The Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and Girls - UNFPA

• NGOs must focus on mission statements and prioritize long-term
programme planning to achieve sustainability without undermining
immediate emergency-phase activities;
• NGOs should explore and use multiple opportunities to generate
resources, including: social marketing; peer education; training; IEC
materials; and the sharing <strong>of</strong> programmes or projects. <strong>The</strong>y should
pursue development at local and NGO levels;
• To ensure the sustainability <strong>of</strong> relevant and timely services to women
and girls, participation and support for local women’s groups and
organizations should be emphasized;
• NGOs should develop partnerships with both local and international
NGOs, Governments and the private sector to achieve sustainability in
their programmes;
• To enhance sustainability, NGOs should <strong>of</strong>fer quality and timely
services in a fully accountable manner. Educating clients and creating
demand for services are essential to this process; and
• <strong>The</strong> transfer <strong>of</strong> knowledge, skills and experience to the community
should be a fundamental goal <strong>of</strong> NGOs, with emphasis on women as
the prime “educators” in families and communities. (United Nations
agencies, UNFPA, other donors, umbrella grant providers, NGOs).
3) Coordination and cooperation: Coordinating bodies and umbrella grant
providers should encourage and support NGOs to:
• Ensure coordination, cooperation and elaboration <strong>of</strong> programmes that
are people-oriented and gender-sensitive;
• Promote networking to facilitate effective coordination and cooperation;
• Build coalitions and partnerships as fundamental operating strategies
to achieve reproductive health goals, as well as gender equality and
equity;
• <strong>The</strong> value <strong>of</strong> new partnership developments with NGOs should be
acknowledged by UNFPA as a means to achieving quality
programmes and effective outreach (donors may also contribute to this
process);
• Use all appropriate channels for information exchange with
stakeholders;
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