(2017) Circular No. 011 on Implementing the Gender Equality Policy in Government Actions

Primature d'Haïti • 2017 • 1 pages

Summary — Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant instructed all ministers to apply the Government's gender equality policy across their programs and projects, describing it as one of the Government's priorities rooted in the Constitution and Haiti's international commitments. Ministers are asked to consult the Ministry of Women's Affairs and Women's Rights, as lead implementing actor, to build cross-cutting mechanisms integrating gender into ministerial programming, and to ensure compliance by directors general of autonomous bodies under their authority.

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Key Findings

Gender equality is described as one of the Government's policy priorities, grounded in the Constitution and Haiti's international commitments.
The policy aims for equal participation of men and women at all levels of political, economic, social and cultural life.
Ministers must consult the Ministère à la Condition Féminine et aux Droits des Femmes as the lead actor implementing the policy.
Ministries are asked to put in place cross-cutting mechanisms to integrate a gender dimension into all their programs and projects.
Ministers are responsible for ensuring strict application by directors general of autonomous organizations under their tutelage.

Full Description

Circulaire No 011, signed by Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant in Port-au-Prince on 25 August 2017, presents gender equality policy as one of the Government's priorities, framed within the pursuit of the government's broader policy orientations under the Constitution and the international commitments Haiti has signed, and involving equal participation of men and women at every level and in every domain of political, economic, social and cultural life. To achieve an inclusive society favoring the effectiveness of women's rights across all domains, all ministers are asked to consult the Ministère à la Condition Féminine et aux Droits des Femmes, described as the lead actor in implementing this policy, in order to put in place cross-cutting mechanisms integrating a gender dimension into every program and project run by their ministries. Ministers must ensure this circular is strictly applied by the directors general of the autonomous organizations placed under their tutelage.

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Time Coverage

2017 — 2017

Keywords

gender equality, women's rights, Ministère à la Condition Féminine, government policy, mainstreaming, Haiti, Grands Commis de l'Etat, human rights, series:mef-circulaires

Entities

Jack Guy Lafontant, Ministère à la Condition Féminine et aux Droits des Femmes

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