On Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ... Human Development Department Participates in Workshop on ...

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On Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ... Human Development Department Participates in Workshop on ...

2019-01-15

On Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ... Human Development Department Participates in Workshop on ... 1547532175d0227bc0a77293d1fc6853e0a2d15fd2--planning

On gender equality and the empowerment of women ... The Department of Human Development participates in a workshop on the importance of integrating the fifth target in the Iraq 2030 agenda

The Department of Human Development in the Ministry of Planning participated in the workshop organized by the Iraqi Women's Empowerment Department at the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers and in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on the importance of integrating the fifth goal on gender equality and empowerment of women into the sustainable development plan 2030. Gender perspective in public sector institutions attended by officials of gender units in ministries and non-ministry entities, aimed at introducing the evaluation tool and enhancing the capacity of the Women Empowerment Department on gender mainstreaming assessment In the public sector institutions and the definition by a gender perspective in development plans and sectoral strategies, as well as the definition of the importance of gender statistics, as the Director-General of the Department of Human Development in the six decades the ministry Hussein Salman made a presentation on women in the goals of sustainable development 2030 and the integration of these goals in the goals of plans
In the same context, the Women's Empowerment Department presented an integrated set of approved gender statistics tools, which is the entrance to a training course on gender statistics adopted by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). UNDP Gender Advisor Dr. Sondas Abbas presented a presentation on the Gender Equality Assessment Tool, which is expected to be implemented in the Ministry of Planning, by mainstreaming a gender equality perspective, comprehensive conceptual and methodological perspectives, and trends that reinforce the government's overall approach to empowering women, She pointed out that the evaluation methodology is a road map with concrete strategies and actions to implement institutional commitments to achieve gender equality and highlights good work of institutions and promotes accountability towards equality. The flexibility of the model adopted by the evaluation also allows for the replication of a range of contexts and institutions,