Gender Review: Mainstreaming Gender and Women’s Rights in the Development Portfolio of the Norwegian Representative Office in Al-Ram
About the publication
- Published: March 2009
- Series: Norad reports
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- Carried out by: Bjørg Skotnes, Norad, Randi Lotsberg, Norad, Marit Sørvald, Nordic Consulting Group
- Commissioned by: Representasjonskontoret i Al-Ram
- Country: --
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- Pages: 38
- Serial number: 4/2009
- ISBN: 978-82-7548-377-3
- ISSN: --
Executive Summary
This Review of the development portfolio and work with women's rights and gender equality - Norwegian Representative Office (NRO), Al-Ram, focuses on how the cooperation with the Palestinian Territories (PT) address women's issues and gender concerns as defined in the Norwegian policy documents (Plan of Action for the Implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 Women, Peace and Security (2006), the Plan of Action for women's rights and gender Equality in the Development Cooperation (2007) and the Stortingsmelding No. 11 - On Equal Terms (2008). The Review provides an assessment of status and the implementation of the gender policy and strategies, and is initiated as a starting point of a process that is intended to improve the work in this field of cooperation.