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Project ID: | 00067222 | Description: | MDGF-1956-F-GNB Strength Justi |
Fund: | Start Date *: | 31 Dec 2008 | |
Theme: | MDGF Conflict Prev Peacebld |
End Date*: | 14 May 2013 |
Country: | Guinea-Bissau | Project Status: | Financially Closed |
Participating Organization: | Multiple |
About
OverviewThe Programme's objectives were to improve judicial and security sector democratic governance and better protect citizen`s rights through legislative reform, and to improve access to justice for the poor, with a special focus on women. The Joint Programme has contributed to strengthening the national justice and security sector reform process by introducing conflict and gender sensitive approaches, and by contributing to the development of a justice and security sector which operates according to the rule of law, reducing the risk of relapse into conflict, and providing fair and effective justice and security services to the people of Guinea-Bissau. The joint programme sought to address policy development at the macro level with capacity building interventions focusing on the legislative and judicial branch. Simultaneously it strengthened civil society’s capacity to better render services at community level. It sought to ensure that all policy developed was done in a participatory manner promoting ownership through training workshops and providing research and analysis of the situations the new policies aimed to address. The main achievements of the evidence based policy making support provided by the JP are the formulation and adoption of the National Justice Sector Policy and Strategic Plan for the Justice Sector; development of the first national policy on gender equality and equity; development of the National Assembly Strategic Development Plan; the Access to Justice Baseline survey (conducted in 3 Regions) and; the study on the situation of violence against women in Guinea Bissau. The results of the Joint Programme are also reflected in the country´s legal framework, which is now more gender sensitive. During the implementation period new specific laws regarding women´s rights and the fight against all forms of violence were adopted such as a Law against Female Genital Mutilation as well as a Law on Sexual and Reproductive Health that determines the minimum age for marriage, a Law against human trafficking, with special focus on children and women was elaborated and adopted and more recently the law on Domestic Violence has been approved in the parliament. A department of Gender and Human Rights was created in the Ministry of Interior to mainstream gender into the security sector, and a legal aid scheme was institutionalized bringing together the Ministry of Justice, the BAR Association and civil society organizations. In addition, five access to Justice Centers were set up in four regions to provide legal orientation to the most vulnerable, and have assisted over 3,600 beneficiaries.
Outcome 1:
Judicial and security sector governance improved and citizen’s rights better protected through legislative and normative reform.
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Outcome 2:
Access to justice services for the poor improved, with special focus on women.
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If you have questions about this programme you may wish to contact the RC office in Guinea-Bissau or the lead agency for the programme. The MPTF Office Portfolio Manager (or Country Director with Delegation of Authority) for this programme:
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