Financing for Development
The 2002 Monterrey Consensus was the first major attempt by UN Member States and the international community to integrate trade, monetary and financial matters into a consolidated framework for achieving better development results. The Consensus addresses financing for development (FfD) under six themes: domestic resource mobilization, mobilization of foreign resources, international trade, development assistance, external debt, and systemic issues. It links economic and human development objectives, including gender equality, and integrates all sources of development financing, with a strong emphasis on the need for developing countries to take the lead in determining the use of funds.
UNIFEM is working with partners to ensure that all aspects of development financing, domestic and international, fully recognize women’s economic contributions, and support their economic security and rights. UNIFEM promotes equitable employment generation and productive growth, the reduction of income and asset disparities, the moderation of vulnerabilities related to changes in the global economy, protection against environmental and social risks, and the exploration of innovative sources of financing.
International Conference on Financing for Development – Qatar
The Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus is being held in Doha, Qatar, on 29 November – 2 December 2008. The conference will address progress made, reaffirm goals and commitments, and share best practices and lessons learned. Participants will also identify obstacles and constraints encountered, actions and initiatives to overcome them and important measures for further implementation, as well as new challenges and emerging issues.
UNIFEM has been working with its partners — organizing and participating in panel discussions and other activities — to ensure that the discussions on FfD at the Doha Conference incorporate a gender perspective. UNIFEM also produced the discussion paper Financing Gender Equality Is Financing Development for discussion at the 52nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in February 2008.
- Draft Outcome Document of the Doha Conference
- Women's Working Group Recommendations on Financing for Development
- Civil Society Benchmarks for the Doha Preparatory Process
- Other Substantive Inputs from Stakeholders
Discussion Paper Series on the Gender Dimensions of Financing for Development
UNIFEM has started developing a discussion paper series on incorporating a gender perspective into the financing for development process. The first paper — Financing Gender Equality Is Financing Development — is currently in draft form; comments are welcome.
Related Links
- Search: Financing for Development on UNIFEM Website
- UN DESA – Financing for Development
- UN NGLS – Financing for Development
- IPS – Towards Doha: Better Financing for Development
- 52nd Session of the Commission on the Status
of Women
Priority Theme: Financing for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women - DAW Expert Group Meeting: Financing for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
