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Gender for Policy

UNDP ensures that its commitment to gender equality makes an impact at all levels, from effecting change at the community level to enacting policy recommendations at the national level.

As part of a cooperative effort to enact policy shift, UNDP has teamed up with other UN agencies on a joint programme to safeguard the prevention and protection of women against violence through the improvement of relevant policies and laws. UNDP will conduct training workshops with the Ministry of Justice of China to ensure key legal players not only have a clear understanding of legal regulations, but are also able to effectively implement them and monitor judicial outcomes. Efforts will also target local communities to raise awareness about the incidence of violence against women, especially men and male youths. As part of this initiative, UNDP will assist in launching public awareness campaigns and the development of information, education, and communication materials (IEC) to change men’s attitudes regarding domestic violence and act as agents of positive change. A joint communications kit will be developed by this joint program as an advocacy tool to lobby for the passing of domestic violence legislation, and will be presented to leading policymakers.

As part of the national development plans to build a Xiaokang society, which aims to enhance an all around harmonious and well-off environment, UNDP China is working with the government to develop an indicator system that will help to monitor the county’s continuing progress as well as identify key challenges. Given that gender disparity is recognized as one of the key gaps in China’s development, this program has incorporated gender specific indicators. In addition to gender specific indicators, this program also uses disaggregated data between women and men in order to ensure that the interests and impacts on both are recognized, and that policies are developed to address the different challenges they both face. These tools help the government to recognize what some of their key challenges to addressing gender disparities are, and how best to respond through policy and practice.

Publications

Making Gender Equality a Reality: UNDP and Gender

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Making Gender Equality a Reality: UNDP and Gender illustrates how UNDP China is working for the realization of gender equality and women’s empowerment. It provides an overview of UNDP China’s comprehensive gender mainstreaming strategy and provides a snapshot on the practices and experiences on gender mainstreaming and empowerment in UNDP China programmes. The pamphlet shows how UNDP China engages in specific interventions that address the most pressing issues that lead to the empowerment of women, reduction of their vulnerabilities, building their leadership potential, and protecting their human rights.

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Press Releases

Gender inequality persists in China - 10 March 2010

Launch of the Asia-Pacific Regional Human Development Report on Gender