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outcome XM-DAC-41146-LBY_D_1.1
By 2025, Libyan citizens, particularly youth and women, are better able to exercise their rights and obligations in an inclusive, stable, democratic, and reconciled society, underpinned by responsive, transparent, accountable, and unified public institutions. (UNDSCF Outcome 1.1 (taken verbatim))
The outcome was partly achieved as planned. First, progress was made towards the outcome as Libyan female citizens are better able to exercise their rights and obligations through public institutions. Female representative of CSOs and aspiring candidates promote women's rights and empowerment in electoral processes. 64 women members of the 760 Network for Women Candidates enhanced their knowledge of municipal election processes, including seat distribution, legal frameworks, and procedural steps, by UN Women in collaboration with HNEC, UNSMIL, and UNDP. The sessions highlighted the distinctions between municipal and parliamentary elections, providing participants with the knowledge to navigate these differing systems effectively. Additionally, participants engaged in discussions on sustaining awareness-raising efforts and fostering peer support to strengthen women’s political participation. Morover, 19 participants, including women municipal councilors, civil society representatives, academic practitioners, and IDPs, had their capacities built on inclusive data collection and needs assessment of women and girls IDPs. UN Women Libya conducted a capacity-building on assessing women’s needs during crises, organized by UN Women and the Ministry of Local Governance (MoLG), which took place at the MoLG office in Tripoli. Participants were introduced to practical tools and techniques for conducting inclusive assessments and translating data into actionable advocacy strategies. Before the training, only 6% of participants felt confident in the subject, compared to 93% afterward. Feedback highlighted the training’s relevance, with participants rating the overall content 4.7/5. Second, civil society increased its level of influence. Women-led and women-focused civil society organizations have strengthened capacities to support normative and political processes on women's empowerment for peace and security processes: 23 women from Women CSOs and networks have their capacities increased to advocate for and support inclusive political and electoral processes. considering the low turnout of women voters in the local elections UN Women, in partnership with HNEC, UNDP, and UNSMIL, organized the awareness raising session targeting CSOs active in the municipalities going through municipal elections . Equipped with this evidence, CSOs advocated for immediate policy adjustments during the meeting, leading HNEC to implement a pivotal change the following day. This policy adjustment, which allowed family members to register other family members at registration stations with the required documents, directly addressed the barrier identified by the participants. In addtion, 20 humanitarian first responders had their capacities increased on women-inclusive mainstreaming in needs assessment and humanitarian response respectively. Participants enhanced their capacity to address women-specific needs during humanitarian crises. The training program focused on equipping them with knowledge and tools to implement gender-sensitive practices, conduct inclusive analysis using sex-age-disability disaggregated data (SADDD), and facilitate inclusive humanitarian responses in their communities. Based on the progress made, the strategy and theory of change are largely still applicable. UN Women will continue to diversify its engagement with civil society by focusing on youth and persons with disabilities as well as leveraging its coordination function to link civil society initiatives with decision-makers. If this strategy is successful, impact-level changes in the lives of women and girls in the areas of inclusive reconciliation and participation of women are expected within five (5) years.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-LBY_D_1.2
By 2025, people in Libya participate in and benefit from a more peaceful, safe, and secure society, free from armed conflict and underpinned by unified and strengthened security, justice, rule of law, and human rights institutions that promote and protect human rights based on the principles of inclusivity, non-discrimination, and equality in accordance with international norms and standards. (UNSDCF Outcome 1.2 (taken verbatim))
UN Women made significant progress towardes this outcome. In 2024, UN Women Libya , in partnership with UNDP and UNSMIL supported HNEC in developing a voter registration strategy by building the capacity of 23 women from Women CSOs and networks to advocate for and support inclusive political and electoral processes, to strategize on enhancing women’s political participation, and increase the percentage of women voters in local elections. This initiative addressed the low registration rate of 19% by equipping CSOs with the knowledge and advocacy tools needed to identify and address barriers to women’s voter registration. These collaborative efforts demonstrated the power of stakeholder engagement and advocacy, significantly increasing women’s voter registration from 19% to 29%. A dditionally, UN Women led a high-level dialogue in Tripoli bringing together 9 female HOR members and 10 HNEC representatives to evaluate recommendations from the 2024 National Conference and 2023 Regional Conference on Advancing Women’s Political Representation In Libya, which resulted in the formation of a dedicated committee and defined steps for organizing a regional conference on women’s political empowerment, reigniting dialogue on legal reforms, including the EVAW draft law. Furthermore, UN Women advanced regional learning, exchange, and build capacities of 29 key stakeholders (14 HOR members, 13 Arab and African parliamentarians, and 2 representatives from Arab electoral bodies) on Legal Reforms to Support Women in Elections. The conference concluded with actionable recommendations, including advocating for a 30% quota for women in elections in Libya and the MENA region, adopting the EVAW law, and reforming Libya’s Penal Code, Cybercrimes Law, and Political Parties Law to ensure the responsiveness to women rights.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-LBY_O_1
UN Women 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.
The CCO ensured the timely planning, monitoring and reporting of regular and non-regular resources during the reporting period. That was achieved through regular oversight from management, with technical support provided by operations and regular requests for inputs from programme colleagues on implementing the non-core budget.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-LBY_O_2
UN Women effectively leverages and expands its 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.
In 2024, UN Women in Libya strengthened its partnership and coordination within the humanitarian sector to coordinate women-inclusive response and recovery to the humanitarian crisis in Libya. This coordination continued from the efforts made in 2023 for the response to the Derna crisis. UN Women built partnerships with the Libyan Red Cross, the local NGO delivering life-saving humanitarian responses and deploying first responders across the country, and the Ministry of Local Governance (MoLG) to provide much-needed capacity-building in the inclusion of women in humanitarian responses and recovery efforts. In partnership with the Libyan Red Crescent and hosted by MoLG, a 3-day Training of Trainers (ToT) on Gender in Humanitarian Action increased the capacity of 20 humanitarian first responders, 10 men and 10 women, and representing 9 municipalities across Libya, by providing crucial skills on the inclusion of women in humanitarian response and recovery. The training program focused on equipping them with knowledge and tools to implement women-inclusive practices, conduct inclusive analysis using sex-age-disability disaggregated data (SADDD), and facilitate inclusive humanitarian responses in their communities. It included technical knowledge sessions on women’s needs during crises, as well as practical activities on training delivery methods and program design to enable them to transfer this knowledge to their communities. Participants engaged in case studies from Libya and the MENA region, enhancing their ability to tackle real-world challenges and implement gender-sensitive solutions. Participants are now prepared to conduct localized training sessions, with plans to reach at least 10 individuals each in their respective communities. To support their efforts, UN Women is providing ongoing technical assistance and refresher training which was conducted in late December 2024. Additionally, a second ToT is planned for the second cohort of humanitarian first responders from the eastern and south-eastern municipalities in Libya will be conducted in 2025, and will be held in Benghazi, with the support of the General Secretariat of LRC, based in Benghazi.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-LBY_O_3
UN Women strategically plans for and transforms its business model to deliver impact at scale, through agile and ethical leadership rooted in a continuous improvement culture.
Progress has been made towards this output in the reporting year. The year 2024 continued to surface challenges to UN Women’s work in Libya due to the constantly evolving country context and pushback by conservative groups. UN Women continued to promote and advocate for women's meaningful participation in peacebuilding processes, for the prevention of violence against women, and in the area of relief and recovery. Despite the circumstances, the office made significant advances, for example, in strengthening civil society’s capacity and linking its representatives to decision-makers with recommendations and demands for improved participation in processes from reconciliation and politics to economic development.Showing 1 - 5 of 7