that review of ation and opportunity and women’s incorporate a rights-based previous reflects conclusions competitiveness in the and gender perspective forums and gender development of new business - Number of dialogues, resulting perspective schemes and in employment in presentations or recommenda the countries of the Americas consultations that take tions At least one place during the Forum that dialogue, incorporate a gender presentatio equality perspective and n or promote women’s consultation competitiveness in business incorporate and employment s rights- based and gender equality agenda Outputs Immediate Outcome 1 Gender equality driven at the Competitiveness Forum of the Americas, along with a greater understanding of the impact of gender inequalities on the economy and in the spheres of labour and the informal sector

Data Baseline Data Expected outputs Indicators Targets Collection Responsibility Data Sources Methods Ultimate Outcome a. Position paper prepared that - Number of strategies to 0 At least two Position Literature OAS (CIM) analyzes and identifies specific raise competitiveness and strategies paper review strategies to raise productivity with developed document competitiveness and consideration of the effects for each productivity with consideration of gender inequalities 0 sub-region of gender inequalities that identified in position paper affect women and serve as - Number of recipients of Labour Position obstacles to the realization of position paper ministries paper their potential and disribution national list women’s mechanism s in each project country receive position paper b. Dialogue generated with OAS - Number of dialogues held 0 At least one Reports Literature OAS (CIM) specialists and other experts in with OAS and other dialogue from review this area specialists in this area held by end dialogue - Number of participants in 0 of project dialogues At least 15 List of specialists dialogue participate participants in dialogues including specialists from DEDTT and represent- tation from the Inter- American Competitive ness 16 Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) Hemispheric Programme on Women’s Organization of American States (OAS) Economic Security and Citizenship

Data Baseline Data Expected outputs Indicators Targets Collection Responsibility Data Sources Methods Ultimate Outcome Network

c. One panel held each year in - Number of papers 0 At least 3 Forum Literature OAS (CIM and the frame of the annual OAS presented in panels at the papers website and review DEDTT) forum on competitiveness annual competitiveness delivered in documents forum representing diverse annual OAS sub-regional issues forum per - Number of official project year declarations, commitments To be or principles that result established At least one from the forum that based on concluding incorporate a gender review of forum equality perspective previous declaration, forum commit- results ment or principle that incor- porates a gender perspective by end of project Immediate Outcome 2 Development of policies for micro, small and medium enterprises strengthened based on the consideration of gender factors that condition opportunities, competitiveness and the development potential of women in selected countries in the Americas

Data Baseline Data Expected outputs Indicators Targets Collection Responsibility Data Sources Methods Ultimate Outcome a. Review conducted of policies - Number of policy review 0 One review Policy Literature OAS (CIM) that support micro, small and documents produced conducted review review medium enterprises (MiSMEs) - Number of strategies 0 strategies by end of document in eight countries from the identified to promote identified first year of perspective of women to gender equality, financial project Section of evaluate how these policies inclusion and improved policy conceptualize gender business competitiveness At least one review inequalities and determinants of women involved in strategy for document of access and use of financial MiSMEs each sub- that and non-financial services in region outlines order to identify strategies to identified strategies promote gender equality, financial inclusion and improved business competitiveness of women involved in these businesses b. Expert consultation held to - Number of experts 0 At least one Consulta- Literature OAS (CIM and assess the impact of gender participating in consultation expert from tion review DEDTT) determinants in the - Number of measures and each sub- participants development of businesses strategies developed to 0 measures region list and to prepare a proposal on support MiSMEs to enable and measures and strategies that women to develop their strategies At least one Published public policies supporting entrepreneurial potential in identified measure or proposal by MiSMEs should take into business development strategy experts account to enable women to developed develop their entrepreneurial per potential in business program development country by project’s end

Data Baseline Data Expected outputs Indicators Targets Collection Responsibility Data Sources Methods Ultimate Outcome c. Hemispheric forum held on - Number of commitments 0 Commit- Signed Literature OAS (CIM and women and MiSMEs, with made by governmental ments commit- review DSDE) government authorities representatives who made by ments responsible for MiSMEs and participate in the forum to half of the Labour ministries women’s affairs, relevant revise policies governing countries and national private sector entities and MiSMEs by integrating a participa- Online women’s women’s groups working on gender and rights ting in the platform mechanisms these issues perspective forum by and list of - Number of hemispheric 0 project’s registered networks established and end participants operating on the theme of reducing gender At least one inequalities in the permanent development of MisMEs network and increasing the established opportunities, by project’s competitiveness and end with development potential of government women involved in MiSMEs al and nongovern mental participants from at least 50% of project countries d. Hemispheric contest held to - Number of submissions of 0 At least 20 Received Literature OAS (CIM) identify and document the successful MiSME initiatives submissions submissions review most successful MiSME that benefit women received by initiatives that have - Number of good practices end of Compen- contributed to increasing identified among the 0 project dium of women’s leadership, submissions to compile in a best autonomy, empowerment and publication At least 10 practices leadership in the economic good sphere in the family and practices community are prioritized to highlight 19 Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) Hemispheric Programme on Women’s Organization of American States (OAS) Economic Security and Citizenship

Data Baseline Data Expected outputs Indicators Targets Collection Responsibility Data Sources Methods Ultimate Outcome in compendium by end of project e. Technical assistance provided - Number of workshops held 0 At least one Workshop Literature OAS (CIM and to selected countries in the in the region to increase workshop reports review DEDTT) region to enable them to national capacities to held in each integrate the measures and integrate the identified sub-region Survey strategies identified by the measures and strategies by end of results End of group of experts and - Number of workshop To be project (entry and workshop hemispheric forum participants that report established exit) survey to increased capacities based on an At least compare with introductory 60% of introductory survey workshop survey participants report increased capacities Immediate Outcome 3 Policies developed for the comprehensive support and social protection of women involved in economic activities in the informal sector, from a rights and gender perspective in selected countries of the Americas a. Mapping of access of women - Number of mappings 0 At least one Mapping Literature OAS (CIM) involved in productive conducted of policies and mapping documents review activities in the informal sector social protection services conducted to social protection services, available to women per project Compen- that maps the policies and working in the informal country by dium of social protection services sector in countries in the end of good currently available in selected region project practices countries of the Americas in - Number of good practices 0 practices included as order to define policies that identified of policy-making identified At least one section of ensure access or permit that ensures the access of practice Mapping creation if they do not exist women working in the identified document informal sector to social per sub- protection services region for improved policy- making 20 Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) Hemispheric Programme on Women’s Organization of American States (OAS) Economic Security and Citizenship

Data Baseline Data Expected outputs Indicators Targets Collection Responsibility Data Sources Methods Ultimate Outcome b. Experts consultation held on - Number of measures and 0 measures At least one Report from Literature OAS (CIM and social protection policies for strategies proposed by and strategy consultation review DSDE) women involved in economic experts for the creation of strategies proposed activities in the informal sector social protection policies for for each from the rights-based women in the informal project approach and gender sector country perspective c. Technical assistance provided - Number of labour 0 At least Planning Literature OAS (CIM and to selected countries of the ministries and national 50% of documents review DSDE) region to facilitate the women’s mechanisms that project integration of measures and develop plans to amend or countries Workshop Labour ministries strategies identified by the create social protection that receive reports and national experts group and by the sub- policies or services based technical women’s regional conferences on identified measures and assistance mechanisms strategies - Number of workshops held 0 Workshops on incorporating a rights conducted and gender perspective in in each social protection policies sub-region and services for women for partici- involved in the informal pating sector project countries by project’s end

Data Baseline Data Expected outputs Indicators Targets Collection Responsibility Data Sources Methods Ultimate Outcome d. Community of practice - Platform established to 0 1 platform CoP website Literature OAS (CIM) established and lessons house the community of established review created on the theme of practice (CoP) by project’s List of CoP policies and measures of social - Number of members in the 0 end members protection for women in the community of practice informal sector - Number of documents 0 At least 50 developed and shared on members CoP website the theme of polices and by project’s measures of social end protection for women in the Reports of informal sector A database virtual - Number of virtual dialogues 0 is created dialogues held on this theme on the CoP website that offers diverse and updated resources on this theme

At least one virtual dialogue held per year of project Immediate Outcome 4 Labour and competitiveness policies promoted and strengthened with a rights-based approach and gender perspective in selected countries of the Americas and in the frame of the Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labour (IACML) a. Assessment conducted of the - Number of labour and 0 policies At least one Assessment Literature OAS (CIM) impact of public policies with a competitiveness policies identified successful results review gender perspective in reducing identified in assessment policy document gender inequalities and that successfully reduce identified generating new opportunities gender inequalities and per sub- for women in the eight generate new opportunities region countries of the Americas for women in countries in the Americas 22 Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) Hemispheric Programme on Women’s Organization of American States (OAS) Economic Security and Citizenship

Data Baseline Data Expected outputs Indicators Targets Collection Responsibility Data Sources Methods Ultimate Outcome b. Expert consultation held to - Number of experts 0 At least one Consul- Literature OAS (CIM) identify policies and strategies participating in consultation representation review that make it possible to reduce - Number of strategies 0 tative from participa- gender inequalities and developed or identified to each sub- tion list generate new opportunities for promote a rights and region plus decent work for women gender perspective in labour OAS DSDE policies to reduce gender and RIAL Strategy inequalities and generate document new decent work At least one opportunities for women strategy developed or identified per sub- region c. Dialogue held on policies for - Number of agendas created 0 At least one Dialogue Literature OAS (CIM) decent work at the sub- with relevant goals to agenda results review regional level in order to agree promote policies that developed document on an agenda and/or plan with support decent work for by end of specific goals in this area, women based on results project based on the results of the from the dialogue, Dialogue study and results of the assessment study and At least one partici- consultation of experts consultation govern- pation list - Number of participants in 0 mental and dialogue nongovern- mental representative from each project country d. Technical assistance provided - Number of labour 0 Labour National CIM, OAS (CIM, DSDE for selected countries in ministries that receive ministries in CEDAW and and RIAL) policies and strategies for technical assistance on each IAP reports; accelerating the reduction of developing policies and project Member gender inequalities and the strategies to accelerate the country States generation of new reduction of gender receive periodic 23 Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) Hemispheric Programme on Women’s Organization of American States (OAS) Economic Security and Citizenship

Data Baseline Data Expected outputs Indicators Targets Collection Responsibility Data Sources Methods Ultimate Outcome opportunities for decent work inequalities and generate technical reports on for women new decent work assistance implementatio opportunities for women n of OAS - Number of labour To be At least Protocol of ministries that implement established 20% of San Salvador; or amend policies from a based on labour IACML gender perspective based review of ministries Working on suggested strategies to existing receiving Group reports reduce gender inequalities information technical and generate decent work assistance for women amend or create policies e. Community of practice - Platform established to 0 1 platform CoP website Literature OAS (CIM) established and lessons house the community of established review created on policies and practice (CoP) by project’s List of CoP strategies that facilitate the - Number of members in the 0 end members reduction of gender community of practice inequalities and the generation - Number of documents 0 At least 50 of new opportunities for decent developed and shared on members CoP website work for women the theme of rights-based by project’s and gender sensitive end approaches to policy- Reports of making to reduce gender A database virtual inequalities and generate is created dialogues new decent work on the CoP opportunities for women website - Number of virtual dialogues 0 that offers held on this theme diverse and updated resources on this theme

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Data Baseline Data Expected outputs Indicators Targets Collection Responsibility Data Sources Methods Ultimate Outcome year of project Immediate Outcome 5 Agenda for women’s rights and gender equality promoted in the “OAS Private Sector Forum” to foment equal opportunity and women’s competitiveness in the development of new business schemes and in employment in the countries of the Americas a. Most relevant themes - Number of themes 0 themes At least two Document Literature OAS (CIM) identified in the agenda of the identified in agenda of identified themes of identified review “OAS Private Sector Forum” to “OAS Private Sector identified in themes promote the elimination of Forum” to promote the agenda gender inequalities elimination of gender inequalities b. Internal consultation held with - Number of strategies 0 At least 3 Strategies Literature OAS (CIM and coordinators of the Forum to developed in consultation strategies document review DEDTT) define the agenda of options with Forum coordinators to developed for participation in coming promote a gender and by end of Forum forums and the possible women’s rights agenda at consultation agenda themes to address from the the Forum perspective of gender and - Number of panels and 0 At least one women’s rights dialogues approved by significant Forum coordinators to panel or feature the theme of dialogue is women’s equal featured at opportunities and the Forum competitiveness in the on this private sector theme each year of the project c. Concept paper developed on - Number of 0 At least 3 Concept Literature OAS (CIM) positioning gender inequalities recommendations made in recommend paper review and the agenda of women in concept paper for ations document priority themes and in the positioning gender agenda made for action of the private sector in at regional level meetings positioning Sources the Americas on the private sector and in the agenda listed in the actions of the private at the concept sector in the Americas regional paper - Number of representatives level and 3 25 Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) Hemispheric Programme on Women’s Organization of American States (OAS) Economic Security and Citizenship

Data Baseline Data Expected outputs Indicators Targets Collection Responsibility Data Sources Methods Ultimate Outcome from the private sector and 0 represen- for from DEDTT consulted for tatives positioning development of concept consulted the theme paper in domestic private sectors of the project countries

Representat ives from private sector in each project country consulted in development of paper along with coordinators from DEDTT d. Hemispheric conference held - Number of conference 0 Participants Conference Literature OAS (CIM) on equal opportunity and the participants from each list of review competitiveness of women in - Number of workshops held 0 project participants the development of new at the conference on country business schemes and in increasing the attend Conference employment in the countries of competitiveness of women conference agenda the Americas and promoting equal opportunities in the At least one development of new workshop business schemes and held employment

VI. Project budget per expected output Expected outputs Estimated costs CIM Donor Total Immediate Outcome 1 Gender equality driven at the Competitiveness Forum of the Americas, along with a greater understanding of the impact of gender inequalities on the economy and in the spheres of labour and the informal sector a. Position paper prepared that - Content expert to develop the position paper $72,000 $72,000 analyzes and identifies ($9,000/month x 8 months) specific strategies to raise - Translation, layout, printing and distribution of $11,250 $11,250 competitiveness and paper ($15/copy x 750 copies) productivity with consideration of gender inequalities b. Dialogue generated with OAS - Dialogue facilitator $18,000 $18,000 specialists and other experts ($9,000/month x 2 months) in this area - Dialogue for experts on gender, competitiveness and productivity (3 days for 20 participants and facilitator) . Travel ($25,200) and per diem ($25,200) $50,400 $50,400 of workshop facilitator and participants . Logistical costs $2,500 $2,500 c. One panel held each year in - Panel to include author of position paper, 4 the frame of the annual OAS panelists and 1 moderator forum on competitiveness . Travel ($7,200), and per diem ($1,800) of $9,000 $9,000 workshop facilitator and participants) . Logistical costs $500 $500 SUB-TOTAL IMMEDIATE OUTCOME 1: $163,650 $163,650 Immediate Outcome 2 Development of policies for micro, small and medium enterprises strengthened based on the consideration of gender factors that condition opportunities, competitiveness and the development potential of women in selected countries in the Americas a. Review conducted of policies - Content expert to conduct review $72,000 $72,000 ($9,000/month x 8 months) that support micro, small and medium enterprises - Translation, layout, printing and distribution of $11,250 $11,250 review (MiSMEs) in eight countries and how these policies ($15/copy x 750 copies) conceptualize gender inequalities and determinants of access and use of financial and non- financial services

Expected outputs Estimated costs CIM Donor Total b. Expert consultation held to - Expert consultation facilitator $18,000 $18,000 assess the impact of gender ($9,000/month x 2 months) determinants in the - Expert consultation workshop development of businesses (3 days for 15 participants and facilitator) and to prepare a proposal on . Travel ($19,200) and per diem ($19,200) of $38,400 $38,400 measures and strategies that workshop facilitator and participants public policies supporting . Logistical costs $2,500 $2,500 MiSMEs should take into account to enable women to develop their entrepreneurial potential in business development c. Hemispheric forum held on - Content expert to prepare the forum $27,000 $27,000 women and MiSMEs, with ($9,000/month x 3 months) government authorities - Logistical and administrative support to responsible for MiSMEs and organization of hemispheric forum $15,000 $15,000 women’s affairs, relevant ($5,000/month x 3 months) private sector entities and - 3 day hemispheric forum women’s groups working on (80 participants including facilitator) these issues . Travel ($96,000) and per diem ($96,000) of $192,000 $192,000 conference participants/facilitator . Logistical costs (interpretation, etc.) - Technology assistant to establish a virtual $15,000 $15,000 platform $24,000 $24,000 ($6,000/month x 4 months) - Information assistant to prepare virtual platform and moderate dialogues $144,000 $144,000 ($6,000/month x 24 months) d. Hemispheric contest held to - Content expert to develop website and call for $108,000 $108,000 identify and document the submissions, review submissions and compile most successful MiSME compendium of good practices initiatives that have ($9,000/month x 12 months) $6,000 $6,000 contributed to increasing - Technology assistant to establish website for women’s leadership, contest autonomy, empowerment ($6,000/month x 1 months) $11,250 $11,250 and leadership in the - Translation, layout, printing and distribution of economic sphere in the compendium of practices family and community ($15/copy x 750 copies)

Expected outputs Estimated costs CIM Donor Total e. Technical assistance provided - Expert to develop technical materials and $108,000 $108,000 to selected countries in the facilitate workshops region to enable them to ($9,000/month x 18 months) integrate the measures and - Translation, layout, printing and distribution of $18,750 $18,750 strategies identified by the technical materials group of experts and ($25/copy x 750 copies) hemispheric forum - One technical assistance workshop per project country (total of 8 workshops of 3 days each, 20 participants per workshop) . Travel ($9,600) and per diem ($9,600) of $19,200 $19,200 facilitator . Logistical costs ($4,500/workshop, including $36,000 $36,000 hospitality

SUB-TOTAL IMMEDIATE OUTCOME 2: $866,350 $866,350 Immediate Outcome 3 Policies developed for the comprehensive support and social protection of women involved in economic activities in the informal sector, from a rights and gender perspective in selected countries in the Americas a. Mapping of access of women - Content experts to conduct the mappings (1 per $144,000 $144,000 involved in productive country @ $9,000/month x 2 months) activities in the informal - Translation, layout, printing and distribution of $11,250 $11,250 sector to social protection mappings ($15/copy x 750 copies) services, that maps the policies and social protection services currently available in selected countries of the Americas in order to define policies that ensure access or permit creation if they do not exist b. Experts consultation held on - Expert consultation facilitator $18,000 $18,000 social protection policies for ($9,000/month x 2 months) women involved in economic - Expert consultation workshop activities in the informal (3 days for 15 participants and facilitator) sector from the rights-based . Travel ($19,200) and per diem ($19,200) of $38,400 $38,400 approach and gender workshop facilitator and participants perspective . Logistical costs $2,500 $2,500

Expected outputs Estimated costs CIM Donor Total c. Technical assistance - Expert to develop technical materials and $108,000 $108,000 provided to selected facilitate workshops countries of the region to ($9,000/month x 18 months) facilitate the integration of - Translation, layout, printing and distribution of $18,750 $18,750 measures and strategies technical materials identified by the experts ($25/copy x 750 copies) group and by the sub- - One technical assistance workshop per project regional conferences country (total of 8 workshops of 3 days each, 20 participants per workshop) . Travel ($9,600) and per diem ($9,600) of $19,200 $19,200 facilitator . Logistical costs ($4,500/workshop, including $36,000 $36,000 hospitality d. Community of practice - Technology assistant to establish a virtual $24,000 $24,000 established and lessons platform created on the theme of ($6,000/month x 4 months) policies and measures of - Information assistant to prepare virtual platform $144,000 $144,000 social protection for women and moderate dialogues in the informal sector ($6,000/month x 24 months) SUB-TOTAL IMMEDIATE OUTCOME 3: $564,100 $564,100 Immediate Outcome 4 Labour and competitiveness policies promoted and strengthened with a rights-based approach and gender perspective in selected countries of the Americas and in the frame of the Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labour (IACML) a. Assessment conducted of the - Content expert to conduct assessment $72,000 $72,000 impact of public policies with ($9,000/month x 8 months) a gender perspective in - Translation, layout, printing and distribution of $11,250 $11,250 reducing gender inequalities assessment ($15/copy x 750 copies) and generating new opportunities for women in the eight countries of the Americas b. Expert consultation held to - Expert consultation facilitator $18,000 $18,000 validate assessment results ($9,000/month x 2 months) - Expert consultation workshop and identify policies and strategies that make it (3 days for 15 participants and facilitator) . Travel ($19,200), and per diem ($19,200) $38,400 $38,400 possible to reduce gender inequalities and generate of workshop facilitator and participants . Logistical costs $2,500 $2,500 new opportunities for decent work for women

Expected outputs Estimated costs CIM Donor Total c. Dialogue held on policies for - Content expert to prepare and facilitate the four $108,000 $108,000 decent work at the sub- sub-regional dialogues regional level in order to ($9,000/month x 12 months) agree on an agenda and/or - Logistical and administrative support to $60,000 $60,000 plan with specific goals in organization of sub-regional dialogues this area, based on the ($5,000/month x 12 months) results of the study and - Four 3-day sub-regional dialogues results of the consultation of (20 participants and facilitator per dialogue) experts . Travel ($100,800) and per diem ($100,800) $201,600 $201,600 of conference participants and facilitator . Logistical costs $2,500/workshop $10,000 $10,000 d. Technical assistance - Expert to develop technical materials and $108,000 $108,000 provided for selected facilitate workshops countries in policies and ($9,000/month x 18 months) strategies for accelerating - Translation, layout, printing and distribution of $18,750 $18,750 the reduction of gender technical materials inequalities and the ($25/copy x 750 copies) generation of new - One technical assistance workshop per project opportunities for decent country (total of 8 workshops of 3 days each, 20 work for women participants per workshop) . Travel ($9,600) and per diem ($9,600) of $19,200 $19,200 facilitator . Logistical costs ($4,500/workshop, including $36,000 $36,000 hospitality) e. Community of practice - Technology assistant to establish a virtual $24,000 $24,000 established and lessons platform created on policies and ($6,000/month x 4 months) strategies that facilitate the - Information assistant to prepare virtual platform $144,000 $144,000 reduction of gender and moderate dialogues inequalities and the ($6,000/month x 24 months) generation of new opportunities for decent work for women SUB-TOTAL IMMEDIATE OUTCOME 4: $871,700 $871,700 Immediate Outcome 5 Agenda for women’s rights and gender equality promoted in the “OAS Private Sector Forum” to foment equal opportunity and women’s competitiveness in the development of new business schemes and in employment in the countries of the Americas a. Most relevant themes - Content expert to identify themes and strategies $9,000 $9,000 identified in the agenda of ($9,000/month x 1 month) the “OAS Private Sector Forum” to promote the 31 Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) Hemispheric Programme on Women’s Organization of American States (OAS) Economic Security and Citizenship

Expected outputs Estimated costs CIM Donor Total elimination of gender inequalities b. Internal consultation held - Facilitator of consultation $9,000 $9,000 with coordinators of the ($9,000/month x 1 month) Forum to define the agenda - Internal consultation meeting of options for participation in (1 day for 5 participants and facilitator) $1,800 $1,800 coming forums and the . Travel ($1,200) and per diem ($600) of possible themes to address consultation facilitator from the perspective of . Logistical costs $250 $250 gender and women’s rights c. Concept paper developed on - Content expert to develop concept paper $72,000 $72,000 positioning gender ($9,000/month x 8 months) inequalities and the agenda - Translation, layout, printing and distribution of $11,250 $11,250 of women in priority themes concept paper and in the action of the ($15/copy x 750 copies) private sector in the Americas

d. Hemispheric conference held - Content expert to prepare the conference $27,000 $27,000 on equal opportunity and the ($9,000/month x 3 months) competitiveness of women in - Logistical and administrative support to $15,000 $15,000 the development of new organization of hemispheric conference business schemes and in ($5,000/month x 3 months) employment in the countries - 3 day hemispheric conference of the Americas (80 participants including facilitator) . Travel ($96,000) and per diem ($96,000) of $192,000 $192,000 conference participants/facilitator . Logistical costs (interpretation, etc.) $15,000 $15,000 SUB-TOTAL IMMEDIATE OUTCOME 5: $352,300 $352,300 SUB-TOTAL HEMISPHERIC PROGRAMME: $2,818,100 $2,818,100 Immediate Cost Recovery (11%): $309,991 $309,991 GRAND TOTAL: $3,128,091 $3,128,091

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VII. PROJECT PARTNERS

CIM works in constant coordination and articulation with a number of partners that are conducting similar and complementary work on the same issues. In particular, through the implementation of its programmes and projects, CIM seeks to strengthen its alliances with: i) other relevant Secretariats, Departments or other organs of the OAS; ii) other international cooperation agencies active in the area of citizen security from a gender perspective in the region, in particular UN Women, DCAF and the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security; iii) relevant government ministries or offices; iv) women’s organizations and networks active in the region; and v) relevant academic and research centres.

This particular programme will be implemented in collaboration with:

. Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI/OAS) The Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI) supports member states in their efforts to reduce poverty and social inequality. SEDI’s work is guided by the priorities and areas for action that the member states have established in the Strategic Plan for Partnership for Integral Development.

. Inter-American Conference of the Ministries of Labor (IACML/OAS) The Inter-American Conference of the Ministries of Labor (IACML) is the oldest sectoral conference of the OAS. Since 1963 the Ministries of Labor of the hemisphere gather periodically in this Conference, which is considered as the main forum in the Hemisphere for discussion and decision- making regarding policy priorities and actions on labor issues. The IACML guarantees the participation of workers and employers through its two advisory bodies: the Trade Union Technical Advisory Council (COSATE) and the Business Technical Advisory Committee on Labor Matters (CEATAL). The IACML has created two Working Groups to deepen the analysis of the Conference's priority themes, to spread information and pertinent studies, and to follow up hemispheric initiatives: Working Group 1:Sustainable Development with Decent Work for a new era of Social Justice; and Working Group 2: Strengthen Ministries of Labor to Promote Decent Work and Social Inclusion.

. Department of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism (DEDTT/OAS) The Department of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism (DEDTT) of the OAS promotes economic development in the Member States through programs and projects, which are designed to enhance the productivity and competitiveness of economic actors so they can participate better in domestic and international markets. The focus is especially on micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), given their role and contribution in fostering job creation, poverty reduction and prosperity with social inclusion.

. Department of Social Development and Employment (DSDE/OAS) The Department of Social Development and Employment (DSDE) supports Member States in their efforts to reduce poverty and inequities and achieve greater levels of development. This is achieved through strengthening human and institutional capacities, supporting governmental policy-making, developing mechanisms of participation, promoting forums for dialogue and the integration of

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intersectoral policies, creating technical and collaborative hemispheric mechanisms for cooperation, information exchange, and knowledge sharing.

. Inter-American Network for Labor Administration (RIAL/OAS) The Inter-American Network for Labor Administration (RIAL) is a mechanism for cooperation among the Ministries of Labor of the Americas that seeks to build their human and institutional capacities. It was established by the Ministries themselves following the XIV Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (IACML) of the OAS in Mexico 2005.The RIAL was created to address the heavy pressures bearing on the Ministries of Labor as a result of the economic and social transformations of globalization, especially the demands for gains in productivity and efficiency. It is based on an understanding that horizontal cooperation and technical assistance play key parts in building Ministry of Labor institutional capacities.

. Inter-American Competitiveness Network (RIAC/OAS) The Inter-American Competitiveness Network was launched on September 29, 2009, on the occasion of the III Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF) held in Santiago, Chile. This initiative is in line with the OAS Strategic Plan for Partnership for Integral Development that calls for the promotion of “…cooperation to support activities that enhance the competitiveness of Member States, particularly those with smaller economies, including a multilateral policy dialogue on the issue of competitiveness and the promotion of public-private partnerships.” The Network is a high- level mechanism to foster dialogue, cooperation, the exchange of experiences and best practices, and the adoption of joint initiatives to strengthen and promote competitiveness in the Americas. The Network is also intended to support the follow up and preparatory process of the ACF.

. Inter-American Development Bank The IADB supports efforts by Latin America and the Caribbean countries to reduce poverty and inequality and aims to bring about development in a sustainable, climate-friendly way. Established in 1959, the IADB is the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean, with a strong commitment to achieve measurable results, increased integrity, transparency and accountability. The Bank has an evolving reform agenda that seeks to increase development impact in the region. While the IADB is a regular bank in many ways, it is also unique in some key respects. Besides loans, is also provides grants, technical assistance and does research. The Bank’s shareholders are 48 member countries, including 26 Latin American and Caribbean borrowing members, who have a majority ownership of the IDB.

. International Labour Organization The ILO is the international organization responsible for drawing up and overseeing international labour standards. It is the only 'tripartite' United Nations agency that brings together representatives of governments, employers and workers to jointly shape policies and programmes promoting Decent Work for all. This unique arrangement gives the ILO an edge in incorporating 'real world' knowledge about employment and work.

. National women’s mechanisms National women’s mechanisms are national governmental bodies and institutions that are mandated to promote gender equality, women’s empowerment and gender mainstreaming

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throughout State institutions and society. These mechanisms work to address issues that affect women and their abilities to exercise their human rights, and collaborate with civil society to promote the adoption, incorporation, and realization of international and regional women’s rights agreements such as CEDAW, the Beijing Platform for Action, and the Belém do Pará Convention.

. UN Women In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. The main roles of UN Women are: i) To support inter-governmental bodies, such as the Commission on the Status of Women, in their formulation of policies, global standards and norms; ii) To help Member States to implement these standards, standing ready to provide suitable technical and financial support to those countries that request it, and to forge effective partnerships with civil society; iii) To hold the UN system accountable for its own commitments on gender equality, including regular monitoring of system-wide progress.

VIII. STRATEGIES FOR EXECUTION

Both in terms of concept and methodology, the programme’s focus is on the full exercise of human rights, gender equality and building substantive citizenship - narrowing in on the specific rights that women enjoy under the broad framework provided by CEDAW and OAS and ILO Conventions, among other agreements.

This approach will also take into account the inter-relationships between gender, class, ethnicity, age, geographic location and other relevant factors that influence women’s abilities to exercise their rights and potentially serve as obstacles to women’s economic security and equal citizenship.

This programme will be carried out in three distinct phases: i) Research - The first phase will be mainly research-based in order to gather information that is necessary to orient capacity-building, policy dialogue and other activities. This phase will include diagnostic studies, situation analyses, consultations, and the establishment of strategic alliances both within and outside the OAS, all with a view to maximizing the effectiveness of programme implementation. This preparatory phase will also identify the countries that are in the midst of introducing reforms and/or institutional strengthening. These countries will be regarded as the priorities for programme implementation. ii) Policy dialogue and advocacy – This second phase will focus on both the validation of the results from the research phase with a diverse and representative audience (government, civil society, academia, etc.), and the identification of concrete public policy measures that will contribute to closing gaps in the exercise of women’s rights. Policy dialogues will be conducted through in-person conferences, periodic virtual debates and the establishment of permanent online communities of interested stakeholders.

35 Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) Hemispheric Program on Women’s Substantive Organization of American States (OAS) Citizenship for Democracy and Governability iii) Capacity-Development – On the basis of the research conducted and the results of the policy dialogue processes, capacity-development activities will be conducted with specific relevant stakeholders in order to ensure that sufficient capacity exists among those responsible for closing the gaps in the full exercise of women’s rights.

IX. MONITORING AND EVALUATION

CIM will be responsible for monitoring and evaluating the implementation of this programme, with a specific focus on medium and longer-term outcomes, as opposed to immediate results or products.

During the first four months of the programme, a monitoring and evaluation plan will be developed based on the preceding performance measurement framework. The implementation of the programme will feature annual reviews, which will include the internal activities within the OAS and those conducted in the participating countries.

As a three-year programme, a mid-term evaluation will be conducted at the end of the second year, in conjunction with the key actors involved in the programme’s execution. The mid-term evaluation will examine the following specific aspects of programme implementation: i) the progress made towards achieving the expected outputs and outcomes, as well as the problems and limitations encountered; ii) the efficacy of the execution strategy and whether corrections are needed; and iii) the lessons learned from execution of the program as of the time of the evaluation.