Local governments and market management are gender responsive and accountable to women market vendor needs
Local governments and market management are gender responsive and accountable to women market vendor needs
Complementary indicators are identified as those in the results framework that are not repeated verbatim in the results framework of another United Nations entity, but are related or provide different but complementary lenses or insights into the same issue, high-level result and/or area of complementary work, such as a Sustainable Development Goal target.
ComplementaryStrengthened capacity and commitment of local government and market management to draft, adopt, and implement gender responsive market bylaws, policies, plans, and budgets for the provision of safe and secure market infrastructure, adequate amenities and services, and transparent revenue generation and expenditures
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Local governments and market management are gender responsive and accountable to women market vendor needs
Local government and market management have demonstrated increased accountability to women market vendors through their commitment for gender responsive and inclusive processes and strategies in the marketplaces. This have included the following: continuous improvements to the policy landscapes of markets . In Fiji, this has been demonstrated through improved market by-laws and the development of Standard Operating Procedures for the Nausori Market Women's Accommodation Centre and the Nausori Market Women's Accommodation Centre. The Accommodation Centres are for rural women vendors who travel long distances and need to a place to stay overnight. Increasing accountability to vendors through the establishment of a Grievance Mechanism as an efficient and effective way of anticipating, collecting, recording, addressing and, where possible, resolving grievances. The mechanism has especially given women vendors confidence to voice their concerns over injustices in the marketplaces. Increasing gender parity by examination of management structures across the 13 markets and appointing 3 women market managers (with the aim to continue to increase the proportion); Improving information flows to enhance transparency through the establishment of channels of communications, including informal channels. These have resulted in greater clarity about marketplace operations and management. Creating systemic changes to ensure safe spaces for women vendors where they can be productive , such as the creation of sheltered space for close to 400 women in three markets. These women would otherwise be selling in the open, and along footpaths. The establishment of a solutions-oriented forum for 11 market managers and market vendors associations. This monthly meeting has been actively finding solutions to address a variety of market vendors needs and also enhance cross-market knowledge sharing. UN Women provided financial and technical support for the capacity building of local governments and market management through the Markets for Change project.Disclaimer and notes
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