Towards a National Action Plan to Empower Single Mothers
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Towards a National Action Plan to Empower Single Mothers |
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Strengthening policies and programmes for single mothers
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Background
The Ninth Malaysia Plan (2006 – 2010) adopts as one of its development thrusts the need to address persistent socio-economic inequalities constructively and productively and identifies strategies to eradicate poverty, and reduce income, regional, employment and wealth disparities. In this context, the plight of single mothers and female-headed households have and continue to remain a concern for the government as trends indicate increasing feminization of poverty among lower income female-headed households, particularly in the rural areas.
Development Objectives
This project aims to strengthen national policies and programmes targeted at single mothers, particularly those categorized as poor or hardcore poor. The long term objective of this project is to ensure that single mothers receive the necessary institutional support and policy attention to empower them and lift them out of poverty. This is consistent with the Millennium Development Goals and the Ninth Malaysia Plan (2006-2010) development thrust to ‘address persistent socio-economic inequalities constructively and productively’.
Activities
- Collect and analyse stock and flow data of single mothers from multiple censuses and surveys of the Department of Statistics (DOS) Malaysia. Based on the stock and flow data collected, identify a system for maintaining and updating a national register of single mothers in Malaysia
- Develop a conceptual framework and research design for a purposive survey on the causes, trends and patterns of single motherhood. A representative sample will be selected from the national register in consultation with DOS
- Analyse the data collected from the survey for the underlying causes, trends and patterns of single motherhood, taking into account cultural factors
- Compilation and evaluation of existing policies and programmes targeted at single mothers by the public and private sectors and civil society
- Identify and document best practices and case studies of policies and programmes to empower single mothers by the public and private sectors and civil society, nationally and internationally
- Expert workshops will be held with key stakeholders to discuss existing gaps in institutional support and identify new initiatives to empower single mothers.
- National workshop to discuss the draft National Action Plan to empower single mothers
| Expected Outputs
- Identification of trends and underlying causes of single motherhood as well as the socio-economic profile of single mothers, taking into account cultural factors
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of existing policies and programmes to address the needs of single mothers, noting the gaps and providing suggestions for suitable new initiatives
- National Action Plan to empower single mothers in Malaysia.
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Partners
National Executing Agency: Ministry of Women Family and Community Development
Implementing Partners: Department of Women’s Development, Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development
UNDP Programme Officer
Ms.Anita Ahmad
Programme Manager
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Contact Person
Ms. Siti Altaf Deviyati
Project Manager
Department of Women’s Development
Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development
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