CIM Reports 2013Presentation to the General Committee

March 25th 2014

CIM Reports 2013 Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission of Women

(CIM) to the General Assembly

Report of the Secretary General on the Implementation of the “Inter-American Program on Women’s Human Rights and Gender Equity and Equality” in Accordance with Resolution (XLIII-O/13)

Report on the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women, “Convention of Belém do Pará” in fulfillment of Resolution AG/RES.2803/13 (XLIII-O/13)

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Operational context 2 mandates from the General Assembly – of a permanent and

ongoing nature:- Implementation of the IAP - Coordination of the Follow-up Mechanism to the Belém do Pará

Convention (MESECVI)

10 specific mandates from the CIM Executive Committee- 4 have been fulfilled - 6 are in progress

CIM Strategic Plan 2011-2016:- The CIM as a hemispheric policy forum for women’s rights and

gender equality- Coordination with other OAS departments/entities- 4 thematic pillars of the OAS: Democracy, Human Rights, Security

and Development- Institutionalization of gender in the work of the OAS

Democracy:Women’s political citizenship

Book: “Women’s citizenship in the democracies of the Americas”

Book “Banking on parity: Democratizing the political system in Latin America (Ecuador, Bolivia and Costa Rica)”

Second Consultation with Parliamentarians of the Americas (October 2013)

Event to support the reform of the Political Party Law in Guatemala (October 2013)

Collaboration with DECO – gender-sensitive electoral observation

Human Rights:Women’s human rights and gender-based violence

Identification and dissemination of good practices in gender justice

– 17 good practices: police, prosecutors, supreme courts, executive, civil society, international community

– Collaboration agreements with Supreme Courts of the region– Virtual course on gender justice

Human rights of women living with HIV– Collaboration agreement with UNAIDS– “Toolkit” on the rights of young women living with HIV

Production of data on violence against women in the OECS member states

Policy round-table on women and drugs in the Americas (June 2013)

Gathering of data/information and experiences from Member States

Collaboration with CICAD and research centres Inclusion of the issue in the Declaration of Antigua Policy working paper Policy round-table on women, drug policy and

incarceration in the Americas (March 31st 2014)

Security:Citizen security from a gender perspective

MESECVI Annual Report Progress of the Second Follow-up Round:

- Adoption and circulation of the “System of progress indicators for measuring the implementation of the Belém do Pará Convention

- Reports received from 17 countries

V Conference of States Party (November)- Adoption of agreements on strengthening the MESECVI- Working Group on strengthening the MESECVI

X Meeting of the Committee of Experts (September)- Adoption of agreements on strengthening the CEVI

Guide to using the Belém do Pará Convention 20th anniversary of the Convention

Annual Report on the Implementation of the IAP

Entity Questionnairessent (#)

Responsesreceived (#)

Response rate( %)

2010 2011 2012 2013 2010 2011 2012 2013 2010 2011 2012 2013

GS/OAS Departments

33 34 32 29 25 26 27 25 75.8 76.5 84.4 86.2

Autonomous/ decentralized entities

5 8 9 10 5 8 9 9 100 100 100 90

Total Questionnaire 1 38 42 41 39 30 34 36 34 78.9 81 88 87.2

Offices in MS 30 31 28 28 15 16 14 14 50 51.6 50 50Total Questionnaire 2 30 31 28 28 15 16 14 14 50 51.6 50 50

Responses to the questionnaire circulated by CIMIntegration of gender in the work of the OAS

Do you have a strategy to integrate a rights-based and gender equality approach into your entity’s activities?

Annual Report on the Implementation of the IAP

Do you have the necessary technical capacity to implement a rights-based and gender equality approach?

Annual Report on the Implementation of the IAP

Launch of the virtual course “Gender Equality and Rights-based approach to Policies, Programs and Projects”- 3 editions between January 2013 and February 2014- 101 graduates – 27 from GS/OAS and 74 from the region

Qualitative progress in the work of many departments of the GS/OAS and the autonomous and decentralized organizations

The majority of entities would like to continue counting on support and capacity-building from the CIM:- Gender training, particularly for field-based project personnel- Targeted technical support to programs and projects- Strengthening collaboration with CIM - Exchange of information and good practices

Annual Report on the Implementation of the IAP

Distribution of resources

Democracy

Human Rights

Security

Development

Mainstreaming

2012 2013 2014

OAS Regular Budget

$85,350,800 $83,870,500 $82,978,100

CIM Regular Budget

$1,254,000 (1.5%)

$1,295,100 (1.5%)

$ 1,355,400(1.6%)

OAS Staff(regular budget)

464 431 435

CIM Staff(regular budget)

6 (1.3%)

8 (1.9%)

8 (1.8%)

Perspectives in 2014: Proposed prioritization

Prioritization of CIM work on the basis of its comparative advantages:

Human rights and gender-based violence– MESECVI– Gender justice/women’s access to justice– Indicators of the exercise of women’s human rights

Women’s political citizenship and democracy– Women’s leadership in public policy from a gender perspective– Training with electoral institutions on women’s rights, quota laws and parity

Institutionalization of gender in the work of the OAS– Institutional gender policy– Coordination with PEC and its Working Group– Specific support to other departments/entities of the OAS