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Gender and GBV Specialist Role

  • Ensure that all KOITIIP activities have equal access and opportunities to all gender identities in Kiribati
  • Collaborate with stakeholder Ministries including Island Council to implement Gender and GBV Action Plan and Framework
  • Implement and Monitor GBV Framework and GAP ensuring all stakeholders and contractors understand and deliver against their target
  • Establish, maintain and report on GBV GRM
  • Provide training and assistance on all Gender and GBV Activities

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Background Information

Labor Force – 33%

GBV (KSDIS) – 67%

Parliament – 6.5%

Work for Subsistence – 10.8%

Own business – 4.6

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Women issues identified in OI

  • Gender Inequality
  • Limited access to services and economic opportunities
  • boat travel is considered unsafe for women and families
  • Barriers to women working in non-traditional sectors.

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Gender and GBV Pre discussion - Abaiang

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  • KPS - majority of their call outs were for domestic violence cases involving alcohol
  • ASWO - handled more than 40 cases (or one per week) in 2019
  • GoK SafeNet coordination mechanism for GBV services exists but is not operating well in all outer islands.
  • Agreed that all men and women have equal access to employment opportunities
  • Access to employment opportunities for women will lead to income generation thus raising standard of living.
  • Involvement of women doing marketing activities such as selling foods and drinks

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Gender related benefits

  • Improve women’s access to services and economic opportunities in outer islands.
  • Promote safe employment and professional development opportunities for women working in transport sector.
  • Build the institutional capacity within the stakeholder ministries on effective gender mainstreaming strategies and operationalize GOK commitments on gender-based violence and sexual harassment

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GRM

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Outer Island Role

  • Produce monthly Report on GBV Data and Gender issues
  • Alignment with KOITIIP Code of Conduct
  • Provide GBV Service to stakeholders in need and do referral
  • Participate in all Gender training organized by KOITIIP
  • Apply for Support Fund for GBV Survivors
  • display signs/awareness around the project site that signal to workers and the community that the project site is an area where GBV is prohibited.
  • Provide emergency shelter for GBV survivors

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