such expertise within existing ranks and external recruitment will take time. The aim is to improve this internal and external gender capacity over time and to source capacity externally while capacity in the region, and in AusAID, grows. Management burden and costs: There is a risk of adding to the management burden of AusAID staff, compromising the quality of management and activity monitoring in the short and medium term. It will therefore be crucial that the management of the program is adequately resourced, both in Canberra/Suva and at all other participating Posts. Lack of ownership by Pacific and Pacific countries: The Pacific Leadership Program has demonstrated the critical importance of local ownership of initiatives. There is a risk that if the program is seen as an Australian led program only, there will be a backlash from both men and women in the Pacific. It will be critical to build local ownership at both the political level and the community level to avoid this risk, as the program begins to pilot interventions. The Delivery Strategy has developed a number of approaches to assist in mitigating these risks. These include: A strong policy engagement component within the Initiative, including through the PIF and the bilateral Partnerships for Development, to encourage Governments to articulate and pursue national policy actions that promote gender equality within countries which the Initiative is able to support; The formation of a high level Pacific Advisory Board for the Initiative that will include eminent Pacific women and men in order to assist in advocating for gender equality across the region, and to advise the PGEI on appropriate strategies, entry points and activities; The adoption of a 10 year duration for the Initiative, and within that an iterative, rolling design process that invests in research and evaluation to ensure activities are appropriate to context, and that only activities that have a solid evidence base of effectiveness are supported to expand to scale; An overt focus on building the capacity of Pacific organisations – government and civil society – to both better advocate for effective policies and services, but also to deliver programs; The adoption of multiple delivery modalities based on assessment of capacity and performance at country level to deliver, and further the overt targeting of the Initiative resources to areas where there is commitment and capacity to deliver change; The establishment of the Gender Equality Hub will provide a dedicated and high quality resource to support country level planning and implementation of activities.
Voice for Change JIWAKA Kup Women for Peace Chimbu Rights Network Chimbu LLG Councillor Chimbu - Gembogl Bridges Chimbu Kainantu LLG Eastern Highlands Gipaheka Women’s Ass Eastern Highlands in Agriculture Eastern Highlands CSO-PNGEC coordinator Eastern Highlands CARE International Goroka - EHP International Goroka - EHP Fresh Produce Dev. Agency Goroka - EHP Coffee Industry Corporation Goroka - EHP International Women’s Development Agency Kundiawa Media Development Initiative Content Advisor Design Mission Country visit - Solomon Islands - 18-22 June 2012 Organisation Ministry of Development, Planning and Aid Coordination Family Support Centre Solomon Islands Leadership Solomon’s – Pasifiki Services Solomon Islands National Council of Women Church of Melanesia Inclusive Community Program Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) National Young Women’s Parliament Group Honiara City Council TRIPOD governance Isabel Province Voice Blong Mere Ministry of Youth, Children and Family Affairs Solomon Islands Women in Business Association World Vision
Annex 4: Indicators for success The Initiative will build local capacity to collect this data wherever possible. In some instances, the program will rely on development partners to collect data. There will be a mix of quantitative and qualitative data collected. The Gender Equality Hub will provide a coordination point for collection as well as technical support End of Strategy Development Objective Anticipated Intermediate Outcomes Outcome Indicators Performance Targets against baselines (where relevant and known) Data Sources and Means of Verification Pacific Island Communities support women to have increased knowledge, skills and opportunities to enable them to participate in political, economic and social life Enhanced knowledge and evidence to inform policy and practice Joint programming on gender equality with partners, based on evidence of what works Good quality partnerships to improve equality in the region Partnerships for Development include clear outcomes for women and girls and positive changes to gender relations Existence of MOUs with all development partners to support improvements in gender equality Partnerships for Development MOUs Existence of good quality baselines to measure Research and evaluation plan developed in the two years, informed by pilots Research plan developed by Pacific Gender Equality Hub
changes over time e.g. access to formal credit, by sex and size of loan, extensive financial diaries for the poor, etc. Range of knowledge products that can support gender equality changes at regional, national and local levels Number of and use of knowledge products Pacific Gender Equality Hub Strengthened women’s groups and advocacy coalitions for change Vibrant, effective community coalitions have improved women’s empowerment and met women’s service needs All countries have at least one coalition for change representing women’s interests at provincial and local level. At 15 social accountability mechanisms in place All country governments have Pacific Gender Equality Hub to collect UNDP Govt machinery of Women Ministries of Finance and Planning
At least 30% of the population of each country has heard of the campaign 5% of these acknowledge attitude changes Pacific Hub for Gender Equality Improved women’s decision making and leadership opportunities More representative democracies Women’s right to hold positions of leadership respected Improved decision making of parliaments to meet the of citizens Percentage of held by women in national parliaments - target 30% of seats Percentage of women holding Ministerial/Cabinet posts in Government (20%) Percentage of seats held by women in provincial and local level governments – target 30% UNDP statistics UNDP statistics UNDP statistics More representative public services Women’s right to hold Percentage of at CEO and/or senior management level in: public service; SOEs – 50% Women’s Machinery of Government statistics SPC takes
positions of leadership respected Improved decision making of governments to meet the of citizens Completion of 15 gender stock takes which will develop baseline for gender mainstreaming in Government 13 countries which have ratified CEDAW report regularly and accurately and remaining 2 countries ratify. CEDAW committee Regional bodies demonstrate and respect women’s contribution to decision making Percentage of in senior management posts in regional organizations - CROP (currently out of nine organizations and 15 senior management posts only three posts are held by women – target 50%) Forum compact reporting against CROP agencies Centre for Gender Equality annual report to the Forum
gender commitments Increased economic opportunities for women Increased access to, control over and use of productive resources by women Proportion of businesses owned solely and jointly by women Proportion of business licenses issued by year and by sex (male, female, jointly female/male) Proportion of male, female and jointly owned businesses receiving financial, training and other business support services Share of women in wage employment in the sector 60% of and men have access to financial Pacific island’s Private Sector Organisation and Forum Secretariat Ministries of Commerce and Industry Ministries of Commerce and Industry Ministries of Commerce and Industry UNDP/UNCDF
services across the region 60% of women have their own mobile phones Household relations change to enable women’s equal participation in ‘productive’ work and men’s share of unpaid family labour becomes equal increased decision making and control over household and community assets National Statistics Offices Pacific Hub for Gender Equality Policy and regulatory environment improves to enable women’s fair, safe employment Equal employment opportunity laws enacted and enforced Introduction of sexual harassment policies in all countries ILO ILO More productive, safer and healthy produce markets Proportion of and men receiving inputs and services (extension, skills, training, technology, UNWomen UNWomen
women and expanded support services to live safer lives legislation that addresses violence against women, inheritance laws (land and property), marital property rights in case of divorce etc. 50% of reported cases to the police are recorded and investigated Annual increase in disposal rate for cases involving physical or sexual assaults of women and girls Ministries of Police Ministries of Police Ability for women to access good quality support services and rebuild their lives Every country has a referral network and for larger countries level networks are established and operating effectively 20% of total population of women and girls UNFPA Ministries of Women
with access to shelters and counselling services if required Community attitudes change to enable women and girls freedom from violence 30% of participants in attitudinal change training and advocacy awareness initiatives are men 30% of the population are male gender equality advocates and involved in coalitions in communities across the Pacific Pacific Hub for Gender Equality Pacific Hub for Gender Equality Improved gender outcomes in health and education services Women have the skills to live fulfilling and productive lives At least 60% of AusAID funded scholarships go to women in all countries % increase in enrolment rates for women and girls at all levels of education % increase in completion rates AusAID Government ministries Tertiary institutions Government ministries
to employment readiness Women can control their own fertility % increase in women’s safe access to contraception and information to address women’s unmet contraceptive needs Increased number of women and men, boys and girls accessing family planning education and information % increase in funds for family planning Government ministries AusAID AusAID Women can have healthy babies safely % increase of births attended by a skilled attendant Increased number of skilled birth attendants % increase of women able to access antenatal Government ministries Government ministries Government ministries