areas at country plan and regional levels. Analysis of the Pacific Women contribution to changes in the Pacific as reflected in the program objectives DFAT country programs, including gender points and drawing on corporate quality reporting processes eg QAI and APPRs. Country stakeholder reflection workshops Pacific advisory board CROP Gender Working Group Development Leadership Program (DLP) research/analysis on the impact of specific strategies on influencing change in gender inequalities, e.g. working politically and with coalitions Other research and other relevant documents. DFAT performance assessment Pacific Women Support Unit DFAT staff Internal assessment – annually External assessment – at the end of and six years as part of independent program reviews. Support Unit/Service provider Performance Assessment Pacific Women Task Force Pacific Women Support Unit Annual Program reviews Pacific Support Unit Pacific Women advisory board CROP Gender Working Group DFAT country programs Independent assessment At 3 years and 6 years program implementation
Annex Two: Baseline data Quantitative baseline data for each Pacific Island country (2013) Cook Is Fed States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Is Nauru Niue Palau PNG Samoa Solomon Is Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Data sources SPC, NMDI MDG NMDISPC & MDG MDG NMDI MDG NMDI SPC&MDG NMDI MDG NMDI MDG NMDI MDG NMDI SPC ,MDG NMDI MDG NMDI SPC & MDG*1 NMDI SPC ,MDG NMDI MDG NMDI MDG NMDI Poverty 1. Basic needs poverty 28.4 31.4 35.2 21.8 52.7 25.1 13 24.9 28 26.9 22.7 22.5 26.3 13 2. Poverty Gap ratio 8.5 9.3 9.9 7.2 6.6 9 8.2 7.5 7.7 6.2 5.6 3. Poorest Quintile 9 8.5 5.4 7.8 3.3 6.4 6.6 10.2 4.5 9.3 6.7 10 8.1 7.4 Health 4. Govt Expenditure on Health % 10.6 20.6 9.2 16.6 20.1 10.5 7.6 16.7 8.5 17.9 12.7 12.8 8.4 13.6 5. Maternal Mortality per 100,000 0 162 22.6 215 105 84? 0 0 711 46 100 37.1 0 86 6. Birth attendance skilled % 100 90 99.7 79.8 98.3 97.4 100 100 40 80.8 85.5 99 97.9 74
26. Own Account Family Workers 7.8 27.7 15.7 26.7 5.9 14 8.3 4.2 19.2 15 27. Women in Non agriculture Sector 55 14.4 29.6 47.4 35.9 37.6 46 39.6 32.1 40% 30.8 39.2 36 38.9 28. No Seats in Parliament held by women 1 of 24 4.2% 0 of 14 No 4 of 46 1 of 33 3% 0 of 18 3 of 20 15% 2 of 29 6.9% 3 of 109 2.7 2 of 49 4% 1 of 50 2% 1 of 33 3.1% 0 of 15 0 of 52 29. Seats in prov/local government 5 No 9.1% ? 5 prov parl 30. Women in Public sector senior management Domestic Violence 31. Experienced Domestic V 22 No data No data 68 36 No Data No Data No Data 65 65 64 65 45 60 32. Exp Physical violence No data No data No data 60 Study being done No Data No Data No Data 66 1994 38 46 No Data No data 51 33. Exp Sexual violence No data No data No data 46 being done No Data No Data No Data 50 1994 20 55 No Data No data 44
34. Attitudes to Violence against No data No data No data 76 55.9 No data No data No data 61 73 70 60 35. Legislation Criminalisation of DV No No/yes? 2009 Yes No Yes No No No Yes No No Yes 36. National policy on VAW Yes 37. DV Services No data No data Yes No No No data No data Unknown 10 FSC &Safe spaces Yes counselling 1 refuge 1counselling Yes No data Yes Nat Women’s Machinery 38. CEDAW signatory and reports Initial report 2006 No report Initial 2002 No Report No Report Initial 2011 ? Not Signatory Initial 1995 2nd ,3rd reports 2005 Initial 2002 Not Signatory Yes 2nd ,3rd reports 2007 39. Gender Mainstreamed No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No 40. Nat Gender Policy No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes, not actioned No No 41. Sex Disaggregated Data No 4 Yes No some No No ?? No No 42. Govt Expenditure on 0 0.1 0.1 2 1
and the International Women’s Development Agency) Share research through: financial research report, briefings, discussion papers, academic papers, case studies and practitioner guidance material to support dissemination of findings at community level. Research on impacts of seasonal migrant worker scheme on women and men Investigate the social and economic impacts of the seasonal migrant worker scheme on women and men in households in Tonga Develop recommendations for measures to protect or enhance benefits of the scheme for and men Evidence on the social and economic impacts of the scheme on women to inform the program and enhance protections and benefits for women Improved gender responsive seasonal migration programs Three years from 2014 $550,000 Funding to government for key women's and violence against women events (Division of Women’s Affairs) Continuation of annual tranche to government to fund Division of Women’s Affairs media and events for International Women’s Day, White Ribbon Day etc. Maintenance of national profile for women’s issues and the elimination of violence against women (EVAW) Three years from 2014 $48,000 Capacity assessment and support to women's organisations Design for package of capacity development for identified organisations that are supporting women in small and medium enterprises. Provision of capacity development sessions, individualised follow up and mentoring, which may include support for development of business strategies and marketing strategies. Strengthened organisational and technical capacity of leading women’s organisations in Tonga Increased knowledge of capacity and challenges of supporting women in small and medium enterprise to inform Phase II Three years from 2014 $74,500 Integrated package to respond to violence against women (Tonga Women and Children Crisis Centre and Tonga National Centre for Women and Children) Provide core funding to two existing violence against (VAW) service providers. Resource a consultation for a costed implementation and dissemination plan for the Family Protection Act. Fund dissemination plan, including Tongan language version of the Act, and a series of community conversations on what men and women perceive to be the root cause of violence against women. Facilitate a process to produce a set of minimum standards and referral pathways for survivors of violence. This includes consultations with women, including women with disabilities, rural women on Tongatapu, young women and women on at least one outer island. Increased quality and coverage of services for survivors of violence Strengthened multi-sectoral action for the prevention and response to VAW Increased community awareness of VAW as a and of services available Stronger collaboration between service providers Three years from 2014 $1,446,000
Gender Advisor to strengthen design and M&E of programs Engage a gender specialist to strengthen DFAT’s gender focus of sector wide programs. Priority programs include: Curriculum development under the Tonga Education Support Program, Tonga Health Systems Support Program; Tonga TVET Program; and UNDP Tonga Governance Strengthening Program. Provide capacity building in gender analysis, gender mainstreaming and use of gender responsive data for sectoral program managers and Government of counterparts. Improved outcomes for women in sectoral programs Increased counterpart capacity to analyse and use sex-disaggregated or gender-specific data for programming Generation of evidence on voting and leadership prerogatives. Three years from 2014 $292,080 Effective management and monitoring and evaluation of the country plan Gender Advisor will provide advice and technical support to the formation of a M&E framework for the Country Plan. High quality and quantity of M&E data from Pacific funding. Three years from 2014 $233,029 Vanuatu Support the introduction of reserved seats for women at Provincial Council level Develop alternative approaches to boost women’s participation in politics. Provide technical assistance through a Gender Advisor on best practice methods of increasing women’s political participation. Collaboration with Australian and Melanesian political parties to share experiences of gender equality issues in politics. capacity of the Department of Women’s Affairs to implement work plan: support training of different stakeholders and information sharing to gain understanding on the role and functions of the Department. Women fill 30% of seats in Port Vila and Luganville Municipal Councils. Women members of Port Vila and Luganville Municipal Councils are effective and influencing policies and legislation that improves gender equality outcomes for women. candidates able to contest 26+ seats at the 2016 National elections. Political parties increase number of winnable electorates for which they endorse only women candidates. DWA’s capacity to support women’s political participation is increased. Work plan for the first year to support the Department’s capacity in the implementation of the National Gender Recommendation. Sustained advocacy and dialogue on support for women’s empowerment in Vanuatu. Three year program, starting FY2013-14 $220,000 Markets for Change (UN Establish Women Market Vendors Group Strengthen local government collaboration and ownership over market places Improve physical infrastructure of market places Women Market Vendors Group meets regularly and can demonstrate examples of influencing market management decision-making processes which have resulted in benefit to women vendors. Improved income security for women market vendors. April 2014 – June 2019 $2,863,687
What differences are there in the program that reflects the views and intentions of Pacific people and government? By the end of year six, joined up services and action, independent of but informed by, Pacific Women will be evident in all 14 countries. There will be ‘joined up’ strategies for change emerging with partner governments working in cooperation with international and regional organisations, as well as donors and their own citizens, to develop comprehensive plans for economic access and security and for services for survivors of violence, with particular attention to vulnerable women, including women from rural areas, and women with disability. There will be changes in national legislation to support women rights accompanied by changes in budget allocations that reflects increased service provision for women. Coalitions and other networks will be in actively representing the experiences and views of women at local, subnational and national levels Coalitions, organisations and institutions will be working for change with support and resources from beyond Pacific Women, although reflective of shared objectives. How do plans for economic access and security meet the needs of particularly poor and vulnerable women? In what way have poor and vulnerable women participated in shaping and determining these strategies? What resources have been allocated to implement plans? How will the outcomes of these strategies be monitored by national governments and other development partners? Are the needs of survivors of violence comprehensively met in all Pacific island countries? How has this come How can it be maintained? What have been the major influences on changes in national public legislation? What political will is to continue such change? What increased service provision is being made available to women? How adequately does the change in budget allocation support the services required? What evidence is there that the voice of poor and vulnerable women is making a difference to the decision-making of national governments and regional organisations? Where is the voice of poor and vulnerable women still excluded? In what way has the program become more accountable to Pacific people and governments? How has DFAT management adapted to partnership and external accountabilities? What new resources now available? In what way to these additional resources reinforce and support Pacific Women objectives?
Pacific Women will be managed by DFAT in partnership with others, and well known for its accountability to Pacific people and governments In what way did Pacific Women influence this development of additional resources? Nine: Risk Matrix Risk Risk rating Risk treatment Context Other development imperatives such as climate change will distract Pacific leaders and donors from attention to gender equality Possible Major High The program will work with Pacific regional organisations to maintain focus on gender equality is a major development issue. Pacific leaders will have inadequate resources to honour the commitments made under the gender equality declaration. Likely High The program will support the work of the Pacific regional organisations and UN agencies to support government’s allocation resources to gender equality declaration commitments. DFAT policy dialogue at country level of reference and support commitments made under the gender equality declaration Political leaders will be influenced by political factors and lack the political will to support implementation of commitments under the gender equality declaration. Possible Major High Program will work with Pacific regional organisations, UN organisations and support alliances and coalitions within countries to maintain focus on gender equality declaration commitments. The program will support Pacific regional organisations assessment of national implementation of the commitments. This Australian government will shift its aid priorities, leading to decreased emphasis on gender Unlikely Severe High The program will work with internal DFAT champions as well as external stakeholders including the program advisory board to maintain a focus on the long-term intentions and value of working for gender empowerment in the Pacific.