(MoLSA) 3 and 4 November, 2014 Shukri Harir Ismail Vice Minister - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

7th High Level Aid Coordination Forum Hargeisa Republic of Somaliland

Ministry of Labour & Social Affairs (MoLSA) 3 and 4 November, 2014 Shukri Harir Ismail Vice Minister

7th High Level Aid Coordination Forum

achievements

• National Gender Policy in 2009.
• National Gender Action Plan, 2013.
• National FGM policy, although it is yet to be

approved by the cabinet ministers.

• National Disability Policy (Final)
• National Plan of Action for Children (NPAC) in

Somaliland, 2014

• Draft national child act, 2014

Some achievements continue---

• Creation of child and women desks at some

police stations

• Female prosecutors
• Creation of Baahikoob/Waapo GBV shelters
• GBV working group and coordination meetings.
• Gender

focal points & Inter-agency gender coordination mechanism

• Capacity building support for women in politics.

Boys 56% Girls 44%

Primary students disaggregated by gender 2012/2013

Primary students Male 119,453 Female 95,578 Total 215,031

Progress in education from gender perspective

81% 19%

Primary school teachers disaggregated by gender 2012/2013

Male Teachers Female Teachers

Primary teachers Male 5905 Female 1393 Total 7298

Progress in education continues---

Boys 69% Girls 31% Secondary students. 2012/2013 Boys 36% Girls 64% Non-formal Education 2012/2013

Secondary students Male 26,932 Female 12,306 Total 39,238 NFE Male 11380 Female 20473 Total 31853

Progress in education continues---

62% 38%

University graduates 2012/2013

Male Female

48% 52%

Technical Vocational Education

Male Female

University graduates Male 3256 Female 2000 Total 5256 Technical V. training Male 1246 Female 1376 Total 2,622

Progress in education continues---

Women’s representations

• The number of female councilors has comparatively increased

from two women councilors in 2002 elections to 10 female councilors in 2012 District elections out of 345 councilors. Additionally, the number of women in the cabinet ministers increased from 1 in 2010 to 4 female ministers over the last years.

• However, there is only one female MP In the parliament out of

164 MPs (House of Representatives and House of Elders).

• Female Prosecutors appointed by the President.
• Head of Somaliland Human Rights Commission.
• President’s advisor on gender issues.
• Newly appointed female member in electoral commission.

Gender disaggregated

Candidates

92.4 % 7.6%

Male

Gender Number Percentag e (%) Male 2088 92.4 Female 172 7.6 Total 2260 100% 97% 3%

Male Female

Female politicians are

• utnumbered

by male politicians

Aspirants less than men

Fewer nominated by parties

Percentage of elected female councilors

Gender Based Violence

105 130 195 290 142 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 2010 2011 2012 2013 First 6 months, 2014

• 1. FGM is the predominant form of GBV in Somaliland. Its

prevalence rate is estimated over 90%

• 2. Rape has been on the increase over the past years as

evidenced by following chart (Source: Baahikoob statistics and WAAPO)

Challenges

• Involvement of traditional leaders in solving GBV,

problems gives more chances to perpetrators to escape from the formal legal system.

• Discriminatory traditions against women in politics.
• Preferential treatment is given to boys in education.
• Gender disparity in primary, secondary and tertiary

education.

• Inadequate qualified female teachers ( Role models)
• Women do not have equal control and access to

resources at all levels. ( Household to national levels)

Way forward

• Engendering SDF and SSA. Alongside mainstreaming, specific measures

targeting women should be developed.

• Implementation of National Gender Action plan.
• All forms of violence against women to be prevented and response adequately.(

Rape, domestic violence, FGM etc)

• Enhancing women’s access to Justice ( Public awareness raising, capacity

building for law enforcing agencies on women’s rights, legal aid provision, advocacy for women’s representation in judiciary, law reform etc)

• Promotion of women’s participation in decision making and politics ( elected

bodies, civil service and political parties etc) Introduction of a quota system in electoral laws.

• Gender mainstreaming: Building the capacity of gender machineries (Inter-

agency gender coordination mechanism, Focal points, MoLSA and CSOs)

• Increasing number of girls accessing education at all levels.
• Public awareness raising on importance of girl child education.
• Increase the number of female teachers.
• Capacity building and Economic empowerment for economically impoverished

women ( marketable skills, micro-credit schemes, institutional building for women groups, etc).

• Enhancing

women’s equal employment

• pportunities

and eliminating discriminatory practices in employment and promotion in private and public sectors ( engendering and enforcing labor and civil service laws etc).