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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.

The CO increased its influence on government messaging and commitments on Gender equality and women economic empowerment across sectors. Advising and providing technical and policy support to government departments such as Ministry of women affairs, Agriculture, Parliament, National Peace and Reconciliation Commission and the Gender Commission. The CO partnered with Embassies, Media institutions, women’s rights organizations, and the private sector in communicating gender equality messages reaching multiple targets across sectors. Leveraging on Partnership and communications, increased advocacy for gender equality was achieved through platforms such as CSW reaching over 100 international delegates. The International Women’s Day, International Rural Women’s Day, and 16 Days of Activism Campaigns. Further, the CO increased public knowledge and awareness of gender equality across sectors and gender-based violence in the home, in public and during elections through coordinating and Championing multimedia Campaigns and Exhibitions focused on increasing support for gender equality, safety and security women and girls.

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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

The cost recovery strategy is being implemented at proposal level and at project level.

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With its unique and inclusive culture, UN-Women is an employer of choice with a diverse and highly performing cadre of personnel that embodies UN values.

To ensure a diverse and highly performing cadre of personnel, all recruitment processes are inclusive, competitive, transparent and rigorous evaluation processes and background checks are conducted (for some contract types an independent review board also reviews the process).

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UN-Women efficiently and effectively discharges of all business processes that advance integrated delivery of its mandate at HQ, Regional and Country levels, including through shared services.

The CO promoted high quality of programming through the use of lessons learnt during programmes and projects design and implementation and implementation of recommendations from evaluations and mid term reviews conducted during 2023 and before. For example, the CO utilised the lessons and recommendations from the safe markets project evaluation to inform the new joint programme developed with UNFPA, ILO, UN Women, UNESCO, ITU, UNHCR and UNDP on Inclusive Markets form Women Economic Empowerment. Two evaluations were completed during the reporting period. The CO contributed financially and technically to the evaluability assessment of the UNSDCF. The Evaluability assessment will inform the adjustment of the UNSDCF results framework and the midterm review of the UNSDCF. This will also inform the review of UN Women Strategic Note as it is aligned to the UNSDCF.