Programme Focus and the International Objectives that replace them

Prior to 2007 there were six Programme Focus areas, into which all our Programme work fitted. At the International Convention in Glasgow in July 2007 these were replaced with ten International Objectives. The on-line International Database now requires the reporting of our work to fit between these 10 Objectives and not between six Focus areas. 

In our SIGBI Federation we have retained an Assistant Programme Director for each of the six Programme Focus areas. In order to avoid confusion, below are listed the six Focus areas and in brackets after each are the International Objectives that now replace them. For example, one of the six Programme Focus areas, 'Economic and Social Development' is now contained in International Objectives 1 and 10. Following each Focus area below is the wording of each International Objective followed by some examples of the type of work that fits into this.

 

ECONOMIC & SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (contained within International Objectives 1 & 10)

Objective 1: Eliminate poverty and gender discrimination through ensuring women's full social and economic rights.

for example:

• Male/female balance in Civil Service/government employment
• Parenting responsibilities
• Encouraging Fairtrade 
• Support for needy children
• Micro loans

Objective 10: Assure women's advancement in management, politics and decision making.

for example:

• Develop leadership skills

EDUCATION (Objective 9)

Objective 9: Ensure equal access to education and training for women and girls throughout their lifespan.

for example:

• Good learning environment for all children including sanitation for girls
• Eliminate illiteracy amongst women and girls
• Ensure equality of access to education 
• Girls into science and technology
• Access to literacy resources

ENVIRONMENT (Objectives 5 & 6)

Objective 5: Improve access to clean water, sanitation and essential food resources

Objective 6: Mitigate the effects of climate change and integrate sustainability into personal choices and government policies and programmes

for example:

• Planting trees
• Raise awareness about the environment 
• Carbon footprint issues
• Raise awareness about release of balloons 
• Waste Management /Excessive packaging, and recycling

HEALTH (Objectives 3 & 4)

Objective 3: Ensure access to health care for women and girls.

for example:

• Maternal Health
• Drug/ alcohol abuse
• Needs and support of carers
• Dignity in hospital and care
• Mental health issues
• Health screening – smears, dental, vision, chronic diseases
• Provision of free systematic health checks for all
• Women’s cancers – breast, ovarian

Objective 4: Support programmes and policies that eliminate HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis and other major diseases.

for example:

• Raising awareness of communicable diseases and insect borne diseases
• Raising awareness and screening for HIV/AIDS
• Working with people living with HIV/AIDS 
• Working with orphans and vulnerable children

HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE STATUS OF WOMEN (Objective 2)

Objective 2: End human trafficking and all forms of violence against women and girls.

for example:

• Global initiatives to fight trafficking
• Lobby for enactment and enforcement of legislation to protect women and girls
• Dignity of the elderly / elder abuse and widows

INTERNATIONAL GOODWILL AND UNDERSTANDING (Objectives 7 & 8)

Objective 7: Meet the needs of women and girls during and after armed conflicts and disasters.

for example:

• Inclusion of women in peace initiatives
• Monitor full implementation of UN Resolution 1325
• Women refugees / child soldiers, eg. in Darfur

Objective 8: Peaceful conflict resolution

for example

• To promote peaceful conflict resolution in schools
• Continue to lobby for banning of cluster munitions
• Create awareness about counter terrorism
• Gang violence
• Education for men and boys to respect women as equal partners
• Encourage strategies to raise awareness of peace amongst young people
• Promote friendship links
• Raising awareness of other cultures

 

The 10 Objectives as agreed at the International Convention in 2007

1. Eliminate poverty and gender discrimination through ensuring women’s full social and economic rights (ESD)
2. End human trafficking and all forms of violence against women and girls (HSW)
3. Ensure access to health care for women and girls (Health)
4. Support programmes and policies that would eliminate HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB and other major diseases (Health)
5. Improve access to clean water, sanitation and essential food resources (ENV)
6. Mitigate the effects of climate change and integrate sustainability into personal choices and governmental policies and programmes (ENV)
7. Meet the needs of women and girls during and after armed conflicts, man-made and natural disasters (IGU)
8. Promote peaceful processes for conflict resolution through encouragement of intercultural and inter-racial tolerance and condemnation of all forms of genocide and terrorism (IGU)
9. Ensure equal access to education and training throughout their lifespan (ED)
10. Enable women’s advancement in management, politics and decision making (ESD)