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outcome XM-DAC-41146-APA_D_6.1
Governments and civil society are able to assess and inform progress in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the SDGs as well as other global and regional normative frameworks
In 2021, the Asia-Pacific Beijing+25 regional synthesis report was officially launched jointly by UN Women and UNESCAP on the International Women’s Day. A brief interactive video summarising the report content and recommendations was screened at the event for all participants from Governments, Donors, UN Agencies, CSOs and private sector (Total participants is 71 in-person participants and 119 online participants via Zoom and 2,400 unique viewers via Facebook Live from across the region.) The report highlight Video can be found here As part of the Generation Equality Regional Journey for Asia and the Pacific, the ROAP convened six Generation Equality Asia-Pacific Regional Multi-stakeholder dialogues in the areas of : Feminist Action for Climate Justice on Earth Day i.e. 22 April (300 participants); Technology and Innovation for Gender Equality on 19 May (attendees at the highest peak: 158); Economic Justice and Rights on 25 May (attendees at the Highest peak: 165); Gender Based Violence on 16 June (175 participants) and; Feminist Movements and Leadership on 17 June (attendees at the highest peak: 268) and 3-day Youth Activism Accelerator Sessions (attendees 1,715 combining from 3 days). These dialogues brought together stakeholders from across the region representing : civil society including women's rights and youth -led movements, private sector, governments, academia, philanthropy, International Financial Institutions and the UN, to discuss areas of action under each of the Action Coalition Areas- and to invite stakeholders to consider making a commitment in line with these areas. In addition, as part of the #16daysofactivism and #IamGenerationEquality campaigns, the ROAP produced seven stories of youth activists who are at the frontline of fighting gender-based violence in their respective countries. The stories feature contributors from Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia and include key actions the interviewees have taken to combat GBV, as well as actions that the reader can take to make a difference. More information is available here . With the UN Coordination approaches used in this Outcome, Governments and wide-range of civil society are able to assess and inform progress in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action as well as SDGs in large scale across Asia-Pacific region.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-APA_D_6.2
Enabling Environment Supportive, well-coordinated policy environment is in place to ensure gender-responsive localisation and effective monitoring of the SDGs in the Asia-Pacific region
As a result of the Women Count programme implementation and completion of its first phase, the enabling environment to produce and use gender statistics has been enhanced in many countries. For instance, Vietnam selected a set of priority gender indicators with UN Women's support, which they now use to guide data collection and reporting on gender issues, and to inform national policies. Similarly, countries across the Pacific, through the adoption of the Pacific Roadmap, now have a sub-regional strategy for the production and use of gender data across the region. This has prompted countries such as Tonga to create national coordination groups on gender statistics, countries such as Palau to collect more data on gender issues, and the whole region has created a Pacific Gender Statistics Coordination group, a community of practice where priorities are discussed and solutions (in the form of finances or technical support) are identified to address current gaps.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-APA_D_6.3
Quality, comparable, regular and accessible gender statistics are available to address national data gaps and meet policy, planning, programme, budgeting and reporting commitments under the SDGs, CEDAW, the Beijing Platform for Action and other national priorities
The quality and availability of gender statistics has increased substantially across the region as a result of the support provided by UN Women's gender statistics team. For instance, several surveys were supported (a Time Use Survey in Bangladesh, an Gender-Environment survey in Mongolia, and 11 Rapid Assessment Surveys on the consequences of COVID-19 in 11 other countries). In addition, UN Women has supported countries for data reprocessing, such as the reprocessing that took place in Mongolia (the country now generates multi-level disaggregated SDG estimates and publishes them regularly into their SDG database), and the work undertaken with the 10 ASEAN member states, to generate new estimates and include them in the ASEAN Gender Outlook, which is now a Flagship publication for ASEAN. Furthermore, some countries, such as the Philippines, were supported to include select modules on existing surveys, such as a module on COVID-19, unpaid care and domestic work attached to their Labor Force Survey.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-APA_D_6.4
Gender statistics are accessible to all users (including government, civil society, academics, and private sector) and can be analysed to inform research advocacy, policies, plans, programmes and budgeting and promote accountability
As a result of extensive training provided on using gender data, including through the use of the UN Women-SIAP Training Curriculum on Gender Statistics, many data users are now capable of finding, analyzing and using gender data for decision making. In addition, UN Women has produced a large number of publications on gender data, ranging from papers on civil registration and vital statistics, to analysis of time use survey data in Afghanistan, or progress reports and factsheets on select topics, such as a Governance factsheet that was put together and used for discussions during CSW. All of these publications can be accessed at data.unowmen.org
outcome XM-DAC-41146-APA_D_6.5
Women have better access to formal and informal legal systems
Throughout the project period, UN Women has provided training and coaching for formal justice providers and community-based justice providers. A gender-responsive community-based justice approach was utilised in Nepal, the Philippines and Indonesia involving community-based justice providers, informal providers, emdiators and communities for social norms change. Grassroots women organisations were supported and legal aid was provided for women. A regional strategy to provide a regional approach to Women's Access to Justice within and outside the UN system is under development in partnership with CSOs, UN sister agencies, governments and global experts.Showing 6 - 10 of 17