Since 2017, VISIION has been collaborating with the SIEM program: Integrated Services for Women’s Empowerment, from the Inter-American Development Bank, implementing IT platforms in Honduras and Paraguay.
The Integrated Services for Women’s Empowerment (SIEM) program consists of a model that integrates, in a single physical space, specialized free services provided by multiple public institutions related to sexual and reproductive health, economic empowerment, prevention and response to violence against women, and education on women’s rights. To facilitate the visit of users, Ciudad Mujer centers, which are part of the SIEM model, also offer childcare services.
“Each center serves an average of 275 women daily, and each woman uses 2 to 3 services per visit.”
This innovative approach has the potential to reduce the economic cost of such services for beneficiaries and provide personalized attention to each user’s needs, which promotes effective interinstitutional coordination and improved quality of the services offered.
“In Paraguay, over 50,000 users have been served since 2019 to date, and more than 250,000 services have been provided throughout this process.”
Objectives of the project:
- Allow the recording of services provided across all channels.
- Allow data visualization on the platform.
- Facilitate information exchange with other government entities.
- Implement mechanisms for case follow-up with an alert system.
With financing and technical assistance from the IDB, El Salvador was the first country to launch the model. Its implementation was accompanied by a short-term impact evaluation which indicated that, after one year of the program’s operation, its users utilized public services related to sexual and reproductive health, economic empowerment, and violence against women on average 43% more than women who did not visit the centers.
“CIUDAD MUJER, a new link that consolidates and strengthens the state’s policy towards women’s development by offering comprehensive care services under one roof to contribute to improving their living conditions.”
