Region:Asia Pacific
Current UN Women Plan Period Afghanisthan:2018-2022
World Bank Income Classification:Low Income
The World Bank classifies economies for analytical purposes into four income groups: low, lower-middle, upper-middle, and high income. For this purpose it uses gross national income (GNI) per capita data in U.S. dollars, converted from local currency using the World Bank Atlas method, which is applied to smooth exchange rate fluctuations.
Least Developed Country:Yes
Since 1971, the United Nations has recognized LDCs as a category of States that are deemed highly disadvantaged in their development process, for structural, historical and also geographical reasons. Three criteria are used: per capita income, human assets, and economic vulnerability.
Gender Inequality Index:0.575
GII is a composite metric of gender inequality using three dimensions: reproductive health, empowerment and the labour market. A low GII value indicates low inequality between women and men, and vice-versa.
Gender Development Index:0.723
GDI measures gender inequalities in achievement in three basic dimensions of human development: health, education, and command over economic resources.
Population:209,497,025
Source of population data: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2022). World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision
Male:19,976,265 (9.5%)
Female:189,520,760 (90.5%)
outcome XM-DAC-41146-COD_D_3.1
Populations, especially the most vulnerable, enjoy equitable, quality and sustainable access to basic social services, including HIV/AIDS
The Office of the President of the Republic has set up the Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Trafficking in Persons (APLTP), which in turn has set up a hotline for reporting trafficking in persons. UN Women participated in the preparatory consultations organised with the Ministry of the Interior as part of the fight against GBV . link https://actualite.cd/index.php/2023/12/05/rdc-la-loi-portant-creation-de-lordre-national-des-sages-femmes-promulguee-par-le-chef Law no. 23/05 of 30/11/2023 on the creation, organisation and operation of the national order of midwives in the DRC. Advocacy work was carried out by the H6+ agencies, and technical meetings on the development of the draft laws were organised with all the agencies, with financial support from UN Women. link: https://actualite.cd/index.php/2023/12/05/rdc-la-loi-portant-creation-de-lordre-national-des-sages-femmes-promulguee-par-le-chef The National Strategy to combat gender-based violence was revised in June 2020. UN Women is supporting the implementation of this strategy. An evaluation of the revised strategy's action plan is scheduled for the first half of 2024. Traditional and religious leaders from African Union member countries, including 10 from the DRC, will be committed to contributing positively to the African Union's decision to draft, adopt and implement the African Union Convention on the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls, as well as a zero tolerance policy on all forms of violence against women and girls in conflict and post-conflict situations, as these initiatives deepen the essence of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and the Maputo Protocol on the Rights of Women, and reinforce the AU's ongoing continental campaigns to end child marriage and female genital mutilation and to end violence against women and girls in Africa. The United Nations agencies in the DRC have provided technical and financial support for the organisation of the consultation held in Kinshasa in October 2023 (inclusive).
outcome XM-DAC-41146-COD_D_4.10
By 2024, the prevalence of violence and armed conflict is reduced, and the security of people and property is improved, particularly for vulnerable people, refugees/displaced persons, women, and young people (UNSDCF Outcome 1.1)
The number of women and girls living in a conflict context has increased by 50%, making millions of women and girls even more vulnerable to gender-based violence. In the DRC, more than 38,000 cases of gender-based violence were reported in 2022 in North Kivu alone.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-COD_D_4.9
By 2024, humanitarian organizations and government humanitarian organizations are providing a coordinated, rapid and effective humanitarian response to those affected by crises in accordance with humanitarian standards and principles to reduce the excess mortality and over-morbidity of those affected.
UN Women worked in collaboration with CARE, UNICEF, GENCAP and OCHA to identify a local women's organisation within the HCT which should be the spokesperson for the other local women's organisations within this coordination mechanism. As a result of this process, SOFEPADI was identified and is now effectively taking part in HCT meetings. In addition, in order to build the capacity of local women's organisations, several knowledge-sharing sessions were organised in North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri. 155 organisations took part in these sessions on taking gender into account in the humanitarian response, as well as in rapid gender analysis and the drafting of gender-sensitive proposals. gender-sensitive proposals. UN Women also provided technical support to 10 local women's organisations in its three provinces in the development of organisational tools. It should also be noted that an AD HOC committee for the operationalisation of the roadmap has been set up with UN Women as lead. The aim of this committee is to ensure the coordination of humanitarian actors and actions within the humanitarian response in order to guarantee a greater impact of the response on the gender perspective. In collaboration with the members of the AD HOC committee for the operationalisation of the gender roadmap in the DRC, two gender analyses have been carried out. These studies aim to assess the gender-specific needs of women and girls affected by the crisis, but also to evaluate the participation of women in the humanitarian response. 800 Household kits distributed to vulnerable women and girls affected by disasters to give them access to safety products and other household items, leading to an improvement in their living conditions in camps or 800 with host families.Showing 6 - 8 of 8
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