Gender Responsive Budgeting: Workshop for Senior Government Officials, RMI, March 10 and 11 2003
Ministry activities that have a direct OR indirect impact on teen pregnancyParticipants audited their ministries activities to identify how the work of their ministry either directly or indirectly impacted on the issue of teen pregnancy. Specifically targeted teen pregnancy programmes had a direct impact on the issue of teen pregnancy (e.g. counselling teen mothers). These specifically targeted programmes are limited in number. A large number of ministry programmes, although not designed to deal specifically with the problem of teen pregnancy, nevertheless may i have significant indirect impacts on the problem. Ministries identified a number of programmes and areas in their work that had important indirect impacts on teen pregnancy.
Programmes of Ministries that DIRECTLY impact on Teen Pregnancy
Internal Affairs Mobile team awareness-raising on teen pregnancy Counselling young mothers Staff member on the inter-agency team responsible for the Convention on the Rights of the Child Youth Conference survey on teen pregnancy Radio programmes on teen pregnancy
Education
Integrating family health and population issues into the
school curriculum (primary and high schools)
Raising Awareness programmes in the outer islands in order to
integrate these programmes into the schools ( consultations
with the local elders/decision makers )
Health
Family Planning Programme
Adolescent reproductive health
Maternal and child health
Health education
Youth to Youth in health programme
Men's Caucus
Presentation in the Youth Conference on teen pregnancy
Policy on teen pregnancy
UNFP/WHO funded project on teen pregnancy
Finance
Performance budgeting as a means of monitoring results/
aligning resources to priorities (to be implemented)
Development of information bases and their uses for making
decisions
Revenue / efficient management of funds/ administration of
the revenue collection systems
Planning systems/ documents (ie Vision 2018) - a tool for
linking planning systems with budget systems (ownership of
planning systems are important in implementing them)
Transparency mechanism and procedures eg budget documents
Reprogram funds
Resources & Development
Small Business training - training for small business for
families (including young people)
Agriculture training programme (community based programme
involving young people)
Handicraft business development
Programmes of Ministries that INDIRECTLY impact on Teen Pregnancy
Internal Affairs
Participation in the RMI Mayors' Conference
Hosting bi-annual youth and women's conferences
RMI Youth empowerment fund which finances training of
youth
Organised sports
Alele Week
International Women's Day
Education
Support NGOs and grassroots programmes (eg Care
programme)
Staffing the school with school nurses
School retention programmes/ compulsory schooling (14
years)
Second chance schooling/adult education
Health
Child abuse programmes
Treatment for rape victims
STD screening services
Abortion procedures
Domestic violence programmes
Research and monitoring of health data
Reproductive health and family planning programmes
Health education
Population policies
Resources and Development
Tourism and fisheries (training)
Chief Secretary's Office
Planning of budgets
Implementing the policies `efficiently and effectively
Effectiveness of the public service system
Informing the Ministries when programmes are not
implemented
Prioritisation of budget allocations
Chairing of inter-agency planning and monitoring
Sits at the cabinet meetings
Transparency procedures