Gender Equality Department in the Ministry of Social Affairs

Gender concepts and integration of gender perspectives into health policies and projects have been promoted among policymakers of all concerned ministries including Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Labour, Office of the Prime Minister and the Office of the Attorney General.

The Ministry of Gender Equality had been expanded and restructured, renamed the Ministry of Gender Equality and the Family, and given responsibility for family policies such as child rearing and family health in addition to gender issues.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) will continue with its Gender Strategy and Gender Action Plan.

Increasing gender awareness and gender expertise within the Ministry of Defence will continue to require attention in the future.

In 1992 the Department of Gender was created in the Ministry for the Coordination of Environmental Activities, with the objective to integrate the dimension of gender in policies, programs, conventions and activities of the Ministry.

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and SMEs has five sections devoted to gender issues

The Ministry of Health of Chile issued guidance on gender mainstreaming in health reform policies, prepared by the Ministry and representatives of civil society and academia.

The Ministry of Education therefore has a policy framework to advance gender equality in education.

The Ministry of Education does not keep separate gender statistics for rural areas and urban areas.

This work will include support to the Children's Unit under the Ministry of Gender and Development.

The capacity of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs, which is charged with coordinating gender equality programmes within the Government, is still limited.

Finally, she wondered to what extent the Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development was involved in the review of gender issues being undertaken by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Labour, and to what extent that review focused on gender mainstreaming.

The Law on Gender Equality in Bosnia and Herzegovina provides for formation of an Agency for Gender Equality, within the Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees.

The Ministry of Home Affairs will study the incorporation of gender issues in training programs for public officials.

In Brazil, gender perspectives were integrated into sector policy evaluations of the Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management.

He also agreed with the need to support the work of the Ministry for Gender and Family Affairs.

In March 2005, a gender adviser with experience in police organizations commenced work in the Ministry of Interior.

The Council exercises the latter task in cooperation with the Gender Equality Department of the Ministry of Social Affairs.

Strong emphasis had been placed on gender equality in development and poverty reduction, with the establishment of a ministry dealing exclusively with gender equality and the advancement of women.

The Ministry of Finance of Viet Nam carried out gender assessments as part of surveys and reports on public expenditure.

The Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees of B H, in cooperation with Entity Gender Centres, have submitted the B H Gender Equality Law implementation project to the UNDP.

The guidelines prepared by the Ministry of Social Affairs ( Impact assessment gender aspect ) provide a list of legally binding documents that contain norms for the promotion of gender equality, first of all for integrating gender equality into various policies and measures.

The gender responsive budgeting initiative in Senegal formed a partnership between the Poverty Reduction Strategy Monitoring Unit at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry for Women to establish a comprehensive framework for monitoring the process of implementation of the poverty reduction strategy from a gender perspective.

The Ministry has also continued to give annual awards to journalists for best writing on gender issues.

The sectoral table on gender equality has been effective in strengthening the Ministry of Women's Affairs and has succeeded in influencing the integration of gender dimensions in the work of other tables.

These efforts were furthered in the gender equality project that UNIFEM executed on behalf of UNDP and the Ministry of Social Affairs, resulting in the adoption of a national gender equality policy.

In 2001 a verification tool for gender neutral job evaluation was commissioned by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment.

While the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper did place some emphasis on the gender dimension, the Ministry of Women Development felt that it would appropriate to conduct a gender audit of the document.

The elimination of gender prejudice in education and training will be further boosted, guided by the Ministry of Education and Training through plans and projects of textbook development, which also mainstreams gender issue.

The Department of Education and Science Gender Equality Unit focused on the education sector, while the Ministry of Finance Gender Equality Unit oversaw the implementation of equality policies in the employment of civil servants.

According to the Law on Gender Equality in B H, the Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees is responsible for the Gender Equality Agency, formed as independent unit.

Taking the lead in gender mainstreaming, in 2003 the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development designed and began to implement its strategy to mainstream gender in the field of agriculture and rural development .

For example Gender, Society and Law and Trafficking in Women Conferences held by the Ministry of Justice and Women in The Labor Force Challenges and Opportunities , held by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor.

The Ministry also publishes gender mainstreaming guidelines for journalists and has set up a communication forum for regular consultations.

For its part the Ministry of Women Development has initiated work on a Code of Conduct for Gender Justice at the Work Place.

As a result of that initiative, a gender unit (Cellule femme dans le développement agricole et rural) was established in the Ministry.

Working closely with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the gender unit also supported the national sensitization campaign led by the Ministry of Gender and Development, which encouraged women to vote.

With the support of UNDP, the Ministry continued its efforts to institutionalize its gender training programme by working with the Civil Service Commission to make gender training an integral part of the civil service training.

With technical assistance from UNDP and the UNAMA Gender Unit, the Ministry has played a leading role to ensure gender mainstreaming in the follow up to and implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

At present, efforts to mainstream gender perspectives have been pushed through the Chief Gender Equality Officer (CGEO) within the Ministry of Education, and extended to other educational personnel including educational advisors and guidance teachers.

In Kyrgyzstan, a gender audit of the activities of all structural subdivisions of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare was carried out in 2003.

The Government of the Czech Republic requested the Ministry of Finance to develop a methodology for gender budgeting at national, regional and local levels.

Particularly, with a view to improving gender equality and position of women in rural areas, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) adopted a Gender Strategy in Agriculture and Rural Development to 2010 and Gender Plan of Action in Agriculture and Rural Development to 2005.

Issuing, by the Ministry of National Economy, of the 18321 6 6 2001 circular on appointment of officers responsible for gender equality in Managing Authorities .