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outcome XM-DAC-41146-COL_D_4.1
Women, Peace and Security commitments and accountability frameworks adopted and implemented in conflict and post-conflict situations.
In 2021, thanks to the contribution of UN Women, significant progress was made by the SIVJRNR (Special Jurisdiction for Peace, Truth Commission, Search Unit for Disappeared Persons), the Ombudsman's Office (Early Warning System, delegate for Women and Gender), the Ministry of the Interior, the Protection Unit and the National Commission for Security Guarantees, in the appropriation of the commitments and legal frameworks of the women, peace and security agenda (https://colombia.unwomen.org/es/biblioteca/publicaciones/2021/experiencias-alrededor-de-la-construccion-del-modelo-territorial). The commitments contained in Resolution 1325 are being implemented through the implementation of the Peace Agreement and gender measures through these entities. Through the implementation of a comprehensive territorial risk mitigation strategy for Human Rights Defenders, protection for them and their associative network from a preventive perspective, and improvement/increase in the response capacity of the Ombudsman's Office as the national human rights entity. 3,819 women leaders and defenders in 71 municipalities of the departments of Antioquia, Cauca, Chocó and Nariño, have self-protection and collective protection strategies in place for the defense of human rights; (4) gender risk monitoring and documentation systems with a territorial approach; (6) emergency and rapid response funds that have benefited 499 people. Likewise, the Ombudsman's Office consolidated a strategy to identify and warn of individual and collective risks of defenders for the construction of 4 Defender Reports in Chocó, Cauca, Nariño and Antioquia with the participation of 670 women and 137 organizations, while advocating before instances as the National Protection Unit, and carried out support for the territorialization of the Comprehensive Guarantees Program, and advanced in the technical strengthening of civil servants and in the development of mental health policies within the entity. UN Women –under a rapid response approach and reinforced protection to safeguard the security of women and young leaders— supported to 5 women's organizations with the activation of response support (SRR) for the mitigation of security risks in the context of social protest, in alliance with the Urgent Action Fund in the cities of Bogotá, Barranquilla, Buenaventura, and Santander de Quilichao. This, amidst the context of social protest that occurred in 2021. UNW developed processes for the exchange of experiences, products, and high impact actions like the exchanges among women organizations and networks from Colombia and Brazil, initiatives like the Mesoamerican Initiative for Women Defenders and the Urgent Action Fund, that have inspiring protection strategies that translate into strengthening tools for defenders. UNW also supported communities of practice that promote the creation and dissemination of de-stigmatizing communication campaigns and the recovery of knowledge that put the worldviews of ancestral peoples at the center as strategies to safeguard life and the protection of the territory. For the fourth consecutive year, UNW commemorated the International Day of Human Rights Defenders with participation of more than 500 people, including leaders, state and government entities, the diplomatic corps and international cooperation. This, in close alliance with media. UNW also produced knowledge documents such as the Document of International Standards to Judge sexual violence in transition contexts (https://www.un.org/sexualviolenceinconflict/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/report/estandares-internacionales-para-juzgar-la-violencia-sexual-en-el-marco-de-los-conflictos-armados/estandares_internacionales250521.pdf), proposal to approach own sanctions from a gender perspective, Book voices of brave women in alliance with the Campaign No Es Hora De Callar to make visible the violence experienced by women journalists (https://www.eltiempo.com/justicia/servicios/libro-voces-de-mujeres-periodistas-valientes-611369). In coordination with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Verification Mission, we provide technical support to spaces for the consolidation and implementation of regulatory frameworks related to prevention and protection, such as the National Commission for Security Guarantees, the National Unit of protection in the risk assessment committee and recommendation of measures to address the specific needs of women and the comprehensive program of guarantees for women leaders and defenders.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-COL_D_4.2
Peace talks, recovery, conflict resolution and peace building planning processes and transitional justice processes include provisions on women’s rights, participation and protection.
The result had a significant advance during the year 2021. Among the advances it is important to highlight the strengthening of the Strengthened the Special Unit for Women as a mechanism for follow-up, promotion and monitoring of the implementation of the gender approach of the Peace Agreement, unprecedented at a global level. Thanks to the technical and financial support of UN Women, the Unit was able to carry out the electoral process for the new cohort through a participatory and democratic process represented in 37 Assemblies, in 32 departments of the country, in which 652 women and 545 women's organizations participated in person. UNW also supported the formulation and implementation of the strategy for gender mainstreaming in the Territory Renewal Agency -ART as the governing/guiding entity for the implementation of the Development Programs with a Territorial Approach - PDETs through (8) technical tools that will be issued through Resolution; and with a pilot partnership in improvement co-financed by the Ministry of Agriculture, governorates, mayors, the private sector and UN Women in the departments of Nariño and Arauca. UNW also sensitized 160 officials of the ARN at the territorial level in reincorporation and gender and 100 women in reincorporation benefited from the different care actions in various departments of the country, impacting 300 more people from their family nuclei. Joint action plan between UN Women and the Ministry of Defense for the training of officials of the National Police, the Armed Forces and the General Management Unit of the Ministry of Defense, including officers, non-commissioned officers and civilian personnel, is being implemented. The International component that monitors the incorporation of the gender perspective in the peace agreement in operation and dialogue with the national government and the women's movement for the fulfillment of its mandate. Finally, a documentary on Women and Peacebuilding in Colombia, in alliance with Sweden and the Truth Commission, in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Resolution 135 and as a pedagogical contribution to other peace processes in the world and as a communicative piece for the dissemination of the participation of women in the construction of peace in Colombia.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-COL_D_4.3
Gender equality commitments adopted and implemented in humanitarian action which includes disaster risk reduction and preparedness, response and early recovery
In partnership with the WPHF, UNW advanced in this result by supporting the strengthening of capacities in gender and humanitarian action of 16 Civil Society Organizations - CSOs and 2,554 women, qualifying their role in the response and using tools for their participation and incidence in the incorporation of gender equality; 4 documents prepared to support the incidence of CSOs, in relation to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls, and recommendations to national and local entities to mitigate the impacts of this crisis; 6,118 humanitarian aid and biosafety kits, delivered to 1,607 women according to ethnic-territorial conditions; and 693 productive enterprises (individual and collective) supported and led by women, with technical and managerial assistance, aimed at mitigating the effects of the pandemic. UNW also acted against the Venezuelan migration crisis, allowing 921 women (818 Venezuelans and 137 Colombians) in 6 municipalities of the Colombian Caribbean coast to receive health care and care against GBV through virtual mobile units; 100 women from Nariño and 53 on the Caribbean coast in economic crisis due to COVID-19 received support with food kits for 3 months and 1,000 hygiene kits were delivered; Institutional capacities for the care of GBV in the migrant population were strengthened through the training of 67 public servants on the Caribbean coast and Nariño, as well as the creation of different communication pieces that reached at least 15,000 people, and were designed and implemented 2 chatbots (Riohacha and Barranquilla) to guide Colombian and Venezuelan women on issues such as health, GBV and migration; 508 Colombian and Venezuelan women created a network through community Dialogues in 2 cities on the coast and 2 in Nariño, and carried out 7 community advocacy actions on the Caribbean coast and Nariño; socioeconomic integration was favored by carrying out a diagnosis of the productive, commercial and employability vocation of 615 women from the Caribbean coast and 98 from Nariño; In addition, 12 enterprises on the Caribbean coast and 14 in Nariño were strengthened; and finally, advice was provided for access to the Temporary Protection Statute and support was provided for 7 pre-registration and/or biometric registration sessions on the Caribbean coast and Nariño that benefited 873 people. In accordance with its coordination mandate, UN Women Colombia has a fundamental role in strengthening the gender approach in the response of the humanitarian architecture and the migratory situation through its co-leadership in the Area of Responsibility and the GBV Subsector, where they participate 34 partners linked to the EHP and/or the Interagency Group on Mixed Migratory Flows (GIFMM) linked to the R4V; the inclusion of the gender approach was supported through the use of the Gender with age marker (GAM) in the R4V; and the gender approach was included in the planning of the humanitarian response (HNO and HRP 2022) as well as in that linked to the population from Venezuela (RMRP 2022). In addition, UN Women has the co-leadership of the United Nations Task Force for the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, promoting the approval and dissemination of the inter-agency Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for this type of case, in addition to supporting the strengthening of capabilities in this regard, in different regions of the country.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-COL_O_1
To drive more effective and efficient United Nations system coordination and strategic partnerships on gender equality and women’s empowerment
Pursuant to its mandate, UN Women continued to promote dialogue with and between the different sectors on the gender equality and women's empowerment agenda, establishing joint coordination strategies between United Nations agencies and other international cooperation actors present. in the country. UN Women supported the strengthening of the information system of the Presidential Cooperation Agency (APC-Colombia) and in the periodic reports of the entity, within the framework of the commitments of international cooperation in the country in terms of gender equality and rights Women's. Likewise, as co-leader of the GIG, in coordination with UNFPA and OCR, UN Women led different coordination processes in its contribution to gender mainstreaming in joint programming within the UNS, applying the Gender Marker methodology through a analysis tool of the gender approach in the groups of results established in the UNSDCF. Likewise, in follow-up to the UNCT-SWAP Gender Scorecard roadmap, progress was made with actions to strengthen capacities in gender equality for UNS personnel in Colombia (Corporate survey and update of the gender tools microsite). In its role as Secretariat of the MGCI, spaces for dialogue were coordinated and carried out both internally as MGCI, and with other key actors, for the implementation of the actions established in the 2021 strategic lines of the MGCI, with entities of the National Government (CPEM, MIN Interior, Registry), the CNE and the Legal Commission for Equity for Women of the Congress of the Republic within the framework of the multi-stakeholder alliance in the electoral context More Women More Democracy, as well as for the articulation with civil society. Likewise, with ART in the framework of the actions of productive initiatives of women with emphasis on Tics and Innovation, whose main result was the delivery of the digital basic basket to an organization of Lopez de Micay in Cauca.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-COL_O_2
To institutionalize a strong culture of results-based management, reporting, knowledge management , monitoring and evaluation
The new SN was formulated and finally approved. The CO has then developed a biannual work plan accordingly. Donor reports were approved and delivered on time (DAMS system up to date). On evaluation, in 2021 the CO was able to implement the MERP as per work plan: ? During 2021, the office has finalized the formulation and approval of the new Strategic Note. The new multiyear plan is based on findings, lessons and recommendations from the evaluation of the previous SN. For instance, since the evaluation identified that the ToC was too general and not well focused, in the new SN the CO has developed specific ToC for each outcome. ? Conducted the final evaluation of the USAID funded project “Overcoming barriers to end GBV”. Conclusions and lessons were the basis to formulate the CO management response and action plan, as well as to inform and adjust the programmatic strategy in the area of EVAW. ? Finalized the evaluation of the Safecities programme in Medellín. The results of the evaluation were shared with the Safecities inter-institutional local committee and are being used to improve programme strategy. ? Finalized the evaluation of the Nariño gender public policy and the recommendations of the evaluation are currently considered by the departmental government for the update of the gender policy. ? Implemented partnership and capacity building of the National Planning Department on evaluation of public policies with a gender perspective. In this regard, finalized guidance document of gender mainstreaming in evaluation of public policies. UN Women has continued promoting KM activities as a part of the corporate and in-house knowledge management strategies; the production of knowledge was strengthened, including communities of practices of the Prodefensoras program and the development of key research and knowledge products (third national study on tolerance to GBV published, rapid gender assessments developed and published, etc.) To conclude, the CO has continued consolidating the Technical Secretariat of competitive funding mechanism for civil society as a structure, led by PME team, to operate resources of large call for proposals and guarantee projects cycle mgmt., while strengthening CSOs organizational capacities (including via organizational capacities index and capacity building initiative).Showing 6 - 10 of 12