Implementation period: October 2018 – December 2019
Funder: UN Women
Purpose: Implement international and national commitments on women's rights and gender equality, create a network for sharing best practices, and advocate for women's rights and gender equality in all areas of life.
Objectives:
- Support the establishment of the WEP Platform in Moldova and facilitate its operation.
- Map current and best practices in promoting gender equality and implementing WEP by private sector companies in Moldova.
- Advocate for laws and policies that promote gender equality and increase women's economic participation.
Results:
- Facilitation of the establishment of the WEP Platform and its Executive Council.
- Creation of a database with information on WEP signatory companies, including WEP contact points.
- Report on the current state of WEP implementation in Moldova.
- Action plans for WEP implementation for at least 30 companies.
- Development of a monitoring tool (reflecting results, activities, objectives, indicators, and deadlines) for WEP implementation.
- Awareness-raising activities and dissemination of best practices in WEP implementation.
- Five legislative and policy recommendations to promote gender equality and increase women's economic participation through WEP promotion.
Services offered:
- Organizing and conducting an initial meeting with a broader group of stakeholders to inform them about the WEP promotion initiative.
- Mapping the current state of WEP implementation.
- Developing a tool for documenting best practices in WEP implementation.
- Conducting individual interviews with companies, identified based on the mapping, to discuss and document best practices in WEP.
- Supporting companies in developing their own action plans for WEP implementation.
- Organizing informational sessions on the WEP initiative.