Recommendation 5 The review will also The review will be expanded to review the current Ongoing till June A review and/or annual include looking at the portfolio of country plan activities across the program 2020 Agree in part connections between to ensure the interconnections between WEE, WLDM reflection of existing WEE WEE and EVAW, and EVAW are integrated into partner M&E activities is required and the acknowledging the frameworks and reporting. next Country Plan should connections between For current WEE activities that are showing positive include a portfolio of activities violence and women’s change to increasing women’s incomes such as the that address the links economic Spa Academy activity, links between women’s agency between WEE and WLDM. The empowerment. and their ability to take up leadership roles will be review and/or annual addressed. reflection might consider This approach is also relevant for future WEE coherence and linkages with programming under the Fiji country plan. Future other DFAT funded WEE reflection workshops will also include participation activities as well. from relevant DFAT funded WEE programs to foster collaboration and coherence amongst partners. Recommendation 6 Agree This is currently underway based on January 2017 recommendations from the M&E Pacific Women The Fiji MEF should be revised system review workshop and recommendations from to better reflect realistic the broader Pacific Women Year Three Evaluation. change pathways for WEE and WLDM including updating short term and medium intended outcomes.
Recommendation 5 A review and/or annual reflection of existing WEE activities is required and the next Country Plan should include a portfolio of activities that address the links between WEE and WLDM. The review and/or annual reflection might consider coherence and linkages with other DFAT funded WEE activities as well. Agree in part The review will also include looking at the connections between WEE and EVAW, acknowledging the connections between violence and women’s economic empowerment. The review will be expanded to review the current portfolio of country plan activities across the program to ensure the interconnections between WEE, WLDM and EVAW are integrated into partner M&E frameworks and reporting. For current WEE activities that are showing positive change to increasing women’s incomes such as the Spa Academy activity, links between women’s agency and their ability to take up leadership roles will be addressed. This approach is also relevant for future WEE programming under the Fiji country plan. Future reflection workshops will also include participation from relevant DFAT funded WEE programs to foster collaboration and coherence amongst partners. Ongoing till June 2020 Recommendation 6 The Fiji MEF should be revised to better reflect realistic change pathways for WEE and WLDM including updating short term and medium intended outcomes. Agree This is currently underway based on recommendations from the Pacific Women M&E system review workshop and recommendations from the broader Pacific Women Year Three Evaluation. January 2017