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| Fast
Facts: |
| • Project
Document |
| Location: |
National
Project |
| Duration: |
September
2005 - 30th April 2008 |
| Focus
area: |
Democratic
Governance |
| Donors: |
The Netherlands Embassy,
Denmark |
| Total
budget: |
US$
1.5 million |
| Partners: |
•
The Ministry of Parliamentary
Affairs
• The Ministry
of Gender, Social Welfare and
Religious Affairs
•
The Special Committee for Gender,
Social Welfare and Religious Affairs.
• Federal Ministry of Gender
and Child Welfare
•
Civil Society Organization |
| Delivery
for 2007:
|
US$
571,000 |
| Contact
person in UNDP: |
Shyam
Bhurtel, Head of Governance Unit
shyam.bhurtel@undp.org |
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Background
The Comprehensive Peace Agreement
(CPA) stipulates 25% representation
by women at all levels. This has provided
women with the opportunity to assume
leadership and decision making roles
in the Government of Southern Sudan.
UNDP’s Good Governance and
Equity in Political Participation
(GGEPP) project seeks to facilitate
the participation of women leaders
(potential and actual) by providing
them with the necessary skills and
knowledge, to enable them to effectively
participate in decision-making processes
in politics, development and public
affairs. GGEPP has been working with
the Special Committee for Gender in
the Southern Legislative Assembly,
the Ministry for Gender, Social Welfare
and Religious Affairs and the Ministry
for Parliamentary Affairs, in order
to realize this goal.
The programme has also worked closely
with other UNDP Governance programmes,
such as the Support to the States
Programme and the Local Government
Programme, to develop the capacity
of the 10 State Assemblies. It has
developed a framework for the empowerment
of women at the local government level,
in order to achieve the 25% target
for representation by women at all
levels of government. It will therefore
be imperative to build the capacity
of women and promote partnerships
between women and men as a means of
achieving political reform.
Objectives
The aim of the project is to engage
with those within political structures
and civil society institutions as part
of the wider effort to contribute to
good governance and increase the political
participation of Sudanese women.
Specific Objectives:
• To increase women’s
representation in political structures
and within the Sudan People’s
Liberation Movement Secretariats and
Commissions;
• To elevate gender issues on
the national agenda;
• To increase women’s
representation in Parliament; and
• To increase the number of
women voting in elections.
Snapshots of the project's major achievements
• Conducted training needs assessment
for women leaders in March 2006 and
developed training materials in December
2006.
• In collaboration with the Support
to the States Programme and in partnership
with the Specialised Committee for Gender,
Social Welfare and Religious Affairs,
supported study visits for 38 MPs for
the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly
and the State Assemblies to Kenya, South
Africa, Rwanda and Uganda, in July,
October, November and December 2006
respectively.
• In collaboration with the Support
to the States Programme and in partnership
with the Ministry for Parliamentary
Affairs, organised and coordinated capacity
development training for MPs in the
10 states of Southern Sudan.
• Financially supported a state
tour by the Specialised Committee for
Gender, Social Welfare and Religious
Affairs to enhance communication between
the Legislator and their Constituency
in October 2006.
• Provided technical, material
and financial support for the 8th March,
International Women’s Day celebration
in the 10 states.
• Supported the establishment
of two Civil Society Network forums
in Malakal and Wau, in March and April,
2006.
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