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    Summary of country programme

    UN Women’s North Macedonia Strategic Note 2024–2025 addresses persistent gender inequality amid political polarization and European Union accession challenges.  

    Operating nationwide, it prioritizes gender-responsive governance, ending violence against women, women’s economic empowerment and challenging harmful norms. Building on successful gender-responsive budgeting initiatives, it focuses on capacity-building and reintegration for marginalized women. Outreach in local communities and partnerships with municipalities, media and civil society enhance visibility and public engagement across the country.

    UN Women collaborates with government institutions, including the State Audit Office and the State Statistical Office; municipalities; civil society organizations; the private sector and bilateral donors (e.g., the governments of Sweden and Switzerland). It leads coordination on gender equality and women’s empowerment within the UN country team, supports uptake of the Women’s Empowerment Principles, and is active in the Generation Equality Forum’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Action Coalition.  

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    The Government of the Republic of North Macedonia has strengthened institutional responses toward gender-responsive governance with government policies and measures to shift the socio-economic landscape for rural women, addressing one of the most persistent gender inequalities in the region. The State Audit Office of North Macedonia led the first-ever regional cooperative audit on Sustainable Development Goal 5 (Gender Equality), in collaboration with the Supreme Audit Institutions of Kosovo and Albania. This regional audit was a result of the longstanding commitment and strategic engagement of UN WOMEN with key stakeholders, including the State Audit Office and Supreme Audit Institutions of neighbouring countries. The audit thematically focused on inclusion of rural women on the labour market. Findings from this ground-breaking gender performance audit were presented to and reviewed by the Parliamentary Committee for Equal Opportunities, elevating gender-responsive budgeting and planning to the highest levels of governance. As a direct result of this audit and parliamentary review, the Government committed to a series of transformative actions to improve the socio-economic status of rural women:

    Enhanced agricultural policies to provide targeted financial support for rural women;


    A national action plan to boost employment opportunities for rural women and formally recognize unpaid care work, with a pathway toward securing pension rights


    Expanded access to essential public services, including health, education, and economic support;


    And Amendments to the Health Insurance Law, ensuring maternity leave and sick leave for registered women farmers.

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    Outcomes (aligned with interagency frameworks)
    MKD_D_1.1

    By 2025, people in North Macedonia have universal access to rights- based quality social services – healthcare, education, and necessary social and child protection - rooted in systems resilient to emergencies (UNSDCF Outcome 2)

    MKD_D_1.1.1

    Providers of general and specialist support services for victims of all forms of violence have the capacity to implement the standards enshrined in CEDAW and the Istanbul Convention

    MKD_D_1.2

    By 2025, people in North Macedonia benefit from improved rule of law, evidence- based, anticipatory and gender responsive policies, greater social cohesion and effective service delivery by transparent, accountable and responsive institutions (UNSDCF Outcome 4)

    MKD_D_1.2.1

    Central government institutions and local self-government units have capacities to mainstream gender and systematically apply GRB in the policymaking and budgeting processes

    MKD_D_1.2.2

    Public oversight institutions have increased capacities to monitor and advocate for gender responsive policies and budgets

    MKD_D_1.2.3

    The Secretariat for EU Affairs, MLSP and IPA units in line ministries have the capacity to mainstream gender and align planning and programming with EU gender equality acquis

    MKD_D_1.2.4

    CSOs, women and women’s organizations have enhanced capacities to voice their needs in planning and budgeting processes, and advocate for increased accountability for gender equality

    MKD_D_1.2.5

    UNCT has improved understanding and knowledge on gender mainstreaming and implementation of the SWAP Gender Equality Score Card

    Organizational effectiveness and efficiency
    MKD_O_1

    Financial and human resource management to achieve commitments and deliver results

    MKD_O_2

    Increased engagement of partners in support of UN-Women's mandate through strengthened collaboration, networking, information sharing

    MKD_O_3

    Innovative initiatives challenge inequalities faced by women, and lead to results based outcomes High quality of programmes through knowledge, innovation, results-based management and evaluation

    MKD_O_4

    Improved management of financial and human resources in pursuit of results in North Macedonia PP Office, through capacity building, financial/procurement monitoring, enabling environment and staff wellbeing

    MKD_O_5

    Effective normative, programmatic and coordination products, services and processes

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    OutcomeMKD_D_1.1
    Outcome result statementInvesting in protection services including social protection and community-based services, Greater cross-sector coordination to improve access to basic social services
    IATI identifierXM-DAC-41146-MKD_D_1.1
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    OutcomeMKD_D_1.2
    Outcome result statementPromoting national vision for social cohesion, trust building, civic engagement and evidence-based and participatory decision-making; improved access to justice and fulfilment of human rights (especially women and child rights); strong rule of law and independent judiciary; anticipatory, gender responsive, transparent and accountable governance, including fiscal governance.
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    OutcomeMKD_O_1
    Outcome result statementFinancial and human resource management to achieve commitments and deliver results
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    OutcomeMKD_O_2
    Outcome result statementIncreased engagement of partners in support of UN-Women's mandate through strengthened collaboration, networking, information sharing
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    OutcomeMKD_O_3
    Outcome result statementInnovative initiatives challenge inequalities faced by women, and lead to results based outcomes High quality of programmes through knowledge, innovation, results-based management and evaluation
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    OutcomeMKD_O_4
    Outcome result statementImproved management of financial and human resources in pursuit of results in North Macedonia PP Office, through capacity building, financial/procurement monitoring, enabling environment and staff wellbeing
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    OutcomeMKD_O_5
    Outcome result statementEffective normative, programmatic and coordination products, services and processes
    IATI identifierXM-DAC-41146-MKD_O_5
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