[{"bbox": [82, 76, 1122, 450], "category": "Text", "text": "United Nations points out in the UPR that there is persistence of patriarchal attitudes, **social legitimation of harmful practices against women and girls**, and a high prevalence of gender-based violence and discrimination against women with disabilities, lesbians, bisexual women and transsexuals and intersex people, refugee or asylum-seeking women and migrants, and indigenous and Afro-Peruvian women. It recommended that Peru implement a comprehensive strategy in all sectors to eliminate discriminatory stereotypes about the roles and responsibilities of women and men. More strikingly, **violence against women is socially tolerated when not justified** by the population, particularly in traditional rural areas. While women's-rights activists are demanding more robust prevention measures against VAW, harsher and sentencing made public, and meaningful education reform towards gender equality, they are confronting societal and institutional barriers that reflect a conservative stance toward women and girls, **gender roles and expectations** that are nowadays reviving through political movements and reflect very much traditional Peruvian society and obstacles to societal changes. Entrenched traditional gender \"norms\", which seem to have strengthened over the last years in the country, underpin the persistence of the observed gaps. These expectations also hamper women's access to information for the full exercise of their rights."}, {"bbox": [82, 477, 1120, 533], "category": "Text", "text": "Identification of main stakeholders and corresponding institutional and/or organisational issues (mandates, potential roles, and capacities) to be covered by the action:"}, {"bbox": [82, 557, 1122, 824], "category": "Text", "text": "The Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations (MIMP) is the main National government institution in the area of gender equality in Peru. The Ministry is the ruling body with regards to the national and sector policies on equality and the fight against gender violence. As such, it is responsible for the formulation and implementation of national policies, strategies and programmes related to the prevention of GBV and the management of basic services of its victims¹⁵. Historically, the focus of the Ministry has been on policies and basic services for women and members of the family, primarily through the Women Emergency Centres and the Aurora programme¹⁶. More recently, the Ministry recognised the importance to pay increased attention to the prevention component in order to reduce social tolerance of GBV (with EU and ES support, the National Strategy for the Prevention of Gender-Based Violence against Women became a reality in 2021¹⁷) and in developing actions for the economic autonomy of women that include the issue of equitable distribution of care tasks."}, {"bbox": [82, 848, 1122, 1169], "category": "Text", "text": "The **private sector** can be a key ally to push for gender equality, diversity and inclusion. The Chambers of Commerce are an essential intermediary with enterprises. **The Official Chamber of Commerce of EU Member States** like Spain, Germany, France and Italy¹⁸ could develop and promote gender equality norms and standards, best practices and initiatives that successfully reduce inequalities and the gender gap, fostering a culture of inclusion across all work areas to combat bias, discrimination and harassment at the workplace: i.e.: equal employment opportunities; a non-discriminatory workplace experience for all, measures to increase opportunities for women in leadership positions; provision of inclusive, fair and safe workplaces for members of the LGBTIQ+ persons, more inclusive environments for people with disabilities or reintegration opportunities for survivors of gender-based violence. The action will support the development of norms for Gender equality in enterprises and their recognition via supporting the application of the Peruvian Technical Standard for the establishment of a Gender Equality Management System, which promotes the elimination of gender gaps and the increase in the competitiveness of organisations."}, {"bbox": [101, 1346, 1131, 1420], "category": "Text", "text": "Although this observation emphasizes actual violence or threats of violence, its basic consequences contribute to keeping women subordinate, their low participation in politics, and their lower level of education and training and employment opportunities. (https://www cidh oas org/women/acceso07/cap1 htm)"}, {"bbox": [73, 1420, 1131, 1495], "category": "Footnote", "text": "15 It should also be noted that MIMP is one of the smallest Ministries and with a very limited budget (mostly devoted to infrastructure and salaries), at the queue of budgetary allocations (along with the Ministries of Culture and Environment) and with a very reduced political weight."}, {"bbox": [73, 1495, 1131, 1569], "category": "Footnote", "text": "16 AURORA is the National Program for the Prevention and Eradication of Violence against Women and Members of the Family Group. It develops interventions to prevent violence and provides care and protection services for people affected by violence. All services are specialized, interdisciplinary and free of charge."}, {"bbox": [73, 1568, 1092, 1616], "category": "Footnote", "text": "17 https://cdn www gob pe/uploads/document/file/2935181/Estrategia-Nacional-de-prevencion-de-la-violencia-de-genero-contra-las-mujeres pdf.pdf? v=1664674562"}, {"bbox": [73, 1616, 1131, 1663], "category": "Footnote", "text": "18 In Peru there are also smaller representations of Ireland, BENELUX, Nordic and Baltic Chambers, or even the European Chamber of Commerce."}, {"bbox": [1019, 1665, 1131, 1691], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 8 of 24"}]