Programme Description:

Provide support for the reduction of gender and age discriminations through strengthening of the following policies: inclusion of gender issues in sexual education; the empowerment of women; the fight against discrimination; the incorporation of national gender statistics, and the generation of studies based on theses gender based statistics.

Development Goal:

UNDAF 3.“By 2010, the country will have advanced in the design and management of policies which will make possible more equitable starting conditions and increased access to good social services as well as confronting discrimination and promoting processes of social integration”

Outcome:

One Un Programme 3.1: The policies, plans, and programmes that combat inequities (in particular gender and generational) have been supported in their design and execution.

Outputs and Key Activities:

1. “Strengthen in the implementation of the First National Plan of Equality of Rights and Opportunities”

2. “Strengthen of the institutionalism of gender in the structures, procedures and practices of the Uruguayan Parliament”

3. “Institutional strengthening of the National System of Statistics oriented to the development of information on gender and generation”

4. “Mainstreaming rights and gender oriented sexual education within education and training processes for children and adolescents, within the process of decentralization”

Procurement:

Procurement activities will be conducted through UNIFEM, UNFPA, and the national implementing partners.