Project Info

Project Code
0809C
Tranche
T06
Tranche Type
Residual
Status
Closed
Title
Enhancing capacities to eradicate violence against women through networking of local knowledge communities

Entities

Implementing Entity (Lead)
ECLAC
Collaborating DA Entities
DESA
ECA
ECE
ESCAP
ESCWA

Financial and Evaluation Info

Total Budget
$736,000.00
Project Selected for Evaluation
No

Countries and Regions

Areas of Work

Thematic Clusters
Gender Equality and the empowerment of women

Objective and Expected Outcomes

Objective
To develop and invigorate a knowledge community on violence against women at the regional and interregional levels
Expected Outcome 1
Increased number of national machineries for the advancement of women and other stakeholders that have substantially improved their knowledge and capacities to implement effective policies towards the eradication of violence against women
Expected Outcome 2
Improved skills and tools to manage violence against women in all regions integrated in their practices by national machineries, police, judiciary and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), including formulation of plans and programmes and data collection
Expected Outcome 3
National statistical offices will have improved their capacity to measure violence against women through the use of common methodologies and indicators developed by statisticians, policymakers and NGOs in the framework of official statistics, including the use of a common short module to measure violence against women in population-based surveys