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To inform the planning process of the Refugee Response Plan for 2024, the Platform for Gender Equality, Gender Centru and UN Women organized a series of consultations with women-led (WLOs) and women rights organisations (WROs), as well as refugee women. This consultation sought to promote collaboration among local organisations and refugee women leaders in advancing gender equality within the refugee response in Moldova. Notably, the series of event saw the participation of 82 participants (80 women and 2 men), including 17 refugees (16 women and 1 man) and 65 representatives (64 women and 1 man) of 45 local organizations (43 womenled and women rights organizations, 2 men-led), LPAs and regional divisions of the National Employment Agency.
The participating organizations encompassed a diverse range of fields, including women organizations advocating for women's rights and the prevention of violence against women, those providing services for women affected by violence and women in crisis, organizations facilitating access to healthcare for vulnerable populations affected by TB, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQIA+ persons, sex workers, and drug users, organizations providing medical assistance to women at risk and victims of torture, organisations working in education, social assistance, culture, youth-focused organizations, community day centers for refugees, and community development organizations.
Consultations have been held in Balti, Cahul and Chisinau to allow for better grasp of the situation in the regions.
The aim of the consultation was to bring together women’s organizations, refugee women and those working on gender equality to identify common challenges, lessons learned and opportunities as well as recommendations for strengthening gender mainstreaming in the refugee response in Moldova.
More specific objectives of the consultation included:
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To identify challenges, good practices and recommendations for sector responses under RRP 2024 through gender and intersectionality lens.
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To identify WLO/WROs needs to be able to continue refugee response in 2024 and formulate recommendations for strengthening gender mainstreaming in the refugee response.
The following is a summary of key findings and recommendations from the consultations, which can be used to inform ongoing and future refugee response efforts in Moldova.