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Expanding data collection, analysis and tracking systems
47. The development of effective policies, legislation, services and systems to
track progress depends on reliable data analysis and information. UNIFEM, in
cooperation with Governments, civil society, United Nations sister agencies and
other partners, works to strengthen qualitative and quantitative data collection and
analysis. Examples include UNIFEM support for the establishment of data systems
in Ngoma district in Rwanda, and UNIFEM efforts in Barbados, on domestic
violence; and in Algeria, where a unified information system involves the ministries
for Family, Health, and Development and Solidarity, in collaboration with the
Gendarmerie Nationale, other police forces and shelters for women survivors of
violence. In Georgia, UNIFEM and UNICEF carried out a post-conflict rapid
assessment of internally displaced women and children, including victims of rape,
sexual harassment and domestic violence. In the Occupied Palestinian Territory, a
local partner was supported in conducting research on forced prostitution and human
trafficking in order to raise awareness, improve survivor services and identify
appropriate policy measures. UNIFEM and UNFPA, together with Statistics Sierra
Leone, commissioned national research to support the tracking and reporting of
cases of violence and to popularize the gender laws. In Asia, with the support of the
Canadian International Development Agency, UNIFEM published a regional
analysis of domestic violence legislation drawing on a meeting held by the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations on international standards and good
practice.
Addressing sexual violence as a tactic of warfare
48. UNIFEM plays a key advocacy role in promoting the implementation of
Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000) and 1820 (2008), in partnership with
various stakeholders, and continues to serve as the secretariat for United Nations
Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict, a coalition of 12 United Nations
organizations. Ongoing work with UNFPA and the Office of the Special Adviser on
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI) is supporting the generation of
global and nationally relevant indicators for the implementation of those resolutions.
With UNDP, the Department of Political Affairs, the Department of Peacekeeping
Operations (DPKO) and OCHA, UNIFEM, on behalf of United Nations Action and
in partnership with the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, organized a colloquium
entitled “Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Peace Negotiations: Implementing
Security Council Resolution 1820” for mediators, subject experts and women’s
rights advocates, aimed at ensuring that conflict-related sexual violence is addressed
in mediation processes. Many of the recommendations emerging from the
colloquium were reflected in Security Council resolution 1888 (2009), in which the
Council mandates peacekeeping missions to protect women and girls from sexual
violence in armed conflict. The Fund’s analytical inventory of responses made by
peacekeeping personnel to war-related violence against women has been taken up by
DPKO for incorporation into the guidance to be provided for United Nations
commanders on the prevention of conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence.
49. At the national level, UNIFEM works to advance the implementation of these
resolutions by, among other things, supporting the development of national action
plans. For example, in Nepal, UNIFEM and UNFPA supported the Ministry of Peace
and Reconstruction and the National Women’s Commission in developing action
plans and training on the implementation of resolutions 1325 (2000) and 1820
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