Guatemala: Strengthening the institutional environment for the advancement of women in Guatemala
JOINT PROGRAMME QUICK FACTS
Total Budget $7,200,000
Delivery Rate
Main Achievements
- Increase in technical, managerial, and policy capacities of technical and administrative personnel in at least 15 state institutions.
- Political advocacy at the legislative level to promote and strengthen the Congressional Committee on Women.
- Departmental support of DEMI's services to female victims or survivors of violence.
This United Nations joint programme (2008-2010) intends to assist and strengthen the Secretaría Presidencial de la Mujer (Presidential Secretariat for Women) and the Defensoría de la Mujer Indígena (Office for the Defense of Indigenous Women) in their efforts to institutionalise the “National Policy for the Advancement and Development of Guatemalan Women” and its corresponding Implementation Plan (2008-2011).
The programme also aims at strengthening the state institutions that have been prioritised for implementation in the Plan and specifically in the areas of violence against women, economic empowerment and political participation. At the same time, the programme will promote the empowerment of women and adolescent girls and their organizations, and their capacity to develop proposals and processes of social auditing, thus contributing to the institutionalisation and implementation of the public policy. At the local level, the programme will be implemented in seven departments selected for their demographic characteristics and levels of development. The combination of participating Agencies will ensure specialized multidisciplinary support.