Integrating Gender Equality, Cultural Diversity and Human Rights in PAHO Marijke Velzeboer-Salcedo Coordinator, Gender, Diversity and Human Rights Office.

Integrating Gender Equality, Cultural Diversity and Human

Rights in PAHO

Marijke Velzeboer-SalcedoCoordinator,

Gender, Diversity and Human Rights Office

2-3 February, 2011

• To learn concepts of Gender Equality, Cultural Diversity and Human Rights and Health. This includes the analysis of health information with a gender and intercultural perspective.

• Apply these cross cutting priorities in the Results-based management framework of the BWP and other PAHO instruments.

• Form a Gender, Diversity and Human Rights network of focal points within PAHO (HQ and the CO) to facilitate and support the mainstreaming of GDR in PAHO’s planning and corporate processes.

Ultimately, to increase Efficiency and Equity in Health

Health for All

Purpose of the Training

• (Include PAHO organizational charts where GDR is located) see Floriza’s presentation!

Gender•Gender Equity Advisor•Genevieve Grabman, Gender Mainstreaming Specialist•Cathy Cuellar, Regional Advisor on Gender•Vielka Jones, Consultant

Cultural Diversity•Cultural Diversity & Gender Advisor•Maria Inês Barbosa, Cultural Diversity Mainstreaming Specialist

Human Rights•Javier Vasquez, Regional Human Rights Law Advisor•Cristina Leria, Advisor, Human Rights Law for Health Services

Bioethics•Bioethics Regional Advisor

•Lilia Jara, Advisor on GDR Evidence•Floriza Gennari, Program Management Specialist

•Oswaldo Gómez, KMC•Esmeralda Burbano, Program Support

Support Staff•Miriam Almazan Aguirre

Support Staff

•Celeste Medina •Bethany McCurley •Florencia Behrensen

Gender, Diversity and Human Rights (GDR)Marijke Velzeboer-Salcedo

Coordinator

Management and Coordination

GDR 2010

GEH (Gender Equality & Health)

+ CDH (Cultural Diversity & Health: Includes Indigenous Peoples and Ethnicity)

+ HRH (Human Rights & Health)

+ Bioethics & Health

= GDR (2010)

PAHO GDRRegionalTEAM HQ

Decentralized supportRegional Advisor/PAN

Sub-reg. Focal Points

FP/PWRFP/PWRFP/PWRTA/FP

MOHMOH

TA/FP TA/FP

HQTechnical Areas(TA):Focal points fromFCH, PBR,SDE etc

MOH

GDR Collaboration PAHO and Member StatesGDR Collaboration PAHO and Member States

What is Mainstreaming ?

The process of integrating defined policies, strategies or priorities into all areas and levels of institutional policy making, including planning, implementation, research, monitoring and evaluation, while promoting these through the participation of public bodies, social partners, NGOs and other relevant actors, so that women and men, girls and boys of all diverse populations can equally benefit and so that inequality is not perpetrated. In this way, mainstreaming helps to align policies, programs and operations with the long-term goal of the Health Agenda of the Americas of attaining equity in health for all, while increasing the efficiency of their implementation, and promoting a pro-active approach rather than responding to impacts as they unfold. (PAHO Definition)

Strategy for Mainstreaming Cross Cutting Priorities (CCP)

Why?

• Strategic Plan calls for integrating CCP

• Gender Equality Policy/Plan of Action/monitoring framework

• Resolution CD47R18, Health of the indigenous peoples of the Americas

• Human rights instruments.

Gender Equality Policy Goal:

Achievement of gender equality in health status and health development

Core objectives-Optimal health status and well being for men & women - Equity in resources allocations for health - Equal participation & empowerment of men a& men in relation to their health - Fairness in distribution of burden and rewards associated with health work for men & women

Action 4: Monitoring and evaluation

Action 2: Capacity Building

Action 1:Evidence building

Action 3: Participatio

n of civil society

PAHO’s Gender Equality Policy and Plan of Action

Strategy for Mainstreaming Cross Cutting Priorities (CCP)

What? CCP: GEH, CDH, HRHCC strategies: Primary Health Care, Social protection, and Health promotion

Who?Mainstreaming mechanisms: CCP COT (cross-organizational team) and GDR Office all entities

Strategy for Mainstreaming Cross Cutting Priorities (CCP)

How?• Identify key corporate processes (Strategic

Plan BWP, CCS, Governing Body documents, key publications)

• Develop guides and checklists to integrate and monitor the integration of CCP

• Analysis for accountability with checklists feedback incoporate comments reanalyze for accountability

Strategic Plan 2008-2012

Biennial work plans•CCP Markers

•ChecklistsBudgets

Health Agenda for the Americas

2008-2017

EQUITY

Mainstreaming Cross Cutting Priorities to Achieve Equity in HealthMainstreaming Cross Cutting Priorities to Achieve Equity in Health

Governing BodiesDocuments•Guidelines

•Document Review

Member StatesCommon Country

Strategies•Guidelines•Checklist

Cross Cutting Priorities

GenderEthnicity

Human RightsHealth Promotion

Primary Health CareSocial Protection

PAHOs Gender, Diversity and Human Rights Office (GDR): mainstreaming GDR for achieving Health for All

VISION: to provide technical collaboration, in partnership with to provide technical collaboration, in partnership with government, non-government, and UN organizations, government, non-government, and UN organizations, especially to priority countries, to advance gender/ethnic especially to priority countries, to advance gender/ethnic equity and human rights to improve efficiency in the health equity and human rights to improve efficiency in the health sector.sector.

• Integrating Gender in Health - Technical Areas/HQ - Support to countries, especially PAHO priority countries

• Integrating Cultural Diversity in Health• Improving evidence on Gender and Ethnicity in Health• Integrating commitments on human rights into the health policies and plans • Managing knowledge for planning, programming, monitoring and advocacy

Gender Equality, Cultural Diversity and Human Rights Matter:

Health for All

Thank you! Gracias!