GENDER GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES FOR INNOVATIVE PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY. Begoña Lasagabaster Director of Policy Division (OIC) UN Women

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1 GENDER GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES FOR INNOVATIVE PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY Begoña Lasagabaster Director of Policy Division (OIC) UN Women

2 GOAL 5: ACHIEVE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS 5.1. End all forms of discrimination 5.2. Eliminate all forms of violence 5.3. Eliminate all harmful practices 5.4. Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work 5.a. Undertake reforms to give women equal rights and access 5.5. Ensure women s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership 5.b. Enhance the use of enabling technologies 5.6. Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights 5.c. Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation

3 RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICES Governments have the primary responsibility to ensure universal access to public services and that such services meet human rights standards and obligations. UN Women s recently published flagship report, Progress of the World s Women , Realizing Rights, Transforming Economies provides the conceptual framework for a rights-based policy agenda to achieve transformative change for women and girls and to fully close the gender gap. While numerical parity in access to education, employment or social protection is an important goal, it does not mean concrete enjoyment of rights or substantive equality.

4 DELIVERY 1. AN ENABLING ENVIROMENT FOR SERVICE EQUITY CREATED AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL GOVERNMENTS MUST PROVIDES THE LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS FOR SERVICE PROVISION.

5 2. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN THE DESIGN OF, DECISION-MAKING ON AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC SERVICES WOMEN S REPRESENTATION AND PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING IS CENTRAL TO ENSURING TRANSPARENCY AND HOLDING GOVERNMENTS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR COMMITMENTS.

6 3. TRANSFORMING WORK FOR WOMEN S RIGHTS WITH THE RIGHT MIX OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL POLICIES GOVERNMENTS CAN GENERATE DECENT JOBS FOR WOMEN AND ENSURE THAT THE UNPAID CARE WORK THAT GOES INTO SUSTAINING ALL ECONOMIES IS RECOGNIZED AND SUPPORTED.

7 4. MAKING SOCIAL POLICY WORK FOR WOMEN WELL-DESIGNED SOCIAL SERVICES (HEALTH, CARE SERVICES AND WATER AND SANITATION) AND SOCIAL PROTECTION MEASURES (FAMILY ALLOWANCES AND PENSIONS) CAN ENHANCE WOMEN S INCOME SECURITY AND EXPAND THEIR LIFE OPTIONS.

8 5. TOWARDS AN ENABLING MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMIC POLICIES CAN AND SHOULD SUPPORT THE REALIZATION OF WOMEN S RIGHTS BY CREATING DYNAMIC AND STABLE ECONOMIES, GENERATING DECENT WORK AND MOBILIZING RESOURCES TO FUND VITAL PUBLIC SERVICES.

9 6. ADEQUATE FUNDING AND EFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF THIS FUNDING FOR SERVICE DELIVERY GOVERNMENTS MUST HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DIRECT FINANCIAL INVESTMEN TS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SERVICES AND TAR GET CORE AREAS THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO GENERATE REVENUE AND CONTRIBUTE T O INCREASING THE TAX BASE OF THE COMMUNITY. UN WOMEN S EXPERIENCE IN 73 COUNTRIES SHOWS THAT GENDER RESPONSIVE PLANNING AND BUDGETING IS A PROVEN APPROACH FOR INCREASING FINANCING FOR GENDER EQUALITY.

10 7. ACCOUNTABILIT Y OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO DELIVER SERVICES

11 8. MONITORING, EVALUATION AND DATA THE LIMITED CAPACITY TO COLLECT, ANALYZE, USE, AND DISSEMINATE SEX-DISAGGREGATED DATA AS AN IMPEDIMENT TO EFFECTIVELY MAINSTREAMING GENDER. EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT WHEN SEX-DISAGGREGATED DATA IS USED AS A BASIS FOR DECISION MAKING, THERE IS AN INCREASED FOCUS ON GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN S AND GIRL S EMPOWERMENT, WITH BUDGET ALLOCATIONS REFLECTING THIS CHANGE.

12 THANK YOU!