- studing and propose to Government conditions to facilitate employment of
women in all sectors;
- studing and propose measures that aim to promote and protect the rights of the
child;
- implementing the national family policy; and
- studing and propose strategies and measures which seek to reinforce harmony
within families.
710- The successive budgets allocated to the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and the
Family (MINPROFF) to enable it effectively fulfil its missions has varied slightly over the
years. The overall budget allocated to MINPROFF stood at CFAF 6 888 000 000393 in 2016,
CFA F 5 643 000 000394 in 2017 and 6 072 000 000395 in 2018.
711- Other Ministries have bodies or committees assigned to tackle gender issues such as:
MINEPAT (Population Policy Unit), MINADER (Service for Women’s Activities),
MINSANTE (Office for the Promotion of Gender Approach), MINEPIA (Gender
Committee), NCHRF (Subcommittee on the rights of vulnerable persons).
712- In addition, the other Ministries, Public Establishments and Enterprises each have a
Gender Focal Point tasked with ensuring a strategic and operational relay as concerns
streamlining gender into sector policies. The financial resources of Gender Focal Points and
Committees are included in the budgets of Ministries where they are found.
- Gender Responsive Budgeting
713- Due to the absence of gender considerations in the process of planning, programming
and budgeting, Government has, since 2012, laid emphasis on the identification of indicators
which can help set the objectives of performance and results while mainstreaming gender in a
context of Results-based Management (RBM). In this light, a Study on Gender indicators in
all fields of national Life (“les indicateurs de Genre dans tous les domaines de la vie
nationale”) was carried out in 2013 with the goal to identify areas affected by discrimination
and thus stimulate better ways to mainstream Gender in development planning, budgeting and
monitoring and evaluation of plans and programmes. This study, wherein the sectoral
classification was based on that of the GESP, highlighted statistical data regarding the
production, social and Governance sectors.
714- This study served as an impetus to the implementation of the “Gender and economic
Policy Management Initiative” (GEPMI) in 2013 which aimed at sensitising the authorities on
the integration of Gender equality as a key aspect of the process of planning, budgeting and
policy implementation. In the same vein, training sessions for Secretary Generals of
Ministries, local development actors and hundreds of Gender Focal Points were organised in
2012 and 2013 on the need to mainstream Gender in the process of drafting, planning,
budgeting, implementing, monitoring and evaluating policies, programmes, sector projects
and local development plans.
715- Furthermore, the Guidelines found in the Circulars of the Head of State in preparation of
the State Budget spell out measures aimed at increasing financial resources destined for
women empowerment in all fields of activity. In 2017 for example, Circular No. 1/CAB/PRC
of 20 June 2017 relating to the preparation of the State Budget for the Year 2018 laid
emphasis on the consolidation of strides made so far in mainstreaming Gender as one of the
major objectives of public policies. In this light, the Guidelines issued in 2017 and 2018
instructed the Sector Ministries to effectively and efficiently implement the Multisector Plan
for NGP through adequate programming of activities. This programming includes the
393
About 10,516,030,5 Euros.
About 8,615,267.17 Euros.
395
About 9,270,229 Euros.
394
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