Outcome IND_D_1.2

Conducive policy environment and enhanced institutional capacities of governance institutions to prevent and respond toall forms of violence against women

CO provided technical support to build a conducive policy environment with recommendations on drafting of national Anti-Trafficking Bill 2021, rapid assessment of State and District level Services and Resources provisioned under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, review of Acid Attack Control Act in Rajasthan, engendering of Delhi Master Plan 2041, drafting of SOPs/guidelines and field observation and rapid assessment of schemes supporting effective functioning of services across women shelter homes, SSKs, One Stop Centres, Women’s Help Desk, service providers including Protection Officers. It also supported the states to build capacities of institutions to prevent and respond to all forms of violence against women and girls. Extended support towards partnerships and collaborations between government institutions, CSOs, youth and women-led organisations, CSR foundations, institutions, and networks for capacity building, strengthening convergence, better monitoring and data collection for informed policy and decision-making. Enhanced capacity of One Stop centres with twenty Oxygen Concentrators during COVID-19 second wave. Online and in-person national consultations and dialogues with Indian Parliamentarians on Gender budgeting, Ministry Women and Child development and state departments on Gender Budgeting Action Plans, and with stakeholders including civil society organisations, Women’s Rights & Entitlements group, Social Security and Livelihoods group, Child Rights group, and Health and Nutrition groups, youth, LGBTQI+ groups, legal groups, experts, researchers, activists and others on promoting safe spaces and implementing gender responsive policies. Developed AI-enabled Chatbot ‘SAMBAL’ against gender-based violence to bridge the information gap for survivors and allies of violence, digitalized violence redressal and other services for safety and protection of women, girls and children through uploading of the verified resources including a Directory of Services on the platform of ‘My Safetipin’, a free to download app. Responding to humanitarian crisis and assistance during the COVID -19 pandemic made direct unconditional cash transfer of $35 each to women help reduce their economic vulnerability, with special attention to vulnerable women and women and girls at risk of and/or survivors of violence, so they can have access to food security, livelihood and access emergency needs and conditional cash transfer of $135 each to women micro-entrepreneur to enhance their skills and learn to use digital technology to restart their small-scale businesses or restore their livelihoods. Mass public awareness campaigns, creative and engaging messages and IEC collaterals for dissemination through social media platforms and other online avenues including twitter, facebook and Instagram. Public awareness campaigns on Delhi Metro with messages on cyber safety and awareness for women and girls and gender-based violence in the online world, 16 days of Activism taglines #MamlaurgentHain, #FarqpadtaHain and #DilkholkeGhomo and text messages and videos with overall 8.2 million direct and 5.6 million indirect outreach to people in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh in particular

Conducive policy environment and enhanced institutional capacities of governance institutions to prevent and respond toall forms of violence against women

For creating conducive environment and enhancing institutional capacities of governance, UN Women India Country Office has provided technical support to several state governments (Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Rajasthan) in terms of providing quality inputs in governmental processes, SDG implementation, developing roadmap and facilitating training needs of governments and associated functionaries attached to schemes and policies). Apart from this UN Women India CO also has an MOU with the state of Punjab. We are also implementing the programme "COVID-19 Gender Responsive Programme"" in the states of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu along with the Department of Women and Child Development in the three programme states. Furthermore UN Women ICO has trained government officials from the Ministry of Skill Development and Entreprenuership on the POSH ( Prevention of Sexual Harassment at workplace, Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) in Delhi. Additionally, we have trained government officials from Gender Park in Kerala, Protection Officers under PWDVA ( Protection of women from Domestic Violence Act) on POSH, OSC centre administrator in Madhya Pradesh on coordination of services in relation to survivors of violence. Overall UN Women have built capacities of 1,248 government officials and functionaries in six states ( Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh). We have led processes of finalizing state women's policy in the state of Tamil Nadu this year. UN Women ICO has launched SAMBAL in UN RO website. (https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/countries/india ). Sambal Chatbot is a strength giving Chatbot by UN Women India to support survivors of violence and their allies. The objective of Sambal is to enhance access to essential services for women, and girls affected by violence through technology-based solutions and ease of reporting of domestic and other forms of violence, and to strengthen access to resources and tools to address Sexual and Gender-based Violence. A workshop was organized to provide a platform for key stakeholders working on the issue of VAW to learn, reflect and exchange ideas on what strategies, approaches, and programmes work or could work for primary prevention of VAW in India. It was aimed at understanding the evidence available in India on primary prevention strategies and programmes by civil society organizations (CSOs) in the face of VAW. The keynote address was given by Ms Anita Bhatia, Deputy Executive Director, UN WOMEN. The workshop was attended by 8 senior-level government officials from National Commission for Women, Panchayati Raj, Govt, of Rajasthan, Gender Park, Government of Kerala, Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board, Government of Madhya Pradesh, Department of Women and Child and Development, Assam, Delhi, and Department of Planning and Development, Tamil Nadu as well as representatives from 48 civil society organizations, academia and donor organisations.