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Summary of country programme

UN Women seeks to address gender-gaps through a set of actions addressing the structural, institutional, community-based, and individual determinants of gender inequality in Haiti through a focus on support to repeal discriminatory legislation and gender-based violence, reduce electoral violence against women candidates and build their resilience and promote humanitarian action. 

  • increased the access of Haitian women to an equitable, gender-sensitive justice system 

  • increased participation and leadership of women in the development of climate-resilient agriculture, water, renewable energy, and service markets. 

  • strengthened and structured the socio-cultural settings, as well as legislative, political, institutional, and organizational frameworks to respond to domestic violence against women and girls. 

  • enhanced participation of women and girls in the design and response of gender-responsive humanitarian action plan or strategies to increase community resilience in the face of natural disasters and environment of conflict and political instability resulting in increased insecurity 

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