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Outcome 2: Financing for gender equality

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

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SDG 1
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SDG 4: Quality Education
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SDG5
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SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
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Contributes to achieving SDGs
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Our result highlights
our story Why investing in women is a human rights issue image
our story High-level Generation Equality Africa Regional Meeting concludes with strong commitments on financing for gender equality image
our story Prioritizing women’s needs through local gender-responsive budgeting in Serbia image
our story Mexico's sustainable taxonomy defines gender equality as a priority objective image
our story Empowering women, protecting the earth image
our story Less than 1 per cent of aid spending targets gender-based violence, according to new reports image

Why investing in women is a human rights issue

Location El Slavador

Investing in women is both an economic imperative and a human rights issue. It is a human rights issue because the global economic and financial systems are complicit in perpetuating gender inequality.  At the same time, financial resources are required to overcome these challenges and build a world that enables all women to realize their rights.  Investing in women enables women to thrive, which contributes to prosperity that can be measured in financial terms. Read more>

High-level Generation Equality Africa Regional Meeting concludes with strong commitments on financing for gender equality

Location Africa

The High-level Generation Equality Africa Regional Meeting, hosted in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, convened Ministries of Finance and Gender along with their technical teams from 21 African countries.

At this gathering, officials firmly committed to boosting financial support for gender equality, aligning with the goals of the Generation Equality commitments.

Emphasis was placed on the necessity to improve the implementation of gender equality action plans by embedding them comprehensively within national budgetary cycles. Read More>

Prioritizing women’s needs through local gender-responsive budgeting in Serbia

Location Serbia

To ensure that policies and their accompanied budgets do not perpetuate gender inequalities but contribute to a more equal society for all individuals, local self-governments in Serbia are progressively introducing gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) as a tool to meet the needs of women and improve social and economic well-being.

UN Women has been working closely with Serbia’s Ministry of Finance, the Coordination Body for Gender Equality, the Provincial Secretariat of Finance and cities and municipalities to introduce GRB since 2015. Serbia has been recognized as one of only six European countries that has successfully implemented this reform of public finances and established a system for monitoring investments in gender equality, as per the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5c1 indicator requirements. Read more>

Mexico's sustainable taxonomy defines gender equality as a priority objective

Location Mexico

In 2023, UN Women supported the introduction of 17 new and innovative financing tools to strengthen capital markets and increase financing for gender equality and women’s empowerment. Since 2022, this has helped introduce 68 such tools, including Mexico's Sustainable Taxonomy. A global first, the taxonomy defines gender equality as a priority objective, ensuring that public financing supports investment in closing gender gaps.

The full result highlight is forthcoming.

Empowering women, protecting the earth

Location Palestine

The climate crisis is not gender neutral.  

As its impacts worsen, women and girls are experiencing unique and disproportionate harm—with the fallout amplifying existing gender inequalities. Typically more dependent on natural resources and disproportionately responsible for securing food, water and fuel, women are highly vulnerable to environmental shocks. They face heightened exposure to gender-based violence in the wake of conflict and instability exacerbated by climate change, and they are less likely to survive disasters. At the same time, their access to life-saving resources and to key decision-making spaces remains severely limited.  Read more>

Less than 1 per cent of aid spending targets gender-based violence, according to new reports

Location Global

In 2022, countries around the world spent USD 204 billion in overseas development assistance—of that sizable sum, only one-fifth of one percent was spent on reducing gender-based violence.

That’s according to “What Counts? The state of funding for the prevention of gender-based violence against women and girls”, a new report by the UN Women partners the Equality Institute and the Accelerator for GBV Prevention, working together under the Collective Commitment with the Generation Equality Action Coalition on GBV. Read more>

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El Salvador: Investing in women

Location El Slavador

Investing in women is both an economic imperative and a human rights issue. It is a human rights issue because the global economic and financial systems are complicit in perpetuating gender inequality.  At the same time, financial resources are required to overcome these challenges and build a world that enables all women to realize their rights.  Investing in women enables women to thrive, which contributes to prosperity that can be measured in financial terms. Read more>

our story High-level Generation Equality Africa Regional Meeting concludes with strong commitments on financing for gender equality image

Financing for gender equality in Africa

Location Africa

The High-level Generation Equality Africa Regional Meeting, hosted in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, convened Ministries of Finance and Gender along with their technical teams from 21 African countries.

At this gathering, officials firmly committed to boosting financial support for gender equality, aligning with the goals of the Generation Equality commitments.

Emphasis was placed on the necessity to improve the implementation of gender equality action plans by embedding them comprehensively within national budgetary cycles. Read More>

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Serbia: Gender-responsive budgeting

Location Serbia

To ensure that policies and their accompanied budgets do not perpetuate gender inequalities but contribute to a more equal society for all individuals, local self-governments in Serbia are progressively introducing gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) as a tool to meet the needs of women and improve social and economic well-being.

UN Women has been working closely with Serbia’s Ministry of Finance, the Coordination Body for Gender Equality, the Provincial Secretariat of Finance and cities and municipalities to introduce GRB since 2015. Serbia has been recognized as one of only six European countries that has successfully implemented this reform of public finances and established a system for monitoring investments in gender equality, as per the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5c1 indicator requirements. Read more>

our story Mexico's sustainable taxonomy defines gender equality as a priority objective image

Mexico: Sustainable taxonomy

Location Mexico

In 2023, UN Women supported the introduction of 17 new and innovative financing tools to strengthen capital markets and increase financing for gender equality and women’s empowerment. Since 2022, this has helped introduce 68 such tools, including Mexico's Sustainable Taxonomy. A global first, the taxonomy defines gender equality as a priority objective, ensuring that public financing supports investment in closing gender gaps.

The full result highlight is forthcoming.

our story Empowering women, protecting the earth image

Palestine: Funding environmental businesses

Location Palestine

The climate crisis is not gender neutral.  

As its impacts worsen, women and girls are experiencing unique and disproportionate harm—with the fallout amplifying existing gender inequalities. Typically more dependent on natural resources and disproportionately responsible for securing food, water and fuel, women are highly vulnerable to environmental shocks. They face heightened exposure to gender-based violence in the wake of conflict and instability exacerbated by climate change, and they are less likely to survive disasters. At the same time, their access to life-saving resources and to key decision-making spaces remains severely limited.  Read more>

our story Less than 1 per cent of aid spending targets gender-based violence, according to new reports image

Aid spending towards EVAW

Location Global

In 2022, countries around the world spent USD 204 billion in overseas development assistance—of that sizable sum, only one-fifth of one percent was spent on reducing gender-based violence.

That’s according to “What Counts? The state of funding for the prevention of gender-based violence against women and girls”, a new report by the UN Women partners the Equality Institute and the Accelerator for GBV Prevention, working together under the Collective Commitment with the Generation Equality Action Coalition on GBV. Read more>

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Key achievement

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partner organizations/institutions

in 53 countries now have strengthened capacities to apply newly-obtained knowledge and technical skills to effectively mainstream gender into fiscal laws, policies and standards, in areas including taxation, trade and decentralization

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Financial flows (expenses) in 2023 towards impact areas and systemic outcomes

Find out where UN Women's resources come from, where they go and how they are changing the lives of women and girls.

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Outcome indicators in 2023

SP_D_0.2.1

UN Women is the custodian of this SDG indicator. The relevant SDG Target is to ‘Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels’.

SDG Indicator 5.c.1: Proportion of countries with systems to track and make public allocations to gender equality and women’s empowerment (Desk Review)
SDG
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Goal 5
2023 Result (annual) 26%
2021
Baseline
26% 26%
2022
Milestone
N/A N/A
Result
26% 26%
2022 reported value is based on data reported by 105 countries and territories from 2018-2021. 2022 result was not available, so the baseline data is presented for 2022, as latest available.
2023
Milestone
N/A N/A
Result
26% 26%
Based on data from 105 countries and areas, collected over the period of 2018-2021, 26 per cent of countries have systems in place. Updated data is expected in by the end of 2024 as global data collection is conducted every three years, in compliance with the indicator metadata.
2024
Milestone
N/A N/A
Result
- -
2025
Target
N/A N/A
Result
- -
SP_D_0.2.2
Number of countries that incorporate gender equality targets within national investment and financing frameworks (CO)
Achievement against 2023 milestone
36%
2023 Result (annual) 8
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2021
Baseline
5 5
2022
Milestone
11 11
Result
7 7
Of 20 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2022, 7 had results reported: Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jordan, Mexico, South Africa, Tanzania, Türkiye.
2023
Milestone
22 22
Result
8 8
Of 14 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2023, 8 had results reported: Barbados MCO, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Mexico, Tanzania, Türkiye, Viet Nam.
2024
Milestone
26 26
Result
- -
2025
Target
26 26
Result
- -
SP_D_0.2.3
Percentage of national budget allocated to gender equality and women’s empowerment out of total budget (CO)

Complementary indicators are identified as those in the results framework that are not repeated verbatim in the results framework of another United Nations entity, but are related or provide different but complementary lenses or insights into the same issue, high-level result and/or area of complementary work, such as a Sustainable Development Goal target.

Complementary
sdg
UNICEF
Achievement against 2023 milestone
150%
2023 Result (annual) 2.28%
2021
Baseline
1% 1%
The value is based on data from 18 countries, and thereby not globally representative.
2022
Milestone
1% 1%
Result
2.58% 2.58%
Of 30 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2022, 15 had results reported: Albania, Argentina, Bangladesh, Caribbean MCO, Burundi, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Tanzania, Uganda.
2023
Milestone
1.5% 1.5%
Result
2.28% 2.28%
Of 29 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2023, 9 had results reported: Albania, Argentina, Bangladesh, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mali, Mexico.
2024
Milestone
2.5% 2.5%
Result
- -
2025
Target
3% 3%
Result
- -
SP_D_0.2.4

The data source and methodology have been established based on changed data availability. The baselines, milestones and targets for 2024 and 2025 will be revised as part of the Mid-Term Review.

Number of innovative financing instruments introduced that include gender equality objectives (Desk Review)
2023 Result (annual) 260
2021
Baseline
82 82
2022
Milestone
90 90
Result
- -
No value will be reported for 2022 on this indicator, as UN Women is revising its methodology and source of data for this indicator.
2023
Milestone
99 99
Result
260 260
The data source and methodology have been established based on changed data availability. The baselines, milestones and targets for 2024 and 2025 will be revised as part of the midterm review.
2024
Milestone
109 109
Result
- -
2025
Target
120 120
Result
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Output indicators in 2023

SP_D_0.2.a
Number of partners with capacities to integrate gender equality into fiscal laws/policies/standards (CO, RO, HQ)
Achievement against 2023 milestone
93%
2023 Result (annual) 236
2021
Baseline
101 101
2022
Milestone
175 175
Result
254 254
Of 32 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2022, 20 had results reported: Chile, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Mexico, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Türkiye, Uganda.
2023
Milestone
253 253
Result
236 236
Of 31 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2023, 21 had results reported: Chile, Democratic Republic of Congo, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Georgia, India, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Mali, Morocco, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Türkiye; 2023 results also include reporting on capacity strengthening of partners at global and regional levels.
2024
Milestone
303 303
Result
- -
2025
Target
336 336
Result
- -
SP_D_0.2.b
Number of gender financing assessments conducted by government partners (CO)
Achievement against 2023 milestone
88%
2023 Result (annual) 23
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2021
Baseline
12 12
2022
Milestone
21 21
Result
23 23
Of 17 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2022, 10 had results reported: Albania, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Georgia, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Türkiye.
2023
Milestone
26 26
Result
23 23
Of 17 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2023, 7 had results reported: Albania, Morocco, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Türkiye.
2024
Milestone
30 30
Result
- -
2025
Target
34 34
Result
- -
SP_D_0.2.c
Number of national partners with capacities to apply Gender Responsive Budgeting tools in the budget cycle (CO)

Complementary indicators are identified as those in the results framework that are not repeated verbatim in the results framework of another United Nations entity, but are related or provide different but complementary lenses or insights into the same issue, high-level result and/or area of complementary work, such as a Sustainable Development Goal target.

Complementary
sdg
UNICEF
Achievement against 2023 milestone
150%
2023 Result (annual) 646
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2021
Baseline
262 262
2022
Milestone
306 306
Result
853 853
Of 45 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2022, 35 had results reported: Albania, Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, North Macedonia, Georgia, India, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Liberia, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Moldova, Rwanda, Serbia, Somalia, South Africa, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Türkiye, Uganda, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe.
2023
Milestone
385 385
Result
646 646
Of 47 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2023, 41 had results reported: Albania, Argentina, Barbados MCO, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Cameroon, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, North Macedonia, Fiji MCO, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Moldova, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Türkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe.
2024
Milestone
418 418
Result
- -
2025
Target
446 446
Result
- -
SP_D_0.2.d
Number of tools introduced that support innovative financing and accountability, including related to digital financing, for gender equality (CO)

Complementary indicators are identified as those in the results framework that are not repeated verbatim in the results framework of another United Nations entity, but are related or provide different but complementary lenses or insights into the same issue, high-level result and/or area of complementary work, such as a Sustainable Development Goal target.

Complementary
sdg
UNDP
sdg
UNEP
Achievement against 2023 milestone
92%
2023 Result (cumulative) 68
2021
Baseline
24 24
2022
Milestone
51 51
Result
51 51
Of 33 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2022, 16 had results reported: Caribbean MCO, Bolivia, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Georgia, Indonesia, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania.
2023
Milestone
72 72
Result
68 68
Of 32 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2023, 11 had results reported: China, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji MCO, Honduras, Liberia, Mexico, Mozambique, Niger, Senegal, Uruguay.
2024
Milestone
91 91
Result
- -
2025
Target
110 110
Result
- -
SP_D_0.2.e
Percent of gender responsive budget allocated in peacebuilding funding mechanisms (Desk Review)
Achievement against 2023 milestone
101%
2023 Result (annual) 47.4%
2021
Baseline
47% 47%
Baseline data is derived from the Peace Building Fund
2022
Milestone
47% 47%
Result
47% 47%
2023
Milestone
47% 47%
Result
47.4% 47.4%
2024
Milestone
47.5% 47.5%
Result
- -
2025
Target
48% 48%
Result
- -
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