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outcome XM-DAC-41146-UKR_D_1.1
Support provision of essential and gender-based services that are designed in response to expressed needs of communities, both in areas impacted by the conflict and in locations hosting displaced people.
UN Women Ukraine made progress towards this outcome and the UN humanitarian response and coordination mechanisms better considered the needs, voices and priorities of women and girls affected by war. The 2025 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP) identified women as representing 45% of the people in need and 42% of the planned reach, a significant increase since 2024 (when 31% of the people in need and 32% of the targeted population were women). This likely reflects a heightened recognition of women’s vulnerabilities through advocacy and use of gender and age, disaggregated data. The HRNP 2025 notes that “vulnerabilities are intensified by factors such as gender, age, disability, household composition […] Women-only households particularly those led by older women, face heightened barriers to services, protection risks and financial vulnerability.” The HRNP 2025 commits to prioritize inclusive programming through engagement of civil society organizations, including women’s rights organizations. This recognition of women’s needs within the UN system is in large part due to the efforts of the Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group (GIHA) which UN Women co-chaired in 2024. With its expansion in 2024 to over 300 members, including 40 Ukrainian women’s rights organizations, the GIHA secured its position as Ukraine’s main coordination body on gender mainstreaming in the humanitarian response. UN Women through convening of partners, capacity building and skills development, support to communication, advocacy and data collection, and facilitation of GIHA localization in several regions/municipalities of conflict effected eastern Ukraine played a direct role in building up GIHA. GIHA contributed to the HNRP (and other planning documents including the 2024 Rapid Gender Analysis; the Multi-Sector Needs Assessment; the MSNA Gender, Age, and Disability Brief; and the Ukraine Winter Response Plan) by providing technical expertise and data including through the mobilization of cluster gender focal points and women’s rights organizations. UN Women supported the leadership, agency and voice of WROs. Two WROs which are UN Women partners were selected to join the UN Humanitarian Country Team where they advocated for integration of women’s needs in HCT decisions and actions. UN Women facilitated inclusion of WROs in the Alliance on Gender-Responsive and Inclusive Recovery . UN Women convened dialogues between leaders of groups facing multiple forms of discrimination, including IDP women, Roma women and LGBTIQ+ leaders – and the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT), UN Country Team (UNCT) and local authorities in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Poltava and Uzhhorod. This resulted in more targeted aid provision, including more humanitarian support from UN agencies for vulnerable Roma people living in western Ukraine and for elderly women in front line areas in Kharkiv oblast. Under this outcome, UN Women continued to strengthen the UN multi-donor Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) as the largest feminist fund for gender-responsive and inclusive humanitarian assistance and recovery in Ukraine. Through $6.5 million allocated to 54 women’s CSOs, women and their families across Ukraine received vital support, including food, hygiene kits, medication, legal aid, information on humanitarian assistance and emergency protection referral pathways, evacuation services and economic empowerment initiatives. UN Women invested in enhancing the institutional capacities of WROs and organizations representing groups that face multiple forms of discrimination to strengthen their agency and voice. UN Women continued to increase the management, monitoring and reporting capacities of the WPHF in Ukraine. Through the WPHF partnership and other forms of direct support to women’s rights organizations, UN Women in Ukraine directly assisted over 180,647 women and girls affected by the full-scale war in Ukraine , especially from vulnerable groups by providing them access to humanitarian support and services 9,709 women benefited from immediate life-saving humanitarian support. 16,637 women received psychosocial support. 8,828 women gained improved access to information on protection and socioeconomic services. 132,683 women were supported with legal aid/awareness, including reporting protection concerns and cases of conflict-related sexual violence. 12,790 women accessed economic support or set up a source of income for themselves and their families.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-UKR_D_1.2
Community recovery interventions are effective in increasing resilience and addressing displacement through the adoption of nexus approaches in key sectors, promoting rights-based, people-centred, inclusive and gender-responsive human development.
UN Women Ukraine made progress towards this outcome in 2024. UN Women contributed to improved implementation, localization and monitoring of the NAP 1325 which helped ensure that Ukraine is a best practice in advancing WPS during ongoing war. UN Women supported the Government of Ukraine together with WROs advance WPS commitments, including on community level recovery where the security situation allowed. UN Women continued to support the Government of Ukraine effectively implement its 1325 NAP. Women increased their presence in security sector institutions, which UN Women helped become more gender responsive through the implementation of sectoral action plans. Through capacity building and guidance on policy, the Country Office helped leadership in the security sector create more enabling and safer working environments for women including through the institutionalization of mechanisms on reporting sexual abuse and harassment. To support institutionalization of training on WPS commitments and 1325 NAP implementation, UN Women developed an online training platform for the State Emergency Services (SES) which became functional in 2024 and led to the rapid increase in front line responders (40,000) enhancing their knowledge of WPS in 2024. The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) continued to demonstrate best practice on women’s inclusion as over 5 500 women continued to serve on the frontline and over 65 000 women served on the force. The number of women who volunteered to join the AFU reached 20% in 2024 (according to the MoD recruitment center data) partially due to the improved image of women in the military. Implementation of the 1325 NAP was more effectively monitored by the Ministry of Social Policy (MoSP) which developed and adopted a user-friendly National Action Plan 1325 reporting tool with UN Women support. The tool will allow the MoSP to make recommendations for the next NAP 1325 (2026-28) based on harmonized and solid reporting findings that provide the MoSP solid data on progress/challenges/gaps. Based on the data collected, the 2024 Annual Report was submitted by the Ministry of Social Policy to the Cabinet of Ministers in April 2024. UN Women supported the Government by improving the reporting tool to simplify the data collection process for central executive, regional and local authorities, WROs and conducting trainings on usage of this tool. In 2024, CRSV survivors continued to seek trusted pathways to access their rights and ensure accountability for war crimes committed. UN Women cooperated closely with the Government to achieve progress. As per the Ukraine’s commitments within the Framework of Cooperation between Government of Ukraine and UN on CRSV Prevention and Response and advancing global best practice on gender responsive justice for CRSV survivors, the Parliament adopted two important laws : the Law #4067-IX on the status of victims of sexual violence related to the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and urgent interim reparations and the Law #4071-IX on the registration of persons whose lives and health were harmed as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine (more details provided at the Impact Statement reporting). UN Women has consistently advocated for justice and comprehensive reparation measures that place the perspectives and best interests or survivors at the center, providing expert and legal advice during the drafting of laws as the co-chair of the Sub-Group 5 on Reparations of The Interagency Working Group on Combating Sexual Violence Related to Russia’s Armed Aggression . Legislative advancement on CRSV prevention and response, including the ratification of the Rome Statute were substantially aided by UN Women’s advocacy, as well as its results in strengthening the capacities of women-led civil society organizations and survivor networks to drive the agenda forward. UN Women continued its support to law enforcement bodies to meet their international and national GEWE commitments and contributed to new policy frameworks that promote more equitable women’s participation in these institutions . The Office of the Prosecutor General (OPG) initiated the development of a three-year Gender Strategy and its respective Action Plan. This was a result of enhanced partnership between UN Women and the OPG and the Gender Audit that was conducted by UN Women experts . Based on the key findings and recommendations of the Gender Audit, the OPG initiated the development of a Gender Strategy to continue improving working conditions for women personnel, including provision of equal service for them. The Gender Strategy will also support overall reforms in line with the EU acquis and help to assure that equal rights and opportunities will be the guiding values of the OPG working culture. Supported by UN Women, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA) rolled-out an anti-harassment policy in a series of nationwide workshops that will enable diverse and inclusive working environment. The policy aims at preventing victimization, increasing confidential reporting on sexual-harassment, and enhancing equal opportunities within the law enforcement. Evidences on NAP 1325 reporting tool are availble under output 2.1.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-UKR_D_1.3
National and sub-national capacities and systems are strengthened and informed by data underpining efficient, inclusive and gender-responsive crisis response, recovery planning and green economic growth.
UN Women Ukraine made progress towards this outcome in 2024. Women’s needs and priorities are better addressed in legislation that holds duty-bearers accountable for implementing GEWE. Ukraine further aligned its legislation with the EU gender equality acquis and SDG 5 targets. UN Women provided expert support and legal opinions contributing to the adoption of two laws. Women and girls will now be better protected from gender-based violence through the Law #3733-IX from 22.05.2024 on Amendments to the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses. Better protection and support services for women and girls will also be ensured by the Law #4073-IX from 20.11.2024 on Amending Certain Legislative Acts which aims to improve the mechanism for preventing and combating gender-based violence. UN Women contributed to Draft Law #10420 to better align the Ukrainian legal framework with the Istanbul Convention by establishing specific rights and protections for minors. Draft Law #12297 proposes amendments to the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes, including to criminalize harassment and genital mutilation. UN Women provided expert advice, capacity development and coordination support to the Deputy Prime Minister on European and Euro Atlantic Integration (DPM), Government Office of EU Integration Cooperation, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Social Policy (MoSP). Policy recommendations for inclusion in the EU’s instrument of financial support to Ukraine, the Ukraine Facility Plan , approved by the GoU in March 2024 were provided. Consequently, the Plan includes concrete steps to secure gender-responsive and inclusive recovery. The Government also integrated gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) to the Draft Law # 12245 on Amendments to the Budget Code. Due to the advocacy efforts of UN Women and women-led organizations, key budget holders and other participants in the budgeting process are required to consider gender aspects during budget planning, implementation, and reporting. This milestone promotes the institutionalization of gender equality within Ukraine’s financial governance, ensuring that budgetary decisions address the needs of all population groups, fostering inclusive and equitable recovery. The Governments of Ukraine and Germany with support from UN Women established the Alliance for Gender-Responsive and Inclusive Recovery launched at the 2024 Berlin Ukraine Recovery Conference. UN Women helped mobilize more than 60 signatories – governments, international organizations, UN agencies, civil society, and businesses – to join the Alliance and commit to more financing, women’s participation and projects in support of gender equality in Ukraine’s recovery. UN Women advocacy helped preserve the Sectoral Working Group (SWG) on Gender Equality among the 18 thematic groups that are part of Ukraine’s donor coordination architecture. UN Women supported the Alliance and the SWG’s operations by providing expert, technical and coordination support, including through the facilitation of training on the OECD Gender Marker and Women Empowerment Principles. For the sub national level, UN Women provided technical support and guidance to integrate gender equality and social inclusion into The State Strategy of Regional Development till 2027 and its Operational Plan (approved in August, 2024). UN Women contributed by organizing multi-stakeholders’ consultations, mobilizing women’s groups and civil society organizations in the policy making process. 55% of the gender-related recommendations proposed by UN Women and women’s CSOs were incorporated into the documents. The Strategy requires the inclusion of women and girls’ needs in regional and local planning, such as those related to gender-based violence (GBV), conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), and gender equality in the provision of education, social services and economic development support. At the regional and local level, UN Women supported gender mainstreaming in development and recovery plans and budgets with local and regional authorities, self-help groups (SHG) and WROs. UN Women generated data and research for evidence-based decision-making by duty-bearers , including by finalizing a Study on the impact of the full-scaled invasion to the economic opportunities of women which will inform women economic empowerment and gender-responsive recovery.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-UKR_O_1
Assuring an accountable organization through principled performance
In 2024, UN Women Ukraine Country Office played a crucial role to advance partner and UN coordination. In terms of partner coordination, The Ukraine CO, in collaboration with the Governments of Ukraine and Germany, established the Alliance for Gender-Responsive Recovery. With more than 60 members, the Alliance is a strategic partnership that brings together governments, international organisations, civil society, and the business community to ensure Ukraine’s gender-responsive and inclusive recovery. As for UN Coordination, Ukraine CO took the lead in re-establishing the UN Gender Theme Group (GTG), which had been dormant since 2022. 17 UN agencies quickly became members, and UN Women was selected to serve as the GTG’s Chair and Secretariat, an indication of the UN Women Ukraine Country Office’s recognized leadership in gender coordination in the UN system. The Ukraine CO, in 2024, continued its strong role as Co-Chair of the GiHA working group, supporting women’s rights organizations to deliver a gender-sensitive humanitarian response, providing a platform for women and other marginalized groups to exercise their voice in the inter-agency coordination mechanisms, and promoting gender mainstreaming throughout the humanitarian coordination architecture.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-UKR_O_2
Advancing partnerships &resourcing; Effectively influencing for impact & scale
In 2024, UN Women had a hybrid approach to resource mobilization efforts. While prioritizing the advocacy to attract and retain donors through SNDF modality, the Office maintained resourcing through conventional financing with those donors whose funding mechanism requires the resources to be linked to specific project documents, maintaining a diversified funding portfolio to ensure programmatic sustainability. Flexible Funding: In 2024, the CO mobilized flexible funding of a total of $3,856,980, with contributions from $1,271,546 from Sweden, $250,000 from Iceland, and $500,000 from France, $1,489,434 from Denmark, $200,000 from Austria, $50,000 from Latvia and $96,000 from Poland. Conventional Financing: US Department has joined the donor base of UN Women Ukraine as a result of application made to a competitive process. Negotiations with Canada and EU Delegation started, which are expected to be signed off in 2025. Private Sector Partnerships: The number of Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) signees in Ukraine grew to 40 with 11 new companies joining WEPs in 2024. This expansion reflects the growing commitment of the private sector to advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) at workplace, supply chains and communities. New partnership includes some major media companies such as Starlight Media , 1+1 media , Suspilne and Burda Media . Civil Society Partnerships: In 2024, UN Women continued to expand its network of women’s civil society partners by formally supporting more than 60 CSOs across the country working under various thematic areas. In 2024, through the partnership with Women, Peace and Humanitarian Fund, UN Women supported 54 women rights CSOs to respond to the evolving needs of women and girls with an allocation over USD 6.5 million. Financing for Gender Equality: UN Women Ukraine CO collaborated closely with the Governments of Ukraine and Germany to establish the Alliance for Gender-Responsive and Inclusive Recovery (GRR Alliance), which was launched at the 2024 Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) in Berlin, Germany. With more than 60 members signing into the Alliance, a strategic partnership has been established that brings together diverse partners – governments, international organizations, civil society, and business – to ensure Ukraine’s gender-responsive and inclusive recovery. The Alliance members committed a total of €46 million for initiatives that promote gender in the recovery programming and financial support to it. The Alliance was formed in response to the OECD-DAC data showing that only one per cent of the recovery funding flowing into Ukraine from international donors is going toward programs for which gender equality is the principal objective, an unacceptable reality. As of December 2024, 16 governments and 34 Ukrainian CSOs are full-fledged members of the Alliance, contributing to advocacy for improved funding and financing of gender equality in Ukraine’s recovery efforts.Showing 1 - 5 of 8