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WANMAR UNSCR 1325 TASKFORCE
The
Sierra Leone National Action Plan for the
Full Implementation of United Nations
Security Council Resolutions
1325 (2000) & 1820 (2008)
The
Sierra Leone National Action Plan for the
Full Implementation of United Nations
Security Council Resolutions
1325 (2000) & 1820 (2008)
SiLNAP
Table of Contents Page
(i) Preface……………………………………………………………………. ii
(ii) Acknowledgments……………………………………………………… iv
(iii) Abbreviations and Acronyms…………………………………………… v
(iv) Executive Summary……………………………………………………… vii
1: Introduction
1.1 General Background : ……………………………………………… 1
1.1.1 The Global Context of UNSCR 1325 (2000) and UNSCR 1820 (2008)
1886 (2009), 1888 (2009) and 1889 (2009)……………………… 2
1.1.2 The Sierra Leone Context………………………………………….. 3
2: Elaboration of the Sierra Leone National Action Plan (SiLNAP)……. 7
2.1 The Process of Developing the Sierra Leone National Action Plan.. 7
2.2 The Baseline Study…………………………………………………… 12
3: The Sierra Leone National Action Plan (SiLNAP) ……………………… 13
3.1 Vision………………………………………………………………. 14
3.2 Mission…………………………………………………………….. 14
3.3 National Action Plan Matrix……………………………………… 14
3.4 National Action Plan Budget Estimate……………………….… 21
3.5 Resource Mobilization for Full Implementation ……………..… 27
?Financing………………………………………………………… 27
?Advocacy………………………………………………………… 27
?Capacity Building ……………………………………………… 27
4: Monitoring and Evaluation Framework ………………………………….. 29
4.1 Introduction to the M&E Framework……………………………. 29
4.2 Institutional Readiness for Monitoring the Sierra Leone
National Action Plan (SiLNAP) ………………………………… 30
4.3 Institutional Arrangement………………………………………… 30
4.4 Indicators for Monitoring the SiLNAP…………………………… 33
4.5 Data requirement for Monitoring and Evaluation of the SiLNAP… 33
4.6 Budget for implementing the M&E Plan………………………… 33
5. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………… 35
6. Appendices ……………………………………………………………………… 36
7. Bibliography …………………………………………………………………… 41
i
(I) Preface
Sierra Leone experienced eleven years civil war that brought socio-economic development to stagnation. To redress this unwholesome state of affairs, the Government of Sierra Leone held negotiation with the then Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and signed the Lome Peace Agreement. One of the many recommendations was to set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) with a mandate to investigate the causes of the war and make recommendations to promote national healing and prevent reccurrence.
1The TRC made general recommendations and imperative recommendations on women .
The TRC found that women and girls were subjected to systematic abuse during the conflict such as 'torture, rape, sexual abuse, sexual slavery, trafficking, enslavement, abductions, amputations, forced pregnancy, forced labour and detentions. The TRC recommendations aimed at addressing the underlying causes of the conflict, prioritizing the elimination of laws and practices that discriminate against women and introducing effective measures to address and reduce sexual and domestic violence.
The United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (2000) and 1820 (2008) address the impact of war and conflict on women and girls including the recognition of and intervention on the gender dimension. Also, these Resolutions address women's contributions to conflict prevention, resolution, transformation, peace processes and peace building.
The UNSCR 1325 as designed, is a tool for engendering peace and security process as It can leverage strategic actions for equitable and sustainable interventions for inclusive security, peace and development, especially with respect to women and girls. Nine years on, since its adoption, progress on the ground in developing countries like Sierra Leone in translating the principles and provisions into practice has been minimal, with little or no deliberate and coordinated actions. The UN Secretary-General mandated mechanisms that are being encouraged and facilitated by UN Agencies in particular, OSAGI, INSTRAW, UNIFEM, UNFPA and Civil Societies. An essential step in the mechanism is for countries to develop National Action Plans (NAPs). This is a powerful tool for building national consensus and ownership in support of, as well as, guiding effective implementation of the resolution.
To nationally implement the global UNSCRs 1325 and 1820, Sierra Leone decided to develop the National Action Plan (NAP). The NAP was drafted through a rigorous and inclusive process which commenced in September 2008. The final draft was adopted as the Sierra Leone National Action Plan (SiLNAP) in September 2009 at a National Consultative Conference, attended by line Ministries, CSOs and UN Agencies with support from Cordaid, Netherlands. To commence the process, a mapping survey was conducted to establish a baseline on implementing UNSCR 1325 in Sierra Leone and provide data to inform the crafting of the SiLNAP. The survey report revealed among other challenges, low level of technical capacity for effective implementation of UNSCR 1325. At the core of effective and practical translation of the provisions of 1325 and 1820 on the ground, is for the SiLNAP to contain “SMART” monitoring and evaluation indicators and highlight good practices for monitoring implementation.
The SiLNAP has five pillars, with indicators, as follows:
(1) Prevention of Conflict including Violence Against Women and Children (SGBV)(2) Protection, Empowerment of Victims and Vulnerable Persons especially
women/girls(3) Prosecute, Punish Perpetrators effectively and Safeguard Women and Girls'
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1 Witness to Truth: Report of the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Vol. 2, p.168
Human Rights to Protection during and post conflict as well as Rehabilitate Victims/Survivors of SGBV and Perpetrators.
(4) Participation and Representation of Women.(5) Promote Coordination of the Implementation Process, including Resource
Mobilization, Monitoring and Evaluation of and Reporting on the National Action Plan.
The Resolution focuses on the three key areas namely: prevention, participation and protection of women and girls in pre, during and post conflict periods. We must therefore ensure that our women and girls are by no means threatened by gender-based violence; otherwise one will hasten to say that there will never be a real chance for peace and security. We must collectively ensure that the needs of survivors of sexual violence are recognized and addressed, and by so doing we will enhance the opportunity for building a more peaceful and equitable society.
th ndAs we approach the 10 and 2 Anniversaries since the adoption of the important Resolutions 1325 on women, peace and security and 1820 on sexual violence respectively, it is very timely for our country to develop the SiLNAP. However, it is sad to note that most women in conflict and post conflict situations continue to experience limited peace and security. We need to be proactive as government, UN System and Civil Society in ensuring that we implement the provisions of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in Sierra Leone. We have gone a long way but we still need to do more without complacency.
Let me assure you of Government's sustained political will and commitment in the implementation of the SiLNAP by providing the leadership to the entire process.
H. E. Dr. Ernest Bai KoromaPresident of the Republic of Sierra Leone
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7. Bibliography
1. Conciliation Resources/CEDSA/MARWOPNET-SL/Search for Common Ground (2008) Peace, Security and Development Update 'Women in Security', March 2008, Issue 3.
2. GOSL (2004) Census Reports by Statistics Sierra Leone/ UNFPA/UNIFEM (2008) 'Situation Analysis Research on Gender Based Violence, Vol. I&II.
3. GOSL (2004) Gender Mainstreaming Policy
4. GOSL – Ministry of Social Welfare Gender and Children's Affairs (2009), National Gender Strategic Plan
5. GOSL (2009) Policy on the Advancement of Women
6. GOSL (2008) PRSP II – 'Agenda for Change'
7. Thelma Ekiyor and L. Muthoni Wanyeki: National Implementation of security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security in Africa – Needs Assessment Report, prepared for the OSAGI and ECA, High-Level Policy Dialogue on National Implementation of the Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) in Africa 6-8 February 2008, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
8. The Sierra Leone Women's Manifesto/Declaration: Action NOW – available from especially the 50/50 Group (SL), NOW (SL) and the Women's Forum (SL).
9. UNIFEM (2009) Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security: Gender-Sensitive Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding
10. UN-INSTRAW (208), “Planning for Action : Good Practices on Implementing UNSCR 1325 on a National Level”, available at
http://www.instraw.org/image/fles Background paper 1325.pdf
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(ii) Acknowledgments
The Sierra Leone National Action Plan on UNSCR 1325 and 1820 is firmly rooted in the findings of the
baseline assessment/mapping survey and wider consultations conducted by the Ministry of Social Welfare,
Gender and Children's Affairs in collaboration with WANEP-SL and MARWOPNET-SL. The process to
develop the Sierra Leone NAP on UNSCR 1325 and 1820 was conducted by a collaborative effort involving
Government through the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs (MSWGCA), Civil Society
Organizations, other local NGOs as well as the UN Country Gender Team in particular the National Task
Force on 1325 led by WANEP (SL) and MARWOPNET (SL) (WANMAR), with funding support from Cordaid
(Netherlands).
This plan would not have come to a logical conclusion without Government's political will and commitment
which was manifested through the line ministries especially the Ministries of Defence, Internal Affairs, Local
Government and Rural Development, Information and Communication, Foreign Affairs and International
Cooperation etc. I am also humbled by the active participation in all the processes by the Hon. Members of
Parliament and the Office of the First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone.
The Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs, WANEP-SL and MARWOPNET-SL remain
very grateful to Cordaid Netherlands for their financial support towards the development of this SiLNAP.
We are also very grateful for the financial and technical support from the UN System especially UNFPA and
UNIFEM in Sierra Leone.
I am particularly grateful to the project core team comprising of staff from my Ministry, WANEP-SL, and
MARWOPNET-SL for working tirelessly in coordinating the assessments, consultations, collating
stakeholders input, organising Taskforce meetings etc. Special thanks to Dr. Nana Pratt (NOW
SL/MARWOPNET-SL), Edward Jombla (WANEP-SL), Agnes Farma (WANEP-SL), Mabel Kartusche (NOW
SL/MARWOPNET-SL), Sullay M. Kallay (Permanent Secretary – MSWGCA), Fatou Y. Kargbo (Director,
Gender, MSWGCA), Charles B. Vandi (Programme Officer –MSWGCA), John Manu (Ministry of Information
and Broadcasting), Ibrahim Karim Sei (Sierra Leone Association of Journalist), Elizabeth Sam (Gender,
Research and Documentation Centre, University of Sierra Leone and Rosaline M’Carthy (Women’s Forum-
SL) Our grateful thanks go also to Mrs. Bernadette Cole (Chairman, Independence Media Commission-
IMC) for her assistance in editing the document.
Also, we appreciate the resources, services and inputs by Bineta Diop, Executive Secretary, Femme Africa
Solidarite (FAS) and Ecoma Alaga (WIPSEN-Africa) during the National Consultation.
Many thanks and appreciation go to members of the National and Regional Taskforces on UNSCR 1325 and
1820 for their invaluable contributions which led to the finalization of this plan.
Hon. Dr. Soccoh KabiaMinister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs
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Sec
uri
ty C
ou
nci
l R
eso
luti
on
s o
n W
om
en, P
eace
an
d S
ecu
rity
: G
end
er-S
ensi
tiv
e P
eace
ma
kin
g, P
eace
kee
pin
g, P
eace
bu
ild
ing
Wom
en’s
Lea
ders
hip
in P
eace
Mak
ing
and
Con
flict
Pre
vent
ion
Prev
entio
n of
and
Res
pons
e to
Con
flict
-Rel
ated
Sex
ual V
iole
nce
Res
olut
ion
elem
ents
1325
1889
1820
1888
Des
crip
tion
Firs
t SC
R to
link
wom
en to
the
peac
e an
d se
curit
y ag
enda
add
ress
ing
the
impa
ct o
f w
ar o
n w
omen
and
thei
r con
tribu
tion
to
conf
lict s
ituat
ion
and
sust
aina
ble
peac
e
Pres
ente
d by
Nam
ibia
Add
ress
es o
bsta
cles
to w
omen
’s p
artic
ipat
ion
from
pea
cebu
ildin
g pl
anni
ng a
nd in
stitu
tions
an
d la
ck o
f ade
quat
e fu
ndin
g fo
r the
ir ne
eds
or
prov
isio
ns fo
r the
ir se
curit
y
Pres
ente
d by
Vie
t Nam
Firs
t SC
R to
reco
gniz
e co
nflic
t-rel
ated
se
xual
vio
lenc
e as
a m
atte
r of
inte
rnat
iona
l pea
ce k
eepi
ng, j
ustic
e, a
nd
peac
e ne
gotia
tion
resp
onse
Pres
ente
d by
US
Stre
ngth
ens
tool
s fo
r im
plem
entin
g 18
20 th
roug
h as
sign
ing
lead
ersh
ip,
build
ing
judi
cial
resp
onse
exp
ertis
e,
repo
rting
mec
hani
sms.
Pres
ente
d by
US
Key
ele
men
ts?
Wom
en to
par
ticip
atio
n in
all
elem
ents
of p
eace
mak
ing
parti
cula
rly
peac
e ne
gotia
tions
?Pl
acem
ent o
f gen
der a
dvis
ors
in
mis
sion
s
?Tr
aini
ng h
uman
itaria
n an
d pe
acek
eepi
ng p
erso
nnel
on
prot
ectio
n rig
hts
and
need
s of
wom
en (O
P 6)
?N
eed
to m
aint
ain
civi
lian
char
acte
r of
refu
gee/
IDP
cam
ps a
nd d
esig
n th
em
in a
way
that
hel
ps p
reve
nt s
exua
l vi
olen
ce (O
P 12
)
?
‘Spe
cial
mea
sure
s’ to
pro
tect
wom
en
and
girls
from
SG
BV
(OP
10)
?W
omen
to p
artic
ipat
e in
pea
ce m
akin
g an
d pe
aceb
uild
ing
inst
itutio
ns
?
SG to
dev
elop
a s
trate
gy to
incr
ease
nu
mbe
rs o
f fem
ale
peac
emak
ing
and
peac
e ke
epin
g pe
rson
nel (
OP4
)
?
Plac
emen
t of g
ende
r adv
isor
s an
d w
omen
pr
otec
tion
advi
sors
(as
per 1
888)
?B
asic
ser
vice
s fo
r wom
en a
nd a
dequ
ate
fund
ing
for t
hem
(gen
der m
arke
r) (O
P 8-
10)
incl
udin
g se
xual
and
repr
oduc
tive
heal
th
and
repr
oduc
tive
right
s (f
or fi
rst t
ime
in a
SC
reso
lutio
n) O
P 10
)
?C
ivili
an c
hara
cter
of I
DP/
refu
gee
cam
ps
(OP
12) P
BC
to a
ddre
ss g
ende
r in
peac
e bu
ildin
g (O
P 14
and
19)
?G
loba
l ind
icat
ors
for 1
325
with
6 m
onth
s.
(OP
17)
?R
ecom
men
datio
ns in
vite
d fo
r a C
ounc
il m
echa
nism
s fo
r mon
itorin
g (O
P 18
)
?Sp
ecifi
c tra
inin
g of
troo
ps o
n ca
tego
rical
pro
hibi
tion
of s
exua
l vi
olen
ce (O
P 3;
6; 7
)
?D
evel
op m
echa
nism
s fo
r pro
tect
ing
wom
en/g
irls
in/a
roun
d U
N-m
anag
ed
cam
ps (O
P 10
)
?W
elco
mes
coo
rdin
atio
n ef
forts
of U
N
Act
ion
Aga
inst
Sex
ual V
iole
nce
in
Con
flict
(ppx
iv)
?Sc
ope
for a
ddre
ssin
g ro
ot c
ause
s:
‘deb
unki
ng m
yths
that
fuel
sex
ual
viol
ence
’ (O
P 3)
?C
alls
on
peac
emak
ing
effo
rts (a
nd
UN
-app
oint
ed m
edia
tion
team
s in
pa
rticu
lar)
to a
ddre
ss S
V in
con
flict
–re
solu
tion
proc
esse
s (O
P 12
)
?C
alls
for a
ppoi
ntm
ent f
or S
RSG
to
prov
ide
lead
ersh
ip a
nd c
oord
inat
ing
for U
N re
spon
se to
SV
?Su
ppor
ts U
N A
ctio
n as
hos
t for
SR
SG; m
echa
nism
for c
oord
inat
ing
syst
em-w
ide
resp
onse
s.
?W
omen
pro
tect
ion
advi
sors
(mili
tary
an
d ge
nder
ski
lls) i
n co
ntex
ts w
ith
high
leve
ls o
f SV
?R
apid
with
in 3
mon
ths
with
pro
posa
ls
on im
prov
ed m
onito
ring
and
repo
rting
on
con
flict
-rel
ated
SV
?R
epor
t eve
ry y
ear o
n tre
nds,
si
tuat
ions
, and
pro
vidi
ng d
etai
ls o
n pa
rties
to a
rmed
con
flict
cre
dibl
y su
spec
ted
of p
erpe
tratin
g pa
ttern
s of
ra
pe.
40
(iii) Abbreviations and Acronyms
AFC Agenda for Change
AMNET Advocacy Movement Network
AU African Union
CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
CHISECS Chiefdom Security Committees
CSO Civil Society Organizations
CSW Commission on the Status of Women
CSPEC Civil Society Peace Building Executive Committee
DACO Development Aid Coordination Assistance
DISECS District Security Committees
ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States
ENCISS Enhancing the Interaction and interface between Civil Society and Government to Improve Poor People's Lives
FAS Femmne Africa Solidarite
FSU Family Support Unit
GBV Gender Based Violence
G-CiSTF Government Civil Society Task force
GFP Gender Focal Point
GRADOC Gender Research and Documentation Centre
HRCSL Human Rights Commission Sierra Leone
IMC Independence Media Commission
M&E Monitoring and Evaluation
MDA Ministries, Departments and Agencies
MARWOPNET (SL) Mano River Women's Peace Network (Sierra Leone)
MOFED Ministry of Finance and Economic Development
MSWGCA Ministry of Social Welfare Gender and Children Affairs
NaC-GBV National Committee on Gender-Based Violence
NAP National Action Plan
NEC National Electoral Commission
NGSP National Gender Strategy Plan
NSC National Steering Committee
NOW (SL) National Organisation for Women Sierra Leone
OSAGI Office of the Special Assistant on Gender Issues
ONS Office of National Security
OP Operative Paragraph (of the Resolution)
PROSECS Provincial Security Committees
PRSPII Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper II
RSC Steering Committee
SSR Security Sector Reform
v
1.4
.2 R
ecru
itm
ent
and r
eten
tion o
f
wom
en i
n l
aw e
nfo
rcem
ent,
ju
stic
e
and s
ecuri
ty i
nst
ituti
ons
incr
ease
d
Incr
ease
in t
he
% o
f w
om
en
recr
uit
ed a
nd r
etai
ned
in
SS
Is b
y 3
0%
Num
ber
and 3
0%
of
wom
en
in d
ecis
ion-
mak
ing a
nd h
igh
rankin
g p
osi
tions
at a
ll
level
s in
SS
Is
Num
ber
of
trai
nin
g s
essi
ons
to b
uil
d c
apac
ity o
f th
e
MS
WG
CA
, F
SU
, R
SL
AF
and o
ther
rel
evan
t par
tner
s
in t
he
area
of
gen
der
, pea
ce
and s
ecuri
ty i
ncl
udin
g
gen
der
anal
ysi
s an
d g
ender
mai
nst
ream
ing.
MS
WG
CA
,
SiL
NA
P a
nn
ual
report
s,
3%
1%
TB
C
5%
3%
10
10%
10%
20
15%
15%
30
22%
22%
40
30%
30%
50
MS
WG
CA
,
Wom
en’s
gro
ups
Ann
ual
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onit
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val
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Nat
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Fin
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Eval
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Ou
tpu
ts
1.5
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nst
ituti
onal
mec
han
ism
,
man
agem
ent
and m
onit
ori
ng c
apac
ity
of
the
gover
nm
ent-
Civ
il S
oci
ety T
ask
Forc
e st
rength
ened
Req
uir
ed i
nst
ituti
onal
mec
han
ism
s fo
r ef
fect
ive
mo
nit
ori
ng a
nd
coord
inat
ion
in p
lace
No. of
capac
ity b
uil
din
g
trai
nin
gs
on M
& E
conduct
ed
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WG
CA
,
SiL
NA
P a
nn
ual
report
s
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CM
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unit
set
up
Rep
ort
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hs
in
pla
ce
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capac
itat
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Oper
atio
nal
20
Full
y
fucn
tional
30
MS
WG
CA
,A
nn
ual
ly
39
SGBV Sexual and Gender Based Violence
SLFF Sierra Leone Fire Force
TRC Truth and Reconciliation Commission
SiLNAP Sierra Leone National Action Plan
UN United Nations
UNGTG United Nations Gender Theme Group
UNFPA United Nations Population Fund
UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund
UNSCR 1325(2000) United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (October 2000)
UNSCR 1820 (2008) United Nations Security Council Resolution 1820 (June 2008)
WANEP-SL West Africa Network for Peacebuilding-Sierra Leone
WIPSEN-Africa Women in Peacebuilding and Security Network - Africa
WISSIL Women in Security Sector, Sierra Leone
vi
Key
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tpu
ts
1.3.
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t th
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dati
ons
of t
he
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epor
t on
Wom
en
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in
the
no. o
f
vict
ims
rece
ivin
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repa
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ons
supp
ort
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stit
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he j
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to
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iole
nce
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istr
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yers
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s
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port
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uall
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1.3.
3 r
epor
ting
of
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BV
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es a
t
nati
onal
and
com
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ity
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ls
incr
ease
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the
no. o
f ca
ses
repo
rted
to
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orce
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t
agen
cies
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l
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s fo
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09
150
300
450
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en’s
grou
ps
Ou
tcom
e 1.
4
Con
trib
ute
to i
ncre
ased
par
tici
pati
on
and
repr
esen
tati
on o
f w
omen
% i
ncre
ase
in r
epre
sent
atio
n
of w
omen
in
poli
tica
l of
fice
and
publ
ic o
ffic
e
% i
ncre
ase
in w
omen
’s
part
icip
atio
n in
run
ning
for
publ
ic o
ffic
es
HR
CS
L,
MS
WG
CA
,
SiL
NA
P a
nnua
l
repo
rts
15%
20%
18%
30%
35%
40%
MS
WG
CA
,
Wom
en’s
grou
ps
Ann
uall
y,
MT
R a
nd
Fin
al
Eva
luat
ion
Ou
tpu
ts
1.4.
1 S
take
hold
ers
lobb
ied
for
incr
ease
d re
pres
enta
tion
and
gen
der
pari
ty i
n de
cisi
on m
akin
g or
gans
incl
udin
g 30
% q
uota
for
pol
itic
al
repr
esen
tati
on.
Num
ber
of a
dvoc
acy
and
Con
sult
ativ
e S
essi
ons
cond
ucte
d fo
r st
akeh
olde
rs
(pol
itic
al p
arti
es,
legi
slat
ure,
wom
en’s
grou
ps, c
ivil
soc
iety
etc
).
Leg
isla
tion
and
reg
ulat
ory
mea
sure
s en
suri
ng g
ende
r
pari
ty o
r a
min
imum
of
30%
at a
ll e
lect
ed a
nd a
ppoi
nted
posi
tion
s in
gov
ernm
ent,
as
wel
l as
oth
er g
over
nanc
e
MS
WG
CA
,
SiL
NA
P a
nnua
l
repo
rts
TB
C10 B
ills
and
poli
cies
draf
ted
and
popu
lari
z
20 Bil
ls a
nd
poli
cies
pass
ed
30 Law
s an
d
poli
cies
impl
emen
ted
40 Law
s an
d
poli
cies
inst
itut
iona
li
zed
and
50 Sig
ns o
f
sust
aina
bili
t
y
MS
WG
CA
,
Wom
en’s
grou
ps
Ann
uall
y
38
(iv) Executive Summary
The United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security and 1820 (2008) on sexual violence were adopted by the UN Security Council as policy instruments. These instruments facilitate and strengthen women's effort in conflict prevention, resolution, peacebuilding, recognize and provide early response mechanisms to address the impact of sexual violence and gender based violence on women and girls during armed and unarmed conflicts.
Since the adoption of UNSCR 1325 and 1820, there has been active international lobby for the application of these instruments by various interested parties. These have been strengthened by the adoption of other resolutions such as 1886, 1888 in September and 1889 October 2009. Despite the unanimous adoption of these policy frameworks, the development of National Action Plan for full implementation of the resolutions remains a challenge. Therefore, the urgency and need for building a viable constituency for the application of UNSCRs 1325 and 1820 cannot be over emphasized.
For this reason, Sierra Leone started deliberations and discussions at translating Government's commitment into action for the full implementation of UNSCR 1325 at a high level policy meeting organized by the ECA and OSAGI in Addis Ababa in February 2008. This was followed by development and submission of a comprehensive proposal to CORDAID Netherlands for funding. This effort became a reality with the availability of the needed resources and the inception of a national taskforce comprising Government line ministries, Parliamentarians, UN Agencies, WANEP-SL, MARWOPNET, Civil Society Organisations/Coalitions, Interfaith Groups, Traditional Leaders and the Media with the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs taking the lead. This team was later expanded to include other actors at regional, district and chiefdom levels. Once the Terms of Reference of the Government-Civil Society Task Force was established, the process continued further into the implementation of the project activities.
In this regard, the first activity was a nationwide mapping survey to establish a baseline of existing initiatives on 1325 in Sierra Leone. The survey generated data/information which determined existing knowledge gaps and identified priority issues for crafting the National Action Plan.
One thousand survey questionnaires were administered, but only 697 (70%) were completed. The findings of the survey revealed mixed lessons with regard to knowledge of the Resolution, which was particularly low in rural communities. Many activities on the Resolution were ongoing, but were done unconsciously and were uncoordinated. Also, identified as a challenge to application, was the weak capacity of staff both at government and NGO levels and within communities. In addition, there are policy and framework documents like the Gender Acts 2007 and the National Gender Strategic Plan that complement the Resolution. Knowledge of the Resolution was obtained mainly through radio listening and workshops.
Interestingly, 95% of respondents indicated their willingness to align their activities to the provisions of UNSCR 1325 as well as support the process of developing and implementing an action plan. The survey also gathered that there was need to develop a capacity building programme for the effective implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the UNSCR 1325 and 1820 nationwide.
The next activities were the regional consultations in Kailahun, Makeni, Bo and Freetown. Thirty participants were drawn from each region. The outcomes included issues relating to SGBV, access to relevant information and recommendations which provided inputs for the elaboration of the National Action Plan. All the priority outcomes were combined into a composite matrix that served as a working document in the national consultation.
vii
Ou
tcom
e 1.
2
C
ontr
ibut
e to
inc
reas
ed p
rote
ctio
n,
Em
pow
erm
ent
and
supp
ort
of V
icti
ms
and
Vul
nera
ble
Per
sons
esp
ecia
lly
wom
en/g
irls
50%
inc
reas
e in
the
num
ber
of w
omen
wit
h in
crea
sed
feel
ing
of p
rote
ctio
n fr
om
SG
BV
in
thei
r co
mm
unit
ies
30%
red
ucti
on o
f vi
olen
ce
on v
icti
ms
due
to
empo
wer
men
t su
ppor
t
rece
ived
Rep
ort
from
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itut
ions
prev
enti
ng a
nd
resp
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ng t
o
GB
V
T.B
.C
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10%
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50%
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MS
WG
CA
,
Wom
en’s
grou
ps
Ann
uall
y,
MT
R a
nd
Fin
al
Eva
luat
ion
Key
Ou
tpu
ts
1.2.
1 he
alth
(ps
ycho
soci
al),
eco
nom
ic
and
lega
l su
ppor
t pr
ovid
ed t
o
vuln
erab
le p
erso
ns i
nclu
ding
vic
tim
s
and
surv
ivor
s
30%
incr
ease
in
the
num
ber
of v
icti
ms
rece
ivin
g
psyc
hoso
cial
sup
port
50%
no.
of
vict
ims
rece
ivin
g ec
onom
ic s
uppo
rt
incl
udin
g m
icro
-fin
ance
70%
inc
reas
e in
the
no
of
vict
ims
havi
ng a
cces
s to
lega
l ai
d
Rep
ort
from
Inst
itut
ions
prev
enti
ng a
nd
resp
ondi
ng t
o
GB
V
T.B
.C2% 5% 15
%
5% 15%
30%
10%
25%
40%
20%
35%
55%
30%
50%
70%
MS
WG
CA
,
Wom
en’s
grou
ps
Ann
uall
y
1.2.
2 G
over
nmen
t m
easu
res
and
bene
fits
for
wom
en a
nd g
irls
in
vuln
erab
le s
itua
tion
inc
reas
ed t
o
ensu
re t
he r
espe
ct f
or t
heir
soc
ial
and
econ
omic
rig
hts
inc
reas
e in
the
num
ber
of
new
gov
ernm
ent
prog
ram
s
skew
ed t
o w
ards
ben
efit
ing
vuln
erab
le w
omen
and
gir
ls
40%
Inc
reas
e in
the
num
ber
of v
ulne
rabl
e w
omen
and
girl
s be
nefi
ting
fro
m s
uch
prog
ram
s
Rep
orts
fro
m
MS
WG
CA
,
HR
CS
L, F
SU
,
NaC
SA
T.B
.C1 5%
3 10%
5 20%
7 30%
9 40%
Ann
uall
y
Ou
tcom
e1.3
Con
trib
ute
to i
ncre
ased
pro
secu
tion
of
perp
etra
tors
as
wel
l as
reh
abil
itat
ion
of
vict
ims.
75%
of
repo
rted
cas
es
char
ged
and
succ
essf
ully
pros
ecut
ed b
y la
w
enfo
rcem
ent
agen
cies
50%
inc
reas
e in
the
num
ber
FS
U r
epor
tO
ut o
f 92
7
repo
rted
non
was
con
vict
ed.
5%15
%45
%55
%74
%M
SW
GC
A,
Wo
men
’s
grou
ps,
LA
WY
ER
S
Ann
uall
y,
MT
R a
nd
Fin
al
Eva
luat
ion
37
The National Consultative Conference attracted a wide spectrum of participants ranging from the UN, International Community, Office of the First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Senior Government Officials, Civil Society and the Media as well as resource participants from FAS and WIPSEN-Africa. The three-day conference involved 60 participants in work groups to agree and prioritize issues within a national context. After various group exercises and interactive plenary discussions, the participants unreservedly adopted the draft Sierra Leone National Action Plan (SiLNAP) with Five Pillars as listed:
1. Prevention of conflict including violence against women/children (SGBV) 2. Protection, empowerment of victims/vulnerable persons especially women and girls3. Prosecute, punish perpetrators effectively and safeguard women/girls' human rights to
protection (during and post-conflict) as well as rehabilitate Victims/Survivors of SGBV and perpetrators.
4. Participation and representation of women5. Promote coordination of the implementation process including resource mobilization,
monitoring and evaluation of and reporting on the Sierra Leone National Action Plan
These Pillars reflect priority issues of women's needs and concerns from a gender perspective. They encompass outcome and output objectives, strategies, activities and relevant indicators. There are five outcome objectives, fourteen output objectives and thirty-five indicators.
In our drive to get a doable Sierra Leone National Action Plan (SiLNAP), UNFPA and UNIFEM supported a workshop to sharpen the indicators of the Action Plan. What came out clearly was a thorough review of priorities in the area of the objectives, activities and indicators of the draft plan.
Another activity was tailored to inform and lobby Parliamentarians to support the process and make commitment to its approval and application. The occasion was climaxed by a shared vision with members of Parliament to facilitate and respond to women's urgent demand to translate the UN 1325 with practical intervention particularly at constituency level. Since then, the Sierra Leone Parliament remains engaged and committed to the implementation of the SiLNAP.
From time to time, we continued to raise awareness and understanding of the general public on the principles, objectives and provisions of the Resolutions as well as drafting Sierra Leone National Action Plan. Most of the feedbacks from these programs helped immensely to shape and fine tune what should go into the final Sierra Leone National Action Plan (SiLNAP) on UNSCRs 1325 and 1820.
However, a plan on a piece of paper will not mean much for development, if there is no well defined management, monitoring and evaluation component. This made us to consult local experts from other government line ministries and the UN to develop a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework. The M&E framework is anchored on participatory and community based engagement. Also, it is imperative that the SILNAP be aligned with the Sierra Leone second Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) – An Agenda for Change and other institutional and policy frameworks for sustainability.
The full implementation of the Sierra Leone National Action Plan (SiLNAP) on UNSCRs 1325 and 1820 for the period 2010-2013 has been budgeted for, to the tune of USD$ 21,301,314
In conclusion, it is not enough to only have a policy framework that promotes gender equality women's empowerment and peacebuilding. What is also needed as an element in the next steps is ensuring that relevant national budget sources among others, become available for the implementation of the SiLNAP. Therefore Resource Mobilization Strategy for financing and monitoring implementation of the Plan is
viii
6.A
pp
end
ices
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Ou
tcom
e 1.
1
1.1
Con
trib
ute
to r
educ
ed C
onfl
ict
incl
udin
g V
iole
nce
Aga
inst
Wom
en/C
hild
ren
(SG
BV
)
Red
uced
rat
e in
SG
BV
by
50%
by
2014
Incr
ease
d re
spec
t fo
r th
e
righ
ts o
f w
omen
FS
U A
nnua
l
Rep
ort
Sta
te o
f H
uman
righ
ts r
epor
t
927
repo
rted
case
s
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5% Impr
oved
15%
Impr
oved
25%
Impr
oved
37%
Adv
ance
d
50%
Adv
ance
d
MS
WG
CA
,
Wom
en’s
grou
ps,
cons
ulta
nt
Ann
uall
y,
MT
R a
nd
Fin
al
Eva
luat
ion
Key
Ou
tpu
ts
1.1.
1 C
omm
itm
ent
for
the
impl
emen
tati
on o
f re
solu
tion
132
5 an
d
1820
by
rela
ted
Gov
ernm
ent
inst
itut
ions
inc
reas
ed
Inc
reas
e in
the
lev
el o
f
fina
ncia
l co
mm
itm
ent
by
Gov
ernm
ent
to L
e 1.
5 bn
of
nati
onal
bud
get
Ann
ual
budg
et
allo
cati
on b
y
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illi
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SW
GC
A,
Wom
en’s
grou
ps
Ann
uall
y
1.1.
2 p
olic
ies,
mec
hani
sms
and
proc
edur
es f
or p
reve
ntio
n of
conf
lict
/vio
lenc
e ag
ains
t w
omen
,
inst
itut
ed a
t co
mm
unit
y le
vel
Num
ber
of v
illa
ge l
evel
com
mun
ity
stru
ctur
es
form
ed a
nd n
etw
orki
ng t
o
cham
pion
ing
SG
BV
rel
ated
abus
es
No.
of
byl
aws
in s
uppo
rt o
f
prev
enti
on p
asse
d in
com
mun
itie
s
MS
WG
CA
Sil
NA
P a
nnua
l
repo
rt
T.B
.C10
0
By
law
s
agre
ed
300
By
law
s
pass
ed
600
Law
s
mon
itor
e
d an
d
uphe
ld
900
Str
ong
obli
gati
on
on d
uty
bear
ers
to
upho
ld
1,20
0
Sig
ns o
f
sust
aina
bili
t
y
MS
WG
CA
,
Wom
en’s
grou
ps
Ann
uall
y
1.1.
3 L
egal
env
iron
men
t fo
r th
e
prot
ecti
on o
f w
omen
’s r
ight
s an
d
secu
rity
im
prov
ed
Num
ber
of r
elev
ant
law
s
and
inst
rum
ents
rat
ifie
d an
d
/ o
r d
omes
tica
ted
Rat
ific
atio
n an
d
dom
esti
cati
on o
f A
U
Wom
en’s
Pro
toco
l
by P
arli
amen
t.
Inst
rum
ent
of
rati
fica
tion
fro
m
MoF
A
T.B
.CP
assa
ge
of S
exua
l
Off
ence
s
Bil
l
Tab
ling
and
rati
fica
tio
n of
prot
ocol
in
Pas
sage
of
Mat
rim
on
ial
Cau
ses
Bil
l
Pre
para
ti
on o
f
coun
try
repo
rt o
n
Dev
elop
roll
-out
plan
Pop
ular
iz
atio
n an
d
com
mun
i
ty
sens
itiz
ati
on o
n th
e
Enf
orce
men
t of
the
Law
Impl
emen
tat
ion
of t
he
prot
ocol
Enf
orce
men
t of
the
Law
Dom
esti
cati
on o
f th
e
prot
ocol
Put
in
stag
es
in t
he
proc
ess
MS
WG
CA
,
Wom
en’s
grou
ps
Ann
uall
y
36
outlined under Sections 3.5. and 4.1
The SILNAP was developed in close partnership between government and civil society organisations, and it full implementation needs to continue along the same path.
One approach to achieve this is for Civil Society organizations and the Government to claim UNSCR 1325 as an important tool for women's participation in all levels of decision making on peace and security issues and for women to demand its full implementation from the Government of Sierra Leone.
The message for all of us is to exert enough energy and work hand-in-hand with other stakeholders to build a strong constituency base for the Resolutions. While the UNSCR 1325 and 1820 are universal in their utility and application, a solid and effective implementation of its provision demand an examination of the specific context within which the full implementation of the policy framework would take place and become meaningful to all Sierra Leoneans, especially the women
According to Nelson Mandela “...Rich reward is in the making, an invaluable gift is in preparation, for those who suffered in the name of all humanity, when they sacrificed everything for liberty, human dignity...”
With these words, many Sierra Leoneans will continue to remember the selfless sacrifices made by women during and after the brutal civil conflict in Sierra Leone. Therefore, it is important to note that women are not only victims of violence, but they are also a powerful force towards peacebuilding and decision-making on Peace and Security issues.
ix
5. Conclusion
The production of the Sierra Leone National Action Plan (SiLNAP) for the full implementation of United
Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) and 1820 (2008) is a welcome and timely initiative given all
the harm suffered by women and girls during the war.
Judging from activities undertaken to achieve the goal of aligning national objectives with the international
requirements, the SiLNAP manifests inclusiveness and cooperation between Government and Civil Society
to engender peace and security.
The SiLNAP should be regarded as a major step in removing the barriers to women's active representation
and participation in peace and security issues; as well as ensuring that perpetrators of sexual violence in the
post-conflict period in Sierra Leone are adequately dealt with under the law.
The provision of adequate funding for financing the plan is crucial to translating ideas into reality i.e., support
for an implementation process that embraces effective monitoring and evaluation procedures and timely
reporting on the plan to measure effectiveness and accountability especially at National and Committe
Levels.
In sum, the SiLNAP offers a rare opportunity for promoting gender equality in peace and security in post-
conflict transformation in Sierra Leone.
We are hopeful that the efforts put into developing the SiLNAP will not go in vain. These efforts should be
actualised by sustained political will, adequate funding, (national and international) an enabling environment
and sheer commitment from al stakeholders to move the process forward.
In all of this, women who are at the centre of the entire scheme of things are called upon to take ownership of
the process so that they can avail themselves of the opportunity for a new lease of life in peace and security
matters.
35
1.0. Introduction
stWhat the Resolutions Are: The UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security was adopted on 31
October, 2000. It is an epoch-making global policy instrument for addressing the impact of armed conflict
especially on women and girls, and the first UNSCR to recognise the pre-requisite conditions for the
connection of women to peace and security agenda at all levels. Thus, the significance of engendering any
peace process, strengthening women's position and contributions in conflict prevention, management and
transformation for sustainable peace building are called for in its various operating paragraphs.
thUNSCR 1820 was adopted on the 19 June 2008. It is the first to recognize the impact of conflict-related
sexual violence especially systematic rape of women and girls as an issue of international peace and
security with the requirement for a peacekeeping justice and peace negotiation response. It complements
and builds on UNSCR 1325 for durable peace in many ways.
Since the adoption of UNSCRs 1325 and 1820, there has been quick action at the global level in th strengthening 1325 and 1820 by the adoption of three other Resolutions, viz 1886 15 September (2009),
th th1888 30 September (2009), and 1889 5 October (2009). UNSCR 1889 compliments 1325 in reinforcing
women's leadership in peacemaking and conflict prevention; UNSCR 1888 builds on 1820 as it is aimed at
prevention and response to conflict related sexual violence. It reinforces tools for implementing 1820 by
enabling women's leadership, building judicial response, expertise and accountability mechanisms.
The UNSCR 1820 strengthens 1325 through a number of practical responsive ways such as:
?Exclusion of Sexual Violence crimes from amnesty provision (OP4)
?Specific training of armed forces on categorical prohibition of sexual violence (OP 3; 6; 7).
?Security country mechanisms by improving annual reporting, leadership and
coordination, including coordination efforts of UN Action Against Sexual Violence
in conflict (pp xiv)
?Develop measures that can concretely improve protection and assistance, as in giving scope
for addressing root causes (OP3)
?The Peace Building Commission to advise on ways to address Sexual Violence
(OP11)
UNSCR 1886 is specifically addressed to the Sierra Leone situation – it emphasises the important role of
women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and in peace building as recognised in UNSCRs 1325
(2000) and 1820 (2008), emphasising that a gender perspective should be taken into account in
implementing all aspects of the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra
Leone (UNPSIL), and encourages UNIPSIL to work with the government of Sierra Leone in this regard
(OP7).
The Secretary-General was requested to keep the Security Council informed every six months on progress
made in the implementation of the mandate of UNIPSIL with regard to the Resolution 1886 (OP8). The
briefing was to have been made 15 March 2010 and UNIPSIL was expected to report accordingly.
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Table1: The Budget for Implementing the M&E Plan
Budget HeadsCost (USD)
2006-2007
Capacity Building
Personnel Support 96,000
Equipment & Logistics 51,000
Training 230,000
Sub-Total 377,000
Running Institutional Framework
Coordination of Meetings (PWGs, Reviews, CSOs) nationwide 120,000
Documentation, communication & Information dissemination 150,000
Capacity building for NaMECC, RCC, DCC, Community Focal Points 300,000
Sub-Total 570,000
Gender Survey
Coordination 52,800
Training of field staff 33,531
Data Collection and Processing, 202,419
Analysis and Dissemination 150,000
Sub-Total
438,750
Support for Routine Data System
Central Level Institutions 120,000
Local Level Institutions
120,000
Sub-Total
240,000
Grand Total
1,625,750
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1.1. General Background
1.1.1. The Global Context of the UNSCRs 1325 (2000), 1820 (2008), 1886 (2009), 1888 (2009), 1889 (2009)
Having acknowledged the horrendous impact of armed conflict on women and girls and having recognized
women's leadership in preventing wars and in peacemaking, UNSCR 1325 broadly demands that
Governments, UN Agencies, Multilateral Agencies and Civil Society act in concert to intervene to meet
women's needs and concerns, during conflict, post conflict recovery and peace building processes.
Women's movements particularly in conflict ridden countries and UN entities, Governments and NGOs globally, are leading efforts at full implementation of the resolution 1325, which remains 'work in progress'
theven as the 10 anniversary approaches.
Key elements for which concerted action must continue are:
?Gender mainstreaming in all aspects of peace making, especially in peace mechanism and negotiations: there are still very few women at peace tables globally particularly in Africa where countries in conflict remain highest around the world.
?Putting gender advisors in UN and peacekeeping missions
?Training humanitarian and personnel in peacekeeping missions on the protection of the rights and needs of women (OP6)
?Maintaining the civilian character of Refugee/Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) and camps design in a way that helps to prevent sexual violence (OP 12)
?Taking special measures to protect women and girls from Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV), (OP 10).
On the whole, these Resolutions are demanding that Member States and all other actors undertake effective
action for women's concerns and end impunity during and post conflict. Furthermore, peacebuilding, access
to justice, including reconstruction processes should be inclusive. Accountability mechanisms are to be
reported with concrete data on the impact of conflict on the lives of women, including their vulnerability to
SGBV and exclusion from post conflict reconstruction efforts. This is so that practical responsive measures
can be implemented to increase protection of women as well as promote their full participation in post-conflict
reconstruction processes, and build sustainable communities/societies based on democracy, good
governance, the rule of law and women's human rights.
However, neither of these two Resolutions 1325 and 1820 was initially elaborated with clear monitoring thframework, but the Secretary-General's Report on 1820 on June 30 2009 was designed to outline such a
framework.
UN Agencies and networks of Civil Society Organizations in particular Women's Non Governmental thOrganizations have, in the approach to the 10 year of adoption of UNSCR 1325, intensified joint efforts to
realise the full implementation of and reporting on the Resolution as well as its supporting 'cousins' -
UNSCRs 1820 (June 2008) and 1889 (October, 2009).
The UN mandate for Member States to accelerate the full implementation is for countries to formulate
National Action Plans (NAPs); subsequently UN Agencies, especially OSAGI and Donor Partners, have
encouraged and supported countries to do so. Sierra Leone has now been able to elaborate a National
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4.4 Indicators for Monitoring the SiLNAP
In Sierra Leone, the NAP on UNSCRs 1325 and 1820 has been developed around five pillars. Pillar One focuses on the prevention aspect of the resolutions; Pillar Two focuses on protection of victims especially women and children; Pillar Three focuses on prosecution of perpetrators; Pillar Four focuses on participation of women; and Pillar Five focuses on coordination of the implementation of planned programmes to achieve the objectives of UNSCRs 1325 and 1820.
Various indicators have been developed and agreed for monitoring progress made under each pillars. The
vast majority of these indicators are qualitative in nature, and they are mainly process and output indicator. In all, about 36 indicators have been developed: 11 impact indicators; 23 output indicators. The agreed
indicators are elaborated in the Results Framework (RF) presented in Annex 1. The RF shows indicators at
their respective levels, arranged by policy pillars, with baseline information and annual targets.
4.5 Data Requirement for Monitoring and Evaluation of the SILNAP
Data Collection
Data shall be collected from different sources. Monitoring will highly depend on routine (administrative) data
collected by different agencies. Routine data will be provided by the Family Support Unit, the Sierra Leone
Police, the Judiciary, Human Rights Commission, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Ministry of Education,
and other institutions that can provide ample information relating to gender and women's development.
Civil Society Organisations, more so women's movements, are also engaged in routine generation of data
relating to gender and women's situation, thus are also source of information for monitoring UNSCRs 1325
and 1820. The media is also crucial in this context.
Information gathered from these sources would give indicative direction as to the progress made in
achieving intended results from implementing the UN Resolutions. To ensure in-depth analysis and
evaluation of outcomes and impact, detailed surveys and studies will be carried out such as the study on
“The impact of PRSP programmes on women's empowerment in Sierra Leone” commissioned by ENCISS
in 2008.
Statistics Sierra Leone (SSL) can play a big role in this context as the lead national institution for coordinating
and advising on statistical practices in the country. SSL could help in identifying and carrying out detailed
surveys where necessary in the implementation process of the resolutions.
Data Storage and ManagementA critical aspect of any successful M&E system is ensuring a robust system for data storage and
management. Monitoring gender development in Sierra Leone should be continuous and institutionalised.
Therefore, even beyond the envisaged implementation period of the NAP on UNSCRs 1325 and 1820, it
should be expected that Sierra Leone will continue to support gender and women's sensitive development
programmes. To this end, developing a database could help in the management of long term implementation
of programmes and analysing progress trends in the process.
4.6. Budget for Implementing the M&E PlanThe table below presents a summary of the indicative financial requirement for the implementation of the
monitoring and evaluation plan for the NAP on UNSCR 1325 and 1820. The budget heads are divided into
capacity building, running the institutional framework, gender survey anticipated at the end of the
programme, and support to routine data collection. The total indicative cost USD 1,625,750 over the period
2010-2013.
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1.1.2 The Sierra Leone Context
a. Geography and Demography Sierra Leone located in West Africa, is one of the sixteen member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The country has a land mass covering about 72,000 Sq. Km. and consists on the western side, a hilly peninsular area bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. The north-west and north-east borders are shared with the Republic of Guinea, and is bordered on the South-eastern side by the Republic of Liberia.
Its population census of 2004 puts the population size at 4,976,871 with annual growth rate of 1.8%. Sixty-three percent of the population are rural dwellers, engaged mostly in subsistence agriculture. The population has a youthful age structure. Those under 15 years constitute about 42%; those between 15-35 years represent about 37% with the age group 65 years and above constituting about 4%.
There are 17 different ethnic groups in the country. The major groups include the Mende and Kono in the South and East, Temne, Limba, Koranko, Mandingo, Susu and Fullah in the North and Creoles in the Western Area.
Women who constitute about 52% of the population, represent 65% of the labour force engaged in agriculture.
b. The Armed Conflict years and Post-Conflict Period
Sierra Leone experienced by all accounts a most brutal civil war which started in March 1991 fuelled by activities which were taking place in neighbouring Liberia. The armed conflict in Sierra Leone was characterised by a grotesque level of brutality and human rights violation. Unimaginable brutality such as amputation of limbs was wreaked against the civil populace by the fighting forces, mostly of the then rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF), the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), rebel soldiers (termed 'sobels'), and civilian militia groups – the Kamajors and Donsos. The conflict resulted in thousands of deaths, amputations of limbs of people, abductions, child soldiers, refugees and internally displaced persons.
Thus, Sierra Leone in the war years experienced the realities of an outrageous and unprecedented violence that brought untold suffering to its citizens with women and girls singled out for widespread and systematic abuse. Children, especially girls bore the brunt of the violence against civilians.
The Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) found that women and girls were specifically targeted and subjected to systematic forms of Gender Based Violence (GBV) which included rape, sexual slavery, forced marriages, unwanted pregnancies, forced labour and detentions. The United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1325 (2000), 1820 (2008), 1886 (2009), 1888 (2009), 1889 (2009), taken collectively, are designed to address the impact of war and armed conflict women and girls, including the recognition of the contributions that women can and do make in conflict prevention, resolution, transformation, peacebuilding and post conflict reconstruction processes.
Currently, Sierra Leone has emerged into a post-conflict development oriented phase. It has successfully conducted three Presidential and Parliamentary elections and two Local Council elections to deepen democratic governance. However, it is still grappling with the challenges and consequences of a culture of impunity due to the breakdown of the rule of law during the war. As a way of combating the consequences of the war and the impact of SGBV in Sierra Leone, mechanisms such as the establishment of the Family Support Unit within the Sierra Leone Police in 2000, the enactment of the Three Gender Laws in 2007 and other initiatives were put in place. Despite this, the status of women, and their active and full inclusion in post conflict peace and security agenda continue to be
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(NSC). The DSC will be reviewing progress at the district level on a periodic basis for the attention of the RSC
and NSC. The RSC and NSC will review district reports and feed back to the DSC to inform effective
implementation at the district level. The RSC will keep NSC constantly updated on progress at district and
regional level.
The DSC will coordinate efforts at the community level. Councillors, Chiefdom Police and village/town
headmen, in collaborate with CBOs and community women's organisation, shall gather data and submit to
the DCC who will carry out initial analysis. Efforts at the community level could be coordinated with the
framework of the existing Ward Committees.
The institutional arrangement is summarised in Figure 1, showing relations and information flow. Data
collected at the community level flows up to the district level, where the DSCs carry out basic analyse on it for
onward reporting to the RSCs, who, in return, will review and report accordingly to the NSC. There is a
feedback relation as the Figure indicates with recommendations filtering down from one level to the other
right through to the communities. This creates space for learning and knowledge sharing and can strengthen
implementation of activities; it enables re-planning where necessary. The UN system and donor agencies
relate to all national actors in the M&E system as depicted in the figure below. Information shall flow vertically
and horizontally and synergies will be enhancing in implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the NAP.
This institution framework could fit well into the UN Joint Vision for Sierra Leone and other Donor
programmes' frameworks.
Figure 1: M&E Institutional Framework
The National Steering Committee
Regional Steering Committee on 1325
District Steering Committee on 1325
Ward Committee
GoSL
Other Donor Agencies
UN System
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compromised.
c. The role of Civil Society and the Media
Almost daily, in Sierra Leone there are media reports of increasing incidence of physical and sexual abuse, especially rape of women and girls. In some cases, children including babies as young as two months old are raped by older men.
Taking together, the UNSCR 1325, 1820, 1888 and 1889 dedicated to Women, do not only engender Peace and Security but also provide tools to enhance accountability. They also leverage strategic responses towards intensified, equitable and inclusive security, and development initiatives.
A conscious, and to an extent, coordinated initiative spearheaded by women's organizations, mixed networks of Civil Society and Human rights' organizations, under the leadership of the Government was intensified in 2008 to translate the principles and provisions of UNSCRs 1325 and 1820 into practice in
thSierra Leone. This effort has culminated in the elaboration of the National Action Plan adopted on the 4 September 2009 at the National Consultative Conference funded by Cordaid (Netherlands) with some Resource Support from Femme Africa Solidarite (FAS) and Women in Peacebuilding and Security Network (WIPSEN). The Conference was attended by all relevant line Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) including Defence, Sierra Leone Police, Office of National Security (ONS), Foreign Affairs as well as Civil Society Organizations, Parliamentarians, UN agencies, especially UNFPA and UNIFEM, bi-lateral agencies including the United States Embassy in Sierra Leone.
At the commencement of the drafting process in September 2008, the Mapping Survey found out that a number of challenges constrain full implementation in the country. Among these are the low level of knowledge and understanding of the Resolution 1325 and its applications.
d. The role of Government
Sierra Leone has recognized the need to address issues of gender inequality, inequity and women's full participation and representation in the various spheres of development endeavours. Illustrations of the above recognition include the signing and in some cases ratification of the relevant international human rights laws and instruments. These include the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), signed and ratified in September 1988 and in November 1988 the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The optional Protocol to CEDAW, the AU Women's Protocol both signed in 2005, are yet to be ratified. The CEDAW is yet to be domesticated. Also, in place since 2000, are the twin National Policies, namely the Policy on the Advancement of Women and the National Gender Mainstreaming Policy. These policies are designed to promote, protect and advance women's rights in social, economic, political and cultural fields with special emphasis on women's participation in decision-making especially in democratic and governance processes.
Alongside these national policies, reforms have been made to legal instruments within the framework of the law reform process, as increasing response measures towards equitable approaches and access to gender justice. In June 2007, three gender bills namely, the Registration of Customary Marriage and Divorce, the Domestic Violence and the Devolution of Estate Acts were unanimously passed through Parliament into law. This was some kind of a gift to women on the eve of the last Presidential and Parliamentary Elections. Since then the passage of other relevant Bills that directly bear on enabling effective implementation of UNSCR 1820 namely, the Sexual Offences Act and the Matrimonial Causes Act are moving too slowly, through the legislative process.
However, a major impediment to the full application of the practical tools that these three gender laws and legal reforms provide in general, remain the non domestication of CEDAW, and the non-repeal of Section 27(4)d of the 1991 Constitution. This section is discriminatory against women in areas of
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coordinated framework. Roles and responsibilities need to be clearly carved out.
This institutional arrangement draws heavily on the framework for monitoring the roll-out plan for the
implementation of Three Gender Acts and the National Gender Strategic Plan (NGSP) developed by the
Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs (MSWGCA). The Sierra Leone National Action
Plan on UNSCRs 1325 and 1820 is well aligned to all government gender policies, plans and programmes.
The actors expected to play critical role in the monitoring of the NAP include: MSWGCA, Ministry of Finance
and Economic Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ministry of Defence,
Ministry of International Affairs, Local Government and Rural Development, NaCSA, Family Support Units
(FSUs) and the Sierra Leone Police (SLP), The Judiciary, The Human Rights Commission in Sierra Leone
(HRCSL), The National Commission for Democracy, other line MDAs, National Committee on Gender-
Based Violence (NAC-GBV), NGOs, Women's Organisations, CBOs, Traditional Authorities, Chiefdom
Councils, and the Communities. These are relevant institutions in the production of data and reporting on the
implementation of resolutions 1325 and 1820.
Coordination of M&E Activities at National Level
The lead institutions at the national level to steer the overall M&E process are the MSWGCA, Ministry of
Finance and Economic Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ministry of
Defence, Ministry of International Affairs, Local Government and Rural Development, NaCSA, FSUs/SLP,
HRCSL, The Judiciary, and the NAC-GBV. These shall constitute a core technical group (CTG) for the
monitoring of the NAP within the framework of an established national M&E National Steering Committee
(NSC). The CTG will be providing technical support to the National Steering Committee (NSC). The former
will be gathering national data, analysing the data and preparing discussion notes for periodic meetings to
be held by the NSC. The NSC will be reviewing progress on the implementation of the NAP and would make
recommendations towards enhancing programme success. The NSC will be the anchor for updating
government, the UN and the donor community in general regarding progress on the implementation of the
UNSCRs 1325 and 1820. The MSWGCA will serve as the principal national focal point for coordinating the monitoring of the NAP; it will
provide secretariat back-up to the CTG and NSC.
Regional LevelProgress shall be tracked at the regional level. Monitoring at this level will be coordinated by the Regional
Gender Office in collaboration with regional judiciary system, FSU/SLP, the Provincial Secretary's Office,
Regional Minister's Office and NGOs. There shall be a Regional Steering Committee (RSC) on the NAP
comprising key stakeholders beyond the core regional working group to broadly discuss and review
progress at the regional level. The RSC will collect and analyse data at the regional level and prepare reports
for the attention of the National Steering Committee (NSC), who will review reports and make
recommendations to the RSC for effective implementation.
District and Community LevelHere, Local Councils will take the lead in coordinating the implementation of the NAP. A District Steering
Committee (DSC) will be set up and chaired by the Local Council with secretariat support from the District
Gender Officer. The DSC will comprise councillors, the Gender Office, FSU/SLP, the DISEC, traditional
authorities, customary law courts, NGOs, Women's Groups and other members deemed necessary. The
committee will set up the M&E agenda with guidance from the RSC and National Steering Committee
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marriage, divorce, burial, adoption, inheritance and other areas that influence gender relations at the domestic level. The Constitutional Review Committee commented or noted that it found no justification for the application of the minimum 30% quota for women in decision-making positions and parliamentary representation, in its report on the Review of the 1991 Constitution. However, in the same report 2007 it is stipulated that 27(4) d of the Constitution be expunged. But it would appear that this demands a referendum which may not happen soon.
Government is demonstrating its conviction of the essence of promoting equal access to women and men at all levels, not just by the passage of the gender laws, protecting and advancing the status of women, but by a clear effort to ensure active implementation of the SiLNAP.
Thus, the MSWGCA developed and launched in November 2008 a Strategic Roll-out Plan for the Gender Laws. Furthermore, in 2009, it formulated a holistic National Gender Strategic Plan (NGSP) which details six priority issues aligned to the second generation Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP II) referred to as the 'Agenda for Change' (AFG). The implementation of UNSCRs 1325 and 1820 is one of the strategies clearly articulated in the NGSP.
e. The National Security Apparatus
The National Security Apparatus of Sierra Leone encompasses among other institutions the Sierra Leone Police (SLP), Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF), Sierra Leone Prisons, Sierra Leone Fire Force (SLFF), and Sierra Leone Immigration Services (SLIS). Policy reforms and institutional restructuring are ongoing within these peace and security institutions to which UNSCR 1325 and 1820 are most substantially directed.
In general, the Sierra Leone Security Sector apparatus through SSR is being gradually moulded to admit a gender process that incorporates women, so that the respective institutions could better play their role in accordance with the tenets of UNSCR 1325 and 1820.
The pattern of recruitment and promotion, for instance, has been reported as currently “largely dependent on competence, ability, qualification and general output rather than sex, patronage or nepotism. Despite policy reforms from a gender perspective, the inclusion and representation of women at the decision-making levels is still glaringly low. Women are expected to be represented at Security Sectors such as the Provincial, District and Chiefdom Security Committees (PROSECS, DISECs, CHISECS). This is happening in some Provinces, Districts and Chiefdoms, while in others, women are not empowered or are denied access to taking up roles in these communities. (i) Security Sector Reform (SSR)
The SSR implementation started in 2000, and a significant element of the peace consolidation process through the support of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) Projects and other bilateral Agencies like DFID for instance, is underway within the SSR process. Although it does not explicitly factor gender mainstreaming,gender policies are being put in place in institutions within this sector, to promote gender focused development. However, a lot more still needs to be done.
(ii) The role of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces
Again, there have been policy reform and restructuring within the RSLAF with regard to recruitment, training and retention with some gender perspective. An increase in women's participation has been achieved through the application of quotas, maintaining academic criteria, but with adaptation in relation to physical fitness. A sexual harassment policy is also in place. Female officers have been nominated to participate in the peacekeeping mission to Dafur. Very recently, the most high-ranking woman in the RSLAF has been promoted from the rank of Colonel to Brigadier. This is in fact the first female Brigadier in the West African Region. Also, a gender policy has been drafted for endorsement,
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especially in the context of post-conflict peacebuilding in Sierra Leone. It highlights the capacity situation of
institutions for monitoring and evaluation policies, programmes and projects relating to gender and women's
development. Section 4.3 describes the institutional arrangement for monitoring the implementation of the
National Action Plan on UNSCR 1325 and UNSCR 1820; it identifies actors and defines roles and
responsibilities. Section 4.4 analyses the indicators developed for monitoring progress; it discusses the
results framework, showing planned deliverables and targets over the implementation period. Section 5
highlights the data needs and institutional responsibilities in data collection. Section 6 summarizes the plan
and presents summary of indicative.
4.2. Institutional Readiness for Monitoring the National Action Plan
There is growing awakening in Sierra Leone regarding the potential benefit the country would realise by
supporting gender sensitive programmes and promoting special activities for the advancement of women.
The growth in gender awareness and sensitivity has come to the national policy frontline especially after the
civil war. In addition to government's responsiveness, a flurry of non-governmental institutions with activities
bearing on gender and women's development has been experienced since the end of the civil war. However,
while these well-intentioned institutions have contributed towards gender development and achieving the
Millennium Development Goals, a major factor that has been dampening the operations of many is lack of
adequacy capacity to implement programmes.
Looking ForwardThere is continued enthusiasm regarding organisations' determination to pursue programmes and projects
aimed at addressing gender and women's concerns. About 95 percent of the 697 organisations surveyed
indicated their willingness to align activities to the provisions of UNSCR 1325. The distribution of responses
in terms of those expressing interest to address protection, promotion and participation aspects of the
resolution is about 50, 27 and 23 percent respectively. Mention was specifically made of the following priority
policy areas:
?Implementation of the Gender Acts
?Implementation of programmes to address women's employment
?Child protection
?Human capacity building
?Development of advocacy skills
?Protection of women
?Follow-up on disciplinary actions
?Addressing HIV/AIDS
To take advantage of the existing institutional willingness to work on gender and women's related issues,
there is need to develop a capacity building programme for the effective implementation, monitoring and
evaluation of the UNSCR 1325 and 1820.
4.3 Institutional Arrangement for Monitoring the NAP
DescriptionThere is a broad landscape for managing the implementation of the SILNAP on UNSCRs 1325 and 1820.
There are many actors to implement the provisions of the resolutions, calling for a clearly defined and well
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and an institutional gender contact officer has been designated.
(iii) The Role of the Sierra Leone Police
The SLP seems to have acquired a great deal of gender sensitivity as a result of its work with the UN System in Sierra Leone especially UNIPSIL, UNFPA and UNICEF. Through gender training and resources support it is responding to women's concerns and special needs to a greater extent than before. The Police increasingly engage women through the Local Police Partnership Boards (LPPB). By this initiative, women are being involved in community policing. This process includes creating awareness and educating communities on their human, legal and constitutional rights. Within the LPPB, women are involved at executive levels and are participating actively at meetings and assisting the LPPB to disseminate key messages on personal security at community levels. Women's groups worked actively with the Police at National and local levels and advocated for no violence during the 2005 Local Council elections and the 2007 National Elections. Working with the police, some of these women are leading advocacy for sharing information on the harmful impacts of conflict on women and contributions women can make in transforming conflicts. These have been enhanced by the trainings offered by Female Peacekeepers in the Police UN Mission (CIVPOL) with the then UNAMSIL. These trainings helped community understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the police.
The most popular section in the police is said to be the FSU. Through this Unit, communities are assisted to take measures to prevent and respond to issues of Gender Based Violence. Community members are encouraged to be involved in community policing which enable women and men to report cases of SGBV and all its forms to the FSU. Women in communities contribute to providing intelligence to the Police to assist them in their duty of ensuring the safety and security of communities.
f. Illustration of the Role of Civil Society
The Mano River Women's Peace Network Sierra Leone (MARWOPNET-SL) brought Security Sector Agencies and Women at community levels together to engage in dialogue that demystifies the role of security agencies, and enable women to take increased interest in their own and family security.They were trained in 2006 on the concept, relevance, application, reporting information on early warning signs and signals for conflict prevention and resolution using modules developed by MARWOPNET (SL).
Women's organizations continue to join actions seeking redress to the continued phenomenon of gender denial particularly at community levels. Preventing women from due representation and participation is another factor in the sustained low participation rate of women in peace, security and governance sectors. The recent marginalisation of women in the Kono and Kailahun chieftaincy elections is evidence of the fact that patriarchy in Sierra Leone can and do rear its ugly head even in the face of Government's conviction to enable the fulfilment of gender equity and equality goals.
The Government, Civil Society and development partners commit to continue to strive ardently and to work collectively for the full implementation of the UNSCRs 1325 and 1820, because it is the right way to go.
The only way to achieve lasting peace is to formulate strategic actions that respond to and enable the Sierra Leone society to benefit from women's and men's engagement and contributions on a level playing field in all facets of life and in this specific case of the peace and security agenda.
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Monitoring and Evaluating Framework
4.I. Introduction to the M&E Framework
BackgroundThe Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) continues to recognise the need to address gender imbalances
and protect women to ensure sustainable socio-economic development. The country signed and ratified the
Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 1988. A long lag was
encountered towards the effective domestication of the Convention largely as a result of the protracted civil
conflict of Sierra Leone. However, post-conflict interventions have rekindled the need to bring to the fore
gender and women's issues as a fundamental pre-requisite for a lasting peace and sustainable
development. GoSL enacted three gender bills in 2007 towards the effective domestication of CEDAW: The
Domestic Violence Act; The Devolution of Estate Act; and The Registration of Customary and Divorce Act. A
strategic roll-out plan has been developed for the implementation of these Gender Acts.
The government has also been making progress towards domesticating UN Security Council Resolutions
1325 and 1820 (UNSCR 1325 and UNSCR 1820) in respect of women and children's special situation in
conflicts and their role in post-conflict peacebuilding. These resolutions, mutually reinforcing in nature, are
consistent with earlier and ongoing policy and institutional reforms and strategies of GoSL: the resolutions
are aligned to the Three Gender Bills, the National Gender Strategic Plan and the Agenda for Change---
Sierra Leone's Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper.
However, while the government has made laudable efforts on the conceptualization and policy front, huge
challenges to implementing gender programmes remain. Key among these relates to the need to set up a
robust monitoring and evaluation system to track progress and effectively manage programme
implementation.
ObjectiveThe overarching objective of this plan is to prepare monitoring and evaluation guidelines for the
implementation of UNSCRs 1325 and 1820. The plan specifically focuses on:
?Determining the institutional readiness at all levels (national and local level) for the monitoring and
evaluation of the National Action Plan (NAP) for the implementation of UNSCRs 1325 and 1820.
?Defining an institutional framework with clear roles and responsibilities for all relevant actors.
?Identifying monitorable indicators and developing a results framework that will guide the tracking of
progress in the implementation of the NAP.
?Setting up data collection guidelines for measuring progress in the implementation of the NAP.
Financing the M&E Plan This is critical to fulfilling the purpose of the M&E framework articulated in this plan. Huge financial
implications are envisaged for the effective coordination of the institutional framework; building the capacity
of actors involved in the implementation process, and meeting the data needs for the tracking of and
reporting on progress made in the implementation of the NAP. This plan comes out with an indicative cost for
the various M&E needs identified therein.
Structure of the PlanThe M&E plan is structured as follows. Section 4.2 presents an organizational landscape enumerating the
various institutions and actors that carry out activities related to addressing gender and women's issues,
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2.0. Elaboration of the Sierra Leone National Action Plan (SiLNAP)
2.1 The Process of Developing the Sierra Leone National Action Plan
A requisite step in the application of UNSCRs 1325 (2000) and 1820 (2008) or other UN Resolutions for that matter is to have a well structured and strategic action plan in the form of a National Action Plan (NAP). The NAP is a tool for building national consensus, ownership and support around the key areas of the Security Council Resolutions (SCRs). The NAP also serves as a guide to effective implementation, by responsible actors, creating a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework and a comprehensive budget.
The SiLNAP was drafted through a rigorous inclusive process which effectively commenced in September 2008. Prior to this date, since the adoption of UNSCR 1325 in 2000, various uncoordinated/unconscious efforts at translating the principles of the UNSCR 1325 were conducted at community and national levels by some UN and Government agencies and non government organisations.
Even before the unanimous adoption of the Resolution in October 2000, sub-regional network of women's peace organizations in the Mano River Union Countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea had established in May 2000, the Mano River Women's Peace Network predicated on engendering the peace process in the Mano River Countries of Sierra Leone and Liberia where full blown conflict were then in rage.
As stated under the background, it was the suffering and violence women faced under such full blown conflict/wars and the marginalization they endure even at peace times that spurred women in conflict countries, like Sierra Leone and their allies/partners in non-conflict countries around the world to protest and demand the protection of women's rights, in war and in peace times. Their actions resulted in the unanimous adoption of UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.
Since the adoption of the Resolution 1325 (2000), the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women (OSAGI) in New York in partnership with UN agencies around the world, for example in Africa, i.e., UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), have embarked on initiatives to raise awareness about the importance of, and the need to fully implement the Resolution in countries especially in transit from war to peace.
The aim of the meetings by OSAGI/ECA is not only to foster the popularity of the Resolution at UN member state level, but also to motivate targeted UN member states in Africa to respect their commitments to women's empowerment, gender equality and mainstreaming in peace and security policies and plans with the provision of effective protection to women and girls during and post conflicts.
Deliberate and conscious efforts at translating Sierra Leone Government's commitment into action for the full implementation of UNSCR 1325 was contemplated in discussions between the Sierra Leone Government and Non-Government representatives at one such meeting organised by the ECA and OSAGI in Addis Ababa in February 2008. Soon after that meeting, occasion presented which involved interaction among the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs, MARWOPNET (SL), WANEP (SL) and Cordaid (Netherlands) on the UNSCR 1325. The interaction that contributed immensely to the consolidating of ideas and collaboration between Government and NGOs resulting in the crafting of the SiLNAP. A chronology of events in the process are the following;
6-8 February 2008, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Start of the Journey – Deputy Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs (MSWCGA) and the then Focal Point, MARWOPNET (SL) participated in the UNECA/OSAGI 'High Level Policy Dialogue' on the implementation of UNSCR 1325 in Africa. They discussed the way forward for effective action in translating the principles for the benefit of women/girls in Sierra Leone and agreed to take concerted action to develop the NAP for Sierra Leone.
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Figure 1: Summary of potential sources of donations
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Mid February 2008: Cordaid Project Officer, Sanne Bilsjame visited Sierra Leone on an Assessment Mission of potential projects worthy of Cordaid assistance. Among local and national NGOs consulted were WANEP (SL) and MARWOPNET (SL) regarding interventions in the area of women/gender, peace building and development issues.
February 28 – March 12 2008, CSW New York: MARWOPNET (SL) participated in a number of events organised by FAS, FEMNET, among others on the implementation of UNSCR 1325 (2000) and intervention in post conflict reconstruction including conflict countries – Sudan, Dafur. These panels and presentations by key actors including women victims from conflict areas provided practical experience sharing and cross learning to facilitate strategy development to ameliorate women's suffering and enhance solidarity. The exposure and interaction contributed to deepening the coordinators' insight on approaches to strategy development that are meaningful for the elaboration of NAPs.
April 2008: CORDAID invited MARWOPNET (SL) and WANEP (SL) to write and submit for funding a project proposal for the Development of a National Action Plan for the full implementation of UNSCR 1325 (2000).
April – June 2008: Proposal Development Phase-MARWOPNET (SL) Focal Point, WANEP (SL), National Coordinator and WIPNET (SL) Program Officer worked together to develop the concept and project titled 'Towards the Development of a National Action Plan for the Full Implementation of UNSCR 1325 (2000)'. Throughout the conceptualisation and drafting, the document was shared with the CORDAID Project Officer for orientation and comments to ensure conformity with CORDAID's requirements.
July – August 2008: Proposal was finally accepted and funding for the project was approved. WANEP (SL) was approved as lead agency with MARWOPNET as co-implementing organization. CORDAID signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with WANEP (SL) and WANEP (SL) signed an MOU with MARWOPNET as co-implementing agencies. Further, the MOU stipulated Government's engagement and leadership in the process.
July – August: Intensify Engagement with Government – MSWCGA on the elaboration process.
18 September 2008: Release of Funds. The first tranche of funds was received in Freetown.
October 2008: Project inception meeting with wide spectrum of stakeholders. Project work, and modalities for the first project activity agreed – Assessment/Mapping of previous and ongoing initiatives on UNSCR 1325. The survey conducted nationwide under the guidance of a consulting firm – represents the baseline study for generation of the baseline data/information determination of specific areas of activities in crafting the NAP. About 35 local and national level organizations
November 2008 – Awareness raising on the Resolution – information dissemination through media campaigns and community meetings. The MSWGCA convened a meeting which brought together other NGOs who had been working on 1325, in particular the 1325 Coalition supported by International Alert (IA) to ensure wider participation in the project implementation. The meeting discussed and agreed on the establishment of a Government – Civil Society National Task Force on 1325 – Titled WANMAR 1325 for short.
10 December, 2008: Official Inception of the Government – Civil society Taskforce under the chairmanship of the Gender Division of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs. The Task Force comprising about 35 members, was formed with consideration for inclusitivity of the various stakeholders in areas for action on UNSCR 1325. These included the following MDAs, UN Agencies and NGOs:
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3.1 Resource mobilization for Full Implementation
a. Financing
The purpose of this strategy is to identify realistic approaches to mobilising resources for the implementation
of the SILNAP process in Sierra Leone. The government, as forerunner in the implementation of the SILNAP,
shall take the lead in resource mobilisation. It should be noted, however, that, government resources as
articulated in the national budget always fall short of the requisite finance to implement its development
programmes.
Financing the SiLNAP is in two phases: setting up a National Steering Committee for Implementation; and
coordination and reporting on the implementation of the SiLNAP. The Sierra Leone Government through the
Ministry of Social Welfare Gender and Children's Affairs has expressed strong commitment through out the
SiLNAP process. This strengthens its political will to support the implementation. However, the present
Gender Budgetary allocations are far from meeting the programmed financial resources to ensure a
successful implementation of the SILNAP.
While the Government contribution will continue to remain fundamental to the resource mobilization
strategy, there is a strong need to identify other sources to mobilize additional resources. Support (financially
or in-kind) shall be sought from various sources including international donors, the private sector,
CSO/NGOs, and individuals/ households/communities (see Figure 1). Mobilizing resources from domestic
sources is extremely critical for ownership and sustainability of the implementation process.
The Ministry of Social Welfare has got huge task in this respect to lead the fundraising exercise taking
advantage of its heterogeneous composition including representatives from Civil Society, faith-based
organizations, the private sector, the academia, Parliament and the Government. Each member of the
National Steering Committee can lead a fundraising move to its constituency and other potential donors.
b. Advocacy
An advocacy strategy for resource mobilization forms a critical role for the National Steering Committee for
Implementation with leadership from the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs. It will
bring together government development partners such as the World Bank, AfDB, IFAD, EC, DFID, UN
Agencies, JICA, the Chinese and others including non-traditional partners. This meeting provides a platform
to market the philosophy of the SiLNAP. Similarly, contacts will be made with the Private Sector to support
the resource mobilization.
c. Capacity Building
Capacity building of the Actors is very important to the full implementation of the SiLNAP. In this regard we
need technical support from our development partners in moving this process forward.
In conclusion, the National Steering Committee should be proactive in its fundraising responsibility. The
Government, especially the Minister of Social Welfare Gender and Children's, could play a big role in the
fundraising process. There is a need for an effective advocacy strategy to market SiLNAP, and the creation of
website is critical in this direction. All reachable sources of funding should be explored; there is no 'small
money' especially from the perspective of ensuring ownership through local contributions.
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At its first meeting, the Task Force deliberated on the Terms Of Reference (TOR) which defines its role and functions.
For the smooth running of the Taskforce, its monthly meetings are chaired by designated Gender Officers of the Ministry and Co-Chaired by the WANMAR 1325 Project Co-Coordinator from MARWOPNET (SL). Its day to day work is coordinated by the WANMAR 1325 Secretariat located in the WANEP office. The Minuting Secretary for the monthly meetings is provided by Gender Officers.
stJanuary 2009: Monthly Task Force meeting and 1 Stage Validation of the Baseline Study. The Assessment report not only mapped out existing initiative, but highlighted achievements on gender issues related to 1325, continuing challenges and opportunities regarding women's involvement in the peace, security, and peace building processes.
23-25 February 2009: Two days regional consultative workshop in each of the four regions. Participants numbering 30 in each region were drawn from district and chiefdom levels. The workshop generated issues, information/data and recommendations that provided inputs for crafting NAP and represent the major workshop deliverables. There are the UNSCR 1325 Action Plan for the respective regions. Also Regional Task Force were establishment of Regional Task Forces.
March 2009: Building and/or strengthening insights and experiences on the development and full implementation of the UNSCR 1325 (2000) Action Plans, through participation at various fora in and out
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of Sierra leone. Two members of the WANMAR 1325 Project Core Team, attended the International Colloquium in Liberia on Women's Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security, during which the Liberian National Action Plan was presented and Launched.
The two returned and participated in a one day Post Colloquium awareness raising and information dissemination workshop on the Colloquium organised by International Alert for the benefit of other stakeholders in Sierra Leone. The workshop also provided a platform to reflect on wider issues of women, peace and security in the Mano River Countries that should be captured in the SiLNAP.
April 2009:Presentation on the process of developing the SiLNAP was shared with other stakeholders, in particular, a wide cross section of the media at a press briefing/information dissemination session organised by Pathways of Women's Empowerment – the West Africa Hub in Collaboration with Campaign for Good Governance. The session theme: - Planning for Action – Good Practices on Implementation of UNSCR 1325 on a national level provided opportunity to communicate with next steps in the process with the assembled stakeholders. The Press briefing provided the opportunity to make the process of crafting the SiLNAP more widely known. The presentation illustrated women/gender issues that emerged as priority from regional and national perspectives and for which urgent interventions are being demanded by women and girls in the NAP.
May 2009:At the invitation of Femme Africa Solidarite (FAS), the WANMAR Project Co-Coordinator – MARWOPNET (SL) attended the sub-regional workshop for Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda (– countries in the Great Lakes Region of Africa-) on their National Action Plans on the full implementation of UNSCR 1325 in Burundi.
Besides learning and experience sharing with representatives from these three countries who are also working on the formulation and launching a Sub-Regional Action Plan on UNSCR 1325, the opportunity was provided for strengthening alliances with representatives of UN Agencies, OSAGI, the Government of Finland including other International Organizations with interest on 1325. The platform allowed further deliberation on challenges that could confront the elaboration of sub-regional Action Plans for the implementation of UNSCR 1325.
June 2009:Government – Civil Society National Task Force conducted a one-day Information and Advocacy Session for Parliamentarians at the Parliament Buildings. The findings of the Baseline Study and the Regional Action Plans were shared. Also, the occasion was used to emphasize the priority outcomes of women's urgent demand for translating the provisions of UNSCR1325 and 1820 into practical interventions, particularly at constituency levels. The Parliamentarians demonstrated strong support for gender mainstreaming and intensified response to curbing SGBV. The interests of the Parliamentarians were strongly aroused and they demanded that they be engaged in all the next steps in the process.
June 2009:Member of the Government-Civil Society Taskforce Participated in the International Alert- CSPEC Collaborative Workshop on developing monitoring Indicators for the implementation of UNSCR 1325. the workshop was organised in Freetown, Sierra Leone for participants from Liberia, Burundi and Sierra Leone.
2– 4 September 2009: National Consultative Conference on 'Developing of the Sierra Leone National Action Plan on UNSCR 1325'. The Conference was chaired by the Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs. The Opening session was addressed by the Minister of Defense, Deputy Minister of MOFED, Representative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Country Representative of UNFPA and the Chair of the UNCGT. The workshop was opened with the
st ndkeynote address by Sierra Leone's 1 Lady – Mrs. Sia Nyama Koroma that was delivered by the 2 Lady, Mrs. Kadija Sam-Sumana. During the three day National Conference, the 60 participants worked intensively in five different groups through three successive interactive group and feedback sessions.
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thNational Action Plan on the 4 of September 2009. The SiLNAP (2009-2014) is a five year dynamic document, crafted and built on five pillars. The development is funded with support from Cordaid Netherlands.
20-22 October 2009: Development of Indicators Workshop on UNSCRs 1325 and 1820, organized in Bo with support from UNFPA and UNIFEM. Indicators and objectives were reviewed and priorities refined to reduce the number of indicators. The number of indicators was 63, but prioritised to 43.
November 2009– January 2010:Priority objectives and indicators refined and validated during the Bo Workshop leading to a further refinement of indicators which now numbered 36, aligned as necessitated with strategies and specific activities and the final version of the SiLNAP produced. Monitoring and Evaluation Framework developed.
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s,
do
me
stic
vio
len
ce, h
arm
ful t
rad
itio
na
l pra
ctic
es
incl
ud
ing
hu
ma
n tra
ffic
kin
g a
nd
ma
ke
reco
mm
en
da
tion
s fo
r ro
bu
st la
ws,
inst
itutio
na
l eq
ua
lity/
eq
uity
po
licie
s, m
ech
an
ism
s a
nd
ad
min
istr
ativ
e
pro
ced
ure
s.
58
,46
42
6,5
46
29
,15
42
8,2
05
1.3
.2 L
ob
by
pa
rlia
me
nt fo
r sp
ee
dy
en
act
me
nt o
f th
e S
exu
al O
ffen
ces
Bill
an
d th
e M
atr
imo
nia
l Ca
use
s B
ill.
5,1
28
5,5
90
6,0
93
6,6
41
1.3
.3 H
old
me
etin
gs/
sen
sitiz
atio
n w
ork
sho
ps/
sess
ion
s w
ith J
ust
ice
, F
ore
ign
Affa
irs
an
d S
oci
al W
elfa
re
Ge
nd
er
an
d C
hild
ren
affa
irs
Min
istr
ies
an
d P
arlia
me
nt w
ho
pla
y d
eci
sive
ro
les
in d
om
est
ica
ting
an
d
ratif
ica
tion
an
d a
pp
lica
tion
of la
ws/
inst
rum
en
ts3
28
,80
32
31
,45
42
62
,10
52
51
,28
2
1.3
.4 S
imp
lify/
tra
nsl
ate
an
d d
isse
min
ate
wid
ely
th
e te
xts
of th
ese
inte
rna
tion
al,
reg
ion
al a
nd
su
b-
reg
ion
al l
aw
s/in
stru
me
nts
ag
ree
d to
by
Sie
rra
Le
on
e in
th
e a
rea
of w
om
en
’s r
igh
t a
nd
re
late
d t
o p
ea
ce,
secu
rity
an
d g
en
de
r e
qu
alit
y6
4,1
03
16
,02
61
7,4
68
0
1.4
.1 C
on
du
ct T
OT
on
ge
nd
er
eq
ua
lity,
ge
nd
er
ma
inst
rea
min
g c
on
cep
ts a
nd
ge
nd
er
an
aly
sis
tech
niq
ue
s fo
r d
eci
sio
n m
ake
rs, o
pin
ion
lea
de
rs, p
olic
y im
ple
me
nte
rs a
nd
ad
min
istr
ato
rs, tr
iba
l a
uth
ori
ties
at n
atio
na
l an
d lo
cal l
eve
ls7
7,7
95
84
,79
69
2,4
28
10
0,7
47
1.4
.2 D
eve
lop
be
ha
vio
ral c
ha
ng
e c
om
mu
nic
atio
n m
ess
ag
e a
nd
dis
sem
ina
te th
rou
gh
cu
ltura
l act
iviti
es
TV
, ra
dio
dra
ma
dis
cuss
ion
an
d p
ub
lic o
utr
ea
ch c
am
pa
ign
s in
sch
oo
ls –
fo
rma
l, n
on
-fo
rma
l se
ttin
g1
02
,56
411
1,7
95
12
1,8
56
13
2,8
23
24
2.2 The Baseline Study
This section highlights information/data that emerged from the nation wide mapping survey conducted by the
Government – Civil Society National Task Force on the implementation of UNSCR 1325 in Sierra Leone so
far. The survey gathered information from 697 organisations on the following:
?Existing knowledge of the UNSCR 1325 among key institutions
?The nature and extent of implementation of organisations' activities that relate to UNSCR 1325
?The organisations approach to ending impunity and persecution of women
?The capacity situation of organisations in carrying out activities related to UNSCR 1325
?Priority policy areas within the framework of UNSCR 1325 that organisations wished to continue
to work on.
Knowledge of UNSCR 1325 and related activities by existing organisations
About half of the organisations surveyed indicated knowledge of the existence of UNSCR 1325 mostly
through radio and workshops. About half also admitted to have undertaken activities addressing priority
areas of resolution 1325. These activities included:
?Awareness raising campaigns and community sensitization
?Conducting workshops
?Implementing gender based programmes
?Creating partnerships and networks
?Human resource development
?Lobbying and advocacy
Efforts at ending impunity & persecution against women
The survey revealed efforts made by various organisations at ending impunity and persecution against
women in Sierra Leone. About 67 percent of those interviewed revealed that they had work with victims
/survivors of SBGV. In some cases they have assisted survivors to seek redress through primarily the FSUs,
to bring perpetrators of gender based violence and crimes against humanity to book. Some organisations
were reported to have paid more attention to protection and prevention of crimes against women.
The majority of the organisations appeared to have been applying evidence-based approach to their
interventions. About 63 percent of those surveyed indicated that they had been carrying out case studies,
investigating impact of armed conflict on women, the role of women in peace building, and gender dimension
of peace processes.
Challenges to implementation
Organisations surveyed were reported to have encountered severe capacity constraints in their efforts to
implement activities to address gender and women's concerns. The survey reported lack of adequate
human, technical and financial capacity. The capacity to develop coherent plans and programmes was
lacking, thus many organisations have been losing strategic direction. Some organisations had undertaken
studies on gender and women's situation but little dissemination of findings was reported. Other challenges
12
Pilla
r 5
: P
rom
ote
Co
ord
ina
tio
n o
f th
e Im
ple
me
nta
tio
n P
roc
es
s in
clu
din
g R
es
ou
rce
Mo
biliz
ati
on
, Mo
nit
ori
ng
an
d E
va
lua
tio
n o
f a
nd
R
ep
ort
ing
on
the
Na
tio
na
l Ac
tio
n P
lan
Ou
tco
me
Ob
jec
tiv
e
5.
En
su
re e
ffe
cti
ve
co
ord
ina
tio
n o
f th
e i
mp
lem
en
tati
on
pro
ce
ss
in
clu
din
g r
es
ou
rce
mo
biliz
ati
on
, m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
a
nd
re
po
rtin
g o
n th
e N
ati
on
al A
cti
on
Pla
n
Out
put O
bjec
tives
Stra
tegi
es
Spec
ific
Act
iviti
esIn
dica
tors
Pr
imar
y St
akeh
olde
rO
ther
Par
tner
sTi
mef
ram
e
5.1
Inst
itutio
nal
mec
hani
sms,
m
anag
emen
t and
m
onito
ring
capa
city
of
the
Gov
ernm
ent
– C
ivil
Soci
ety
Task
For
ce
stre
ngth
ened
?In
tens
ify lo
bby,
advo
cacy
for
gend
er in
clus
ive
cons
titut
ion
?Ex
chan
ge s
tudy
vis
its
?N
etw
orki
ng a
mon
g ap
prop
riate
in
stitu
tions
, CSO
s in
and
out
of
Sier
ra L
eone
?C
apac
ity b
uild
ing
Task
forc
e de
velo
ped
and
laun
ched
for t
he c
oord
inat
ion
and
mon
itorin
g of
the
annu
al
oper
atio
nal a
ctio
n pl
an
Prov
ide
capa
city
bui
ldin
g fo
r key
st
akeh
olde
rs in
pro
ject
de
velo
pmen
t, m
anag
emen
t, m
onito
ring
and
eval
uatio
n
Req
uire
d in
stitu
tiona
l m
echa
nism
s fo
r effe
ctiv
e Im
plem
enta
tion,
mon
itorin
g an
d co
ordi
natio
n in
pla
ce
Num
ber o
f cap
acity
bu
ildin
g tra
inin
gs o
n M
&E
cond
ucte
d.
MSW
GC
A, N
GO
s,
Gov
ernm
ent-
Civ
il So
ciet
yIm
plem
enta
tion
Com
mitt
ee.
-Lo
cal C
ounc
ils-
Wom
en’s
grou
ps
-C
SOs/
CBO
s-
Don
ors
-In
tern
atio
nal
NG
Os
-C
orda
id
2009
-201
4
5.2
Adeq
uate
fund
ing
secu
red
from
G
over
nmen
t and
don
ors
Dev
elop
a fu
nd ra
isin
g st
rate
gy
for t
he N
AP a
nd u
nder
take
a
fund
rais
ing
driv
e.
Perc
enta
ge o
f sec
ured
fu
ndin
g fo
r im
plem
enta
tion
of th
e Si
LNAP
GO
SL/M
SWG
CA,
Ta
sk F
orce
, St
atis
tics
Sier
ra
Leon
e, C
onsu
ltant
-Lo
cal C
ounc
ils-
Wom
en’s
grou
ps
-C
SOs/
CBO
s-
Don
ors
-M
RU
/AU
-In
tern
atio
nal
NG
Os
2010
-201
1
5.3
Enga
ging
nat
iona
lly,
regi
onal
ly a
nd
inte
rnat
iona
lly e
nhan
ced
for i
mpr
oved
co
ordi
natio
n an
d co
llabo
ratio
n.
Build
ing
allia
nce
of g
ende
r frie
ndly
men
and
wom
en a
t all
leve
ls a
s w
ell
as w
ith-
inst
itutio
ns a
nd b
i-lat
eral
age
ncie
s su
breg
iona
l, re
gion
al
Org
aniz
e se
min
ars
and
diss
emin
ate
repo
rts
Org
aniz
e an
nual
roun
d ta
ble
conf
eren
ces
Num
ber o
f coo
rdin
atio
n an
d co
nsul
tativ
e se
ssio
ns
held
at n
atio
nal a
nd
regi
onal
leve
ls.
MSW
GC
A, N
GO
s,
Civ
il So
ciet
y20
10-2
012
23
are:
Insufficient cooperation from the communities during gender advocacy and awareness raising campaigns.Infrastructural impediment relating to difficulty in accessing remote areas due to bad road condition.Cultural barriers Inadequate coordinate among partner organisations
3.0. The National Action Plan
The Sierra Leone 1991 Constitution enshrines the principles of gender equality, the dignity and rights of men
and women and non-discrimination.
In Sierra Leone, devastating and extreme forms of abuse and violence were widely experienced during the
conflict years of 1991-2002.
Although all civilians suffered the atrocities of the war, the greater majority of those most adversely afflicted
including as refugees and internally displaced were women and girls. Women's and girls' bodies, in
particular, became the location of the war, in rural as well as in urban areas. Even, in these post war period of
prevailing relative peace, various ongoing, peace consolidation, peace building and reconciliation initiatives,
Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV), against women and girls persists. The indications from daily
media reports is that Sexual Violence against females is increasing with impunity. Almost daily, newspapers
report incident of the rape of female children by much older males in various districts. Females experienced
the war differently from males. The differentiated special situation of women, are not to be recognized and
addressed from the perspective of victims only, but also needs to be addressed from the perspective of
contributors either as willing or forced combatants, and peace builders whose experiences must be fully
utilised for enduring peace and emerging development stages. Women's experiences in the Sierra Leone
war and their roles and contributions brought resolution 1325 in to practice, even though there engagement
in conflict prevention and resolution are not widely recognised particularly at community levels. In the Sierra
Leone Parliament, of 124 members, women account for only 12 percent. Women need to be actively
represented at all decision-making levels in all the areas of the ongoing peace consolidation, post-conflict
reconstruction and development processes.
Thus, the Government jointly with other Development Partners, particularly Civil Society Organizations in
country, initiated intensified action in 2008 towards the development of a Sierra Leone National Action Plan
(SiLNAP) for the full implementation of UNSCRs 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. Also the SILNAP
includes elements of resolution of 1820 that builds on 1325, offering a stronger policy strategy than 1325 for
the protection of women and girls against conflict-related Sexual Violence. It affirms that effective steps to
prevent and respond to such acts of sexual violence can significantly contribute to the maintenance peace
and security.
The full implementation of the SiLNAP will allow the application of the gender approach in especially related
institutional reforms, strategic policies and plans at national and sectoral levels to prevent and respond to the
continued consequences and impact of the civil conflict on women and girls.
The SiLNAP has been elaborated on the context of Sierra Leone and the priority issues that emerged from
especially the consultations held at regional levels with a wide spectrum of actors from all levels including the
chiefdoms.
13
cou
nci
l
MD
A, S
SI
Me
n, w
om
en
, co
mm
un
ity b
ase
d
org
an
iza
tion
s a
nd
lo
cal c
ou
nci
l le
ad
ers
Me
n, w
om
en
, C
BO
s, L
oca
l co
un
cil,
com
mu
nity
le
ad
ers
Ag
en
cie
s,
ING
Os
Me
dia
, C
BO
, U
N a
ge
nci
es,
IN
GO
s
20
10
–
20
11
4.2
R
ecr
uitm
en
t a
nd
re
ten
tion
of w
om
en
in
law
en
forc
em
en
t, ju
stic
e
an
d s
ecu
rity
inst
itutio
ns
incr
ea
sed
-C
on
stru
ctiv
e e
ng
ag
em
en
t th
rou
gh
d
ialo
gu
e s
ess
ion
s.
-G
ua
ran
tee
ing
th
at a
min
imu
m
30
% o
f ca
nd
ida
tes
for
all
loca
l an
d
na
tion
al e
lect
ion
s a
re w
om
en
-M
ap
pin
g o
f w
om
en
in th
e s
ecu
rity
se
cto
r in
stitu
tion
s-
Re
vie
w o
f se
curity
se
cto
r re
cru
itme
nt, e
mp
loym
en
t a
nd
p
rom
otio
n c
rite
ria
an
d p
olic
ies
- C
rea
ting
ro
ste
r/d
ata
ba
se o
f w
om
en
re
latin
g to
th
em
es
on
w
om
en
/ge
nd
er, p
ea
ce a
nd
secu
rity
-
Pro
vid
e tra
inin
g fo
r w
om
en
on
pe
ace
m
ed
iatio
n, n
eg
otia
tion
, g
en
de
r m
ain
stre
am
ing
in p
ea
ce
con
solid
atio
n/ re
cove
ry a
nd
se
curity
a
nd
re
com
me
nd
th
em
to
se
rve
at
na
tion
al,
reg
ion
al a
nd
inte
rna
tion
al
leve
ls a
nd
en
ha
nce
re
ten
tion
.
MD
As,
esp
eci
ally
SL
P, R
SL
AF,
oth
er
SS
Is d
eve
lop
affirm
ativ
e a
ctio
n
me
cha
nis
ms
– ta
rge
ting
, q
uo
tas
at a
ll le
vels
of th
eir s
tru
ctu
res
for
wo
me
n to
b
en
efit
fro
m tra
inin
gs
als
o a
t in
tern
atio
na
l le
vel.
Nu
mb
er
an
d
wo
me
n in
de
cisi
on
-ma
kin
g
an
d h
igh
ra
nki
ng
po
sitio
ns
at a
ll le
vels
in S
SIs
.
pe
rce
nta
ge
of
Nu
mb
er
of tr
ain
ing
se
ssio
ns
to b
uild
ca
pa
city
of th
e
MS
WG
CA
, F
SU
, R
SL
AF
a
nd
oth
er
rele
van
t p
art
ne
rs
in th
e a
rea
of g
en
de
r,
pe
ace
an
d s
ecu
rity
in
clu
din
g g
en
de
r a
na
lysi
s a
nd
ge
nd
er
ma
inst
rea
min
g.
MD
As,
esp
eci
ally
Ju
stic
e S
ect
or,
SS
Is a
nd
ON
S
Me
dia
, IN
GO
s,
CS
Os
20
10
–
20
14
22
Hence, it is in alignment with the National Gender Strategic Plan (NGSP), and the ‘Agenda for Change’ –
Sierra Leone's Phase Two Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP).
3.1 Vision
A Sierra Leone that reinforces and fosters its commitments for women and girls to realize the benefits of the principles and provisions of UNSCRs 1325 and 1820
3.2 Mission
Government through the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs coordinates with Civil Society, the UN Agencies and other development partners and work for the full implementation of the SiLNAP that ensure accountability
3.3 National Action Plan Matrix
The SiLNAP is a five year (2010-2014) dynamic implementation plan, encompassing both the UNSCR 1325 (2000) and major components of 1820 (2008), designed and developed around five pillars:
The pillars are the identified overall objectives as follows:
Pillar 1: Contribute to reduced Conflict including Violence Against Women/Children (SGBV)
Pillar 2: Protection, empowerment of victims/vulnerable persons especially women and girls
Pillar 3: Contribute to increased Prosecution of perpetrators as well as rehabilitation of Victims
Pillar 4: Contribute to increased Participation and representation of women
Pillar 5: Ensure effective coordination of the implementation process including resource mobilization, monitoring and evaluation and reporting on the National Action Plan
Each pillar contains priority outcome and output objectives with indicators for monitoring progress towards full implementation.
Appropriate activities including responsible parties, and timelines have been identified.
In all, there are eleven expected outcome objectives, twenty-three key output objectives and thirty-five indicators.
14
Pilla
r 4
: Pa
rtic
ipa
tio
n a
nd
Re
pre
se
nta
tio
n o
f Wo
me
n
OP
s. o
f UN
SC
Re
so
luti
on
13
25
(20
00
) an
d 1
82
0 (2
00
8)
Re
s.1
32
5 O
P.
1:
Urg
es
Me
mb
er
sta
tes
to
en
su
re i
nc
rea
se
d r
ep
res
en
tati
on
of
wo
me
n a
t a
ll d
ec
isio
n-m
ak
ing
le
ve
ls i
n n
ati
on
al,
reg
ion
al a
nd
inte
rna
tio
na
l in
sti
tuti
on
s a
nd
me
ch
an
ism
s fo
r th
e p
rev
en
tio
n, m
an
ag
em
en
t an
d re
so
luti
on
of c
on
flic
ts.
Re
s. 1
32
5 (O
P.8
a) c
alls
on
all a
cto
rs in
vo
lve
d, w
he
n n
eg
oti
ati
ng
an
d im
ple
me
nti
ng
pe
ac
e a
gre
em
en
ts to
ad
op
t a
ge
nd
er
pe
rsp
ec
tiv
e
inc
lud
ing
inte
r a
lia
th
e s
pe
cia
l ne
ed
s o
f w
om
en
an
d g
irls
du
rin
g r
ep
atr
iati
on
an
d r
es
ett
lem
en
t a
nd
fo
r th
e r
eh
ab
ilit
ati
on
, re
inte
gra
tio
n
an
d p
os
t co
nfl
ict r
ec
on
str
uc
tio
n.
Re
s. 1
82
0 (
OP. 1
2)
Urg
en
tly
Se
cre
tary
-Ge
ne
ral a
nd
his
sp
ec
ial e
nv
oy
to
in
vit
e w
om
en
to
pa
rtic
ipa
te in
dis
cu
ss
ion
s p
ert
ine
nt
to t
he
p
rev
en
tio
n a
nd
re
so
luti
on
of
co
nfl
ict,
th
e m
ain
ten
an
ce
of
pe
ac
e a
nd
se
cu
rity
an
d p
os
t-c
on
flic
t p
ea
ce
bu
ild
ing
an
d e
nc
ou
rag
e a
ll
pa
rtie
s to
su
ch
talk
s to
fac
ilit
ate
the
eq
ua
l an
d fu
ll p
art
icip
ati
on
of w
om
en
at d
ec
isio
n-m
ak
ing
lev
els
.
Ou
tco
me
Ob
jec
tiv
e
4.
Co
ntr
ibu
te to
inc
rea
se
d P
art
icip
ati
on
an
d R
ep
res
en
tati
on
of W
om
en
Str
ateg
ies
Sp
ecif
ic A
ctiv
itie
sIn
dic
ato
rs
Pri
mar
y S
take
ho
lder
Oth
er P
artn
ers
Tim
efra
me
Sta
keho
lder
s lo
bbie
d fo
rin
crea
sed
repr
esen
tatio
nof
wom
en a
nd g
ende
r pa
rity
in d
ecis
ion
mak
ing
orga
ns a
t all
leve
l in
clud
ing
a m
inim
um30
% q
uota
for
polit
ical
rep
rese
ntat
ion.
?In
tens
ify lo
bby,
adv
ocac
y fo
r ge
nder
incl
usiv
e C
onst
itutio
n?
Pub
lic le
ctur
es, s
ympo
sium
, cl
uste
rs tr
aini
ng o
f all
stak
ehol
ders
?E
xcha
nge
stud
y vi
sits
?N
etw
orki
ng a
nd e
xper
ienc
e sh
arin
g am
ong
appr
opria
te
inst
itutio
ns in
and
out
of S
ierr
a Le
one
?C
apac
ity b
uild
ing
?B
uild
ing
allia
nce
with
gen
der
frie
ndly
men
and
wom
en a
t all
leve
ls?
Trai
ning
of w
omen
at c
omm
unity
le
vel t
o en
gage
thei
r pa
rliam
enta
rians
and
cou
ncilo
rs
on m
inim
um 3
0% q
uota
repr
esen
tatio
n.
Lobb
y le
gisl
ator
s, c
omm
unity
lead
ers
and
othe
r st
akeh
olde
rs in
G
over
nmen
t.
Coa
litio
n of
Wom
en’s
Org
aniz
atio
ns
cont
inue
nat
ionw
ide
cam
paig
ns w
ith
key
stak
ehol
ders
to d
eepe
n aw
aren
ess
for
quic
k ac
tion.
Wom
en’s
/girl
s ac
tivis
ts e
ngag
e th
e A
PR
M/N
EP
AD
pro
cess
for
wid
enin
g jo
int a
ctio
n fo
r ge
nder
equ
ality
.
Wor
k w
ith G
ende
r F
ocal
Poi
nts
in
MD
As
incl
udin
g S
SIs
and
org
aniz
e tr
aini
ngs
in g
ende
r is
sues
, gen
der
mai
nstr
eam
ing
in p
eace
co
nsol
idat
ion/
rec
over
y an
d se
curit
y.
Num
ber
of a
dvoc
acy
and
Con
sulta
tive
Ses
sion
s co
nduc
ted
for
stak
ehol
ders
, po
litic
al p
artie
s,
legi
slat
ure,
wom
en’s
gr
oups
, civ
il so
ciet
y et
c.
Legi
slat
ion
and
regu
lato
ry
mea
sure
s en
surin
g ge
nder
pa
rity
or a
min
imum
of 3
0%
at a
l ele
cted
and
app
oint
ed
posi
tions
in g
over
nmen
t, as
w
ell a
s ot
her
gove
rnan
ce
stru
ctur
es, i
s in
pla
ce, a
t al
leve
ls.
Pre
side
nt,
Par
liam
ent,
Atto
rney
Gen
eral
an
d M
inis
ter
of
Just
ice,
Wom
en’s
O
rgan
isat
ions
.
Par
liam
ent,
CS
O,
NE
C O
ffici
als,
po
litic
al p
artie
s
MS
WG
CA
, IN
GO
s, C
SO
s,
Com
mun
ity
mem
bers
MD
As,
Sec
urity
se
ctor
inst
itutio
ns,
MD
As
loca
l
CS
Os,
UN
A
genc
ies,
NG
O
Med
ia, I
NG
Os
, Tr
aditi
onal
le
ader
, Fem
ale
Cau
cus,
Ele
ctor
ate
Med
ia, U
N
Age
ncie
s an
d W
IPS
EN
UN
Age
ncie
s,
ING
Os,
CS
Os
CS
Os,
UN
2010
–20
12
2010
9 –
2012
Ou
tpu
t O
bje
ctiv
es
4.1
21
Sie
rra
Le
on
e N
ati
on
al A
cti
on
Pla
n M
atr
ix –
UN
SC
Rs
13
25
(20
00
) an
d 1
82
0 (2
00
8)
(SiL
NA
P 1
32
5 &
18
20
)
Du
rati
on
: 20
10
– 2
01
4
Pilla
r 1
: Pre
ve
nti
on
of C
on
flic
t in
clu
din
g V
iole
nc
e A
ga
ins
t Wo
me
n/C
hild
ren
(SG
BV
)
-U
NS
C R
es
. 1
32
5 (
OP.1
) u
rge
s m
em
be
r s
tate
s t
o e
ns
ure
in
cre
as
ed
re
pre
se
nta
tio
n o
f w
om
en
at
all d
ec
isio
n-m
ak
ing
le
ve
ls a
nd
inte
rna
tio
na
l in
sti
tuti
on
s a
nd
me
ch
an
ism
s fo
r th
e p
rev
en
tio
n, m
an
ag
em
en
t an
d re
so
luti
on
of c
on
flic
t-
UN
SC
Re
s. 1
32
5 (
OP.8
b)
ad
op
t a
ge
nd
er
pe
rsp
ec
tiv
e in
clu
din
g, in
ter
alia
me
as
ure
s t
ha
t s
up
po
rt lo
ca
l w
om
en
's p
ea
ce
in
itia
tiv
es
an
d i
nd
ige
no
us
pro
ce
ss
es
fo
r c
on
flic
t re
so
luti
on
, a
nd
th
at
inv
olv
e w
om
en
in
all o
f th
e i
mp
lem
en
tati
on
m
ec
ha
nis
ms
of t
he
pe
ac
e a
gre
em
en
ts;
-U
NS
C R
es
. 1
32
5 (
OP.8
c)
'…
me
as
ure
s t
ha
t e
ns
ure
th
e p
rote
cti
on
of
an
d r
es
pe
ct
of
hu
ma
n r
igh
ts o
f w
om
en
an
d g
irls
, p
art
icu
larl
y a
s th
ey
re
late
to th
e c
on
sti
tuti
on
, th
e e
lec
tora
l sy
ste
m, t
he
po
lic
e a
nd
the
jud
icia
ry.
-U
NS
C R
es
. 1
82
0 (
OP.1
3)
Urg
es
all p
art
ies
co
nc
ern
ed
, in
clu
din
g M
em
be
r S
tate
s, U
nit
ed
Na
tio
ns
en
titi
es
an
d f
ina
nc
ial
ins
titu
tio
ns
, to
su
pp
ort
th
e d
ev
elo
pm
en
t a
nd
str
en
gth
en
ing
of
the
ca
pa
cit
ies
of
na
tio
na
l in
sti
tuti
on
s,
in p
art
icu
lar
of
jud
icia
l an
d h
ea
lth
sy
ste
ms
, an
d o
f lo
ca
l civ
il s
oc
iety
ne
two
rks
in o
rde
r to
pro
vid
e s
us
tain
ab
le a
ss
ista
nc
e to
vic
tim
s o
f s
ex
ua
l vio
len
ce
in a
rme
d c
on
flic
t an
d p
os
t-c
on
flic
t sit
ua
tio
ns
.' -
…Ta
ke
co
nc
rete
me
as
ure
to
in
co
rpo
rate
a g
en
de
r p
ers
pe
cti
ve
in
to a
cti
vit
ies
to
pro
mo
te p
ea
ce
an
d s
ec
uri
ty a
nd
in
to
hu
ma
nit
ari
an
ac
tiv
itie
s
Ou
tco
me
Ob
jec
tiv
e1
.C
on
trib
ute
to re
du
ce
d C
on
flic
t in
clu
din
g V
iole
nc
e A
ga
ins
t Wo
me
n/C
hild
ren
(SG
BV
)
Str
ateg
ies
Spe
cific
Act
iviti
esIn
dica
tors
P
rim
ary
Sta
keho
lder
Oth
er
Par
tner
sTi
me
fram
e
Eng
agin
g Lo
cal a
utho
ritie
s an
d P
arlia
men
t E
nsur
ing
that
con
stitu
tiona
l re
form
s in
clud
e ge
nder
par
ity
prin
cipl
es a
nd re
mov
e al
l for
ms
of
disc
rimin
atio
ns a
gain
st
omen
/girl
s
Ado
pt/ a
nd d
isse
min
ate
the
SiL
NA
P 13
25 &
182
0 w
idel
y am
ong
inst
itutio
ns
at m
eetin
gs a
nd o
ther
fora
Iden
tify,
giv
e up
date
of t
he
dom
estic
atio
n an
d/or
ratif
icat
ion
of
vario
us in
stru
men
ts C
ED
AW, S
DG
EA
, A
U W
omen
’s P
roto
col,
EC
OW
AS
C
onfli
ct P
reve
ntio
n Fr
amew
ork,
MR
UP
roto
col f
or th
e pr
even
tion,
m
anag
emen
t and
reso
lutio
n of
con
flict
an
d th
e S
ierr
a Le
one
Ant
i-tra
ffick
ing
Act
.
Num
ber o
f act
ions
take
n by
G
over
nmen
t ins
titut
ions
to
mai
nstre
am 1
325
& 1
820.
Incr
ease
in th
e le
vel o
f fin
anci
al
com
mitm
ent t
o ge
nder
equ
ality
and
equ
ity p
rogr
amm
e in
itiat
ives
by G
over
nmen
t to
5 %
of
Nat
iona
l Bud
get
GoS
L an
d M
DA
s;
Min
istry
of H
ealth
; M
in. o
f Fin
ance
, M
SW
GC
A, M
in. o
f Ju
stic
e, M
in.
Info
rmat
ion
Min
. of
Hea
lth, L
ocal
C
ounc
ils
Min
istry
of i
nter
nal
Affa
irs, l
ocal
G
over
nmen
tR
ural
Dev
elop
men
t
SLH
RC
Law
Ref
orm
Com
mis
sion
Trad
ition
al
lead
ers
CS
Os
and
Med
ia
2010
-
2014
Out
put O
bjec
tives
1.1
Com
mitm
ent f
or th
e im
plem
enta
tion
of
Res
olut
ions
132
5 an
d 18
20 b
y re
late
d M
DA
s es
peci
ally
Sec
urity
Sec
tor I
nstit
utio
ns,
Edu
catio
n, F
inan
ce,
Hea
th a
nd in
clud
ing
Pol
itica
l Par
ties
incr
ease
d.
- -
w
15
Pilla
r 3
:P
ros
ec
ute
, P
un
ish
Pe
rpe
tra
tors
eff
ec
tiv
ely
an
d S
afe
gu
ard
Wo
me
n/G
irls
' H
um
an
Rig
hts
to
Pro
tec
tio
n (
du
rin
g a
nd
P
os
t co
nfl
ict)
as
we
ll a
s R
eh
ab
ilit
ate
Vic
tim
s/S
urv
ivo
rs o
f SG
BV
an
d p
erp
etr
ato
rs
Ou
tco
me
Ob
jec
tiv
e
3.
Co
ntr
ibu
te to
inc
rea
se
d P
ros
ec
uti
on
of p
erp
etr
ato
rs a
s w
ell a
s re
ha
bilit
ati
on
of V
icti
ms
Out
put O
bjec
tives
St
rate
gies
Spec
ific
Act
iviti
esIn
dica
tors
Pr
imar
y St
akeh
olde
rO
ther
Par
tner
sTi
me
fram
e
3.1
G
over
nmen
t adv
ocat
ed
to fu
lly im
plem
ent t
he
reco
mm
enda
tions
of t
he
TRC
repo
rt on
Wom
en.
-
Lobb
y an
d Ad
voca
cy ,
for
stre
ngth
enin
g ru
le o
f law
and
im
prov
ing
acce
ss fo
r wom
en-
M
essa
ge d
evel
opm
ent a
nd
diss
emin
atio
n ;
-
N
etw
orki
ng w
ith H
uman
Rig
hts
Com
mis
sion
, Nac
-GBV
, La
w O
ffice
rs D
epar
tmen
t and
the
JSC
O
Tran
slat
e re
leva
nt T
RC
re
com
men
datio
ns in
to lo
cal
lang
uage
s an
d di
ssem
inat
e in
co
mm
uniti
es
Enga
ge w
ith N
aCSA
to e
nsur
e w
omen
/vic
tims
are
adeq
uate
ly
cate
red
for i
n th
e im
plem
enta
tion
of
the
repa
ratio
n pr
ogra
m
Incr
ease
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
vict
ims
rece
ivin
g su
ppor
tG
over
nmen
t lin
e m
inis
tries
con
cern
ed,
e.g,
MSW
GC
A,
Inte
rnal
and
For
eign
Af
fairs
, Atto
rney
G
ener
al’s
offi
ce,
Parli
amen
t, FS
U,
ON
S, N
aCSA
, HR
CSL
NG
Os,
CSO
s,
CBO
s, L
ocal
au
thor
ities
, UN
Ag
enci
es,
PRO
SEC
, D
IESE
C,
CH
IESE
C
2010
–
2012
3.2
Inst
itutio
nal a
nd o
ther
m
echa
nism
s in
the
Just
ice
Sect
or
stre
ngth
ened
to p
reve
nt
and
resp
ond
to s
exua
l vi
olen
ce
?C
apac
ity b
uild
ing/
train
ing
for
inve
stig
ator
s, p
rose
cuto
rs,
mag
istra
tes
and
judg
es
?R
evie
w o
f c
ourts
sen
tenc
ing
polic
y fo
r SG
BV O
ffenc
es
?Vi
ctim
s an
d w
itnes
s pr
otec
tion
and
supp
ort
?Ad
dres
s ris
k of
re-o
ffend
ing
?C
ourt
mon
itorin
g an
d re
porti
ng
Sens
itize
com
mun
ity m
embe
rs a
nd
serv
ice
deliv
erer
s on
impl
emen
tatio
n of
the
GBV
roll
out p
lan
incl
udin
g en
forc
emen
t and
com
plia
nce.
Con
duct
trai
ning
on
gend
er ju
stic
e fo
r st
akeh
olde
rs e
.g J
udic
ial S
ecto
r of
ficia
ls.
Org
aniz
e w
orki
ng s
emin
ars
with
ju
stic
e se
ctor
offi
cial
s, G
FP to
revi
ew
cour
t mec
hani
sms
and
reco
mm
end
way
s fo
r har
mon
izin
g st
atut
ory
and
cust
omar
y la
ws
Incr
ease
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
Mag
istra
tes,
Law
yers
and
Ju
dges
ad
dres
sing
/han
dlin
g SG
BV c
ases
.
Judi
ciar
y, F
SU,
CBO
, NG
Os,
UN
Ag
enci
es, C
SOs
2010
–20
14
3.2
Rep
ortin
g of
SG
BV a
t na
tiona
l and
com
mun
ity
leve
ls in
crea
sed
?Ex
pedi
ting
hear
ing
and
disp
osal
of
SG
BV c
ases
Sens
itize
com
mun
ity m
embe
rs a
nd
serv
ice
deliv
erer
s on
impl
emen
tatio
n of
the
GBV
roll
out p
lan
incl
udin
g en
forc
emen
t and
com
plia
nce.
Incr
ease
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
case
s re
porte
d to
law
en
forc
emen
t age
ncie
s
20
1.2
Pol
icie
s, m
echa
nism
s an
d pr
oced
ures
for
prev
entio
n of
co
nflic
t/vio
lenc
e ag
ains
t w
omen
inst
itute
d at
co
mm
unity
leve
ls.
-S
impl
ifyin
g th
e pr
ovis
ions
of t
he
reso
lutio
ns u
sing
dra
mas
fora
, co
mm
unity
stu
dy g
roup
s/
mee
tings
, airi
ng o
n ra
dio/
TV-
Pub
lishi
ng tr
ansl
atio
ns o
f the
re
solu
tion
-P
ublis
hing
tran
sla
tions
of t
he
reso
lutio
n -
Sup
porti
ng th
e en
actm
ent o
f law
s on
vio
lenc
e ag
ains
t wom
en,
wom
en’s
righ
ts a
nd lo
bby
for t
heir
impl
emen
tatio
ns-
Reb
uild
ing
and
Stre
ngth
enin
g w
omen
’s n
etw
orks
at a
ll le
vels
-In
tens
ify lo
bby,
adv
ocac
y an
d ou
treac
h ca
mpa
igns
-C
ondu
ctin
g ac
tion
orie
nted
re
sear
ch-
Lobb
y/A
dvoc
acy
for e
nact
ing
natio
nal l
aws
-D
omes
ticat
ion/
ratif
icat
ion
and
appl
icat
ion
of in
tern
atio
nal,
sub
-re
gion
al a
nd n
atio
nal i
nstru
men
ts.
Sim
plify
and
tran
slat
e th
e U
NS
CR
132
5 &
182
0 in
to th
e m
ain
loca
l lan
guag
es
Rai
se c
omm
uni
ty le
vel a
war
enes
s on
th
e pr
ovis
ions
of t
he re
solu
tions
Cap
acita
te a
nd n
etw
ork
com
mun
ity
stru
ctur
es to
follo
w-u
p on
SG
BV
and
to
stre
ngth
en in
itiat
ives
on
Ear
ly W
arni
ng,
Con
flict
Pre
vent
ion,
Res
olut
ion,
Pea
ce
and
Sec
urity
Num
ber o
f pol
icie
s,
mec
hani
sms,
pro
cedu
res
and
code
of c
ondu
ct in
com
plia
nce
with
132
5 an
d 18
20.
Num
ber o
f vill
age
leve
l co
mm
unity
stru
ctur
es fo
rmed
an
d ne
twor
king
to c
ham
pion
ing
SG
BV
rela
ted
abus
es.
Num
ber o
f bye
-law
s in
sup
port
ofpr
even
tion
pass
ed in
co
mm
uniti
es.
-Ditt
o--D
itto
1.3
L
eg
al e
nvi
ron
me
nt fo
r th
e p
rote
ctio
n o
f w
om
en
’s r
igh
ts a
nd
se
curity
imp
rove
d.
-C
ap
aci
ty b
uild
ing
-
Tra
inin
g o
f T
rain
ers
wo
rksh
op
pa
rtic
ula
rly
for
rura
l wo
me
n in
clu
din
g c
ross
b
ord
er
tra
de
rs-
Pa
rtn
ers
hip
, n
etw
ork
ing
an
d
coa
litio
n b
uild
ing
-Jo
int su
b-r
eg
ion
al m
ee
ting
s-
Se
nsi
tiza
tion
of w
om
en
/girls
at a
ll le
vels
-E
nsu
rin
g s
pe
ed
y tr
ials
of S
GB
V
case
s-
Pro
mo
ting
su
pre
ma
cy o
f th
e R
ule
o
f L
aw
-P
op
ula
rizi
ng
th
e G
en
de
r a
nd
Ju
stic
e L
aw
s o
f S
ierr
a L
eo
ne
Co
llect
info
rma
tion
/da
ta o
n p
ract
ica
l u
sefu
lne
ss a
nd
en
forc
em
en
t o
f st
atu
tory
a
nd
cu
sto
ma
ry la
ws
for
pre
ven
tion
of a
ll fo
rms
of vi
ole
nce
ag
ain
st w
om
en
/girls
.
Lo
bb
y p
arlia
me
nt fo
r sp
ee
dy
en
act
me
nt
of th
e S
exu
al O
ffen
ces
Bill
an
d th
e
Ma
trim
on
ial C
au
ses
Bill
.
Ho
ld m
ee
ting
s/se
nsi
tiza
tion
wo
rksh
op
s/
sess
ion
s w
ith J
ust
ice
, F
ina
nce
, F
ore
ign
A
ffairs
an
d S
oci
al W
elfa
re, G
en
de
r a
nd
C
hild
ren
Affa
irs
Min
istr
ies
an
d
Pa
rlia
me
nt w
ho
pla
y d
eci
sive
ro
les
in
do
me
stic
atin
g a
nd
ra
tific
atio
n a
nd
a
pp
lica
tion
of la
ws/
inst
rum
en
ts.
Sim
plif
y/tr
an
sla
te a
nd
dis
sem
ina
te
wid
ely
th
e te
xts
of th
ese
inte
rna
tion
al,
reg
ion
al a
nd
su
b-r
eg
ion
al
law
s/in
stru
me
nts
ag
ree
d to
by
Sie
rra
L
eo
ne
in th
e a
rea
of w
om
en
’s r
igh
t a
nd
re
late
d to
pe
ace
, se
curity
an
d g
en
de
r e
qu
alit
y.
Nu
mb
er
of re
leva
nt la
ws
an
d
inst
rum
en
ts r
atif
ied
an
d/o
r d
om
est
ica
ted
Pa
ssa
ge
of th
e S
exu
al O
ffen
ces
an
d M
atr
imo
nia
l Ca
use
s B
ill b
y P
arlia
me
nt
Ra
tific
atio
n a
nd
do
me
stic
atio
n o
f
AU
Wo
me
n’s
Pro
toco
l by
Pa
rlia
me
nt
GO
SL
, M
DA
s,
Just
ice
Se
cto
r,
Min
. o
f H
ea
lth;
MS
WG
CA
, M
in. o
f In
form
atio
n L
oca
l C
ou
nci
ls, M
inis
try
of In
tern
al A
ffairs,
L
oca
l Go
vt.
an
d D
ev.
H
RC
SL
GO
SL
, M
DA
s,
Min
. o
f H
ea
lth;
MS
WG
CA
, M
in. o
f In
form
atio
n
Lo
cal C
ou
nci
lC
SO
s/ w
om
en
O
rga
nis
atio
n,
Hu
ma
n R
igh
t O
rga
nis
atio
ns
20
10-
20
14
16
2010
-20
14
2
.3 G
ove
rnm
en
t m
ea
sure
s a
nd
be
ne
fits
for
wo
me
n
an
d g
irls
in v
uln
era
ble
si
tua
tion
incr
ea
sed
to
e
nsu
re th
e r
esp
ect
fo
r th
eir s
oci
al a
nd
e
con
om
ic r
igh
ts
En
ga
ge
Na
CS
A/C
SO
, co
nd
uct
in
terv
iew
s w
ith v
ictim
s.
Org
an
ize
an
d a
dvo
cate
fo
r a
lloca
tion
o
f re
aso
na
ble
bu
dg
ets
, e
xpe
nd
iture
le
vels
, a
nd
oth
er
pro
du
ctiv
e
reso
urc
es
for
wo
me
n’s
eco
no
mic
e
mp
ow
erm
en
t in
ke
y M
DA
s, e
.g.,
Ag
ricu
lture
.
Ide
ntif
y su
rviv
ors
/vu
lne
rab
le p
ers
on
s w
ithin
th
e c
om
mu
nity
an
d e
ng
ag
e
the
m to
be
pa
rt o
f th
e b
en
efic
iarie
s
Pe
rce
nta
ge
incr
ea
se in
th
e
nu
mb
er
of n
ew
go
vern
me
nt
pro
gra
ms
ske
we
d to
wa
rds
be
ne
fitin
g v
uln
era
ble
w
om
en
an
d g
irls
Incr
ea
se in
th
e n
um
be
r o
f vu
lne
rab
le w
om
en
an
d g
irls
b
en
efit
ing
fro
m s
uch
p
rog
ram
s
MS
WG
CA
, M
inis
try
of H
ea
lth, N
aC
SA
, C
om
mu
nity
he
ad
s,
La
w e
nfo
rce
me
nt
ag
en
cie
s ,
Pa
rlia
me
nta
ria
ns,
W
ard
co
mm
itte
e,
Co
un
cilo
rs,
Re
ligio
us
lea
de
rs
Vic
tims,
p
erp
etr
ato
rs,
wo
me
n’s
fo
rum
Su
rviv
ors
an
d
the
ir fa
mily
, M
SW
GC
A,
FS
U, H
R
Co
mm
issi
on
, N
GO
, M
SW
GC
A,
Pa
rlia
me
nta
ria
ns,
Co
un
cilo
rs
20
10
– 2
01
4
20
10
– 2
01
2
19
Pilla
r 2
: P
rote
cti
on
, Em
po
we
rme
nt o
f Vic
tim
s a
nd
Vu
lne
rab
le P
ers
on
s e
sp
ec
ially
wo
me
n/g
irls
Ou
tco
me
Ob
jec
tiv
e
2.
Co
ntr
ibu
te
to
inc
rea
se
d
Pro
tec
tio
n,
Em
po
we
rme
nt
an
d
su
pp
ort
o
f V
icti
ms
a
nd
V
uln
era
ble
P
ers
on
s
es
pe
cia
lly
wo
me
n/g
irls
.
Ou
tpu
t O
bje
cti
ve
s
Str
ate
gie
s
Sp
ec
ific
Ac
tiv
itie
sIn
dic
ato
rs
Pri
ma
ry
Sta
ke
ho
lde
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the
r P
art
ne
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ime
fr
am
e
2.1
. R
ep
ort
ing
of S
GB
V
ca
se
s a
t n
atio
na
l a
nd
co
mm
un
ity le
ve
ls
incre
ase
d
?
Alli
an
ce
bu
ildin
g w
ith
la
w
en
forc
em
en
t a
ge
ncie
s a
nd
th
e
co
urt
s?
Str
en
gth
en
ing
exis
tin
g
me
ch
an
ism
s/p
roce
du
res
?
Ne
two
rkin
g w
ith
NA
C-G
BV
Se
cu
rity
an
d J
ustice
Se
cto
rs
Co
ord
ina
tin
g In
stitu
tio
ns;
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ou
rt M
on
ito
rin
g, a
nd
re
po
rtin
g;
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ten
sifyin
g c
om
mu
nity
se
nsitiz
atio
n a
nd
ad
vo
ca
cy;
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ialo
gu
ing
with
pa
ren
ts a
nd
co
mm
un
ity le
ad
ers
?E
nh
an
cin
g d
ata
ba
se
Co
nd
uct d
es
k r
evie
w/r
ese
arc
h w
ork
o
n S
GB
V issu
es, re
co
mm
en
d a
nd
a
dvo
ca
te fo
r p
roce
du
res fo
r fa
st
tra
ckin
g c
om
pla
ints
Ra
ise
aw
are
ne
ss o
n w
om
en
’s r
igh
ts
inclu
din
g S
GB
V to
en
su
re in
cre
ase
d
rep
ort
ing
Ca
pa
cita
te e
xis
tin
g c
om
mu
nity
str
uctu
res to
ad
vo
ca
te a
nd
se
ek
red
ress a
ga
inst ca
se
s o
f S
GB
V
Pe
rce
nta
ge
in
cre
ase
in
th
e
nu
mb
er
of ca
se
s r
ep
ort
ed
to
la
w e
nfo
rce
me
nt
ag
en
cie
s.
Info
rma
tio
n m
an
ag
em
en
t a
nd
dis
se
min
atio
n s
yste
ms
de
ve
lop
ed
.
Vic
tim
s, L
aw
e
nfo
rce
me
nt
ag
en
cie
s,
co
mm
un
ity le
ad
ers
, ju
dic
iary
, p
erp
etr
ato
rs
La
w
en
forc
em
en
t a
ge
ncie
s,
pa
ren
ts,
gu
idia
nce
, yo
uth
gro
up
s,
NG
Os/C
SO
G
RA
DO
C
Un
ive
rsity o
f S
ierr
a L
eo
ne
20
10
– 2
01
4
2.2
H
ea
lth
(p
sych
oso
cia
l)
eco
no
mic
an
d le
ga
l a
nd
su
pp
ort
pro
vid
ed
to
vu
lne
rab
le p
ers
on
s
inclu
din
g v
ictim
s a
nd
su
rviv
ors
.
-Im
pro
ve
he
alth
-ca
re d
eliv
ery
se
rvic
es,
co
nd
itio
ns o
f se
rvic
es fo
r m
ed
ica
l p
ers
on
ne
l; e
qu
ip h
ea
lth
ca
re fa
cili
tie
s
an
d tra
inin
g o
n S
GB
V issu
es.
-E
nsu
rin
g th
at vic
tim
s o
f S
GB
V h
ave
a
cce
ss to
fre
e m
ed
ica
l re
po
rt a
cro
ss
the
co
un
try
Lo
bb
y fo
r la
wye
rs to
be
ava
ilab
le a
t re
gio
na
l a
nd
dis
tric
t le
ve
ls a
nd
en
su
re
su
sta
ina
bili
ty a
nd
in
ce
ntive
s to
pro
vid
e
leg
al se
rvic
es to
wo
me
n a
nd
girls
.
?In
ten
sify a
cce
ss to
Ad
ult/fu
nctio
na
l lit
era
cy c
lass,
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rain
ing
in
sp
ecia
lize
d s
kill
s fo
r o
lde
r g
irls
atte
nd
ing
in
ad
ult e
du
ca
tio
n
cla
sse
s?
Ro
le m
od
elin
g/m
en
torin
g s
ch
oo
l a
ge
g
irls
to
sta
y in
sch
oo
l co
mp
lete
an
d
pe
rfo
rm w
ell.
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tre
ng
the
nin
g/b
uild
ing
in
stitu
tio
na
l ca
pa
citie
s in
ge
nd
er
resp
on
siv
e
pro
gra
mm
es/p
roje
cts
, in
clu
din
g
ge
nd
er
se
nsitiv
e p
are
ntin
g
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ata
ba
se
de
ve
lop
me
nt
Pro
vid
e lo
gis
tica
l a
nd
fin
an
cia
l su
pp
ort
to
LA
WY
ER
S to
pro
se
cu
te
ca
se
s o
n S
GB
V
Su
pp
ort
th
e r
ecru
itm
en
t o
f a
dd
itio
na
l m
ag
istr
ate
s, a
nd
la
wye
rs.
Pro
vid
e a
cce
ss to
pro
-po
or
mic
rofin
an
ce
fa
cili
tie
s fo
r co
mm
un
itie
s
Co
nstr
uct a
nd
eq
uip
/sta
ff
psych
oso
cia
l fa
cili
tie
s in
all
se
ctio
n
he
ad
qu
art
er
co
mm
un
itie
s in
Sie
rra
Le
on
e.
Pe
rce
nta
ge
in
cre
ase
in
th
e
nu
mb
er
of vic
tim
s r
ece
ivin
g
psych
oso
cia
l su
pp
ort
an
d
tre
atm
en
t w
ith
in a
min
imu
m
tim
e
Pe
rce
nta
ge
nu
mb
er
of
vic
tim
s r
ece
ivin
g e
co
no
mic
su
pp
ort
in
clu
din
g m
icro
-fin
an
ce
Pe
rce
nta
ge
in
cre
ase
in
n
um
be
r o
f vic
tim
s h
avin
g
acce
ss to
le
ga
l a
id.
La
w e
nfo
rce
me
nt
ag
en
cie
s,
MS
WG
CA
, N
GO
s,
Min
istr
y o
f H
ea
lth
, S
tatistics S
ierr
a
Le
on
e, C
SO
s
GR
AD
OC
U
niv
ers
ity o
f S
ierr
a
Le
on
e, p
erp
etr
ato
r,
po
lice
, N
GO
s,
tra
ine
rs, C
BO
s,
MS
WG
CA
Co
mm
un
ity
he
ad
s, vic
tim
s,
ne
igh
bo
rs,
me
dia
, p
are
nts
/ g
uid
an
ce
Vic
tim
s,
pa
ren
ts,
relig
iou
s
lea
de
rs,
Wa
rd
co
mm
itte
es,
Co
un
cilo
rs,
yo
uth
s
20
10
– 2
01
4
20
10
-2
01
4
1817
1.4
G
en
de
r re
spo
nsi
ve
be
ha
vio
ur
for
pre
ven
tion
o
f vi
ole
nce
ag
ain
st
wo
me
n a
nd
ch
ildre
n a
nd
fo
r p
ea
ce c
on
solid
atio
n
stre
ng
the
ne
d.
-
Info
rma
tion
sh
arin
g, e
du
catio
n,
effe
ctiv
e c
om
mu
nic
atio
n a
nd
o
utr
ea
ch p
rog
ram
s to
SS
Is
-
Tra
inin
g o
f T
rain
ers
(T
OT
) o
n
ge
nd
er
eq
ua
lity
in g
en
de
r m
ain
stre
am
ing
an
d g
en
de
r a
na
lysi
s co
nce
pts
an
d te
chn
iqu
es.
P
rom
otin
g c
ultu
re o
f p
ea
ce
thro
ug
h:
-A
dvo
cacy
-A
wa
ren
ess
ra
isin
g-
Info
rma
tion
, e
du
catio
n,
com
mu
nic
atio
n,
-S
oci
al a
nd
cu
ltura
l mo
bili
zatio
n
an
d in
cen
tive
s
-B
ye-l
aw
s to
pre
ven
t vi
ole
nce
a
ga
inst
wo
me
n
Co
nd
uct
TO
T o
n g
en
de
r e
qu
alit
y,
ge
nd
er
ma
inst
rea
min
g c
on
cep
ts a
nd
g
en
de
r a
na
lysi
s te
chn
iqu
es
for
de
cisi
on
m
ake
rs, o
pin
ion
lea
de
rs, p
olic
y im
ple
me
nte
rs a
nd
ad
min
istr
ato
rs, tr
iba
l a
uth
oritie
s a
t na
tion
al a
nd
loca
l le
vels
De
velo
p b
eh
avi
ora
l ch
an
ge
co
mm
un
ica
tion
me
ssa
ge
an
d
dis
sem
ina
te th
rou
gh
cu
ltura
l act
iviti
es
TV
, ra
dio
dra
ma
dis
cuss
ion
an
d p
ub
lic
ou
tre
ach
ca
mp
aig
ns
in s
cho
ols
- fo
rma
l a
nd
no
n-f
orm
al s
ettin
g.
Dis
sem
ina
te b
est
pra
ctic
es
on
a
pp
licatio
n o
f R
eso
lutio
ns
13
25
, 1
82
0
an
d A
nti-h
um
an
Tra
ffic
kin
g L
aw
s e
tc.
Org
an
ize
Exc
elle
nce
Aw
ard
in G
en
de
r fo
r d
eci
sio
n m
ake
rs a
t a
ll le
vels
Ext
en
t o
f g
en
de
r se
nsi
tivity
in
clu
din
g m
ain
stre
am
ing
in th
e
da
ily w
ork
of G
ove
rnm
en
t a
nd
ru
ral c
om
mu
niti
es.
GO
SL a
nd
MD
As
Attitu
din
al a
nd
B
eh
avi
ou
ral
Ch
an
ge
S
ecr
eta
ria
t, L
aw
e
nfo
rce
me
nt
ag
en
cie
s
Re
ligio
us
inst
itutio
ns
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