Marshall Islands

Key recommendations in RMI’s NDC include commitments to: 

• A gender-responsive and human rights-based approach in all NDCrelated planning, programming and implementation; 
• Mainstreaming gender and human rights, including in relation to developing, adopting, reviewing and implementing laws, policies and projects related to climate change, and commissioning further analysis with a view to putting in place a strategy to improve related data collection, monitoring and evaluation; 
• There is a section dedicated to gender and human rights, which includes the following: 
  • RMI adopted its National Gender Mainstreaming Policy in 2015. The Policy guides the development of laws, policies, procedures and practices to address the needs, priorities and aspirations of all women and men and to eliminate all forms of discrimination and inequality; 
  • The priority areas of the policy are: strengthening capacity across government to integrate gender equality into government services and programs; family well-being and eliminating gender-based violence and protecting and caring for survivors; and improving women’s economic empowerment and participation in decision-making; 
  • The policy also identifies vulnerable groups of women including those living in the outer islands (rural areas) and those with disabilities. Going forward, key recommendations arising from the Gender Action Plan (GAP) should be incorporated, as appropriate, into existing and future RMI policies to implement its 2050 Strategy. Human rights obligations should be similarly mainstreamed and safeguarded; 
  • Reliable data in relation to gender issues is a major deficiency. A strategy needs to be put in place to address this, including identifying data needs; 
  • Sex disaggregated data needs to be collected to improve the monitoring of the impact and effectiveness of climate change initiatives and policies.