[{"bbox": [157, 151, 1072, 204], "category": "Text", "text": "technical and financial support of the German Cooperation Agency GIZ and Vital Strategies, for an amount of USD 145,000."}, {"bbox": [157, 218, 1073, 563], "category": "Text", "text": "Another important problem that has been identified as a priority in the analysis and consultation of stakeholders is **gender-based violence**. Violence against women is one of the most serious human rights violations worldwide and constitutes not only a security and justice problem, but especially a social, economic and health challenge. According to a 2019 study by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC), gender-based violence affects 65% of Ecuadorian women. A pioneering study conducted for the University of San Martín de Porres (USMP) and PreViMujer/GIZ in 2020 indicates that violence against women causes macroeconomic costs of around USD 4.6 billion annually in Ecuador, equivalent to 4.28% of GDP. Fifty per cent of these costs are borne by the affected women themselves, their households and microenterprises, 39% by medium and large enterprises, and 11% by the state. In 2018, Ecuador enacted the Comprehensive Organic Law to Prevent and Eradicate Violence against Women. It has also declared its commitment to gender equality and has ratified international and regional conventions to combat violence against women and discrimination against women."}, {"bbox": [157, 575, 1073, 708], "category": "Text", "text": "Despite these advances, the challenges to implement effective measures to prevent gender-based violence remain immense, also due to the **lack of interoperability between the information systems of the different institutions responsible for acting in different phases of the phenomenon**, from awareness raising and prevention to tracing, police/judicial intervention, as well as post-sentence/penalty follow-up."}, {"bbox": [157, 720, 1073, 959], "category": "Text", "text": "In this context, several activities have been put in place for the Ministry of the Interior, in particular the intervention phase following a complaint and to ensure the follow-up of cases of ill-treatment as well as assistance to victims. Nevertheless, it seems necessary to **strengthen the coordination and data exchange mechanisms between different State actors**, which could provide vital information to prevent this type of violence, such as prenatal check-ups and medical check-ups of children, emergency services and primary care services, which can be ideal moments to identify potential cases of violence against women and girls, as well as the monitoring of the territorial coverage of crimes in disadvantaged areas, in order to facilitate awareness raising and a critical and evidence-based debate on the issue of gender-based violence."}, {"bbox": [157, 972, 1072, 1026], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Identification of main stakeholders and corresponding institutional and/or organisational issues (mandates, potential roles, and capacities) to be covered by the action:"}, {"bbox": [157, 1038, 335, 1064], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Key stakeholders:"}, {"bbox": [157, 1077, 1073, 1184], "category": "Text", "text": "Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society, National Directorate of Public Records (DINARP), Ministry of the Interior and National Police, National Service for Adults Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI), Judiciary Council, Technical Secretary against Child Malnutrition, the National Unit of the Social Registry, civil society organizations and academia."}, {"bbox": [157, 1196, 1073, 1382], "category": "Text", "text": "The selection of stakeholders is the result of a large analysis of the state of the art and consultation process conducted during the second semester of 2022, and culminated in a national workshop to jointly define the strategic areas of intervention and the priorities to focus on, so to ensure that the intervention could produce short-term 'quick wins' and leverage on this to further extend the activities to 'low hanging fruits' and be then institutionalised within the national authorities, and serve as the basis for further investments in digital infrastructures, as well as extending the programme of activities to other administrations of the State."}, {"bbox": [147, 1433, 1079, 1596], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><th>Stakeholders</th><th>Main interest of the project in relation to stakeholder</th><th>Level of Interest</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Duty bearers</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Ministry of Telecommunications and</td><td>Improve interoperability and functionalities of Ecuador's digital government platform enhancing</td><td>High</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [965, 1681, 1080, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 13 of 42"}]