Region:Asia PacificCurrent UN Women Plan Period Afghanisthan:2018-2022
World Bank Income Classification:Low IncomeThe 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:YesSince 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:0.575GII 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:0.723GDI measures gender inequalities in achievement in three basic dimensions of human development: health, education, and command over economic resources.
Population:209,497,025Source of population data: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2022). World Population Prospects: The 2022 RevisionMale:19,976,265 (9.5%)Female:189,520,760 (90.5%)
By 2024, people in Liberia especially the vulnerable and disadvantaged, benefit from strengthened institutions that are more effective, accountable, transparent, inclusive and gender-responsive in the delivery of essential services at the national and sub-national levels.
Activity DetailsResourcesOutcome Indicators and ResultsStrategic Note Outcome Progress NoteDocuments
Outcome details
SDG alignment
Impact areasGovernance and participation in public lifeWomen, peace and security, humanitarian action and disaster risk reduction
Organizational outputsNorms, laws, policies and institutionsFinancing for gender equalityAccess to services, goods and resourcesWomen’s voice, leadership and agency
Policy markerGENDER EQUALITY
Humanitarian scopeNo
UN system functionAdvocacy, communications and social mobilizationCapacity development and technical assistanceDirect support and service deliveryIntergovernmental Normative SupportSupport functions
Outcome Description
The essential social services environment in Liberia is characterized by myriad of challenges, most importantly, inadequate capacities and means among both duty bearers and rights holders which lead to limited access to services. This is the result of, in large measure, the centralization of service delivery in the capital region. Where decentralized service delivery exists, the system suffers from weak coordination and implementation due to low capacity to supervise and monitor the policy and strategy implementation. The situation is further exacerbated by limitations of data collection and utilization. A severely constrained fiscal space has reduced investments in the above critical areas of concern.
Outcome Indicator and ResultsPlan Period :
2020-2025
OUTCOME
LBR_D_1.2
By 2024, people in Liberia especially the vulnerable and disadvantaged, benefit from strengthened institutions that are more effective, accountable, transparent, inclusive and gender-responsive in the delivery of essential services at the national and sub-national levels.
LBR_D_1.2A
LBR_D_1.2A
Country
Number of MACs with systems to track public allocations and expenditures for gender equality.
2023
Result-
LBR_D_1.2A
Country
2019
Baseline
00
2020
Milestone
55
Result
--
2021
Milestone
55
Result
11
2022
Milestone
55
Result
--
2023
Milestone
55
Result
--
2024
Milestone
2020
Result
--
2025
Target
--
Result
--
SP_D_0.1.5
SP_D_0.1.5
Country
Number of national and/or local (multi) sectoral strategies, policies and/or action plans that are adopted with a focus on gender equality (CO)
Complementary indicators are identified as those in the results framework
that are not repeated verbatim in the results framework of another United Nations entity, but are related or provide
different but complementary lenses or insights into the same issue, high-level result and/or area of complementary work,
such as a Sustainable Development Goal target.
Complementary
UNAIDSUNDPUNFPAUNICEF
2023
ResultN/A
SP_D_0.1.5
Country
2010
Baseline
44
2024
Milestone
22
Result
--
2025
Target
--
Result
--
SP_D_0.1.6
SP_D_0.1.6
Country
Number of legal and policy frameworks that promote gender balance in decision making institutions and processes (CO)
Complementary indicators are identified as those in the results framework
that are not repeated verbatim in the results framework of another United Nations entity, but are related or provide
different but complementary lenses or insights into the same issue, high-level result and/or area of complementary work,
such as a Sustainable Development Goal target.
Complementary
UNDP
2023
ResultFALSE
SP_D_0.1.6
Country
2021
Baseline
NoNo
2022
Milestone
--
Result
FALSEFALSE
2023
Milestone
--
Result
FALSEFALSE
2024
Milestone
--
Result
--
2025
Target
YesYes
Result
--
SP_D_0.2.3
SP_D_0.2.3
Country
Percentage of national budget allocated to gender equality and women’s empowerment out of total budget (CO)
Complementary indicators are identified as those in the results framework
that are not repeated verbatim in the results framework of another United Nations entity, but are related or provide
different but complementary lenses or insights into the same issue, high-level result and/or area of complementary work,
such as a Sustainable Development Goal target.
Complementary
UNICEF
2023
ResultN/A
SP_D_0.2.3
Country
2010
Baseline
1.51.5
2024
Milestone
55
Result
--
2025
Target
--
Result
--
SP_D_0.5.4
SP_D_0.5.4
Country
Level of influence of civil society organizations working on gender equality and women's empowerment, including women’s organizations, in key normative, policy and peace processes (CO, RO, HQ)
2023
Result0
SP_D_0.5.4
Country
2021
Baseline
00
2022
Milestone
11
Result
11
2023
Milestone
--
Result
00
2024
Milestone
22
Result
--
2025
Target
22
Result
--
SP_D_1.1A
SP_D_1.1A
Country
SP 2.4.1: Number of gender equality reforms developed and/or being implemented by electoral stakeholders with UN-Women's technical support
2023
ResultN/A
SP_D_1.1A
Country
2020
Baseline
11
2020
Milestone
33
Result
11
2021
Milestone
--
Result
00
2024
Milestone
--
Result
--
2025
Target
--
Result
--
SP_D_1.1B
SP_D_1.1B
Country
SP 2.4.2 : Number of women leaders, candidates and aspirants with strengthened capacities to engage in political life, with UN-Women's support
2023
ResultN/A
SP_D_1.1B
Country
2020
Baseline
5050
2020
Milestone
--
Result
2020
2021
Milestone
300300
Result
300300
2024
Milestone
--
Result
--
2025
Target
--
Result
--
SP_D_1.1C
SP_D_1.1C
Country
SP 2.4.3: Number of gender equality initiatives developed and/or being implemented by parliamentary bodies (Legislative Parliamentary Committees/ Women Caucus/ Speaker of Parliament's Office/Secretariat of the Parliament), with UN-Women's support
2023
ResultN/A
SP_D_1.1C
Country
2020
Baseline
11
2020
Milestone
--
Result
00
2021
Milestone
33
Result
11
2024
Milestone
--
Result
--
2025
Target
--
Result
--
SP_D_1.1D
SP_D_1.1D
Country
SP 2.4.4: Number of initiatives developed and/or being implemented to monitor violence against women in politics, with UN-Women's support
Strategic Note Outcome Progress NoteShowing data of :
2023
By 2024, people in Liberia especially the vulnerable and disadvantaged, benefit from strengthened institutions that are more effective, accountable, transparent, inclusive and gender-responsive in the delivery of essential services at the national and sub-national levels.
In 2023, Liberian citizens benefitted from the more transparent, inclusive and gender responsive conduct of electons by the National Elections Commission (NEC) and of key electoral stakeholders inclusing those in the Liberia early warning, early response network. The biometric voter registration (BVR) process, carried out for the first time in Liberia contributed to a record number of Liberians registering to vote. As a result of significant efforts to engage women in electoral processes, women comprised just over 50% of the 2,471,617 total registered voters (50.06% or 1,237,257 are women as compared to 49.94% or 1,234,360 men). In addition, 12,399 (0.052%) identified as voters with disabilities. Remarkably, this was being the first election where timely gender-disaggregated data (GDD) for the candidate and voter registration and elections workers was provided by the National Elections Commission (NEC), and the first time the NEC provided GDD for registered voters at the district level and candidates by political party during the candidate nomination period. This data allowed for improved delivery of civic and voter education, advocacy and campaigns. The NEC collected four types of sex-disaggregated data for the 2023 elections: information on voters, poll workers, observers, and candidates. Women were just 159 of the 1029 (15.5%) accepted candidates. Out of the total 6,269 workers hired by NEC, 31% were women, with 27% of them serving in supervisory roles. Women made up 30% of the total registered observers for the 2023 elections (29.17% or 4371 were women as compared to 70.83% 6265 men). Although these figures are not gender balanced, GDD on temporary elections workers and voter turnout, as well as lessons learned from policy and legislative reform efforts will also improve inclusion and gender equality in future electoral processes. Although most political parties, alliances and coalitions generally did not demonstrate gender responsiveness when it came to increasing the percentage of women on their candidate listings, 26 of them signed the Revised Farmington River Declaration, reaffirming the Protocol between the National Elections Commission (NEC) and Political Parties to address Violence Against Women in Elections and Politics (VAWE/P Protocol), committing signatories to address electoral violence, including VAWP, in the 2023 Presidential and Legislative Elections. This demonstrated greater commitment of political parties to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment. The engendering of political will to address VAWE, together with strengthened capacities on VAWE including in documenting and reporting as well as nationwide awareness raising interventions on VAWE contributed to an enabling environment for women’s safe participation in politics ahead of the 2023 election, as evidenced by low recorded incidences of VAWE which benefitted women engaged in electoral processes as voters, elections workers, women's rights defenders, campaign staff and volunteers, and women candidates. Security sector and justice institutions were also strengthened to more effectively protect against VAWE and to investigate and pursue legal redress for VAWE cases through the formal justice system using the existing penal code as there is no specific law which refers to VAWE. Legal aid providers were also strengthened to provide gender sensitive legal services to women aspirants and women experiencing violence and discrimination due to their participation in politics and public life. While UN Women and UNDP supported targetted capacity building of the Peacebuilding Office (under the Ministry of Internal Affairs) and of the Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection (MGCSP), UN Women's civil society partner, the Organization for Women and Children (ORWOCH) also targeted key institutions responsible for responding to VAWE including the Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA), NEC local magistrates, Liberia National Police (LNP) including Women and Children Protection Sections, magistrates, county attorneys, trial judges, prosecutors, public defenders, Sexual Gender Based Violence Unit personnel from the MGCSP in and the National Commission for Human Rights (INHCR). These interventions strengthened knowledge and capacities to recognize, report, and provide a more coordinated response to cases of VAWE. Similarly, while the electoral reform bill with a mandatory 30% gender quota for candidate listings did not receive Executive Approval in 2023, significant experience was gained and a broader coalition to advocate for electoral law reform including temporary special measures (TSMs) for women in politics in the future, and for a more gender responsive, effective and accountable legislature and executive branch. Additionally, UN Women worked to strengthen the accountability and inclusiveness of political parties with the NEC and civil society partners medica Liberia and POWER Liberia, working alongside the Coalition of Political Party Women in Liberia (COPPWIL) and women's auxillaries in political parties. Although only two of 31 political parties, alliances and coalitions submitted candidate nomination lists with over 30% women, some of the parties engaged demonstrated an openness to change and contributed to a guidance note for gender responsive parties and participated actively in other interventions and advocacy meetings. This demonstrates some progress towards political parties taking on reforms to promote women as leaders within their ranks and as candidates.
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