Sierra Leone

Women and girls in conflict and humanitarian situation as well as those excluded from governance are protected and provided with tools, access to services, goods and resources to build resilience and to lead.

Increased women's participation in governance through Institutions, Communities and civil society contribution using advocacy, social norm change and law reforms.

Gender coordination strengthen through dialogue, production, analysis and use of gender statistics as well as sex disaggregated data for improved programming and financing for gender equality

UNCT and Development Partners Cordinated to promote accountability for the implementation of gender equality commitments in Sierra Leone

Gender transformative programmes including men and boys engagement are promoted to influence positive gender norms on governance, economic empowerment and on ending violence against women and girls.

Capacity of local authorities, women’s and community groups enhanced to develop comprehensive interventions for prevention and response to EVAWG

Women and girls in conflict and humanitarian situation as well as those excluded from governance are protected and provided with tools, access to services, goods and resources to build resilience and to lead.

Increased women's participation in governance through Institutions, Communities and civil society contribution using advocacy, social norm change and law reforms.

Democratic institutions are inclusive and the representation of women, young persons, and persons with disabilities in elected offices is institutionalized.

Gender coordination strengthen through dialogue and context analysis for improved programming and financing for gender equality

Women focused CSOs Coalition are coordinated and have the requisite capacity to promote women participation in politics and peace building in Sierra Leone

Effectively implements, and monitor the National Action Plan for UNSCR1325

1.5.2 Gender coordination strengthen through dialogue, production and analysis for improved programming and financing for gender equality

UNCT and Development Partners Coordinated to promote accountability for the implementation of gender equality commitments within MDAs in Sierra Leone

Relevant MDAs, private sector and civil society contribute to the implementation of the GEWE Acts through gender mainstreaming.

Gender transformative programmes including men and boys engagement are promoted to influence positive gender norms on governance, economic empowerment and on ending violence against women and girls.

2.3.1Capacity of National and district institutions, local authorities, women’s and community groups enhanced to develop comprehensive interventions for prevention and response to EVAWG

Output 3.3 Women and girls in their intersectionality benefit from increased access to prevention, protection services related to GBV, and other harmful practices (child marriage, FGM, child labour, trafficking)

Outcome 4: Women's equitable access to services, goods and resources

More gender-responsive models for increasing fiscal space and public investments in services and infrastructure

Output 1.2 Women have increased access to land and other natural resources (forests, minerals, marine, wetlands, etc.) and can utilize in a sustainable manner.

SN Outcome 3 (CF outcome 3): People in Sierra Leone enjoy transparent and accountable governance systems and economic transformation that guarantee peace, rights, and social cohesion, particularly among youth, women, marginalised and vulnerable groups.

SN Output 3.1: Democratic institutions are strengthened to be gender responsive, transparent, inclusive with increased representation and participation of women, young women, vulnerable women including women living with disabilities across all sectors

SN Output 3.2: Increased government’s capacity to effectively implements, monitors and reports gender policies and regulatory frameworks in line with regional and global gender commitments (UNSCR1325, Beijing platform for action, CEDAW, VAW, CSWs, SDG 5)

Output 3.3 Women, young women, vulnerable women including women living with disabilities have increased capacity to participate, contribute to, and have influence in building sustainable peace and resilience and benefit equally from the prevention of conflicts and disasters

SN Output 3.4: National and Local governance institutions are strengthened to increase financing for gender equality and allocation of resources (GRB) for gender mainstreaming, Ending Violence Against Women and Girls and promoting women in peace and security.

SN Outcome 4 (Global SP Outcome 7): The UN system and relevant stakeholders (i.e., government, civil society, development partners and private sector) coherently and systematically contributes to progress on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.

SN Output 4.1: Strengthened UN capacity for GEWE and mainstream gender equality perspectives and LNOB in the UNSDCF and implementation and reporting.

SN Output 4.2: Relevant MDAs, private sector, and civil society implements Gender Accountability Framework for the GEWE Act 2022.

SN Output 4.3: Strengthened partnerships and commitments with development and private sector partners for the implementation of GEWE including Generation Equality Forum (GEF) Commitments

SN Outcome 1 (CF Outcome 1): People in Sierra Leone, especially the most vulnerable, are food and nutrition secure, benefit from effective natural resource management, are resilient to the effects of climate change, and equipped to prevent and respond to disasters.

SN Output 1.1: Women, young women, women with disabilities, youth, and other vulnerable women farmer groups, have increased knowledge of the customary Land Rights Act, access and ownership to land and other natural resources, access to climate smart technology, financial services, linkage to markets, technologies, and innovations.

SN Output 1.2: Government at all levels has strengthened capacity to implement gender responsive policies, prevention, preparedness, early warning, and response systems to mitigate the impact of environmental, climate change and other disasters that support women for sustainable blue and green economy, contributing to food security.

SN Output 1.3: Women in agrobusiness adopt waste management (using 4R approach: reduce, reuse, recycle and recover), clean energy, decarbonization and climate smart agricultural value chain.

SN Outcome 2 (CF Outcome 2): People in Sierra Leone, particularly most vulnerable groups in rural and hard-to-reach areas, have equitable access to quality, gender responsive essential and social protection services and decent job opportunities

SN Output 2.1: Gender responsive and inclusive Legal, policy and regulatory frameworks on clean energy, decent jobs, innovation, infrastructure, and the protection of the rights of women, young women, vulnerable women including women living with disabilities are further developed, promoted, and implemented.

SN Output 2.2: Women, young women, vulnerable women including women living with disabilities have increased access to, and use of, quality essential and social protection services which are participatory, gender-responsive and inclusive, including during emergencies.

SN Output 2.3: Women, young women, vulnerable women including women living with disabilities have improved entrepreneurial and financial literacy, and employability.

SN Output 2.4: Gender statistics, sex-disaggregated data and knowledge are produced, analyzed, and used to inform policymaking, advocacy, and accountability for delivering gender equality and women's empowerment results.