adopted 490 gender-responsive national and local multi-sectoral policies, strategies and plans, addressing issues such as equal pay, the economy of care, violence against women, environment and climate change, and women, peace and security, potentially benefitting 2.7 billion women and girls.

- including entire communities - stand to gain from inclusive efforts to prevent conflict, build sustainable peace and reduce the devastating impacts of violence on their lives and communities, as outlined in the 18 new national action plans on women, peace and security adopted since 2021.

(137 per cent increase since 2021) have now committed to fostering business practices that empower women through the Women’s Empowerment Principles.

were adopted, revised or repealed to further advance and protect the rights of women and girls, in line with international norms and standards.

across 83 countries now have a more supportive legislative and policy environment protecting their rights following UN-Women's successful collaboration with national partners.

have adopted strategies for the prevention of violence against women. These efforts are leading progress towards SDG(Sustainable Development Goal) indicators 5.2 and 5.2.2 to reduce the proportion of women and girls subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence.

across 95 countries with strengthened capacities to deliver quality goods, services, and resources for women across the humanitarian-development-peace continuum.

- such as dialogues or coalitions - have been established in in 44 countries to enable the meaningful and safe engagement of civil society representatives in policy design and decision-making.

have been disbursed to civil society organizations, local women-led organizations and networks, working towards the achievement of gender equality, including in conflict and crisis settings.

in the number of United Nations Country Teams who reported on the UNCT-SWAP(System-wide Action Plan) - strengthening accountability of the UN system to women and girls.

in 78 countries now have a more supportive legislative and policy environment

have strengthened national mechanisms, processes and/or guidelines for the achievement of gender equality, including gender-responsive national reviews, financing assessments and inclusive peacebuilding processes

in 92 countries have increased capacities to safeguard women’s rights, including delivering quality goods, services, and resources for women in humanitarian and development settings

as well as products, tools and initiatives in 73 countries were developed and/or implemented, including innovative financing tools, multi-stakeholder initiatives and platforms for disseminating gender statistics

across 39 countries, home to 1.4 billion women and girls were adopted, revised or repealed with UN Women’s support

national and local multi-sectoral policies, strategies and/or plans were adopted in 58 countries, with the potential to benefit 2.6 billion women and girls

in 82 countries have increased capacities to influence gender-responsive legislation, strategies, policies, action plans and/or institutional reforms

in 53 countries now have strengthened capacities to apply newly-obtained knowledge and technical skills to effectively mainstream gender into fiscal laws, policies and standards, in areas including taxation, trade and decentralization

have adopted comprehensive, coordinated strategies for preventing violence against women, with dedicated focus on transforming inequitable gender norms

across 79 countries, including many survivors of violence and internally-displaced women and refugees, accessed information, goods, resources and/or services with support from UN Women

have implemented systems, strategies and/or programmes to advance women’s equal access to and use of services, goods and/or resources (including social protection)

have strengthened protocols, guidelines and initiatives to prevent and respond to violence against women

across 87 countries have enhanced capacities to deliver and/or monitor essential services, goods and resources for women and girls in humanitarian and development settings

across 57 countries to civil society organizations working towards the achievement of women’s rights, including through the Spotlight Initiative, the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women (UN Trust Fund), and the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF)

or mechanisms, across 84 countries, enhanced leadership capacity and enabled meaningful and safe engagement in decision-making

in 25 countries were developed and implemented to prevent, monitor and mitigate violence against women in politics and public life

UN Women worked to ensure statistical systems do not turn a blind eye to women, supporting 76 gender statistics/data initiatives to inform policy, programming and budgeting and/or develop national plans and strategies, and 31 countries used the data for policies and programmes

that developed Cooperation Frameworks in 2023 prioritized gender equality (72 per cent in 2022) with UN Women’s support

(73 in 2022) reported on the System-wide Action Plan (UN-SWAP 2.0)

reported on the UNCT-SWAP (76 in 2022) on their gender mainstreaming performance

by UN Women between 2022 and 2023, all directly linked toward the achievement of results for women and girls

received in 2023, outpacing growth in other resources (1.7 per cent) for the second time since 2014

achieved by UN Women effectively leveraging partnerships and communication (188.5 million in 2022)

in 2023, totaling 8,917 signatories in over 160 countries

received from the United Nations Board of Auditors in 2023. Similar to 2022, UN Women in 2023 met both milestones for internal and external audit recommendations, as well as the performance of its enterprise risk policy and framework; demonstrating UN Women’s financial stewardship and operational maturity

adopted by the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Human Rights Council integrated a gender perspective

adopted, that are national/local multi-sectoral and gender-responsive, across 42 countries and territories

across six regions adopted or amended to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment

have adopted National Action Plans on women peace and security, and 90 of them have indicators to monitor progress

advanced gender-responsive fiscal laws, policies, budgets and systems enabling governments to better track and target public resources

applied newly-obtained knowledge, technical skills and capacities to effectively mainstream gender into fiscal laws, policies and standards

were allocated to projects supporting gender equality and women’s empowerment by the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, thereby exceeding its 30% gender funding target

advanced policies to end violence against women and girls, with a strong focus on prevention including addressing harmful social norms

to prevent violence against women and girls developed and implemented across various settings to support positive changes around gender/social norms, including by engaging men and boys and faith-based institutions

including survivors of violence and internally-displaced women and refugees, accessed information, goods, resources and/or services through UN Women supported platforms and programmes in relation to livelihoods, financial services, social protection and legal aid

UN Women expanded work on preventing and responding to sexual violence in public and/or private spaces, with 31 countries and territories focusing on new multi-stakeholder initiatives on sexual harassment and adaptations to urban settings in 18 countries and territories

launched to support women’s rights organizations, and youth and adolescent girls to lead the call for gender equality, disbursing approximately $59 million to civil society organisations working on gender equality and women’s empowerment, including through the UN Trust Fund and the Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund

across 40 crisis-contexts supported to participate in humanitarian coordination and decision-making processes

strengthened statistical systems contributing to increased data to monitor SDG gender indicators, up from from 42% in 2021 to 50% in 2022

demonstrated the use of SDG gender data for gender-responsive policy decision-making in statistical systems

was developed as a centralized database of gender-responsive frameworks and plans across 193 United Nations Member States on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), climate change and resilience, that allows monitoring and analysis of progress and enables replication of good practices

inclusive of young women supported in 9 countries and territories

of Humanitarian Country Teams (HCTs) that UN Women engaged with incorporated steps to advance gender equality outcomes (exceeding the milestone of 75%)

implemented the United Nations Country Team-System-wide Action Plan (UNCT-SWAP) (up from 38 in 2020 and 61 in 2021)

launched to deliver on UN Women’s commitments to international aid transparency and accountability

in the total number of partnerships, diversifying the Entity’s base of support and expanding its ability to drive lasting and impactful change 

relating to the implementation of internal and external audit recommendations achieved