UN Women in action: Strategic insights and achievements
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Sexual harassment remains widespread in Bangladesh � with 84 per cent of women in general and 76 per cent female students reporting sexual harassment in workplaces/public spaces and in higher educational institutions respectively. Recognizing the criticality of a robust legislative framework in ending violence against women, women�s rights advocates have long called for a dedicated law on sexual harassment � a demand bolstered significantly by the 2019 High Court Directive. As a result of this sustained advocacy, the Government of Bangladesh reinitiated the drafting of the �Sexual Harassment Prevention and Protection� bill in workplaces and educational institutions in 2024. In line with international normative standards (CEDAW General Recommendation 35 and ILO Convention 190) the draft bill defines harassment, outlines the reporting steps, and includes penalties for perpetrators. Substantive engagement by civil society and women�s rights organizations ensured a strong normative framing of the bill, which was facilitated by UN Women as a member of the Legislative Task Team for UNSDCF Strategic Priority 5. In addition to direct technical support to the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MoWCA), UN Women coordinated consultations with legal experts from women�s organizations � ensuring a collaborative and inclusive process. By December, MoWCA began the legislative review process at the interministerial level. This was also one of the �immediate demands� from women�s groups engaged in the intergenerational and intersectional feminist movement-building initiative facilitated by UN Women partners�Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP) and Bonhishikha. Through divisional dialogues with 116 CSOs, a Charter of Demands (CoD) was crafted, outlining priority areas to advance gender equality commitments including the urgent need for a comprehensive sexual harassment law. Initially drafted before the 2024 national elections, the CoD was updated post the civil unrest, to reflect emerging issues for advocacy and was submitted to the Women�s Affairs Reform Commission formed by the Interim Government. The government�s actions, bolstered by the efforts of civil society, demonstrated that collaborative, evidence-based advocacy is key. The continued alignment of policy and grassroots action will be vital to sustaining progress and ensuring a violence-free future for all women and girls, thereby contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals. Once the law is enacted, UN Women will continue to support the government and other stakeholders to ensure its effective implementation. This will include engagement with apex bodies to intensify efforts to institutionalise the prevention of violence against women. Lessons from recent evaluation informed the design of a 4.8 million Euro, comprehensive multi-year gender-based violence prevention programme, funded by the European Union (EU) � a first for UN Women in Bangladesh.
In 2023, Bangladesh adopted the updated Climate Change and Gender Action Plan (CCGAP), first developed in 2013. As the world�s seventh most climate-vulnerable country (2021, IPCC), the CCGAP underscores the unique challenges of women in coping with climate change due to limited access to information, resources, finances, and technologies. To address these issues, the updated CCGAP includes, for the first time, a dedicated priority on women�s leadership, in addition to five other areas: natural resources, livelihoods, infrastructure, gender-responsive implementations; and capacity-building, knowledge management and communication. Aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Declaration, the CCGAP seeks to accelerate the implementation of the National Adaptation Plan 2023-2050, enabling the operationalization of gender-responsive climate action. Since 2021, UN Women has worked with the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the Centre for Climate Change and Resilience, the Bangladesh Centre for Advance Studies, and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), under the leadership of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to support the participatory development of the CCGAP. The consultations were complemented by a comprehensive situational analysis, with technical and financial support from UN Women. The voices of national and grassroots women-led organizations (WLOs) were centre-staged, through extensive consultations across eight divisions of Bangladesh, which highlighted locally-led adaptation as a key component of climate change action. UN Women has been developing capacity of a cohort of grassroots WLOs on gender responsive climate actions under the Regional EmPower Programme implemented jointly with UNEP. This led to some of these WLOs to design and implement low-cost and low-tech community-based adaptation initiatives, such as solar-powered irrigation pumps. Building on lessons learnt, including the Phase I evaluation, UN Women is supporting the network of 56 WLOs, empowering them as critical actors leading local adaptation solutions. Examples of the catalytic initiatives were showcased at COP28, during a joint event hosted by MoEFCC, with high-level representation from the Government, including Mr. Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Member of Parliament and Special Envoy of the Prime Minister on Climate Change and Dr. Farhina Ahmed, Secretary MoEFCC. The event demonstrated the potential of locally-led adaptation to address structural inequalities faced by women and other vulnerable groups, by shifting power to local stakeholders without expecting them to shoulder the burden of adaptation investments. UN Women will continue to promote WLOs� leadership in climate action, in response to the urgent call from women leaders to amplify their voice, "Women need to be at the table where decisions are being made about their lives" said Shampa Goswami, a WLO leader from Satkhira.
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Impact: All women and girls in Cameroon will fully enjoy and exercise their human rights, in a gender equal society, and meaningfully contribute to the country's sustainable and inclusive socio-economic development and EU integration
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All women and girls in Cameroon will fully enjoy and exercise their human rights, in a gender equal society, and meaningfully contribute to the country's sustainable and inclusive socio-economic development and EU integrations
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2023 | 2022 | |
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United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) | $361,837 2023
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
Total contribution:$361,837
Development:$361,837(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
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$361,837 2022
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
Total contribution:$361,837
Development:$361,837(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
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2023 | 2022 | |
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Australia | $351,165 2023
AustraliaOECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$351,165
Development:$351,165(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
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$351,165 2022
AustraliaOECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$351,165
Development:$351,165(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
Australian National Committee | $99,410 2023
Australian National CommitteeNational Committee
Total contribution:$99,410
Development:$99,410(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
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$99,410 2022
Australian National CommitteeNational Committee
Total contribution:$99,410
Development:$99,410(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | $29,630 2023
Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationFoundation
Total contribution:$29,630
Development:$29,630(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
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$29,630 2022
Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationFoundation
Total contribution:$29,630
Development:$29,630(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
Canada | $1,167,404 2023
CanadaOECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$1,167,404
Development:$1,167,404(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$1,167,404 2022
CanadaOECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$1,167,404
Development:$1,167,404(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
Fast Retailing Co. Ltd. | $26,699 2023
Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.Private sector
Total contribution:$26,699
Development:$26,699(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
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$26,699 2022
Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.Private sector
Total contribution:$26,699
Development:$26,699(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
Germany National Committee | $17,365 2023
Germany National CommitteeNational Committee
Total contribution:$17,365
Development:$17,365(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$17,365 2022
Germany National CommitteeNational Committee
Total contribution:$17,365
Development:$17,365(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
Iceland National Committee | $3,510 2023
Iceland National CommitteeNational Committee
Total contribution:$3,510
Development:$3,510(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$3,510 2022
Iceland National CommitteeNational Committee
Total contribution:$3,510
Development:$3,510(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
International Organization for Migration (IOM) | $205,477 2023
International Organization for Migration (IOM)United Nations organization
Total contribution:$205,477
Development:$205,477(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$205,477 2022
International Organization for Migration (IOM)United Nations organization
Total contribution:$205,477
Development:$205,477(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
Japan | $70,625 2023
JapanOECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$70,625
Development:$70,625(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$70,625 2022
JapanOECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$70,625
Development:$70,625(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
Japan National Committee | $23,383 2023
Japan National CommitteeNational Committee
Total contribution:$23,383
Development:$23,383(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$23,383 2022
Japan National CommitteeNational Committee
Total contribution:$23,383
Development:$23,383(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
Miscellaneous Donors | $10,700 2023
Miscellaneous DonorsPrivate sector
Total contribution:$10,700
Development:$10,700(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$10,700 2022
Miscellaneous DonorsPrivate sector
Total contribution:$10,700
Development:$10,700(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
Singapore National Committee | $6,399 2023
Singapore National CommitteeNational Committee
Total contribution:$6,399
Development:$6,399(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$6,399 2022
Singapore National CommitteeNational Committee
Total contribution:$6,399
Development:$6,399(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
Sweden | $2,385,628 2023
SwedenOECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$2,385,628
Development:$2,385,628(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$2,385,628 2022
SwedenOECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$2,385,628
Development:$2,385,628(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
Sweden National Committee | $7,649 2023
Sweden National CommitteeNational Committee
Total contribution:$7,649
Development:$7,649(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$7,649 2022
Sweden National CommitteeNational Committee
Total contribution:$7,649
Development:$7,649(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
Switzerland | $368,637 2023
SwitzerlandOECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$368,637
Development:$368,637(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$368,637 2022
SwitzerlandOECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$368,637
Development:$368,637(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) | $14,815 2023
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)United Nations organization
Total contribution:$14,815
Development:$14,815(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$14,815 2022
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)United Nations organization
Total contribution:$14,815
Development:$14,815(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | $89,489 2023
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)United Nations organization
Total contribution:$89,489
Development:$89,489(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$89,489 2022
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)United Nations organization
Total contribution:$89,489
Development:$89,489(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office | $620,940 2023
United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund OfficeUnited Nations pooled fund
Total contribution:$620,940
Development:$620,940(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$620,940 2022
United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund OfficeUnited Nations pooled fund
Total contribution:$620,940
Development:$620,940(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) | $417,628 2023
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)United Nations organization
Total contribution:$417,628
Development:$417,628(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$417,628 2022
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)United Nations organization
Total contribution:$417,628
Development:$417,628(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) | $799,527 2023
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)United Nations pooled fund
Total contribution:$799,527
Development:$799,527(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$799,527 2022
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)United Nations pooled fund
Total contribution:$799,527
Development:$799,527(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
United Nations Women as Administrative Agent for Joint Programmes | $300,000 2023
United Nations Women as Administrative Agent for Joint ProgrammesUnited Nations pooled fund
Total contribution:$300,000
Development:$300,000(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$300,000 2022
United Nations Women as Administrative Agent for Joint ProgrammesUnited Nations pooled fund
Total contribution:$300,000
Development:$300,000(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
United States of America National Committee | $10 2023
United States of America National CommitteeNational Committee
Total contribution:$10
Development:$10(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$10 2022
United States of America National CommitteeNational Committee
Total contribution:$10
Development:$10(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|