Commitment Tracker
The initiative seeks to be a centralized repository for information about government commitments and the progress it has toward achieving them.
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Source
SAP
Reference
3.3b
Date Updated
Apr 10, 2023
Fully Realized
Source
SAP
Reference
3.3b
Date Updated
Apr 10, 2023
Mechanism for Realization
Budget
100%
Realization
100%
• References to existing policies of current lending regulations:
1) Regulation on Capital Adequacy: https://www.mma.gov.mv/documents/Laws/Regulation%20on%20Capital%20Adequacy%20(english).pdf
2) Regulation on Single Borrower and Large Exposure Limits:
https://www.mma.gov.mv/documents/Laws/Regulation%20on%20Single%20Borrower%20and%20Large%20Exposure%20Limits%20(english).pdf
• Details of reviews conducted on current lending regulations (during 2019, 2020, and 2021): The lending regulations have no constraints on lending to SMEs or female entrepreneurs according to MMA
The lending regulations have no constraints on lending to SMEs or female entrepreneurs.
Source
GEAP, SAP
Reference
3.3c
Date Updated
Oct 3, 2019
Not Realized
Source
GEAP, SAP
Reference
3.3c
Date Updated
Oct 3, 2019
Mechanism for Realization
Budget
29%
Realization
29%
• Number of training programs conducted for female entrepreneurs (during 2020, and 2021): Youth (18-35 years) NEET, 41% females and 15% males (2019)
• Types of resource platforms developed to advance women’s entrepreneurship (during 2020, and 2021): Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) has recently developed and published a training manual on gender sensitisation, LGA Kiyeveni Portal (training portal) available
•Number of women on boards and corporations in public
institutions: 16% (33 out of 203 State-Owned Enterprise's board members are women)
Source
GEAP
Reference
Date Updated
Mar 23, 2022
Partially Realized
Source
GEAP
Reference
Date Updated
Mar 23, 2022
Mechanism for Realization
Budget
40%
Realization
40%
• Number of loans awarded to female entrepreneurs (during 2019, 2020, and 2021): 20% approved loans for female-based businesses under SDFC loan products (2021)
Research conducted to identify types of mechanisms established to improve women’s access to credit and financial mechanisms (during 2019, 2020, and 2021) and determine the number of non-banking financial mechanisms awarded to female entrepreneurs (during 2019, 2020, and 2021) was inconclusive
Source
GEAP
Reference
3.1b
Date Updated
Mar 3, 2022
Not Realized
Source
GEAP
Reference
3.1b
Date Updated
Mar 3, 2022
Mechanism for Realization
Budget
29%
Realization
29%
• Unemployment rate of women: 4.8% females (2019)
• Labour Force Participation Rate of women: 45.6% of females, 77.1% of males (2019)
• Percentage of women not in Education, Employment or in Training (NEET): 41% (18-35 years) females; 15% (18-35 years) males (2019)
• Percentage of women in informal employment: 44% of females, 36% of males (2019)
• Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work by sex: 15% females, 5% males (2019)
Source
GEAP, SAP
Reference
Policy 2 of ICT
Date Updated
Oct 3, 2019
Partially Realized
Source
GEAP, SAP
Reference
Policy 2 of ICT
Date Updated
Oct 3, 2019
Mechanism for Realization
Types of data collection and analysis methods to be developed to improve data collection of women’s employment and entrepreneurship trends including women’s economic contributions through home-based and informal work and account the unpaid work of women (during 2019 and 2020)
Budget
45%
Realization
45%
• National Gender Specific Statistics Produced: 57% of SDG
indicators available
• HIES conducted in 2019
Source
GEAP
Reference
Action 3.1e of Rule of Law & Judicial Reform subsector matrix
Date Updated
Oct 3, 2019
Partially Realized
Source
GEAP
Reference
Action 3.1e of Rule of Law & Judicial Reform subsector matrix
Date Updated
Oct 3, 2019
Mechanism for Realization
Research on how other countries incorporate affirmative action to be conducted, which would then be applied to Maldivian law as necessary
Budget
50%
Realization
50%
• Number of female judges and magistrates: 11% (20/183 judges are women)
• Total number of registered women lawyers (as of 2021): 47% (820/1749 lawyers are women)
• References to affirmative actions developed to increase female representation in the judicial sector (during 2019, 2020, 2021): Targeted to increase by 15% by 2026
• Percentage of women in the legal sector: 49.8% (as of 2020)
Source
SAP
Reference
Action 5.3b and 6.2c of Accountable State and Action 3.3a of Rule of Law & Judicial Reform
Date Updated
Oct 3, 2019
Partially Realized
Source
SAP
Reference
Action 5.3b and 6.2c of Accountable State and Action 3.3a of Rule of Law & Judicial Reform
Date Updated
Oct 3, 2019
Mechanism for Realization
Budget
50%
Realization
50%
• Number of standard gender orientation/refresher programs conducted (during 2019, 2020, 2021): 2 in 2021, 2 in 2022
In 2020, 1 gender orientation session was conducted online for local councillors, with a total of 164 participants and another 1 gender orientation session was conducted online for magistrate courts, with a total of 264 participants
• Number of institutions that developed "orientation programs" for women: A gender-training manual exists in only MoGFSS
• Number of institutions that conducted "orientation programs" for women: DVPA & SO Training for Judges and Magistrates developed by the Judicial Academy with support from UNDP
• Percentage of Maldivian Gender Equality Model (MGEM) advocates with gender mainstreaming tasks incorporated in their job descriptions (in all
State Institutions): 4.60%
• Number of state institutions with established complaint mechanisms per the minimum standards under the Gender Equality Act: Complaint mechanism established in 24% of public institutions
Source
SAP
Reference
Strategy 6.2 of Accountable State
Date Updated
Oct 3, 2019
Not Realized
Source
SAP
Reference
Strategy 6.2 of Accountable State
Date Updated
Oct 3, 2019
Mechanism for Realization
Elections Commission to conduct programs to incorporate female candidates in elections of differing levels
Budget
Source
SAP
Reference
Strategy 6.2 of Accountable State
Date Updated
Oct 3, 2019
Not Realized
Source
SAP
Reference
Strategy 6.2 of Accountable State
Date Updated
Oct 3, 2019
Mechanism for Realization
Gender sensitisation training sessions were conducted as part of orientation programs for 162 local councillors, 2 judges, 9 magistrates, with no involvement from parliamentarians
Budget
0%
Realization
0%
No advocacy dialogues took place for women’s political advancement (during 2019, 2020, 2021) for the following political parties:
• Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)
• Dhivehi Raiyyithunge Party (DRP)
• Adhaalath Party
• Jumhooree Party (JP)
• Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM)
• Maldives Development Alliance (MDA)
• Maldives Thirdway Democratic (MTD)
• Maldives Labour and Social Democratic Party (MLSDP)
• People's National Congress
• Maldives Reform Movement
• Maldives National Party (MNP)
Source
GEAP, SAP
Reference
1.3b
Date Updated
Sep 3, 2021
Fully Realized
Source
GEAP, SAP
Reference
1.3b
Date Updated
Sep 3, 2021
Mechanism for Realization
Budget
100%
Realization
100%
• Number of Female Ministers: 39% (7/18 are women)
• Number of Women at a Ministerial Rank: 11% (1/9 are women)
• Number of Female State Ministers Appointed: 20% (13/65 are women)
• Number of Deputy Ministers Appointed: 23% (21/91 are women)
• Number of Female Ambassadors: 50% (8/16 are women)
• Number of Female Political Appointees: 25% (50/199 are women)
• Proportion of Seats Held by Women in National Parliament: 4.6% (4/87 are women)
• Proportion of Women in Managerial Positions: 22.3% in 2019
• Percentage of Female Judges and Magistrates: 11% (20/183 are women)
• Global Gender Gap Index Score: 0.642 in 2021
• Share of Female Officers in Police and Defence Force: 14% female officers employed in MPS, 5.5% female officers employed in in MNDF