Mid-Term Review of the Norwegian Action Plan for Women's ... - Norad

issue of improving the WRGE work alone. The development cooperation system also has to addressthe question of what can make a substantial and lasting difference for women and their rights andimprove gender equality and justice in a time where women in many countries face a worseningsituation. It is time to work more systematically with identifying change agents for WRGE and theirnetworks and supporting these in a situation where harmonisation seems to limit funding to theseagents. There might even be time now for a concerted effort of donors that believe in funding ofWRGE to make large funds available for WRGE work, with ambitious goals, in fashion similar to theclimate and forest grants that were (already) designed. Substantial funding of in-country capacity for sexsegregatedstatistics and research and analysis capacity is needed as part of such package, and regionalcollaborations should be encouraged.Several models already exist for such funds to be established and managed; creativity and innovativenessshould be mobilised to find solutions and models should such an idea be contemplated.Another opportunity for improved quality of the WRGE work, and more effective work, is to improvethe knowledge basis by also enlisting gender researchers, consultants and NGOs as part of the widerknowledge community base for effective WRGE work. Such efforts should be complemented by astrong effort to bring the voices and the experience of competent women and men and organisedWRGE work from the partner countries into the discussions in partner country work and in Norway.8