COUNTRY REPORT
Seminar on Gender Mainstreaming Policies for Government
Officers JFY 2010

K. BERENICE GONZALEZ MATU
QUINTANA ROO WOMENS INSTITUTEOBSERVATORY OF SOCIAL AND GENDER VIOLENCE

Population: 107 Million
Integrated por 31 estados y un distrito federal
Form Of Government: Federal Republic
Location: Bordered on the north by the United States of America (USA),with the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, southeast, and Belize andGuatemala to the west by the Pacific Ocean.

TEOTIHUACANTULUM

CULTURA MAYA
Chichen Itza
TULUM

Seminar on Gender Mainstreaming Policies for Government Officers JFY 2010

Mexico is famous by …

Seminar on Gender Mainstreaming Policies for Government Officers JFY 2010

Jobs descriptions
 Responsible for coordination and execution of Observatory Socialand Gender Violence in the following items: minutes of installationof the Observatory of Social and Gender Violence Riviera Maya,
conformation of the advisory board and technical equipment for
operation of the OV.
 Drafting of project reports,
 Participation in organizing and gathering information for theconstruction of social indicators and gender violence and humandevelopment, Presentation of papers at forums, seminars and workshops
 Administrative functions
 Reunion representatives of public and private stakeholders
 Organization and logistics of seminars and workshops

Seminar on Gender Mainstreaming Policies for Government Officers JFY 2010

Major policies on promotion of gender equality
The work on inclusion of gender perspectives in the country, tookgreater force after the results presented to CEDAW on the case ofMexico, international organizations and national through various
programs provide financing to public institutions and civil society,presenting evidence methodological proposals and mechanisms,denounce, characterize, treat and combat gender violence.

Programas estancias infantiles
para apoyar a madres trabajadoras
Para la creación y fortalecimiento
de los Observatorios de Violencia
Social y de Genero.

EQUIDAD DE GENERO

Fortalecimiento de laEquidad de Género

Seminar on Gender Mainstreaming Policies for Government Officers JFY 2010

The Major policies on promotion of gender equality in your country1)

the creation of the National Women's Institute (INMUJERES), a decentralized
agency of the Ministry of Interior and is responsible for responding to thecommitments made by Mexico in international forums and also dedicated tosupporting policies of gender equality in Mexico.

2)

State bodies of attention to women for example Quintana Roo Women's
Institute the resources these agencies work with state budgets and makedecisions from the politics of the state government. Promote the mainstreamingof gender perspective in all three branches of government, municipalities, public
policies, plans and programs, strategies, operations and organizational
structure of all institutions of state government as well as educational
institutions, private agencies and civil society.

3)

The Introduction of observatories on social and gender violence, which
generally aim to design, build and maintain integrated systems of data
disaggregated by sex, violence, gender and poverty. These spaces seek visible
and deeper understanding of both issues, thereby helping to generate useful
inputs for decision making and the design and implementation of public policies
in both areas.

Seminar on Gender Mainstreaming Policies for Government Officers JFY 2010

Three major challenges/obstacles in mainstreaming genderin your country
1. The lack of a conceptual framework on gender perspectiveinPublic
institutions
andlocalorganizations.
2. Absence of plans for the data collection and organization of
the information about the gender violence that is generated inthevarious
publicinstitutions,Nongovernmental
Organizations, and civil partnerships that allow the company
focused on the treatment and prevention of gender violence
and mainstreaming gender in public policies.
3. The Cultural customs

Seminar on Gender Mainstreaming Policies for Government Officers JFY 2010

Ojectives of your participating in the seminar:
Useful knowledge and skills gained through the thisseminar to address the challenge mentioned:Experience and learning for the design and implementation of aprogram of coordination between civil associations, NGOs andgovernment institutions that serve as a platform in the decisionmaking processes and design of strategic initiatives designed topromote and generate focused on empowering women in ruraland urban areas of the state of Quintana Roo.
The topics that generate more expectations to achieve this objective
are: Outline of gender mainstreaming policies, Gender
Mainstreaming in Education and, also CEDAW and Gender Issues inJapan.

Seminar on Gender Mainstreaming Policies for Government Officers JFY 2010

Useful Knowledge and skills gained through the this seminarto address the challenge mentioned
1. The approach of the issues identified in the institution of my country.
1.1 The importance of classification and definition of Strategic Gender
Needs and Practical Gender Needs. In this case, the lack of liaison andcoordination between government institutions, NGOs and civil associations
working to promote and generate focused on empowering women indifferent fields.
2. The Identification of theoretical and methodological tools to apply to thegender issues in the institution of my country.
2.1 Taking into account the conclusions of the CEDAW Committee on theelimination of discrimination against women for my country.
2.2 The example of activities and programs carried out by the municipal
center and gender equality.
2.3 Promotion of gender mainstreaming policies.
3. The identification of new lines of work to contribute in advancing theempowerment of women in my country.
3.1 The case of gender statistics for quantitative analysis of gender
3.2 The inclusion of indicators on gender mainstreaming in health, laborand welfare administration.

Seminar on Gender Mainstreaming Policies for Government Officers JFY 2010
ACTION PLAN ON MAINSTREAMING GENDER IN YOUR COUNTRYOBJECTIVES

Increasing the level of coordination between the NonGovernmental Organizations, Civil Societies and Institutions ofGovernment for the advancement of the empowerment ofwomen in rural and urban areas.
TITLE

Program of coordination with civil association (A.C) Non
Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Government
Institutions to advance empowerment of women in rural andurban areas.
SITE

State of Quintana Roo, Mexico
Quintana Roo Women’s Institute
DURATION

2011-2012

4. IMPLEMENTING BODIES
Program of coordination with civil associations (AC), Non
Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and government
institutions to advance empowerment of women in rural andurban areas.

ORGANIZATION

ResponsIble

GENDER POLICY EXPERT

Linking with NGOs,
ACs and Government

Projects andprograms

Gender Statistics

Disclosure

Statistics Experts

Web siteFunding

WORK AGENDA

Follows – Up Calls

NGOs, CAs andGovernment

Advice on formulation

Data Analyst

Printed Publications

proposals

In Rural Areas

Forums, Seminars,

NGOs, CAs andGovernment
In Urban AreasWorkshops

Seminar on Gender Mainstreaming Policies for Government Officers JFY 2010

TARGET GROUP
Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
Civil Association (A.C)
Government Institutions

GovernmentInstitutions

IQM
Quintana RooWomen InstituteEM
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Seminar on Gender Mainstreaming Policies for Government Officers JFY 2010

ACTIVITIESTraining programs on gender mainstreaming for heads ofnongovernmental organizations (NGOs) Associations (AC) andInstitutions of Government and specifically on the different
processes of empowerment of women in rural and urban areas.
Outreach Activities: Website, Brochures, Chats andperformance information, publications of the project results.
Participation in decision-making processes, forums, publichearings, planning programs and strategies focused,participation in preparation of reports and reports on thestatus and needs of women in rural and urban areas.
Gender statistics as a tool for monitoring and evaluation ofliaison and coordination. As for the identification of genderneeds.

Seminar on Gender Mainstreaming Policies for Government Officers JFY 2010

OUTPUTS
1. Increase the level of impact on local public policies with gender
perspective through more present in the consensus-making
programs, initiatives and policy decisions.

2.Exchange of information between the different member institutions
to learn about the strengths and weaknesses that exist in each intheir processes to achieve the empowerment of women
3. A database of qualitative and quantitative information that will
help me to design better policy proposals and a system of gender
statistics and their use for the design of programs, projects thatreflect real needs of women living in rural and urban areas.

4. Greater impact on participation in the monitoring reports toCEDAW and other international fora that address the progress of theempowerment of women in different fields.

Seminar on Gender Mainstreaming Policies for Government Officers JFY 2010

Thank You!!!
Antrop. K.Berenice Gonzalez MatúObservatory of Social and Gender Violence Riviera Maya
Quintana Roo Women's Institute