The EC/UN Partnership on Gender Equality for Development and Peace

The “EC/UN Partnership on Gender Equality for Development and Peace” is an initiative that involves the European Commission (EC), the United Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ITCILO).

It is a follow-up to the “Owning Development. Promoting Gender Equality in New Aid Modalities and Partnerships” conference that was jointly organized by the European Commission and UNIFEM in November 2005.

The EC/UN partnership aims to identify approaches with which to integrate gender equality and women's human rights into new aid modalities, in accordance with the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.

It also aims to provide support for national partners' efforts to fulfil international obligations on gender equality and to match their commitment to gender equality with adequate financial allocations in national development programmes and budgets.

The project will have a specific focus on the role of women in conflict and post-conflict situations, and especially on the proper implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325.

The project will focus on twelve pilot countries which are the following:

AFRICA: Ghana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
ASIA and the PACIFIC: Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Nepal
EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA: Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan
AMERICAS: Nicaragua, Honduras, Suriname

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