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Israel supports the Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health

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    Israel supports the Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health by placing women's and children's health issues at the heart of its international development agenda. In 2011, in line with its ongoing partnership with the Ghanaian authorities in Kumasi, Israel built a cane water supply system at the Komfo Anokye hospital valued at USD $50,000, in addition to supporting the training of health professionals working at the Mother and Baby units previously established by Israel, a training program valued at USD $70,000. In spring 2011, Israel completed the construction of an emergency and trauma unit and provided the operational medical equipment and specialized training for health professionals at the Hospital Justinien in Cap-Haitiën, Haiti, a project valued at USD $720,000. Over the course of this year and next, in an effort to provide quality diagnostic and emergency services for women and children, Israel will supply equipment for diagnostic services in Freetown, Sierra Leone; an emergency trauma unit in Kampala, Uganda; three mobile medical emergency units in Guatemala; and a diagnostic center in Vinice, Ukraine, for a total value of USD $1.3 million. Finally, this year Israel announced a USD $100,000 contribution to UNAIDS to conduct a qualitative assessment to better understand the gender-related socio-cultural factors which amplify the barriers faced by pregnant women with HIV.

    Implementation of the Project/Activity

    By building a cane water supply system at the komfo anokye hospital, supporting the training of health professionals working at the mother and baby units.

    Partners
    Ghanaian authorities, Komfo Anokye hospital, Hospital Justinien in Cap-Haitiën, UNAIDS

    Goal 5

    Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

    Goal 5

    5.1

    End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere

    5.1.1

    Whether or not legal frameworks are in place to promote, enforce and monitor equality and non‑discrimination on the basis of sex

    5.2

    Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation
    5.2.1

    Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by form of violence and by age

    5.2.2

    Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence

    5.3

    Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation
    5.3.1

    Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18

    5.3.2

    Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age

    5.4

    Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate

    5.4.1

    Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location

    5.5

    Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life

    5.5.1

    Proportion of seats held by women in (a) national parliaments and (b) local governments

    5.5.2

    Proportion of women in managerial positions

    5.6

    Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences

    5.6.1

    Proportion of women aged 15-49 years who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care

    5.6.2

    Number of countries with laws and regulations that guarantee full and equal access to women and men aged 15 years and older to sexual and reproductive health care, information and education

    5.a

    Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws

    5.a.1

    (a) Proportion of total agricultural population with ownership or secure rights over agricultural land, by sex; and (b) share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure

    5.a.2

    Proportion of countries where the legal framework (including customary law) guarantees women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control

    5.b

    Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women
    5.b.1

    Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex

    5.c

    Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels

    5.c.1

    Proportion of countries with systems to track and make public allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment

    In 2011, in line with its ongoing partnership with the Ghanaian authorities in Kumasi, Israel built a cane water supply system at the Komfo Anokye hospital valued at USD $50,000, in addition to supporting the training of health professionals working at the Mother and Baby units previously established by Israel, a training program valued at USD $70,000.
    In spring 2011, Israel completed the construction of an emergency and trauma unit and provided the operational medical equipment and specialized training for health professionals at the Hospital Justinien in Cap-Haitiën, Haiti, a project valued at USD $720,000.
    Israel announced a USD $100,000 contribution to UNAIDS to conduct a qualitative assessment to better understand the gender-related socio-cultural factors which amplify the barriers faced by pregnant women with HIV.
    Financing (in USD)
    2294000
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    Action Network
    Every Woman Every Child
    This initiative does not yet fulfil the SMART criteria.
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    Timeline
    01 January 1970 (start date)
    01 January 2012 (date of completion)
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    Geographical coverage
    Israel; Ukraine; Guatemala; Uganda; Sierra Leone; Haiti
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