Americas & the Caribbean RO

Latin America and the Caribbean democratic institutions are strengthened, and States advance towards gender parity in political participation at all decision-making levels

UN Women Country Offices, institutional partners and civil society in Latin America and the Caribbean enhanced their capacities to promote women’s full and effective participation in public life, including through the adoption, reform and implementation of legal and policy frameworks

Changes attributed to UN Women in skills and capacities of individuals or institutions in Uruguay to design or implement institutional reforms, strategies or policies to promote Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment and women’s full and effective participation in public life

More women lead and benefit from national and local initiatives in political dialogue, peacebuilding, conflict prevention, human mobility, humanitarian action and climate resilience

Women peacebuilders, mediators and human rights defenders' leadership and networks are consolidated, and their capacities are strengthened to participate meaningfully in conflict prevention, peacebuilding, social and political dialogues and decision-making processes

Peacebuilding projects and initiatives address existing and emerging challenges and opportunities in peace & security, responding to peace processes, political instability, economic and social unrest, human mobility, climate change, security sector reform, access to justice and transformative reparation

Migrant and refugee women’s leadership, access, protection, empowerment and peacebuilding capacities are strengthened, in the nexus between peace, security and development

Women's protection, community resilience and accountability towards gender equality are mainstreamed in humanitarian action and disaster risk reduction

In Costa Rica, National institutions are strengthened and relevant stakeholders and women are resilient and respond to risks and global trends, including migration, violence against women and climate change

Strategies and advocacy implemented in Uruguay to overcome barriers to increase the meaningful participation of women in Peacekeeping Operations

Ending Violence Against Women has advanced and a society free of gender stereotypes and discriminatory social norms is promoted with the engagement of women, girls, LGBTQ+ people, men and boys

More individuals, policy makers and institutions have access to new products and services that strengthen their capacities to contribute to change in social norms and the elimination of gender stereotypes, including men and boys.

More governments have strengthened knowledge and capacities to adopt and implement regional regulatory frameworks and policies and service providers, in particular their justice operators, are trained to implement these frameworks with a gender perspective

Women’s rights organizations, women’s rights defenders and activists have improved capacities and resources to exercise their rights and participate in global, regional and sub-regional mechanisms and networks

Government officials and key institutions are better equipped with knowledge and evidence to prevent VAWG and provide care services and reparation to victims and survivors

National Women's Machineries strengthened as the governing body for public gender policies and prevention & eradication of violence against women in Countries where UN Women is a Non Resident Agency

Changes attributed to UN Women in skills or abilities and capacities of individuals or institutions and/or the availability of new products and services contributing to Women’s equitable access to services, goods & resources

National care systems enable Latin America and the Caribbean women's economic autonomy.

Integrated policy advice modelled and costed and technical assistance provided to national and subnational governments in the design and implementation of care systems

Integrated policy advice modelled and costed and technical assistance provided to national and subnational governments in the design and implementation of care systems in Countries where UN Women is a Non Resident Agency

Public and private financing advance gender equality through gender responsive budgets, policies, strategies and instruments

Private sector is engaged in promoting gender equality and women empowerment through financing as well as workplace, value chain and community policies and practices, so that access to finance and gender lens investment contribute to reducing the financing gap for gender equality

Governments in Latin America and the Caribbean have increased capacity to promote gender responsive macroeconomic policies and budgets

Changes attributed to UN Women in skills or abilities and capacities of individuals or institutions and/or the availability of new products and services contributing to Financing for gender equality

The United Nations System in Latin America and the Caribbean increased its capacity to advance a gender transformative perspective and include GEWE in its planning and programming

Gender equality focus integrated within UN system interagency mechanisms, priorities, advocacy and programming.

Gender equality is integrated within UN system interagency coordination mechanisms and priorities in Countries where UN Women is a Non Resident Agency.

Changes attributed to UN-Women in skills or abilities and capacities of individuals or institutions and/or the availability of new products and services contributing to UN system coordination for gender equality

UN system and government officials have strengthened capacity to mainstream gender in interagency planning and programming processes for Sustainable Development Goals results

More women have access to decent work and women’s entrepreneurship, small and medium-sized enterprises, networks and cooperatives are strengthened through financial and digital inclusion, green and circular economy alternatives in local and regional value chains

Strengthened capacities of relevant stakeholders and Women in Latin America and the Caribbean to support their income generation and sustainable livelihoods, through financial and digital inclusion and opportunities in the framework of the green and circular economy

Relevant stakeholders and women in Latin America and the Caribbean have strengthened capacities to support their income generation and sustainable livelihoods, through financial and digital inclusion and opportunities in the framework of the green and circular economy in Countries where UN Women is a Non Resident Agency

Public institutions, relevant stakeholders and women in Costa Rica have strengthened capacities to support their income generation and sustainable livelihoods, through financial and digital inclusion and opportunities in the framework of the green and circular economy, as well as their access to social protection and care services

Latin America and the Caribbean Governments increased their capacity to advance a gender transformative perspective and implement gender equality international and regional norms and frameworks at the national and subnational levels

The States of the region have their capacities strengthened to effectively implement their international and regional commitments on gender equality and women's empowerment, ensuring the full participation of civil society, as well as the inclusion of traditionally marginalized groups of women and girls and those in situations of greater vulnerability (including but not limited to indigenous and afro-descendant women, LGBTIQ+ community and women with disabilities)

Civil society organizations in the region, especially feminist and women's organizations and those representing women from traditionally marginalized groups, improve their knowledge of international and regional instruments on gender equality and women's empowerment and have their coordination and advocacy capacities strengthened

Gender statistics, sex-disaggregated data, and knowledge are produced, analysed and used to inform countries´policies and norms and UN Women programming, advocacy and accountability for delivering gender equality and women´s empowerment results

Technical capacity of governments, civil society and other key actors is strengthened to improve the production and use of gender statistics

Increased data production, capacity, and analysis to monitor and evaluate the Sustainable Development Goals and other national and international priorities

Statistical business processes are increasingly modernized to improve the production of gender statistics

Increased use of gender statistics for policy-making, budgeting and reporting is promoted