4.5 Based on the UNDP Eight Point Agenda for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality in Crisis
Prevention and Recovery, a gender perspective will be integrated into the four focus areas. In
addition, targeted gender interventions will be undertaken to increase development effectiveness.
To this end, UNDP will support national partners to: (1) incorporate gender equality into MDG-based
planning and monitoring; (2) expand women’s participation in governance and decision-making
processes; and (3) reduce violence against women, the vulnerability of women and girls to HIV
infection, and the burden of care that falls on them.