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outcome XM-DAC-41146-MDA_D_1.1
By 2027, institutions deliver human rights, evidence-informed and gender-responsive services for all with the focus on those who are left behind (UNSDCG outcome 1)
The Outcome was not achieved, but notable progress was recorded by national institutions in ensuring coordinated multisectoral approach and gender responsive provision of services to victims of gender-based violence (GBV). In 2024, the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova approved the Law No. 231 amending the legislation on prevention and combating of domestic violence (DV) ( No. 45/2007 ) and introducing for the first time provisions on femicide, as the most severe form of violence. The amended law also encompassed provisions related to the responsibilities of the designated specialists, to the functioning of the specialist services, but also to the mandate of the National Agency on Prevention and Combatting Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GBV Agency) as central coordinating body responsible for coordination, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and measures to prevent and combat all forms of violence. In 2024, following the legal amendments, the first National Coordination Council for prevention and combating GBV was established to serve as an advisory body to the GBV Agency. The normative and institutional improvements were also matched with concrete efforts undertaken in 2024 to strengthen women’s access to protection and specialized services. According to the national-level service records (police) 2 the number of women survivors of violence who received protection orders during the first 6 months has increased (446) compared to the same period of the previous year ( 400 ). For the same period, 2888 cases of DV have been referred by police to the essential support services, compared to 3957 cases referred throughout the whole year 2023. UN Women attribution to these results was throuth a total of 736 women and girls from different regions of the country (including 200 women survivors of violence and 48 women/girls with disabilities) who increased their knowledge on their rights and available gender-responsive specialized services. Fifty- eight victims of sexual violence and DV benefited for the first time from comprehensive package of quality services made available through the first Regional Integrated Service for Victims of Sexual Violence in Ungheni. The range of services encompasses medical, psychological and legal assistance, including facilitating hearings with audio-video recording and development of psychological assessment reports. In 80% of cases, victims received immediate emergency assistance within the first four days following the sexual assault. Over 80% of the victims were from rural areas of those six targeted districts, which underscores the importance of the provision of regionally accessible specialized services. This initiative marks a significant milestone in fulfilling the Republic of Moldova’s commitments under the Istanbul Convention, as highlighted in the first GREVIO baseline evaluation report . Three government-managed centers for socially vulnerable citizens in the regions of Balti, Causeni and Stefan Voda (north -center and south of the country) expanded their capacities and services to provide specialized assistance to survivors of GBV and their children in safer environment. A total of 736 women and girls from different regions of the country (including 200 women survivors of violence and 48 women/girls with disabilities) increased their knowledge on their rights and available gender-responsive specialized services. Leveraging its triple mandate, UN Women, jointly with CSOs partners La Strada and Women Law Center, played pivotal role in providing extensive technical and expert support to the Parliament for the legislative amendments, including data and evidence on femicide cases , and to the Government for the expansion, quality and access of specialized services. The CO ensured continued expert advice and assistance to the GBV Agency and MLSP in capacitation of the newly appointed staff and GBV specialists, as well as in outreaching local grassroots organizations and women in communities. The above-mentioned results contribute to the implementation of the Objectives 1.3, 1.5 and 2.1 of the National Programme on Prevention and Combatting VAW and DV 2023-2027 to nationalized SDG 5.2. targets, as well as to CEDAW Recommendation 23 to the 6th periodic report to the Republic of Moldova. The ToC for this outcome remains applicable. The CO remains committed to support the national stakeholders in strengthening and expanding the specialized services for survivors of violence, as well as in facilitating the access to justice and economic empowerment of women survivors.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-MDA_D_1.2
By 2027, a more accountable, and transparent, human rights-based, and gender-responsive governance empower all people of Moldova to participate in and to contribute to development processes. ( UNSDCF Outcome 2)
The Outcome has not been fully achieved. However, significant progress was made to integrate gender equality into governance systems and ensure increased accountability towards gender equality commitments. Building on existing legal and institutional frameworks for advancing gender equality, the Government took important strides to advance the institutionalization of gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) and to align national SDG framework with EU standards, incorporating lessons from the implementation of the Agenda 2030. The Ministry of Finance continued to implement the 2023-2030 Public Finance Management Strategy which explicitly refers to introducing gender perspective in the budget planning and execution. This strategy is an important milestone and a solid ground for further improvements in the normative work and the overall public finance management, which aligns with CEDAW recommendations to the state party (15, 1(e)) on “Establishing mechanisms to monitor gender-responsive budgeting in all sectors”. In 2024, the Ministry of Finance issued an Annual Budget Circular with clear gender provisions , mandating public institutions to incorporate adopted gender equality policies into their budget programmes. Benefiting from continued expert support and guidance provided by UN Women, the MoF instructions explicitly tasked the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection (MLSP) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAFI) to integrate gender aspects into their budget planning for 2025. This initiative has led to the transformation and review of their budget sub-programmes through a gender perspective, which was closely guided during specific mentoring sessions of the ministries’ working groups. Eight budget sub-programmes for 2025 developed by the MLSP now include GRB interventions aimed at addressing disparities in social protection and labor market access for vulnerable groups. Additionally, the MAFI has incorporated GRB elements into subsidy programme to enhance access for female-led agricultural businesses.? An important milestone achieved towards integrating gender equality principles across public policy development and implementation was the adoption of the Government Decision No. 386/2020 on the planning, development, approval, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of public policy documents. By amending this decision, with expert guidance and recommendations provided by UN Women, the State Chancellery redefined the framework for strategic planning and policy development, to ensure that gender considerations are systematically embedded at all stages, from ex-ante analysis and objective setting to policy impact assessment. Additionally, the State Chancellery took a lead role in ensuring evidence-informed policy development by revising the SDG monitoring framework ( GD 953/2022 ) which now tracks 130 gender-sensitive indicators (68% fully available, 10% partially available, 17% missing). UN Women, in partnership with UNICEF and National Bureau of Statistics extended technical and expert support to these efforts, coupled with capacity development of the State Chancellery and other public servants’ skills on SDG monitoring (37 officials from 14 ministries) and project management (10 staff certified). In 2024, the Parliament reinforced its commitment to combat Domestic Violence driven by a strong leadership of the Women’s Caucus . With extensive support provided by UN Women, critical changes were introduced to Law 45/2007 , explicitly defining "femicide" as the most severe form of GBV, while simultaneously leading awareness raising initiative to promote safer lives for women and girls. Finally, the Central Electoral Commission led dialogues to combat violence against women in elections including gender sensitive monitoring . Despite concerning evidence gathered during the 2024 presidential election s monitoring, which identified 72 cases of sexist language (87% by men, 13% by women), 58 women aspirants and 157 newly elected women at local level demonstrated increased confidence to contribute to policy-making process or to run for Parliamentary Elections. Moreover, Roma and youth networks are using their voices to become leaders and inspire their peers via conferences and Marching . Considering the progress made in 2024, the original strategy and theory of change for this outcome are still applicable and expected to contribute to a more sustainable gender-responsive governance, and increased women’s decision-making role in the coming years, thanks to the ongoing commitments and signed Agreements between UN Women Moldova and the Government of Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland and the European Union.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-MDA_D_1.3
By 2027, all people of Moldova, especially the most vulnerable, benefit from inclusive, competitive and sustainable economic development and equal access to decent work and productive employment. (UNSDCF Outcome 3)
The outcome 3 has not yet been fully achieved, but significant steps have been made in enhancing the normative and policy framework to advance women’s economic empowerment and improve their access to decent work. 20 women entrepreneurs expanded their businesses and reported about 10 percent increase in performance as result of their participation in entrepreneurship support programs designed by UN Women, and in national and international fairs, such as the Local Women Producers Fair in Chisinau, the Riga Food 2024 and the Regional Women Expo 2024. 10 private companies from Moldova signed in 2024 the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) bringing to a total of 29 private companies implementing gender responsive policies and enabling more than 3000 employees to benefit from inclusive policies, from equitable access to career development and supportive work environments. The Central Government and the Chisinau Mayoralty opened for the first time, alternative childcare services within its proper structures enabling 400 employees- prevalently women- from the Ministries of Economy and Digitalization, Infrastructure and Regional Development, Energy, Education and Research, Culture, as well as State Chancellery to increase their productivity by working in flexible and child friendly environment , to have access to equal opportunities for career development and to retain their jobs. Similarly, the local authorities from Glodeni and Riscani Mayoralties in the north, opened for the first time creches (accommodating 40 children up to 2 years old) in the premises of public kindergartens, enabling young mothers to reduce their unpaid care work and/or undertake initiatives for improving their employability. Four Government entities, namely Ministry of Finance (MOF), Ministry of Labor and Social Protection (MLSP), Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAFI), as well as the State Labor Inspectorate (SLI) amended internal policies and developed new mechanisms – scheduled for Government approval in first quarter of 2025 -to address the persisting gender wage gap and ensure equal opportunities and competitiveness in public procurement and trade. MOF revised the public procurement practices in line with international standards on gender responsive procurement, while the MAFI assessed and amended Agricultural Chamber Law, ensuring that women have equal opportunities to access agribusiness development support programs and benefit from the newly established ecosystems at the regional level. Lastly, MLSP developed the mechanism to evaluate and classify job functions, ensuring equal pay for work of equal value, while the SLI developed a Gender Mainstreaming Strategy and gender-sensitive tools and indicators to monitor pay transparency, but also assess and act on sexual harassment at the workplace. The above-mentioned Government institutions and private sector entities contributed to the implementation of key national documents pertaining to gender equality, such as the Government Programme on Gender Equality, National Programme on Childcare, the Roadmap for Women Economic Empowerment, as well as to the CEDAW recommendations 32, 36 and 38 for Republic of Moldova. This was made possible thanks to UN Women technical assistance and expert advice and support, capacity development initiatives, reaching more than 650 civil servants and 550 private sector employees, as well as tailored advocacy and direct outreach to women in the regions, enabled through financial support from the Governments of Sweden and Switzerland. The ToC remains applicable. Although, the continued efforts of the Government to close the gender gaps and enable inclusive, competitive and sustainable economic development are demonstrating modest signs of improvement, these require continues support and investment, since the labor force participation of women remains stagnant (42,2% in the 3 rd quarter of 2024, compared to 42,1% in the same period in 2023). UN Women Moldova remains committed to contribute to equal access to decent work and productive employment of women and girls. In 2024, the CO-signed multiyear partnership Agreements with the Swiss Development Cooperation and the Austrian Development Agency for a total of 4.4. million USD in support of women’s business development and employability of most vulnerable groups of women.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-MDA_D_1.4
By 2027 state and non-state actors coordinate and deliver commitments on gender equality and women's empowerment across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus. (UNSDCF Outcome 2)
This outcome has not been fully achieved, but significant progress has been made due to UN Women leveraging its coordination mandate across the UNCT’s development, peace, and humanitarian sectors to integrate gender perspectives into program design and implementation. The UNCT improved public access to gender equality (GE) data by developing a gender profile module within the CCA dashboard , linked to the Gender Pulse Platform of the National Bureau of Statistics, which informs progress on the 2030 Agenda through UN programming. The UN Resident Coordinator’s Office and the GTG monitored UN Programming’s GE impact through the Gender Marker coding, accessible via the UNCT Joint Workplan Dashboard . This stronger accountability toward GE outcomes led to improved UN performance assessments, with the UNCT Moldova meeting/exceeding 11 of 15 UNCT SWAP GE Scorecard indicators, achieving 73% success (down from 86.6% in 2023). This sets higher targets for 2025 via the GE Action Plan. The Gender Task Force (GTF) under the Refugee Coordination Forum ensured gender-sensitive approaches in the Moldova Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2025–2027. These actions, informed by broad consultations, focus group discussions, the 2023 Gender, Age, and Disability Analysis, and a Gender Analysis of the Labor Market Assessment for Ukrainian Refugees, addressed the distinct needs of diverse groups. Around 7,638 individuals, including 7,314 women, 90 girls, 20 boys, and 214 men (51% from rural areas, with 2,167 being refugees), improved their employability by acquiring new skills and competencies, engaged in leadership initiatives to enable women's participation in local policy making and engaging in social cohesion and peacebuilding initiatives that facilitate their integration in Moldovan society. Among these, 320 Roma local and refugee women (98%) became more resilient, improved their ability to cope with stress, and developed a supportive environment through individual psychological counseling and referrals. 11 refugee women launched businesses after completing entrepreneurship programs and receiving grants through the “Women with Vision” contest, organized by local NGOs with WPHF funding. Additional 5,552 people (3,382 women, 2,270 men) from 55 localities in the Security Zone from both banks of Nistru/Dniester river designed and actively led 12 peacebuilding initiatives aiming at fostering dialogue and strengthening social cohesion among communities. The initiatives encompassed establishment of common community and childcare spaces, joint culture events promoting local tourism and gastronomy, sports competitions, and demonstrated the difference women in communities make when undertaking leadership or meaningful roles in peacebuilding efforts. Furthermore, 78 young people (56 women, 22 men) from 22 localities on both banks of Nistru/Dniester river established the first Youth Peacebuilders Network (YPN) and engaged in dialogue with national and international decision makers and mediators to advocate for implementation of the women and youth peace and security agenda and peaceful conflict resolution in Moldova. 101 human rights activists and peacebuilders (64 women, 37 men) from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova (including Transnistrian region) and Ukraine, convened and hosted by Moldovan activists and stakeholders, identified common actions for the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda (WPS), to strengthen collaboration in conflict prevention, in peacebuilding, and in gender responsive recovery as summarized in a Joint Statement. In Moldova’s security and defense sectors, led by the Ministries of Internal Affairs and Defense, significant progress under NAP UNSCR 1325 included integrating gender provisions into the National Defense Strategy (2024–2034), appointing – for the first time ever- six female regional police commissioners, and increasing women’s participation in foreign peacekeeping missions by 39%. All of the above was possible due to the technical assistance provided by UN Women and the direct partnership of the CO with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, with more than 15 local led women’s and grassroots organizations and due to the funding from the UN Women, Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF), the UN Women National Committees, the UN Peacebuilding fund, as well as the Governments of Sweden, Denmark and Switzerland.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-MDA_O_1
Ensuring an accountable organization through Principled Performance
The overall managerial, programmatic, operational, financial and administrative support functions for the CO Moldova was ensured during the reporting period for delivery of results and funds. The implementation rate for regular resources - 86 percent and for the other resoutces it stand at 90 percent. CO is on track with alignment of its business processes to ensure compliance to UN Women Rules and regulations. The security risk forms have been revised and updated, as required. Compliance to Financial Procurement, HR rules and regulations is ensured. 2024 Partner`s Audit successfully finalized, and all audit reports (19) have received an unmodified opinion. The expenditure verification for the project “Strengthened Gender Action in Cahul and Ungheni districts” revealed no financial findings, highlighting the project's adherence to strict financial management practices and compliance with established guidelines. This result underscores the office’s commitment to transparency, accountability, and effective fund utilization in delivering impactful outcomes. The annul work plan for 2025 revised after the regional Office (RO) peer revision and re-submitted on due time. The monitoring of the annual work plan ensured during the year. All donor reports (15 in total, incl. 9 narrative and 6 financial) submitted on due time do the Donors (EU, SIDA, MDTF, US Department of State, Swiss Agency for Development, Government of Japan, Government of Sweden) and uploaded in DAMS. https://dams-oneapp.unwomen.org/Search/ReportingCommitment .Showing 1 - 5 of 9