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Women and girls in armed conflict and protracted crises meaningfully participate in peace and security processes, from formal peace talks to local peacebuilding efforts, advocate effectively for women’s rights and gender equality in prevention and reconstruction efforts, and benefit from the implementation of WPS commitments across the Arab States region

Regional inter-governmental bodies, national stakeholders and UN partners have increased capacities and ownership of the WPS agenda to implement and localize women, peace and security commitments in the Arab region

UN Women generates timely, evidence- and data-based knowledge products that inform programming and advocacy on WPS across all peacebuilding tracks

Women civil society and women peacebuilders in the region are enabled at all levels, including in both formal and grassroots processes, to advocate for women’s rights, and for gender-responsive peacebuilding, reconstruction, and conflict prevention

Women and women’s organizations lead, participate and advocate effectively in the Syrian political process from a gender and women’s rights perspective

Syrian women have increased access to the political processes and discussions on the future of Syria.

Syrian women’s civil society organizations at the local level have increased capacity, access to financial and technical resources and ability to influence stakeholders operating on all tracks of the political process as well as key decision-makers in their communities.

Local, national and international stakeholders have access to high quality knowledge products that improve understanding and inform programme design on gender equality, women’s rights, political participation, and socio-economic issues in the context of Syria

International stakeholders working on the political participation of women in Syria improve coordination and information-sharing on programming and policy interventions on gender equality and women’s rights.

Arab States accelerate the implementation of global and regional gender norms and standards with quality comparable data particularly on the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the Sustainable Development Goals and the Cairo Declaration for Arab Women

Governments in the Arab States are able to drive action for the implementation of normative gender commitments, particularly the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Cairo Declaration and the SDGs.

UN Women ROAS drives the UN towards the achievement of greater impact in the lives of women and girls in the region, aligned through common results and international standards (BDPfA, the SDGs, in particular),integrating the ‘Leaving No One Behind’ principle

UN agencies at regional and national level coordinate and collaborate on WPP/L to contribute to SDG.5.5

Election Management Bodies (EMBs) have better capacity to adopt and implement gender responsive policies, processes and undertake oversight of compliance during the electoral cycle, including VAWP.

Regional CSOs/EMBs and National Women’s Machineries (Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Libya) have better capacities to adopt and implement policy frameworks on quotas to increase women’s political participation and leadership and to mitigate VAWP.

Women political leaders form a diverse cadre to exercise their voice, agency, and leadership from local government to national parliament

Civil society, academia, and other key actors form a network of support for government elected and aspirant women to help create a positive image of women in politics.

Regional and national women with disabilities’ organisation and parliamentarian caucuses have increased capacity to use a gender and disability inclusive perspective in political processes, policy and programming

Media producers and consumers have increased awareness about women's effective roles in politics and capacity to address VAWP in media

More women access equitable employment opportunities and services, increasing the rate of women’s participation in the workforce in Arab States, including the most marginalized.

Women, men, youth and relevant institutions in the AS are better able to advance women’s economic empowerment by articulating tangible benefits of WEE and confront stereotypes on care-giving, and women in the world of work

Women, men, youth and relevant institutions in the AS are better able to advance women’s economic empowerment by transforming patriarchal masculinities and social norms using the unpaid care and domestic work of men and boys as entry point.

LAS advances the women’s economic empowerment through improved advocacy and policy making with focus on key enablers (i.e. gender responsive procurement, unpaid care)

The private sector implements common practices that attract, retain and promote more women in business

Ministries and institutions in the Arab States use regional WEE statistics, and tools to advance normative frameworks and services towards women’s equitable participation in the workforce

Greater impact of the UN achieved towards advancing women’s income security, decent work and economic autonomy

More men and boys are able to take their share in caregiving and household responsibilities to enable WEE, with more catalytic laws and policies that promote their caregiving and household responsibilities, and paternity leave

More women and girls are protected from violence, particularly domestic violence and violence in the public sphere

Governments in the Arab States have enhanced capacities to develop and implement evidence based legislative and policy frameworks to prevent and respond to violence in collaboration with key civil society stakeholders and in alignment with international standards and commitments

Men and women are better able to advance GEWE and prevent VAW as result of contextualized models and initiatives implemented by partner organizations across the Arab States, that promote social norms change, with a focus on young men and young women

The UN system more effectively prevents and responds to end VAW.