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Our Global Results 2018-2021 Highlights

Global Norms and Standards

Sucessful outcomes
Sucessful outcomes

of the United Nations Commission on the status of women (3 agreed conclusion and 1 political declaration)

Civil Society Representatives
Civil Society Representatives

participated in the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women of (2018-2019) and 20,372 registered(2020-2021)

Leadership and Governance

of seats
of seats

in parliament are held up by women, up from 23% - SDG indicator5.5.1(a)

of gender-specific SDG Indicator
of gender-specific SDG Indicator

have available data, up from 26%

Aspiring women leaders
Aspiring women leaders

and political candidates enhanced campaigning and other skills.

countries
countries

developed and implemented national action plans on gender equality and gender-responsive budgets.

National development stratergies
National development stratergies

integrated a gender equality focus

Economic Empowerment

countries
countries

home to 1.6B women and girls, have a stronger legal, regulatory and policy environment on women's economic empowerment.

Governments and companies
Governments and companies

and international organizations opened markets for women through policies prioritizing purchases from women-owned businesses.

Private sector companies
Private sector companies

signed the women's empowerement principles

Ending Violence against Women

Cities
Cities

supported by UN Women have data on the prevalence of sexual harassment against women and girls in public spaces

Countries
Countries

have adapter or strengthened legislation addressing violence against women and girls in private and public spaces

countries have legislation
countries have legislation

to prevent, investigate, sanction and redress femicide/ feminicide/ gender realted killings of women

countries
countries

home to 2.5B women and girls have national action plans and strategies to end violence against women also addressing social norms, attitudes and behavior transformation.

countries
countries

home to 2.7B women, and girls and improved access to quality support services for survivors of violence.

people
people

(including >22.5M women and girls in 2021) reached through grants from the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women

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