Women's Participation in Angola's Reconstruction and in It's Political Institutions and Processes. Volume 1

摘要

There are two ways for USAID to increase the role of Angolan women in its programming: incorporate them more fully into existing programming to ensure that women are getting their share of opportunities and assistance, and target some assistance at womens initiatives in particular. It is true that some in the foreign assistance community, especially the Swedes and Norwegians, have been supporting women in Angola for several years. It is no coincidence that the Swedes started their work two years ago including support for the Secretariat for the Promotion of Women and funding for 'barefoot' advisors for battered women and that a number of the new women's associations were founded in 1995. Yet there are gaps and needs that have yet to be addressed. At this juncture, it is very important that USAID establish strong working relations with the Ministry for Women. Whenever intervention involves something beyond gender training or hiring practices of U.S. private voluntary organizations and nongovernmental organizations, the Ministry should be a key partner (Annex 10 provides information about the Ministrys programs). We have written this report to provide background and guidance for a variety of readers including USAID in Washington, the USAID Mission in Luanda, and others in Angola who are concerned about ensuring women's participation in Angolan society. Thus we have crafted a section on history and socio-economic conditions to suggest the underlying bases for womens position in Angolan society. Since the teams work was divided into two parts analysis of the Missions Strategic Objective 1 on Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Food Self-Reliance, and Strategic Objective 2 on Civil Society and Political Institutions we address these objectives in separate ii chapters.