Outcome YEM_D_1.1

By 2025, people in Yemen, especially women, adolescents and girls and those in the most vulnerable and marginalized communities experience more rights-based good governance, comprised of effective people-centred, equitable and inclusive gender and age-responsive improved public services, and rule of law

In 2025, Yemen’s governance and public service ecosystem demonstrated measurable improvements in gender-responsiveness, institutional performance, and inclusiveness, supported by UN Women’s sustained engagement across humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding structures. Sub-national institutions, gender machineries, and peace mechanisms increasingly integrated women’s priorities in planning, monitoring, and coordination processes, informed by stronger evidence systems including the Gender Alert, Country Gender Analysis, Movement Restriction Study, and UNCT-SWAP Gender Equality Scorecard. These evidence products contributed to more informed decision-making across the UN system, government counterparts, and local mechanisms, while national reporting processes—most notably the CEDAW State Party Report—reflected improved governance standards, clearer accountability, and stronger institutional cohesion around gender equality commitments. At the service-delivery and community levels, frontline protection systems improved in quality, consistency, and reach, with thousands of women and girls accessing survivor-centered psychosocial, legal, and referral services through UN Women–supported centers, demonstrating increased trust, uptake, and rights-based service provision. Women’s leadership and participation expanded across peace and governance spaces through strengthened platforms such as the WAB, Feminist Summits, political roundtables, and Track I–linked consultations, where women-led CSOs influenced national dialogue and political processes. At the same time, UN Women’s large-scale investment in local women-led organizations (WLOs)—more than 40 organizations strengthened—enhanced their institutional governance, financial management, project oversight, and community-level service delivery capacities, contributing to a more resilient, localized gender-responsive governance ecosystem. Together, these shifts indicate a broader behavioral and institutional transformation toward more inclusive governance, improved public services for women and girls, and stronger rule-of-law pathways across Yemen.