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 Re: Oslo Donors' Conference: Sudanese Women's Priorities (Re: hala alahmadi)
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IN CONCLUSION
We call upon this donor conference to commit to principles of gender responsive resource allocation so that at least 80% of budgetary allocations and resource support to Sudan’s reconstruction meet at least three of the following criteria:
Directly benefiting women, contributing directly to women’s empowerment and increasing women’s capacities, opportunities and access to resources;
Reducing gender inequalities in law, policy and practice
Directly benefiting young people, especially girls, in disadvantaged communities;
Targeting rural areas.
We also call on the donor community to provide financial support towards the hosting of an all inclusive Sudanese Women’s Conference that would define a coherent, long-term agenda and strategy for accelerating women’s empowerment and gender equality/equity.
We call on the support of IGAD, the African Union, the United Nations and especially UNIFEM to facilitate the hosting of such a conference. Such a conference should prioritize inputs from grassroots communities through Regional Preparatory Conferences, and must include the private sector,civil society, non-governmental organizations, Diaspora, returnees, refugees and IDPs, professionals and international personalities.
We call on the United Nations to engage women’s organizations in support of the newly established UN Peace Keeping mission in Sudan, particularly with regards to awareness-raising and education about the role and mandate of the peacekeeping mission, UN codes of conduct, including disciplinary measures that govern behaviour of peacekeepers and about community strategies and safeguards to prevent any possible incidences of sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers.
We call for dedicated funding to support an independent women’s watchdog mechanism that will monitor implementation of the above recommendations. And finally, we do appreciate the support provided by the Government of Norway and its institutions, the United Nations and especially UNIFEM in mainstreaming our participation and our concerns in this process and call for the recognition of institutions such as UNIFEM and IGAD in their capacities and mandates towards women.
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