Public Procurement and Gender in Caribbean

Transcript:Public Procurement and Gender in Caribbean:
Public Procurement and Gender in Caribbean Development Bridgetown, Barbados Tuesday 14 June, 2016 By: L. Nana Oye Hesse - Bayne . Presentation Overview Conceptualizing Gender Gender and the Human Rights Agenda Public Procurement in the context of Government Expenditure Gender Implications of Government Procurement expenditure Why Gender is important – Caribbean experiences Recommendations moving forward Defining Gender Social attributes and opportunities associated with being male and female Relationships between women and men and girls and boys, as well as the relations between women and those between men. Socially constructed and learnt through socialization processes Defining Gender Cont’d Context/ time-specific and changeable. Gender determines what is expected, allowed and valued in a women or a man in a given context. Translated to responsibilities assigned, activities undertaken, access to and control over resources, as well as decision-making opportunities Gender Equality Equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities of women and men and girls and boys. Equality does not mean that women and men will become the same but that women’s and men’s rights, responsibilities and opportunities will not depend on whether they are born male or female. Gender Equality Gender equality implies that the interests, needs and priorities of both women and men are taken into consideration, recognizing the diversity of different groups of women and men. Gender equality is not a women’s issue but should concern and fully engage men as well as women Gender = Human Rights Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 2015 Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), The Beijing Platform for Action The OAS/CIM Strategic Plan of Action, 2011-2016 Quito Consensus, 2007 Human Rights Declaration National Constitutions National Gender Policies Public Procurement and Government Expenditure Government spending accounts for 15 per cent of the GDP of OECD countries and is as high as 30 per cent of GDP in developing countries (UNEP) In the Caribbean region over the last 2-3 years it has ranged between 11% – 20 % of GDP (World Bank) World Bank data on share of public procurement in GDP for Caribbean Countries Public Procurement and Government Expenditure In which areas of the economy are Government procurement expenditures concentrated? How are men and women represented in these sectors? and what are the gender issues experienced in the sector Areas of Frequent Government Expenditure Source: Handbook for the Inter-American Network on Government Procurement Participation in Economic sectors Source: CARICOM Gender Analysis of the