Eng - UNDP in Tajikistan

DEVELOPMENT PARTNER PROFILE
Multilateral
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
Contact: Ms. Nargis Azizova
Gender and Governance Advisor
Tel: 441-06-41 Fax: 441-06-46
E-mail: nargis.azizova@unifem.org
Website: www.unifemcis.org, www.untj.org/gender
Organization Profile
UNIFEM is the women’s fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to
foster women’s empowerment and gender equality. Placing the advancement of women’s human rights at the centre of all of its efforts,
UNIFEM focuses its activities on four strategic areas:
• Reducing feminized poverty;
• Ending violence against women;
• Reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS among women and girls;
• Achieving gender equality in democratic governance in times of peace as well as war.
Past and Current Programmes
UNIFEM continuously works towards engendering national policy in Tajikistan. UNIFEM supports national partners through strengthening
their capacity to more effectively address gender equality perspectives in their daily activities.
To support rural women and extend their economic opportunities in the light of the state land reform of 2002-2005 UNIFEM is working
towards securing women’s economic rights. In 2003-2005 UNIFEM has implemented the project “Women’s Land Rights”, which resulted in
significant progress at policy and legislative levels. In 2007 UNIFEM has started implementation of the joint project on gender responsive
monitoring of land reforms in partnership with FAO and CIDA’s funding, which is envisaged to allow for a multi-level, streamlined approach
both for institutional strengthening of the Government and for safeguarding rights of the rural poor. Specifically, the project will aim to
support women, today’s leading workforce in Tajikistan’s agriculture, in securing their land use rights and subsequently their livelihoods.
In addition to the above, Tajikistan is also a part of the regional initiatives and projects working towards eliminating violence against women,
gender dimensions of HIV/AIDS, gender responsive budgeting, etc.
Future Programming Direction
Theme 1: Enhance women’s economic security and rights
Theme 2: Reduce prevalence of violence against women and HIV/AIDS
Theme 3: Advance gender justice in democratic governance
Source: Aid Coordination and Project Monitoring System Database
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