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outcome XM-DAC-41146-CHN_D_2.1
(Link to SP Output 10) Relative poverty and multi-dimensional poverty are reduced, and more coordinated development leads to reduction in gaps between rural and urban areas and among regions, as more people in China, including left-behind groups, benefit from sustainable, innovation-driven and shared high-quality economic development, with enhanced access to economic opportunities arising through innovation, entrepreneurship and rural revitalization, enjoying decent work, sustainable livelihoods, and the right to develop equally for both women and men.
The “ Strengthening Qinghai Women Farmers’ Income Security and Resilience in a Changing Climate ” project contributes to shared Outcome for entire WEE portfolio. As the shared Outcome sets up at higher level above the project itself, the Outcome has not been achieved. However, the project made good progress towards improving rural women’s climate resilient livelihood opportunities and entrepreneurship in 7 pilot counties in Qinghai Province, China. Among the 69,444 women who directly benefited from the project, 80% reported that they have increased capacity, and 70% reported that they have increased income. Among those who benefited from the entrepreneurship start-up training, 75% succeeded in created their own businesses such as farm-style restaurant cooking and operation, handicrafts, housekeeping services and management, community grocery and small shop operations. As the leading technical partner as well as funding contributor, UN Women has contributed to Qinghai rural women’s economic empowerment as well as the gender mainstreaming in the entire project cycle since 2018. Apart from ensuring rural women’s equal livelihood opportunities for development as mentioned above, women’s leadership and contribution has been demonstrated along with their empowerment. Among the six pilot villages that been supported by the project, Bahan village and Qiaotou village were selected as provincial models for rural vitalization, and the two First Secretaries of the two villages (one of them is woman) won the National Advanced Individual in Poverty Alleviation Award. Meanwhile, the gender awareness of local service providers was increased with UN Women’s training and technical support. Among the 458 service providers trained within this project, 85% reported they could apply the knowledge from gender trainings and support women farmers in their daily work . Through partnership and collaboration with Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR) at Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Qinghai Rural Revitalization Bureau and Qinghai Women’s Federation, synergies were built, project effectiveness and cost efficiency were increased. Based on results and experience generated from Qinghai project, a new partnership with IFAD and Hunan Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs was forged, through a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding for a large-scale programme the “ Hunan Rural Revitalization Demonstration” programme that aims to support rural women and men in 10 pilot counties in Hunan Province to build up their climate resilience through climate-proofed infrastructure construction, climate-smart agriculture skills development, and extended livelihood opportunities. The programme will directly reach 320,000 persons, over 30% of who are minority populations and 50% are diverse women. UN Women is a lead technical partner for supporting gender mainstreaming in the programme. In 2021, in addition to the establishment of partnership, as a result of UN Women’s advocacy and technical support, a Gender Action Plan has been developed, with aim for enhancing the gender responsiveness of the programme. The Gender Action Plan has been integrated into the Project Management Manual for local government partners for guiding implementation at 10 pilot counties in Hunan from 2022 to 2026. Press Release: https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/news-and-events/stories/2021/10/three-years-on Rural women play critical role in enhancing agricultural development - CGTN https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/news-and-events/stories/2021/08/un-women-partnership-launches-rural-development-project-to-help-more-than-300000-people
outcome XM-DAC-41146-CHN_D_2.2
(Link to SP Output 8) Relative poverty and multi-dimensional poverty are reduced, and more coordinated development leads to reduction in gaps between rural and urban areas and among regions, as more people in China, including left-behind groups, benefit from sustainable, innovation-driven and shared high-quality economic development, with enhanced access to economic opportunities arising through innovation, entrepreneurship and rural revitalization, enjoying decent work, sustainable livelihoods, and the right to develop equally for both women and men.
This outcome has not been achieved. However, with UN Women’s convening power and social influence, good progress has been made towards promoting policies on decent work and social protection for women among companies, as well as in public awareness raising. Results achieved under two projects (WeEmpower Asia and A Place Called Home-WeCare) include: 270 companies from mainland China have committed to gender equality and women’s empowerment by signing WEPs as of end 2021; an increase of 167 from 2020. 6 companies have been selected as pilot companies by China Enterprise Federation (CEF) to implement WEPs Principle 2 and 3. UN Women launched a campaign on unpaid care work “SharetheCare” in partnership with IKEA generating 15 million social media views through online campaigns and another 6,000 visitors visiting and participating in the offline exhibition at IKEA premise in Beijing. Two studies focusing on: 1) gender equality and new economy in China; 2) value of care work in China are underway, in partnership with Peking University, National School of Management and the ILO respectively. These will form a strong evidence base for policy recommendation in these areas in 2022 and beyond. UN Women has contributed significantly to integrate gender equality into policies and regulations for companies and industries. With UN Women’s technical support, two sectors (ICT and textile) have integrated gender equality and women’s empowerment into their industrial CSR guidance.. In addition to this, 14 companies are developing gender action plans to integrate WEPs into company policies or practices. In 2021, three partnerships for women’s economic empowerment were forged by the office. This included: 1) MoU with Hunan Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (DARA) to implement a tripartite programme involving UN Women, IFAD and DARA for rural economic empowerment; 2) Partnership Agreement with China Enterprise Confederation for implementing WEPs principles 2 and 3 in selected Chinese companies; 3) Partnership Agreement with the China Center for Promotion of SME Development for the development of toolkit for emergency preparedness by SMEs and increase women entrepreneurs skills on business management and access to market.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-CHN_D_2.3
(Link to SP Output 9) Relative poverty and multi-dimensional poverty are reduced, and more coordinated development leads to reduction in gaps between rural and urban areas and among regions, as more people in China, including left-behind groups, benefit from sustainable, innovation-driven and shared high-quality economic development, with enhanced access to economic opportunities arising through innovation, entrepreneurship and rural revitalization, enjoying decent work, sustainable livelihoods, and the right to develop equally for both women and men.
This outcome has not been achieved. However, good progress has been made towards this outcome. UN Women has supported government agencies in increasing business opportunities and access to finance as well as strengthening the resilience of women-owned small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) and workers to ensure inclusive, gender responsive recovery and sustainable growth. Furthermore, UN Women has also worked with private sector partners to promote gender equality in the workplace and marketplace through the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs). UN Women has supported local women’s federations in the hardest-hit regions of Wuhan and Tianjin to deploy model recovery schemes that have benefited over 450 women-owned enterprises and 1,000 workers so far through various measures such as dedicated business support, cash grants, rent reductions, which has resulted in increased income and access to markets. The targeted support provided to women led SMEs includes one-to-one business guidance, strengthened capacity for future business resilience; and enhanced their access to market and investment services etc. Evidently, 29 women-led SMEs have reported increased their average income by around CNY 5,000 as a result of the support. In addition, three SMEs have obtained 100 square meters’ free office venue (estimated at around CNY 486,000 in value) from Tianjin Haitianyuan Productivity Promotion Center. Finally, 270 companies in China have signed the WEPs, surpassing UN Women China’s target of 200. These are nascent results, given that COVID-19 Recovery programme implementation was delayed due to protracted negotiations over a partnership agreement, but UN Women China expects these numbers to rise by the next reporting period. The strategic partnerships developed in pursuit of this outcome with government agencies such as like the All China Women's Federation (ACWF), the China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges (CICETE), and the China Centre for Promotion of SME Development (SME Centre) will prove critical in achieving this outcome going forward. Similarly, it is hoped that the 270 WEPs signatories in China will lead to more inclusive, gender-equal policies and economic opportunities for women in the workplace and marketplace while also opening doors for programmes and partnerships for UN Women China down the line.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-CHN_D_3.1
People’s lives in China are improved further as headway is made in ensuring access to childcare, education, healthcare services, elderly care, housing, and social assistance, and more people in China, including left-behind groups, benefit from equitable and public services and social protection systems as well as accelerated efforts to reduce gender inequality and other forms of social inequality throughout the life-course.
The outcome was partially achieved. However, some progress was made in prevention and response of gender-based violence for the implementation of Anti-Domestic Law in China. The progress includes the capacity development of service providers and building public awareness on zero-tolerance to GBV. There were some delays on standards development of SOP on GBV essential services due to partnership building and CoVID-19 restriction. In 2021, a variety of service providers were brought together and started to discuss how to set up guidelines and strengthen the services. In the prevention side, general public were mobilized to discuss how to support women and girls experiencing violence, and how to prevent violence. UN Women contributed to these achievements through first-time ever closely working and partnership building with the Supreme People's Court, launching of the Chinese version of Essential Service Package to Women and Girls subject to violence (ESP) with key national and local duty bearers, and facilitating the civil society organizations (CSO) consultation workshop on localization and adaptation of ESP social service. The CSOs joined the consultation are the key leading CSOs serving rural women, women living with HIV/AIDS, LGBTI group, and women with disabilities experiencing gender-based violence. All these built solid foundation for the development of the SOPs and training manual in 2022. ESP, which is jointly developed by UN Women, UNFPA, WHO, UNDP and UNODC, is listed as key technical reference for the cooperation with the Supreme Court in China and received great interest from national working committee on children and women, the key coordination agency for anti-domestic violence in China. By mobilizing public discussion and awareness raising, UN Women contributed through male engagement on ending violence against women during 16 Days Campaign. In the 16 Days Campaign, UN Women played a lead role and adopted with creative strategy to engage different partners, including UN agencies, embassies in China, media and platforms, private sectors, Civil Society Organizations, key opinion leaders, and young people to advocate for male engagement and not to be a by stander. UN Women launched two theme videos on main media platforms Weibo, Kuaishou, and WeChat with key messages. In total, the two theme videos have 6 million viewers. The hashtag of “Don’t be a bystander” has 65 million viewers and ranked top 15 hashtag on Weibo. The same topic campaign reached 34.6 million viewers on Kuaishou. The campaign largely contributed to the public discussion on ending violence against women in China. Overall, the challenge of shrinking space for cooperation between government, thinktank and UN agency and international funding and the sensitivity of gender-based violence in China delayed the partnership building progress. As a result, the outcome has not been fully achieved. Based on the progress made to date, the original strategy and theory of change for this outcome is still applicable in China. The interventions under this outcome are supported by global guideline issued jointly by UN Women, UNFPA, WHO, UNDP, and UNODC and validated in many Asian countries.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-CHN_D_5.1
China’s international financing, investments and business engagements, including through connectivity initiatives, programmes and projects, contribute to SDG attainment in partner countries.
There has been some progress in achieving this outcome. FOCAC Dakar Action Plan (2022-2024) For the first time ever, the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Dakar Action Plan (2022-2024) and the Dakar Declaration of the Eight Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation includes commitments on gender equality, with both sides agreeing to “ strengthen China-Africa cooperation for promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment on the respect of different custom and culture especially in the areas of employment, leadership, decent work, entrepreneurship, education and life-learning, agriculture, health-care, prevention and response to gender-based violence, and access to finance”. With support from the UN Resident Coordinator, this was achieved through UN Women’s technical guidance, lobbying, and consultations with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), the African Union, selected African Member States (including the Republic of Senegal, FOCAC co-Chair, and the African Union) and sister UN Women offices in Africa. This is a massive normative achievement that will allow targeted initiatives to develop under FOCAC that will address the critical, cross-cutting inequities affecting women and girls on the continent. Moreover, it paves the way for UN Women to demonstrate its thought leadership and position itself as a technical partner of choice under FOCAC and has programmatic and resource mobilization implications for UN Women China as well as Regional and Country Offices in Africa. Inter -agency partnership to promote UN standards and responsible business conduct (RBC) in China’s overseas engagements. An inter-agency partnership has been forged by UNDP, UNICEF, ILO, and UN Women, to promote UN standards and business practices that are relevant to responsive business conduct (RBC) and implementing SDGs in Chinese partners’ overseas engagements. As a start, technical solutions and practical experience have been disseminated to around 20 key stakeholders (who are mainly industry associations and businesses) through a seminar on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): “Social Integration in RCEP Countries: Sustainable Labor Management” organized by UNDP in cooperation with ILO, UNICEF and UN Women in August 2021. As a result of this partnership, in 2022, UN Women will work with sister agencies to produce a guidebook on promoting responsible business conduct of Chinese private sector for the Contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals, focusing on Chinese companies involved in foreign investment and business operations overseas, with a focus on mainstreaming the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs). Policy advocacy in the 13 Ministry Policy to “Support Female Technology Talent to play a bigger role in Technology and Innovation” in June 2021. China launched a 13 Ministry Policy to “Support Female Technology Talent to play a bigger role in Technology and Innovation” in June 2021. UN Women alone with UNDP, UNFPA and ILO, with the support from RCO, organized an joint event with the UAE Embassy, invited Chinese policy maker, representatives of Chinese female scientist, UAE female scientists, talked about challenges met by women scientists in China and the UAE, initiatives that undertook by UAE to encourage and support more women’s participation in STEM and the potential opportunities that the Chinese policy could bring to women scientists in China.Showing 1 - 5 of 9