Outcome NER_D_2.1

By 2027, the most vulnerable populations, particularly women, girls, boys and people with special needs, improve: their food and nutrition security, management of natural resources and living environment, and strengthen their resilience to climate change including in areas affected by conflicts (Outcome 3 UNSDCF).

As part of improving the living conditions of vulnerable populations, UN Women contributed in 2025 to initiating and strengthening strategic partnerships and mobilizing resources for the benefit of 566,340 women, youth, and persons with specific needs. These beneficiaries became economically resilient through the development of value chains, access to household task-reducing technologies, and solar energy kits. UN Women will continue this momentum to mobilize additional resources to further strengthen these women beneficiaries and also expand its support to other new beneficiaries in the field of climate and economic resilience.

By 2027, the most vulnerable populations, particularly women, girls, boys and people with special needs, improve: their food and nutrition security, management of natural resources and living environment, and strengthen their resilience to climate change including in areas affected by conflicts (Outcome 3 UNSDCF).

Very significant results were achieved in 2024 for rural and urban women, with 2 grants from Italy/Japan and the Qatar Red Crescent. More than 300 micro-projects involving 8,976 women were subsidized in the regions of Niamey, Tahoua, Maradi, Zinder and Diffa, with a view to boosting women's economic activities, thereby ensuring the immediate daily needs of their families and communities (education, health, clothing, food, etc.). In addition to technical strengthening activities, UN Women supported marketing through participation in national fairs and collaborative learning and partnership frameworks. These efforts were derailed by the economic sanctions imposed by ECOWAS, hence UN Women's initiative to produce a Gender Alert document based on testimonies gathered from 53 women's groups through focus groups. In addition to transcribing the interviews and analyzing the socio-economic and political situation of women, this document formulated key recommendations for decision-makers and partners, underlining the crucial importance of women's economic empowerment as a lever for inclusive resilience and a sustainable return to peace in the country. We have also developed strategic documents to promote emergency purchasing by women entrepreneurs in the humanitarian response to the floods. In view of women's commitment to entrepreneurship, the program has worked hard to mobilize financial resources through several programs and projects developed and submitted to donors. These include: (i) Public and private partnership program with banks and FSAs, (ii) Zinder Migration Project, phase 2, (iii) Regional agricultural value chain development program, (iv) Women's economic empowerment project, etc.

By 2027, the most vulnerable populations, particularly women, girls, boys and people with special needs, improve: their food and nutrition security, management of natural resources and living environment, and strengthen their resilience to climate change including in areas affected by conflicts (Outcome 3 UNSDCF).

women in Niger were severely affected by climate change. In March 2023, analysis of the Harmonized Framework in Niger estimated that, as a result of climate shocks, some 2,454,354 people are food insecure (phase 3 and +) and 398,060 people are under pressure (phase 2). From June to August 2023, it is estimated that almost 3.3 million people will be food insecure (phase 3 and +) and 7,341,355 people under pressure (phase 2). This poses a major challenge for the government and This poses a major challenge for the government and humanitarian actors. In response, UN Women has developed support programs, and mobilization is underway despite the political challenges that are becoming ever-present. and in 2023, o Another 400 beneficiaries have been strengthened to increase their economic resilience in the face of climate change and security crises. Priorities for supporting women, girls, people with disabilities, migrants, refugees, etc. of the year 2024 will be identified in the data collected from the database of 3468 interest groups listed in the regions of Diffa, Maradi, Niamey, Tahoua and Zinder.