This presentation was made by the ICGLR during the session "Women as Economic Actors in Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals" of the 9th Multi-stakeholder Forum for Responsible Mineral Supply Chains, held in Paris on 4-6 May 2015. Find out more at http://mneguidelines.oecd.org/icglr-oecd-un-forum-paris-2015.htm

1. … the ICGLR Secretariat to strengthen the inter-linkages
between the Regional Initiative on Natural Resources (RINR)
and the Regional Initiative on Sexual and Gender-based
Violence (SGBV) by supporting Member states to
mainstream gender aspects into their national policies
on the natural resources sector and foster regional
exchange and cooperation for sustainable development of
the natural resources sector.
- Kampala Declaration, 2011
Background
Protocol on the Prevention
and Suppression of Sexual
Violence Against Women
and Children
- ICGLR Pact,
2006

2. Regional Workshop on
Gender and Mining -
June 27-28, 2012
Objectives:
i. To provide a platform to support
the commitments of Member
states by developing gender
responsive strategies for the
mining sector, with emphasis on
the actions called for under the
RINR and the SGBV initiatives;
ii. To develop Guidelines for
mainstreaming in the mining
sector in ICGLR Member

3. Strategies for Mainstreaming Gender
in the 6 RINR Tools - RCM

4. Where we are
-Primary tasks:
-Assessment and Monitoring of
Gender mainstreaming in the
Mining Sector;
-Sensitization and capacity
building;
-Documentation and promotion
of best practices;
AfDB funded Technical Capacity Building Project for the ICGLR
RINR
Objective: To build technical capacity of the ICGLR Secretariat
and 5 Member states for the implementation of the RCM and
Formalization of the ASM
- MoU: November 2013
- Implementation: July 2014 –
- Recruitment of project staff: - April 2015: Expert on
Natural Resources and Gender Mainstreaming

5. Thank you