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15 September 2011 - 2 Years Extension FWC Beneficiaries 2009 Lots 1, 7, 8, 9 & 12 up to 15 September 2013
The European Commission has extended the Multiple Framework Contract with two years. It shall end on the 15th September 2013. Femconsult participates as partner in the following lots:
Lot 1 Rural Development
Lot 7 Governance and Home Affairs
Lot 8 Health
Lot 9 Culture, Education, Employment and Social
Lot 12 Humanitarian Aid, Crisis Management and Post Crisis Management.
01 February 2011 - Award Notification - SIDA Framework Agreement on Gender Equality
Femconsult has been awarded a SIDA Framework Agreement on Gender Equality. This framework agreement includes short term consultancy services to be carried out on call-off basis over a period of three years in the field of Gender Equality with focus on Women’s Economic Empowerment and Gender Based Violence.
01 February 2011 - FEMCONSULT CELEBRATES ITS 25 YEARS ANNIVERSARY
Femconsult is very proud to announce its 25th anniversary. We have worked for 25 years with success and enthusiasm on gender and development. During these 25 years, we have achieved a lot whilst cooperating with many experts and organizations on a large number of subjects. We would like to thank all, who have worked with us during the past 25 years and contributed to this success.
To celebrate our 25th anniversary, we have considered various options like a symposium or workshop. Finally, together with our board and staff we have decided to finance and support instead the formal higher education of a group of working girls in slum areas of Dhaka in Bangladesh. It felt more appropriate to contribute to the education of young working girls, thereby increasing their chances to better livelihood opportunities. Especially in a time where it is increasingly difficult to find money for equal chances and opportunities for girls and women worldwide.
Femconsult works closely with a local NGO, who provides part-time primary and secondary education to working children in slum areas of Bangladesh since 1988. Competent bright poor working girls have been selected from among the pupils in grade 6 of the primary school run by this NGO. The girls come from poor families, who have insufficient money to send them to a regular formal school, because the girls are working part-time to support the family income. They have good grades and regular attendance, and the approval of the parents. The NGO maintains close contact with the parents, school authorities and employers. This will enhance the learning environment for the children and minimize dropping-out, as well as raise awareness on the necessity and possibilities of girls’ education.
Femconsult has made this choice because it has been working in Bangladesh almost from its beginning, with a focus on enhancing the economic empowerment capacity and employment opportunities of asset-less women. Even though we are only able to financially support one project, we hope to make a small contribution to improving the opportunities of girls and women in Bangladesh.
12 June 2009 - Report on Women's Empowerment presented to Princess Maxima and Minister Maria van der Hoeven
 Femconsult developed a research and produced a report for Oikocredit on the notion of Women's Empowerment and its implications for microfinance. The report was presented to Princess Maxima in Soesterberg on the 10th of June. On the 11th of June, as part the symposium "Empowering Women - the Oikocredit Experience", the report was presented to the Dutch Minister Maria van der Hoeven, witnessed by over 700 participants. As part of the research, staff members of Oikocredit worldwide and experts from the North were surveyed, and in-depth interviews were carried out with microfinance partner institutions of Oikocredit in 4 countries. Microfinance clients were interviewed as well on various subjects, like what empowerment meant to them, what they saw as the most important aspects of Women's Empowerment, how microfinance had contributed to their own empowerment and what improvements they still saw as possible. On the basis of comparison between the various interview results, as well as a literature review, recommendations were developed on the optimalisation of the microfinance program vis-a-vis Women's Empowerment.
You can download the report on Women's Empowerment at:
http://www.oikocredit.org/documents/doc/women-empowerment-report.pdf
29 December 2008 - Report "Monitoring 1 year NAP 1325" presented
 Femconsult has conducted a montoring exercise on the "Dutch National Action Plan on Resolution 1325" (NAP 1325) for the Working Group 1325, looking into the achievements, roles of stakeholders, overlaps and possibilities for cooperation and still existing gaps with regard to the implementation of NAP 1325. The report was presented on the occasion of the first anniversary of NAP 1325, which was launched on the 9th of December 2007.
The NAP 1325 is a concerted effort by the Dutch Government and Dutch Civil Society to pay more attention to implementing UN Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. The monitoring exercise focused on implementation in the countries Afghanistan, Burundi and the Democratic Republic Congo.
On the basis of the findings, conclusions and recommendations were developed to enhance implementation of NAP1325 and the role of the various stakeholders in this process.
To download the report, click on "more information" underneath.
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28 October 2008 - A total of € 70 million awarded to 45 applicants under the MDG3 Fund (2008 – 2010)
 On 27 February 2008, at the 52nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs presented the MDG3 Fund. The main objective of the MDG3 Fund is “Investing in Equality to support activities that lead to concrete results with regard to improved rights and opportunities for women”. The fund especially contributes to the following priorities:
• property and inheritance rights for women;
• gender equality in employment and equal opportunities on the labour market;
• participation and representation of women in national parliaments and political bodies;
• combating violence against women.
Priority target groups are:
• women and girls in situations of conflict;
• marginalized women;
• adolescents.
Interest in the MDG3 Fund has exceeded all expectations. The MDG3 Fund received 454 project proposals from all over the world, a large proportion of which were from developing countries. On the 16th of October 2008 it was announced, that a total seventy million Euros has been awarded to forty-five selected projects.
Femconsult has contributed to the technical assessment of the grant proposals submitted under this Fund as subcontractor of PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), in a contract by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the management of the Netherlands’ MDG3 Fund. Femconsult will also be responsible for the monitoring of the implementation of the awarded projects.
For more information see www.MDG3.nl |
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