UN Women held the preparatory meeting with members of newly established Civil Society Advisory Board

Date: Thursday, 31 May 2012

Dushanbe, 25th May 2012— The National Civil Society Advisory Board to UN Women Tajikistan is being established and at its preparatory meeting the board members discussed procedures and priorities for its further work. The Advisory Board to UN Women will facilitate regular consultations and dialogue between civil society and UN Women. The board consists of 11 members representing civil society organizations working in the area of gender equality and women’s empowerment in Tajikistan. All members of the board bring diverse experience and expertise gained during many years of work in gender and women’s rights issues.

The overall goal of the Board is to provide UN Women with strategic, political and substantive guidance on policies and programmes to improve gender responsiveness and addressing the needs and priorities of women in the country.

At the meeting, the Board members discussed their role, purpose and priorities for their future work. It was agree that the board will prepare its view on priority areas based on UN Woman Global Strategic Plan priorities for UN Women Tajikistan office, and will provide UN Women office with strategic, political and substantive guidance to the agency at the country level. Participants of the meeting stated that the Civil Society Advisory Board must work with donors in writing and monitories strategic plans to include issues that we are interested in.

The official launch of the board is planned on 15 July and by that time the Board will review the Global UN Women Strategic Plan and based on it will advice on further priories for UN Women in Tajikistan taking into account the commitments identified within the national gender equality policy.

The board members plan to start the consultation work with UN Women and further cooperate with other UN agencies to strengthen the partnerships with civil society organizations, Government and donors.

By mutual consent the board members agreed to elect the chairperson and discuss the preliminary Action Plan on priority areas for UN Women at the first official meeting of the Advisory Board. All members expressed great willingness to serve for UN Women and gender equality and empowerment of women in Tajikistan.

For more information please contact:
Muhabbat Yakubova
Communication Specialist
UN Women Tajikistan
e-mail: [ Click to reveal ]

Based on its mandate the Advisory Board will work in two directions for UN Women Tajikistan:
• To consult UN Women on its programming directions at the country level based on priorities stated in the Global UN Women Strategic Plan for the period of 2011-2013.
• To create a platform for dialogue on how to work with donor communities and advise on overall policy relating to the UN Women’s mission, goals and programs and serve occasionally as resource for UN Women staff to call upon for information, referrals, networking and suggestions.

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