Regional: Promotion of Gender-Responsive Judicial Systems
The knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) will help address gender inequality, which impedes socioeconomic development in ADB Pacific DMCs and Timor-Leste, by strengthening the capacity of judicial systems to respond more effectively to violence against women and girls (VAWG) cases, as well as increase knowledge sharing on gender-based violence (GBV) and access to justice issues for women and girls. This TA builds on ADB's work with judicial systems in Pakistan and Afghanistan in handling GBV cases and establishing a model GBV court.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Pak, Christina U.
Office of the General Counsel
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- Public sector management
| Project Name | Promotion of Gender-Responsive Judicial Systems | ||||||||
| Project Number | 54410-001 | ||||||||
| Country / Economy | Regional Fiji Timor-Leste |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions Partnerships |
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| Sector / Subsector | Public sector management / Law and judiciary |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Gender equity | ||||||||
| Description | The knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) will help address gender inequality, which impedes socioeconomic development in ADB Pacific DMCs and Timor-Leste, by strengthening the capacity of judicial systems to respond more effectively to violence against women and girls (VAWG) cases, as well as increase knowledge sharing on gender-based violence (GBV) and access to justice issues for women and girls. This TA builds on ADB's work with judicial systems in Pakistan and Afghanistan in handling GBV cases and establishing a model GBV court. The TA is consistent with ADB's Strategy 2030 priority of accelerating progress in gender equality in Asia and the Pacific. Specifically, OP 2: Accelerating Progress in Gender Equality, 2019 2024, identifies scaling up support to legal and judicial institutions to promote gender equality and women's empowerment. The TA also supports OP 6: Strengthening Governance and Institutional Capacity, by improving the legal and judicial capacity to enable more effective delivery of services toward achieving inclusive and sustainable growth. Moreover, ADB's Pacific Approach, 2016 2020 supports SDG 5 for achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls. ADB's Fiji CPS, 2019 2023 lists gender equality as a priority, in particular, identifying GBV as a barrier to sustained and inclusive growth. ADB's PNG CPS, 2021 2025 prioritizes preventing GBV as a driver of change in diversifying economic growth and addressing inclusivity and building resilience. ADB's Timor-Leste CPS, 2016-2020 acknowledges that women remain at high risk of domestic violence. |
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| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | |||||||||
| Impact | Increased access to justice to help eliminate violence against women in Pacific DMCs and Timor-Leste | ||||||||
| Project Outcome | |
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| Description of Outcome | Improved gender responsiveness of the judicial system in handling VAWG cases |
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| Description of Project Outputs | Strengthened capacity of judicial systems in responding to VAWG cases and increased regional knowledge on GBV issues |
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| Geographical Location | Fiji - Nation-wide; Timor-Leste - Nation-wide |
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| Involuntary Resettlement | |
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| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
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| Consulting Services | International expertise (3): (15 person-months, intermittent; 15 person-months, intermittent; 6 person-months, intermittent; for a total of 36 person-months) National expertise (4) (12 person-months each, intermittent, for a total of 48 person-months) |
| Procurement | No procurement of goods is expected under the TA. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Pak, Christina U. |
| Responsible ADB Department | Office of the General Counsel |
| Responsible ADB Division | Office of the General Counsel |
| Executing Agencies |
Asian Development Bank 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550, Philippines |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 16 Nov 2020 |
| Fact Finding | 05 Oct 2020 to 05 Oct 2020 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 17 Dec 2020 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 28 Dec 2020 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 17 Dec 2020 | - | 17 Dec 2020 | 31 Dec 2024 | - | - |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 1,225,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,225,000.00 | 02 Aug 2022 | 508,917.22 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Promotion of Gender-Responsive Judicial Systems: Technical Assistance Report | Technical Assistance Reports | Dec 2020 |
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Related Publications
| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Court Companion on Gender-Based Violence Cases | Books | Sep 2021 |
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Tenders
| Tender Title | Type | Status | Posting Date | Deadline |
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| Timor-Leste Communications and Liaison Officer | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 05 May 2022 | 18 May 2022 |
| VWAG Legal and Judicial Capacity Building Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 23 Feb 2021 | 01 Mar 2021 |
| Gender Equality Legal and Judicial Capacity Building Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 23 Feb 2021 | 01 Mar 2021 |
| Communications and Human Behavior Capacity Building Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 23 Feb 2021 | 01 Mar 2021 |
| Senior Project Coordinator | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 29 Jan 2021 | 06 Feb 2021 |
Contracts Awarded
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Procurement Plan
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