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    Summary of country programme

    Remaining one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world and one of the most fragile countries, the CAR has 63% of its 5 million inhabitants in need of humanitarian assistance, including 2.2 million with acute needs, figures on the rise since 2014 with a seesaw evolution since 2019. Faced with the constant resurgence of armed conflicts and the search for better living conditions, to date, 658,000 Central Africans are internally displaced persons (IDPs) - peaking at 742,000 in 2021 and at least 60% of them women - and more than 738,000 have sought refuge in neighboring countries.

    This complex crisis, which combines political, security, humanitarian, and social crisis, has led to a profound deterioration of national and community structures and infrastructures and requires increased efforts to ensure that the population has the ability to meet their basic needs, access basic social services base, and live dignified lives. Women, because of the additional factors of their vulnerability, continue to pay the highest price and carry an additional burden on their household, community and country level, in the absence of holistic and sustainable solutions to the crisis. These challenges are compounded with existing gender discriminations perpetuated by socio-cultural norms.

    UN Women began operating in Central African Republic (CAR) since July 2015 as a Program Presence and became a full country office in 2021, to support the Central African authorities in advancing gender equality and women's empowerment as well as providing a multisectoral response to the specific needs of women in times of crisis for the implementation of the recommendations made by women during the Forum of Bangui in May 2015.

    UN Women CAR prioritizes initiatives and programs in areas that are fundamental to women's equality and can contribute to the progress and development of gender equality both in humanitarian and development context. Its current projects and programmes focus on:

    • Governance & Participation in Public Life
    • Women’s Economic Empowerment
    • Women, Peace and Security, Humanitarian Action, and Disaster Risk Reduction
    • Ending Violence Against Women

    Since the start of its operations in CAR, UN Women has been able to positively influence gender mainstreaming in the country through successfully implementing its coordination mandate. The Office has been chairing the UN Gender Thematic Group, participating to the gender and humanitarian thematic group, while participating in other thematic working group within the UN Country team. UN Women CAR also serves as the knowledge hub and leading agency on strategic support and advice to United Nations country teams in enhancing gender mainstreaming efforts in the country.

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    Advancing SDGs: UN Women's impact and key achievements
    The National Authority of Elections (ANE) is preparing for the 2024-2025 local elections in the Central African Republic, which had not been held since 1988. UN Women provided a National Gender and Election Specialist to support gender mainstreaming in the electoral process. This included offering professional, technical, and strategic advisory services, as well as training staff and electoral actors on gender mainstreaming in the programming and implementation of ANE operations.
    During the initial phase of updating the electoral register, UN Women and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) focused on increasing the registration rate of women, young girls, and other vulnerable groups, aiming for gender parity on the electoral list. Neighborhood and village chiefs played a crucial role in the testimony mechanism for voter registration, allowing those without official identification documents to register.
    The success of these initiatives in the initial operational areas provides a solid foundation for expanding activities to other zones, ensuring more inclusive participation in the 2025 elections. Additionally, UN Women has worked to integrate a gender perspective into the defense and security sectors, promoting women, peace, and security. This involved creating a gender structure within the Ministry of Defense, developing action plans, and establishing a committee to combat Gender-Based Violence (GBV). UN Women supported the Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff of the Armed Forces in establishing a committee responsible for developing a directive on gender and combating GBV within the Central African Armed Forces.
    UN Women was requested by MINUSCA to provide technical support for capacity building of members of the defense and security forces on the importance of integrating gender within the defense and security forces for peace consolidation. By making the defense and security sector gender-sensitive, UN Women contributes to improving protection mechanisms for women and strengthens overall peace and security by ensuring a more inclusive and equitable response to security challenges in the Central African Republic.
    To reduce all forms of violence, exploitation, and discrimination, including gender-based violence, UN Women is implementing several actions to strengthen the mobilization and coordination capacities of the Ministry of Women and decentralized ANE organizations such as the National Parity Observatory (ONP) and actors committed to the protection of children in the Central African Republic. These actions include training traditional leaders in the prevention of GBV within communities, organizing workshops for traditional leaders, civil society leaders, religious communities, human rights organizations, and the media.
    Advancing SDGs: UN Women's impact and key achievements
    In the framework of the Resolution 1325 implementation, UN Women CAR has engaged the Ministry of Defense and supported the effective participation of women ang gender mainstreaming of its operations, through leveraging the transformative potential of the Women, Peace, Security Agenda.
    Through UN Women’s strategic advocacy and technical support, in 2023, the Ministerial Decree no 156/MDNRA/DIRCAB/DGRH/SEC has established four members of the Military personnel in charge of gender-related issues, starting with a Director of Gender. UN Women continues supporting the ongoing operationalization of a Gender Directorate, as a key tool to ensure gender mainstreaming in the. In addition, UN Women’s support to the National Security Sector Reform efforts has strengthened the National Border Management Policy, through ensuring gender mainstreaming as well as women and youth-focused interventions are included. The ongoing engagement on supporting border management will be achieved through strategic partnership with MINUSCA and the Coordination of the National SSR Strategy, in implementation of the SDGs 16 and 5, and UNSCR 1325.

    Results and resources

    Outcomes (aligned with interagency frameworks)
    CAF_D_1.1

    By 2027, the populations of CAR live in an environment where peacebuilding, national reconciliation, and governance mechanisms are inclusive, accountable and effective

    CAF_D_1.1.1

    Defense and security institutions have improved capacities to integrate gender related issues in their mandate of protection and security of populations and the promotion of human rights (derived from UNSDCF, Priority Peace , Outcome 2, Output 2.2)

    CAF_D_1.1.2

    Members of armed groups, particularly women, girls and young people, benefit from socioeconomic and community reintegration programmes as well as community members (UNSDCF, Priority Peace , Outcome 1, Output 1.2)

    CAF_D_1.1.3

    National and community institutions, civil society, media, women and girls have improved capacities to strengthen national reconciliation, social cohesion, peacebuilding, and human rights(derived from UNSDCF, Priority Peace , Outcome 1, Output 1.4)

    CAF_D_1.2

    By 2027, the population in CAR, particularly women, children, youth and other vulnerable groups, have access to and use quality education, health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene, food security and social protection services in an inclusive and sustainable manner (UNSDCF, Population Pillar, Outcome 1)

    CAF_D_1.2.1

    Populations in need especially vulnerable and marginalized groups receive gender-responsive humanitarian assistance as well as gender and evidence-based social protection policies and services that is more inclusive and responsive to shocks, (derived from UNSDCF Priority Population, Output 1.2)

    CAF_D_2.1

    By 2027, populations in CAR will be living under the rule of law and will have access to justice, security, and their human rights will be promoted and protected

    CAF_D_2.1.1

    Central Africans, especially women, youth and minority groups participate in inclusive electoral and political processes (UNSDCF, Priority Peace, Outcome 1, Output 1.1)

    CAF_D_2.1.2

    National Institutions have increased capacities to plan, budget, monitor, track expenditures, and leverage resources for GEWE to foster inclusive, accountable and effective governance (derived from UNSDCF, Priority Peace , Outcome 1, Output 1.3 )

    CAF_D_2.1.3

    State institutions are strengthened to guarantee the effective deployment of and access to quality justice services, and to ensure the promotion and protection of human rights (UNSDCF, Priority Peace, Outcome 2, Output 2.1)

    CAF_D_2.1.4

    National institutions have strengthened capacity to collect, analyze, disseminate and use quality disaggregated data to support decision-making and accountability’

    CAF_D_2.1.4

    National institutions have strengthened capacity to collect, analyze, disseminate and use quality disaggregated data to support decision-making and accountability’ (SP Outcome 6, Output 1).

    CAF_D_2.2

    By 2027, the UN system in CAR significantly contributes to progress on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls

    CAF_D_2.2.1

    CAR CO effectively leads, coordinates and promote accountability for the implementation of gender equality commitment across the UN system

    CAF_D_2.2.1

    CAR CO effectively leads, coordinates and promote accountability for the implementation of gender equality commitment across the UN system (SP Outcome 7, Output 1)

    CAF_D_2.2.2

    Government and non-governmental actors have strengthen capacities to meet global, regional and national normative commitments on GEWE

    CAF_D_2.2.2

    Government and non-governmental actors have strengthen capacities to meet global, regional and national normative commitments on GEWE (SP Outcome 1, Output 1)

    CAF_D_3.1

    By 2027, populations in CAR, in particular women, children, youth, and other vulnerable groups, will be protected from all forms of violence, exploitation, and discrimination, including those based on gender, in an environment conducive to gender equality.

    CAF_D_3.1.1

    The technical and institutional capacities of state and non-state actors are strengthened in order to promote gender and the fight against violence, stigmatisation and discrimination based on gender and HIV/AIDS (UNSDCF, Priority Population, Outcome 2, Output 2.1)

    CAF_D_3.1.2

    Populations in CAR live in an environment where violence, including gender-based violence, is prevented and victims benefit from enhanced holistic and inclusive care services (UNSDCF, Priority Population, Outcome 2, Output 2.2)

    CAF_D_4.1

    : By 2027, populations in CAR, including women, youth, refugees, returnees, IDPs and all other vulnerable groups, will have equitable and sustainable access to economic opportunities that promote the creation of decent jobs , entrepreneurship, innovation and digitization

    CAF_D_4.1.1

    Structures of promotion and support to private sector have the capacity to improve the business climate and support businesses in both the formal and informal sectors. (From UNSDCF, Priority Prosperity, Outcome 2, Output 2.1.)

    CAF_D_4.1.2

    People in situations of vulnerability in urban areas and rural areas have the capacity to view of their empowerment economical. (From UNSDCF Priority Prosperity , Outcome 2, Output 2.3)

    Organizational effectiveness and efficiency
    CAF_O_1

    CAR office is an accountable and trustworthy development organization that manages its financial and other resources with integrity and in line with its programmatic ambitions and fiduciary obligations

    CAF_O_2

    CAR office effectively leverages and expands its innovative partnerships, communications, and advocacy capabilities to increase support for and financing of the gender equality agenda, while securing sustainable resourcing for the delivery of its own mandate

    CAF_O_3

    CAR CO strategically plans for and transforms its business model to deliver impact at scale, through agile and ethical leadership rooted in a continuous improvement culture based

    CAF_O_4

    With its unique and inclusive culture, UN Women CAR is an employer of choice with a diverse and highly performing cadre of personnel that embodies UN values

    CAF_O_5

    CAR CO efficiently and effectively discharges of all business processes that advance integrated delivery of its mandate at the country level including through shared services

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    Outcome result statementCAR office is an accountable and trustworthy development organization that manages its financial and other resources with integrity and in line with its programmatic ambitions and fiduciary obligations
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    OutcomeCAF_O_2
    Outcome result statementCAR office effectively leverages and expands its innovative partnerships, communications, and advocacy capabilities to increase support for and financing of the gender equality agenda, while securing sustainable resourcing for the delivery of its own mandate
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    Outcome result statementCAR CO strategically plans for and transforms its business model to deliver impact at scale, through agile and ethical leadership rooted in a continuous improvement culture based
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    Outcome result statementWith its unique and inclusive culture, UN Women CAR is an employer of choice with a diverse and highly performing cadre of personnel that embodies UN values
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    OutcomeCAF_O_5
    Outcome result statementCAR CO efficiently and effectively discharges of all business processes that advance integrated delivery of its mandate at the country level including through shared services
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