{"id":45397,"date":"2022-03-04T13:55:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T13:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/cultural-norms-and-gender-stereotypes-to-be-tackled-in-the-revised-gender\/"},"modified":"2022-03-07T10:37:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T10:37:15","slug":"cultural-norms-and-gender-stereotypes-to-be-tackled-in-the-revised-gender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/cultural-norms-and-gender-stereotypes-to-be-tackled-in-the-revised-gender\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural norms, gender stereotypes to be tackled in the revised gender policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2010 MIGEPROF released its vision 2020 policy regarding gender balance. The policy has been revised to address remaining gaps in mainstreaming gender across sectors. <\/p>\n<p>The new policy also proposes mechanisms expected to address the persistent cultural norms and stereotypes hindering the effectiveness of gender equality and equity.  <\/p>\n<p>Some of the new policies that are being designed are meant to ensure equal access and control of productive resources and economic opportunities for women and men and accelerate women\u2019s economic empowerment. <\/p>\n<p>The policies insist in strengthening the mechanism for promoting women\u2019s meaningful participation in leadership and decision making positions in public sectors. <\/p>\n<p>Research conducted before the development indicated that active participation and engagement of men and boys in women empowerment and gender equality and equity is still low. <\/p>\n<p>The policy which has shifted from vision 2020 to vision 2050 is meant to improve gender transformation to involve the private sector, institutionalize men and boys as partners and also insist on accountability.  <\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the event to announce the approved gender police recently, Silas Ngayaboshya, the Director-General of Gender Promotion and Women Empowerment at the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion said that it was a must for the ministry to review and adjust to the ongoing situation after 11 years of constant trend change in the country. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough we are achieving a lot, we realized that we still have some loopholes. For instance, we could not see a private sector that fully engaged in gender equality promotion and women\u2019s empowerment,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Despite efforts expended by Non-Governmental organizations like The Rwanda Men\u2019s Resource Centre (RWAMREC), Ngayaboshya said, men\u2019s engagement was not institutionalized at a desired extent, hence leading to the revision of the policy. <\/p>\n<p>Ngayaboshya underscored that the new policy is addressing existing realities.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the revised policy, we are moving from gender sensitivity to gender transformation. Else, the policy is propelling the private sector in the gender mainstreaming initiative. It is also about accountability in public and private institutions,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<p>Mireille Batamuliza, the Permanent secretary in MIGEPROF said that the ministry is working with partners to ensure smooth implementation of the policy. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to hold every level accountable and every sector to be engaged in the implementation of the policy,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>She explained that gender equality starts from the household where men\u2019s engagement would be a great pillar to achieving the desired outcome. <\/p>\n<p>Among others, Batamuliza urged all participants to use the policy in &#8216;making the needed transformation and act as agent of  change in their respective  working  places and communities&#8217;. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-41225 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/two-2.jpg\" alt=\"Panelists shedding light on the new policy.  \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-41224 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1_3_-2.jpg\" alt=\"The meeting brought together participants from different sectors.  \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-41223 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/three-2.jpg\" alt=\"Silas Ngayaboshya, the Director-General of Gender Promotion and Women Empowerment at the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion featuring in a panel discussion. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-41226 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/four.jpg\" alt=\"Mireille Batamuliza, the Permanent secretary in MIGEPROF urged all participants to use the policy in &#039;making the needed transformation. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion (MIGEPROF) has organized a high level dissemination meeting to announce the Revised National Gender Policy that was approved by the cabinet meeting on 19th February 2021.} <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-45397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45397"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=45397"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=45397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}