Decent Work and Income Security for Women through Inclusive Growth and Investments in the Care Economy (ILO and UN Women)

Progetto concluso

Decent work and income security for women is the objective of Switzerland’s contribution to the joint ILO/UN Women programme. It will bring gender into the focus of macro-level and national policy planning, helping to translate global research into national action. Switzerland supports this systemic approach as it strengthens the economic independence of women and men. Switzerland provides direct channels to link the international policy dialogue in Geneva with countries in the global South.

Paese/Regione Tema Periodo Budget
Mondo
Gender
Governance
Impiego & sviluppo economico
nothemedefined
Organisazione per l’uguaglianza di genere
Politica del settore pubblico
Creazione di occupazione
15.06.2020 - 31.08.2023
CHF  2’000’000
Contesto In line with the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development and the principle of leaving no one behind, achieving gender-equitable inclusive growth is a fundamental objective of development policy. Gender-equitable inclusive growth is a pattern and process of growth that ensures prosperity is shared between men and women in ways that reduce gender inequality. The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has made these disparities even more clear and will have devastating impacts on women and girls around the world. From employment losses and income insecurity to an increase in their unpaid care work. The area of intervention of the joint programme remains relevant in this context and will be further adjusted to understand the gender employment impacts of COVID-19 and to design gender-responsive fiscal stimulus packages, including investments in the care economy.
Obiettivi The joint programme of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have tackled critical bottlenecks to women’s access to decent work and income security and through this contributed to the overall impact of achieving gender-equitable inclusive growth.
Gruppi target

The direct beneficiaries of the planned interventions by UN Women and ILO will be the governments of the six participating pilot countries, as well as other national stakeholders (such as development practitioners, civil society representatives and actors from the private sector).

Indirect beneficiaries are women and men, boys and girls in the participating countries that will benefit from more gender equality in employment through gender-equitable economic plans and policies (including labour market policies) and investments in the care economy.

Effetti a medio termine

-    Outcome 1: Political consensus of national governments and
     relevant stakeholders to adopt macro-level economic policy
     accelerators that support gender-equitable inclusive growth is created.

-    Outcome 2: Relevant ministries adopt sectoral and industrial
     policies that address occupational and sectoral segregation of women.

-    Outcome 3: National governments and relevant ministries
     scaled-up investments in care service provision.

Risultati

Risultati principali attesi:  

6 pilot countries incorporate gender into inclusive
growth strategies, development plans and/or
national employment plans.

6 pilot countries have policies that address
the sectoral and occupational segregation
of women.

6 pilot countries earmark additional
investments and policies for the provision
of care services.

240 policy makers and development
practitioners with increased knowledge
on gender-equitable inclusive growth

7 policy tools developed, adapted and
applied to a national context, per pilot
country.


Direzione/Ufficio responsabile DSC
Credito Cooperazione allo sviluppo
Partner del progetto Partner contrattuale
Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite (ONU)
  • Agenzia delle Nazioni Unite per l’uguaglianza di genere e l’empowerment femminile


Coordinamento con altri progetti e attori

Coordination and synergies with other projects and actors will differ in each pilot country and will be a focus of the inception phase in each. It is a high priority for Switzerland that in all pilot countries synergies with existing projects from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) are leveraged, especially in the area of engaging the private sector. The country-level projects will involve various international development actors such as Regional Development Banks or the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

At a global level, SDC will leverage existing synergies with SECO’s institutional partnership with the ILO and their expertise in the areas of labour market and macro-economic policy. Experiences and lessons learnt from the project will inform the policy dialogue at a global level. 

Budget Fase in corso Budget Svizzera CHF    2’000’000 Budget svizzero attualmente già speso CHF    1’867’500
Fasi del progetto

Fase 1 15.06.2020 - 31.08.2023   (Completed)