Guatemala

Technical Tables for the Proposal of the Public Policy "Worthy and Transformative Reparations in Cases of Sexual Violence, Forced Pregnancy and Forced Maternity of Girls and Adolescents and its Action Plan"

City/State/Region
Begin – End: 2016 – 2018
Name of organization in charge: Mujeres Transformando el Mundo
Type of organization in charge: civil society
Level: national

Impact

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Implementation: was the innovation effectively, partially or not put into practice at all?

Fulfillment of Aims: were the goals of the innovation completely, partially or not achieved at all?

Output: has the innovation generated recommendations, initiatives, decisions or policies?

Outcome: if there were a policy output, was it enacted or implemented?

Implementation: yes
Fulfillment of Democratic Innovation’s aim: partial
Output: yes
Policy Outcome: no

The public policy proposal "Worthy and Transformative Reparations in Cases of Sexual Violence, Forced Pregnancy and Forced Maternity of Girls and Adolescents and its Action Plan" was the result of six working tables in which representatives from public institutions and civil society were present. This participatory space was created with the aim of guaranteeing ?through a concrete public policy- the necessary care for girls and teenagers victims of sexual violence. The technical working tables included a deliberative process in which the participants discussed topics related to protective, remediation and care measures. The initiative also developed workshops, forums and meetings which were led by a multidisciplinary team from the civil society. After the creation of this public policy proposal, in 2018 a law initiative was presented to Congress, which included the decriminalization of abortion for girls younger than 14 years old that were victims of sexual violence.

Institutional design

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Formalization: is the innovation embedded in the constitution or legislation, in an administrative act, or not formalized at all?

Frequency: how often does the innovation take place: only once, sporadically, or is it permanent or regular?

Mode of Selection of Participants: is the innovation open to all participants, access is restricted to some kind of condition, or both methods apply?

Type of participants: those who participate are individual citizens, civil society organizations, private stakeholders or a combination of those?

Decisiveness: does the innovation takes binding, non-binding or no decision at all?

Co-governance: is there involvement of the government in the process or not?

Formalization: not backed by constitution nor legislation, nor by any governmental policy or program
Frequency: sporadic
Mode of selection of participants: restricted
Type of participants: civil society
Decisiveness: democratic innovation yields a non-binding decision
Co-Governance: yes

Means

Deliberation
Direct Voting
E-Participation
Citizen Representation

Ends

Accountability
Responsiveness
Rule of Law
Political Inclusion
Social Equality

Policy cycle

Agenda setting

Formulation and decision-making

Implementation

Policy Evaluation