Moldova

Moldova adopted its first National Action Plan (NAP) in 2018 for the period 2018-2021. The NAP was developed by a number of ministries, including the Ministries of Defense; Health, Labor and Social Protection; and Internal Affairs, through a participatory approach that included a series of dialogues, roundtables and meetings to increase the level of awareness of public authorities and civil society with the provisions of Resolution 1325. The NAP mentions civil society involvement in all stages of NAP development, implementation, and monitoring, with objective 6 specifically mentioning strengthening the involvement of civil society in the decisions taken by the security and defense systems. The NAP is primarily focused on women’s participation in the security and defense sectors and outlines eight key objectives, developed with the goal to increase women’s representation in the security and defense sectors. While identified objectives are tied to specific actions as well as a monitoring framework, the NAP does not have an allocated budget. 

Moldova reported on the implementation of its NAP in its national reporting for Beijing+25 and in preparation for CSW64 (2020). Specifically, the country provided the following updates, among others (p. 5): 

  • The Republic of Moldova has improved the public policy framework on gender equality and in other related fields. Important strategic policy documents were adopted and their implementation commenced: 2017-2021 National Gender Equality Strategy, 2018-2023 National Strategy on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, 2018-2023 National Strategy for Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, National Action Plan on implementation of the provisions of the UNSCR 1325 Women in Peace and Security 2018-2022, as well as other sectorial strategies (health, employment, social protection, security, child protection, etc.). 
  • Currently, a structured institutional state mechanism in the area of gender equality is established, consisting of the Government Commission on Gender Equality, Division for Gender Equality Policies/MHLSP1, Gender Units/Gender Coordinating Groups within line ministries and other central public authorities, Gender Units within local public authorities. This denotes positive developments in achieving gender equality and promoting women.
  • However, despite these achievements, the analysis of the situation in the Republic of Moldova on the issue of gender equality and promotion of women highlights that the biggest challenges during 2014-2019 were: empowering women in the political, economic, and social areas; work and family life reconciliation; domestic violence; and the specific situation of certain groups of disadvantaged women (Roma women, women from rural areas, women living with HIV, women in detention, migrant women, etc.).

Moldova gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Since its independence, Moldova has experienced tensions with Ukraine over the Transnistrian territory and the Dniester river. Moldova is one of the primary source countries for women subjected to sex trafficking and forced labour throughout Europe. 

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National Action Plan (2018-2021)

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CEDAW

1994

Global Gender Gap Index 2020

23 out of 153

Arms Trade Treaty Ratified

2015

Military expenditure (2019)

$44.5 million USD

Explore the National Action Plan of Moldova

Read the 2018-2021 NAP
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NAP Development
Civil society formed part of the development of the NAP in partnership with government institutions.

WILPF does not have a country section in Moldova and therefore was not involved in the development process of Moldova’s NAP.

The NAP was developed with different ministries such as the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection, Ministry of Internal Affairs.

NAP Implementation
In order to ensure an inclusive and transparent process of implementation of the National Program and Action Plan, the Reintegration Policy Bureau will create a group of implementing partners. Civil society organizations and development partners will be included by coordinating institutions to identify the most effective ways to coordinate efforts and programs aimed at promoting women and gender equality in the field of security and defense.

Along with the aforementioned ministries, central authorities will be responsible for accomplishing their objectives within the deadlines outlined in the NAP and submit necessary information to the responsible entities for creating reports on the implementation of each action, annually until January 5th. They are responsible for integrating the provisions from the NAP  into annual action plans, monitoring and reporting on progress and implementation difficulties on a regular basis, and designating a person responsible for coordinating this process.

NAP Monitoring and Evaluation
Civil society will  be involved in the implementation and monitoring stages.

The NAP will be undergo regular evaluations that will assess how delivery processes of the NAP’s strategic outcomes are led, how challenges are addressed and what best practices are to further build upon.  Based on the evaluations, if necessary, a set of amendments to further improve the NAP will be submitted to the Parliament of Georgia for approval.

The fourth NAP is to be implemented in a period of four years 2018-2021.

The Moldovan NAP is outlined with eight key objectives. The objectives are the following:

  1. Reducing the stereotypes about the role of women in the security and defense sector;
  2. Improving the opportunities for women and men from the system to reconcile the professional and family life;
  3. Preventing and responding to discrimination, harassment, and gender-based violence within the sector;
  4. Developing an inclusive and pro-active human resources management system;
  5. Implementing reasonable adjustment and special temporary measures in the security and defense system;
  6. Strengthening the transparency and involvement of the civil society in the decisions taken by the security and defense system;
  7. Developing the institutional capacity for mainstreaming gender in security and defense policies;
  8. Supporting the participation of women in peacebuilding and peacekeeping missions.

Each objective in Moldova's NAP offers a set of activities. For example, Objective 6 - "Strengthening the transparency and involvement of the civil society in the decisions taken by the security and defense system", the following activities are listed:

  1. Establishment of advisory expert groups from the Human Rights and Gender Equality fields;
  2. Establishment of a pro- active, predictable and permanent process of consulting the civil society and citizens;
  3. Enter into partnerships with human rights and gender equality organizations.

Each activity has a set of indicators attached. For example, for Objective 6 - "Strengthening the transparency and involvement of the civil society in the decisions taken by the security and defense system", lists the following indicator:

  1. Growth % of recommendations received from citizens and NGOs.

The NAP will be undergo regular evaluations that will assess how delivery processes of the NAP’s strategic outcomes are led, how challenges are addressed and what best practices are to further build upon.  Based on the evaluations, if necessary, a set of amendments to further improve the NAP will be submitted to the Parliament of Georgia for approval.

Throughout the implementation stages, the funding for the NAP will come from the annually approved allocations of the responsibly authority or institution’s budget.  However, no specific budget is included.

The NAP fails to include any references to disarmament.

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