and the International Women’s Share research through: financial research report, Development Agency) briefings, discussion papers, academic papers, case studies and practitioner guidance material to support dissemination of findings at community level. Research on impacts of Three years $550,000 Investigate the social and economic impacts of the seasonal Evidence on the social and economic impacts of the seasonal migrant worker from 2014 migrant worker scheme on women and men in scheme on women to inform the program and scheme on women and men households in Tonga enhance protections and benefits for women Develop recommendations for measures to protect or Improved gender responsive seasonal migration enhance benefits of the scheme for and men programs Funding to government for key Continuation of annual tranche to government to fund Division Three years $48,000 Maintenance of national profile for women’s issues women's and violence against of Women’s Affairs media and events for International Women’s from 2014 and the elimination of violence against women women events (Division of Day, White Ribbon Day etc. (EVAW) Women’s Affairs) Capacity assessment and Three years $74,500 Design for package of capacity development for identified Strengthened organisational and technical capacity of support to women's from 2014 organisations that are supporting women in small and leading women’s organisations in Tonga organisations medium enterprises. Increased knowledge of capacity and challenges of Provision of capacity development sessions, individualised supporting women in small and medium enterprise to follow up and mentoring, which may include support for inform Phase II development of business strategies and marketing strategies. Integrated package to respond Three years $1,446,000 Provide core funding to two existing violence against Increased quality and coverage of services for to violence against women from 2014 (VAW) service providers. survivors of violence (Tonga Women and Children Resource a consultation for a costed implementation and Strengthened multi-sectoral action for the prevention Crisis Centre and Tonga dissemination plan for the Family Protection Act. and response to VAW National Centre for Women and Fund dissemination plan, including Tongan language version Increased community awareness of VAW as a Children) of the Act, and a series of community conversations on what and of services available men and women perceive to be the root cause of violence Stronger collaboration between service providers against women. Facilitate a process to produce a set of minimum standards and referral pathways for survivors of violence. This includes consultations with women, including women with disabilities, rural women on Tongatapu, young women and women on at least one outer island.
and the International Women’s Development Agency) Share research through: financial research report, briefings, discussion papers, academic papers, case studies and practitioner guidance material to support dissemination of findings at community level. Research on impacts of seasonal migrant worker scheme on women and men Investigate the social and economic impacts of the seasonal migrant worker scheme on women and men in households in Tonga Develop recommendations for measures to protect or enhance benefits of the scheme for and men Evidence on the social and economic impacts of the scheme on women to inform the program and enhance protections and benefits for women Improved gender responsive seasonal migration programs Three years from 2014 $550,000 Funding to government for key women's and violence against women events (Division of Women’s Affairs) Continuation of annual tranche to government to fund Division of Women’s Affairs media and events for International Women’s Day, White Ribbon Day etc. Maintenance of national profile for women’s issues and the elimination of violence against women (EVAW) Three years from 2014 $48,000 Capacity assessment and support to women's organisations Design for package of capacity development for identified organisations that are supporting women in small and medium enterprises. Provision of capacity development sessions, individualised follow up and mentoring, which may include support for development of business strategies and marketing strategies. Strengthened organisational and technical capacity of leading women’s organisations in Tonga Increased knowledge of capacity and challenges of supporting women in small and medium enterprise to inform Phase II Three years from 2014 $74,500 Integrated package to respond to violence against women (Tonga Women and Children Crisis Centre and Tonga National Centre for Women and Children) Provide core funding to two existing violence against (VAW) service providers. Resource a consultation for a costed implementation and dissemination plan for the Family Protection Act. Fund dissemination plan, including Tongan language version of the Act, and a series of community conversations on what men and women perceive to be the root cause of violence against women. Facilitate a process to produce a set of minimum standards and referral pathways for survivors of violence. This includes consultations with women, including women with disabilities, rural women on Tongatapu, young women and women on at least one outer island. Increased quality and coverage of services for survivors of violence Strengthened multi-sectoral action for the prevention and response to VAW Increased community awareness of VAW as a and of services available Stronger collaboration between service providers Three years from 2014 $1,446,000
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