Indicator 45: Existence of inter-ministerial coordination on VAWG

Coordination between different ministries is necessary for the development and implementation of a comprehensive policy to address VAWG.

This coordination takes several shapes. It is sometimes systematic as in Egypt, where such coordination is a recommendation of the National Strategy for Combating Violence against Women, and in Tunisia where the coordination is established within the multi-sectorial protocols on protecting women victims of VAWG signed among relevant ministries. In Algeria and Morocco,

Ministry of National Solidarity, Family and Women’s Affairs and Ministry of Solidarity, Social Development, Equality and Family, respectively, supervise this coordination.

Sometimes it is partial, as in Jordan where coordination exists for reporting cases between the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Interior. Such coordination has been suspended in Lebanon in 2019.

Countries

Algeria

There is inter-ministerial coordination on women issues including VAWG supervised by the Ministry of National Solidarity, Family and Women’s Affairs through the Directorate of Women Issues and the Directorate General of Family, Women and Social Cohesion.

Egypt

There is inter-ministerial coordination on VAWG under the responsibility of NCW, as per the National Strategy for Combating Violence against Women (2015-2020). The coordination includes the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health and Population, Ministry of Social Solidarity, and Ministry of Justice.

Jordan

There is an inter-ministerial coordination on VAWG among specific ministries to refer cases of VAWG including the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Social Development. There is also Inter-Ministerial Committee for Women Empowerment established in 2015 and currently led by the Ministry of Political and Parliamentary Affairs, but its mandate is not specifically for combating VAWG

Lebanon

The Ministry of Social Affairs and NCLW ensures the coordination among ministries. Also, there was an interministerial coordination on VAWG between the former Office of Minister of State for Women Affairs and other ministries. The office was cancelled in 2018 and substituted with the Office of Minister of State for Economic Empowerment of Women and Youth, which was also cancelled at the end of 2019.

Morocco

There is an inter-ministerial coordination on VAWG. Ministry of Solidarity, Social Development, Equality and Family supervises the coordination directly and through the Directorate of Women and the National Observatory of Violence against Women.

Palestine

There is an inter-ministerial coordination led by the Ministry of Women Affairs. The Ministry coordinates with the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Social Development for dealing with women victims of VAWG and support women’s rights policies..

Tunisia

There is inter-ministerial coordination among Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of Interior, and Ministry of Women, Family, Childhood and Elderly in the frame of the multi-sectoral protocols adopted in the implementation of the provisions of article 12 of the law on eliminating violence against women and article 8 of the Inter- Sectoral Agreement to Provide Care to Victims. Since May 2019, twenty-four coordinating bodies have been established on regional level that include representatives of the sectors: justice, interior, health, social affairs, women, family, children, and seniors, as well as competent civil society organizations active in the respective regions. A national coordination body has not been established yet

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2020 Regional Index on VAWG