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-HTI_D_1.2
Haïtian women, with a special focus on victims of violence, have increased access to justice services
This product was implemented and reported in 2022 since a specific project was being implemented to support women organisations and CNAL (the umbrella for the legal assistance bureau "BAL") to offer good quality services to violence survivors. The same organisations have continued to offer the services (legal assistance) while other organisations engaged in women protection with temporary safe spaces have expanded them to shelters and other services, reinforcing the local network of services providers and refering survivors to the justice structures, paying lawyers to accompany them where needed. The impunity level is still high in the country, the prisons conditions are extremely poor. The committee on the correctional Gender Directorate has continued to reinforce itself after the project with UN Women was closed (EU funds). Indeed, UN Women continued to offer its services to this committee helping the members to elaborate their new action plan after having evaluate the old 2-year action plan. Moreover, the Police force and INFP were able to finalize a protocole that needs to be signed by their respective general director regarding women's continued education (with a certified program by INFP) while in detention.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-HTI_D_1.4
The judicial system improves the efficiency of its procedures to reduce the delays in processing judicial cases
An evaluation was conducted during the reporting year on a project that was closed and the following recommendations were outlined: - Implement a rigorous monitoring, evaluation and accountability system to systematically monitor the progress of actions and collect feedback from the population concerned -Ensure the permanent availability of social agents who can intervene in all the prisons to provide psychosocial support -Have coordination mechanisms in place to properly assess needs, coordinate and evaluate the actions of partners to avoid duplication and also to measure the effects and impacts of interventions with a larger team. Follow up meetings have been organized with the prison directorate.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-HTI_D_1.5
The prison and judicial sector has operational capacities facilitating better coordination of the COVID-19 response
Although the COVID 19 pandemic is no longer there, the women detention conditions has continued to be an issue for women and girls and a concern for UNWOMEN. Continuous training have been provided to the gender directive committee for them to keep leading and advising the directorate on the safety and improved conditions for women in prisons.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-HTI_D_1.6
Women's rights groups, social movements and CSOs, including those representing young people and groups facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, have a more effective influence, and contribute to progress towards gender equality, women's empowerment, and the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls, including sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and harmful practices
Women led Organizations are actively engaged in the Gender in Humanitarian (GiHA) Working Group. The access for women to economic resources has been improved through livelihood initiatives, small businesses were started by our Women beneficiaries while acquiring valuable management skills. During the last quarter of 2023 (September-December), 60,892 people (43,462 women, 17,430 men) were reached through humanitarian and protection activities of 5 CSOs implementing partners in 3 geographic Departments (West, Artibonite and Norwest). Thanks to awareness raising and advocacy activities, more than 42,000 people in the West Department have a better knowledge of the prevention and access to GBV response, family planning and HIV prevention services. Moreover, 40 women in Artibonite and the West Department are now better equipped to lead and coordinate humanitarian actions during crisis period and more than 200 women have had access to medical and legal services and have been trained to better cope with and avoid situations of violence in their respective communities. UN WOMEN partners established the "refuge pa’m" (mon Refuge) mutual solidarity program to help women in this community recover from the effects of conflict and gender-based violence. Initial progress included distribution of cash support (25,000 gourds/$190 USD) to 25 women to launch income generating activities. This mutual solidarity is a form of solidarity economy that will allow women to grow together economically and support each other in situation of violence and discrimination. Some innovative approaches like peer education have raised more than 300 women community educators on SGBV prevention and human rights.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-HTI_D_1.7
Women candidates and voters feel safer and actively participate in the electoral process and in decisions related to peacebuilding and conflict prevention
UN Women has promoted an enabling environment for women to be individually and collectively empowered and equipped to engage in violence free elections in the period ahead after the ongoing transition. The country office has used the 16 days of activism campaign to promote an intergenerational and multi sector dialogue on violence, gathering all layers of society: governement representatives, local authorities, private sector (ADIH), women and human rights organisations, community based organisations, artists, police, students and academcs, pupils, diplomats and medias. The campaign was launched with 300 participants under the MCFDF leadership, a CSO alliance organized a large audience of 400 women on political violence prevention and management. About 200 signatures on a HeForShe commitment board engaging them fight SGBV. A strategic wrap up "cafe de presse" was held by the country Representative to call upon actors to Unite for SGBV elimination. A debriefing meeting was organized by UNW with UN female heads of Agencies, 80% of female governement members, the RC, the SRSG for joint effort and forward looking on violence elimination in Haiti. Together for a zero VAWG.Showing 1 - 5 of 10
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