BoliviaSummary of country programme
UN Women’s Bolivia Strategic Note 2023-2027 seeks to advance gender equality and women's empowerment by addressing challenges such as gender-based violence, economic inequality and political underrepresentation. It integrates intersectionality to understand and address multiple forms of discrimination against women. Key locations include rural and Indigenous areas.
The programme prioritizes governance and political participation, economic empowerment, and the elimination of violence against women and girls. It emphasizes innovation and approaches such as capacity-building, social norms changes, policy advocacy and community engagement.
Major partnerships with government institutions, civil society organizations and international agencies as well as participation in UN joint programmes enhance effectiveness. Collaboration with entities including the Ministry of Justice and international donors aims to achieve significant outcomes, including improved legal frameworks and increased women's participation in decision-making. Strategic Note direct funding supports these initiatives.
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Advancing SDGs: UN Women's impact and key achievements
In 2024, Bolivia has made significant strides in fostering gender-responsive economic policies, mechanisms, and programs, strengthening women’s economic empowerment, particularly in the productive and financial sectors. UN Women has collaborated with key stakeholders, including the Ministry of Productive Development, financial regulators like the Financial System Supervision Authority (ASFI) and the Pensions and Insurance Supervision and Social Control Authority (APS), BancoSol, and economic associations. These alliances have helped integrate gender considerations into financial instruments, policies, and public-private initiatives, ensuring greater inclusion and access to economic opportunities for women.
Bolivian financial regulators ASFI and APS have reaffirmed their commitment to advancing financial inclusion for women, promoting more equitable access to credit, savings, and financial services. A total of 40 financial entities and development partners have strengthened their knowledge and tools to foster a more inclusive financial sector.
BancoSol, a Financial Inclusion Alliance member, has emerged as a leader in gender-focused financial services, launching Bolivia’s first Gender Social Bond. Under the Women’s Economic Empowerment Principles (WEPs) 2.0 accelerator, the microfinance bank received tailored technical support from UN Women, enhancing its capacity for gender monitoring, reporting, and evaluation. This progress was highlighted globally at the UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) meeting.
At the policy level, national and local governments, with UN Women’s technical assistance, are developing comprehensive care policies to ensure gender equity in unpaid domestic and care work. These include:
A National Care Policy to recognize and redistribute care responsibilities.
A Social Reproduction Policy, addressing unpaid labor and care work.
Municipal care policies for Santa Cruz and El Alto, integrating localized strategies for care services.
Economic opportunities for women have expanded through targeted support programs. 130 micro and small women-led businesses improved productivity and income through the provision of machinery and equipment, while 6 institutions received 111 essential equipment pieces to enhance their operations. Additionally, 4,104 individuals, of whom 3,851 are women, strengthened their business management and technical skills through specialized trainings.
A joint initiative between EVAW and WEE programs is empowering women engaged in recycling, fostering their personal and economic autonomy while promoting environmental sustainability. In addition, 2 Indigenous autonomous communities have benefited from technical assistance in gender-sensitive procurement policies.
Bolivian financial regulators ASFI and APS have reaffirmed their commitment to advancing financial inclusion for women, promoting more equitable access to credit, savings, and financial services. A total of 40 financial entities and development partners have strengthened their knowledge and tools to foster a more inclusive financial sector.
BancoSol, a Financial Inclusion Alliance member, has emerged as a leader in gender-focused financial services, launching Bolivia’s first Gender Social Bond. Under the Women’s Economic Empowerment Principles (WEPs) 2.0 accelerator, the microfinance bank received tailored technical support from UN Women, enhancing its capacity for gender monitoring, reporting, and evaluation. This progress was highlighted globally at the UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) meeting.
At the policy level, national and local governments, with UN Women’s technical assistance, are developing comprehensive care policies to ensure gender equity in unpaid domestic and care work. These include:
A National Care Policy to recognize and redistribute care responsibilities.
A Social Reproduction Policy, addressing unpaid labor and care work.
Municipal care policies for Santa Cruz and El Alto, integrating localized strategies for care services.
Economic opportunities for women have expanded through targeted support programs. 130 micro and small women-led businesses improved productivity and income through the provision of machinery and equipment, while 6 institutions received 111 essential equipment pieces to enhance their operations. Additionally, 4,104 individuals, of whom 3,851 are women, strengthened their business management and technical skills through specialized trainings.
A joint initiative between EVAW and WEE programs is empowering women engaged in recycling, fostering their personal and economic autonomy while promoting environmental sustainability. In addition, 2 Indigenous autonomous communities have benefited from technical assistance in gender-sensitive procurement policies.
Advancing SDGs: UN Women's impact and key achievements
Plurinational State of Bolivia has incorporated the gender perspective as a priority in the development of environmental and climate change policies
This achievement is based on Bolivia's global commitment to promote greater participation of women, especially rural, afro descendants, and indigenous women in decision-making spaces on environmental and climate change (CC) policies.
The efforts of the country office (CO) have focused on strengthening the capacities of the Plurinational Authority of Mother Earth (APMT for its acronym in Spanish), Bolivia's focal for the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) through various components of action:
Capacity building on gender perspective to apply in their planning and action processes.
Technical support to develop a gender focus strategy to have more women in decision-making spaces on CC and mitigation and to mainstream gender in the National Climate Change Policy developed as a joint initiative.
Knowledge generation to gather information and analyze the leadership of women's organizations in the field of CC; and a diagnosis of the gender needs and barriers that inhibit women's leadership, especially indigenous women, in climate action.
Strengthening presence of rural women leaders of the Platform of Women Against Climate Change, a CSO focus on advocacy action on CC, and the Director of APMT in discussion tables on COP28.
UNW has included the work in environmental and CC issues in its Strategic Note and is committed in deepening and crosscutting this approach in all projects and programmes of its 3 strategic areas:
In Governance and Political Participation, given the interest of indigenous peoples especially women, on CC, due to affection on their means of life, and the inclusion of the gender perspective in the work of Indigenous autonomies, supporting female authorities and collecting women’s views and ways of relating to mother earth and highlighting the ancestral values to establish harmonious relationships with nature.
On Women’s Economic Empowerment area, the continuous mapping of women’s organizations and the identification of their needs and barriers for women’s participation in decision-making spaces on CC.
In the Eradication of Violence against Women area, due to the crucial role of women in waste management and recycling that goes unrecognized and unrewarded. A project is being implemented as these inequalities persist at home, work, and within their communities since most of the recyclers are indigenous women with the intention to contribute to mitigate the effects of CC and as a concrete way for them to gain physical and economic autonomy.
APMT has expressed its commitment to develop a Plan for Depatriarchalization in Environmental Management with UN Women’s support.
Due to successful performance of the CO in environmental and CC issues has allowed it to lead the environmental management for regional climate justice strategy.
This achievement is based on Bolivia's global commitment to promote greater participation of women, especially rural, afro descendants, and indigenous women in decision-making spaces on environmental and climate change (CC) policies.
The efforts of the country office (CO) have focused on strengthening the capacities of the Plurinational Authority of Mother Earth (APMT for its acronym in Spanish), Bolivia's focal for the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) through various components of action:
Capacity building on gender perspective to apply in their planning and action processes.
Technical support to develop a gender focus strategy to have more women in decision-making spaces on CC and mitigation and to mainstream gender in the National Climate Change Policy developed as a joint initiative.
Knowledge generation to gather information and analyze the leadership of women's organizations in the field of CC; and a diagnosis of the gender needs and barriers that inhibit women's leadership, especially indigenous women, in climate action.
Strengthening presence of rural women leaders of the Platform of Women Against Climate Change, a CSO focus on advocacy action on CC, and the Director of APMT in discussion tables on COP28.
UNW has included the work in environmental and CC issues in its Strategic Note and is committed in deepening and crosscutting this approach in all projects and programmes of its 3 strategic areas:
In Governance and Political Participation, given the interest of indigenous peoples especially women, on CC, due to affection on their means of life, and the inclusion of the gender perspective in the work of Indigenous autonomies, supporting female authorities and collecting women’s views and ways of relating to mother earth and highlighting the ancestral values to establish harmonious relationships with nature.
On Women’s Economic Empowerment area, the continuous mapping of women’s organizations and the identification of their needs and barriers for women’s participation in decision-making spaces on CC.
In the Eradication of Violence against Women area, due to the crucial role of women in waste management and recycling that goes unrecognized and unrewarded. A project is being implemented as these inequalities persist at home, work, and within their communities since most of the recyclers are indigenous women with the intention to contribute to mitigate the effects of CC and as a concrete way for them to gain physical and economic autonomy.
APMT has expressed its commitment to develop a Plan for Depatriarchalization in Environmental Management with UN Women’s support.
Due to successful performance of the CO in environmental and CC issues has allowed it to lead the environmental management for regional climate justice strategy.
Results and resources
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- Total resources
- Development results and resources
- Organizational results and resources
Budget
Expenses
Outcome
Result statement
IATI identifier
OutcomeBOL_D_1.1
Outcome result statementOutcome 1 (UNSDCF Outcome 3.2) .
IATI identifierXM-DAC-41146-BOL_D_1.1
Budget
Expenses
Outcome
Result statement
IATI identifier
OutcomeBOL_O_1
Outcome result statementOEE Output 1 Assured accountability in the management of organisational resources (financial and otherwise) to achieve the intended results under the fiduciary obligations
IATI identifierXM-DAC-41146-BOL_O_1
OutcomeBOL_O_2
Outcome result statementOEE Output 4. Empowered workforce embodying UN values
IATI identifierXM-DAC-41146-BOL_O_2
OutcomeBOL_O_3
Outcome result statementOEE Output 5.
Effective business processes that advance integrated delivery of normative, operational and coordination results
IATI identifierXM-DAC-41146-BOL_O_3
OutcomeBOL_O_4
Outcome result statementUN-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
IATI identifierXM-DAC-41146-BOL_O_4
OutcomeBOL_O_5
Outcome result statementUN-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 "
IATI identifierXM-DAC-41146-BOL_O_5
Resources allocated towards SDGs
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Regular resources (core)
$1.13 M in total
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Other resources (non-core)
$3.94 M in total
Regular resources (core)
$1.13 M in total
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| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) | $257,909 2022
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
Total contribution:$257,909
Development:$257,909(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$244,999 2021
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
Total contribution:$244,999
Development:$244,999(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$158,183 2020
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
Total contribution:$158,183
Development:$158,183(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$211,329 2019
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
Total contribution:$211,329
Development:$211,329(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$262,100 2018
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
Total contribution:$262,100
Development:$262,100(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
2022
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)$257,909
Total contribution$257,909
Development$257,909(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
2021
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)$244,999
Total contribution$244,999
Development$244,999(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
2020
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)$158,183
Total contribution$158,183
Development$158,183(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
2019
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)$211,329
Total contribution$211,329
Development$211,329(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
2018
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)$262,100
Total contribution$262,100
Development$262,100(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
Other resources (non-core)
$3.94 M in total
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| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland National Committee | --
2022
No data available
|
--
2021
No data available
|
--
2020
No data available
|
--
2019
No data available
|
$30,000 2018
Iceland National CommitteeNational Committee
Total contribution:$30,000
Development:$30,000(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
| Italy | --
2022
No data available
|
--
2021
No data available
|
$268,046 2020
ItalyOECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$268,046
Development:$268,046(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$598,636 2019
ItalyOECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$598,636
Development:$598,636(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$184,596 2018
ItalyOECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$184,596
Development:$184,596(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
| Republic of Korea (the) | $188,229 2022
Republic of Korea (the)OECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$188,229
Development:$188,229(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$32,400 2021
Republic of Korea (the)OECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$32,400
Development:$32,400(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
--
2020
No data available
|
--
2019
No data available
|
$15,000 2018
Republic of Korea (the)OECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$15,000
Development:$15,000(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
| Sweden | $528,686 2022
SwedenOECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$528,686
Development:$528,686(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$172,673 2021
SwedenOECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$172,673
Development:$172,673(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$10,500 2020
SwedenOECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$10,500
Development:$10,500(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
--
2019
No data available
|
$52,957 2018
SwedenOECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$52,957
Development:$52,957(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
| United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) | --
2022
No data available
|
--
2021
No data available
|
$102,595 2020
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)United Nations organization
Total contribution:$102,595
Development:$102,595(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$175,856 2019
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)United Nations organization
Total contribution:$175,856
Development:$175,856(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$140,661 2018
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)United Nations organization
Total contribution:$140,661
Development:$140,661(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
| Spain | $2 2022
SpainOECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$2
Development:$2(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$6,575 2021
SpainOECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$6,575
Development:$6,575(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$135,415 2020
SpainOECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$135,415
Development:$135,415(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$104,831 2019
SpainOECD-DAC donor
Total contribution:$104,831
Development:$104,831(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
--
2018
No data available
|
| United Nations COVID-19 Multi-Partner Trust Office Reponse | $10,352 2022
United Nations COVID-19 Multi-Partner Trust Office ReponseUnited Nations pooled fund
Total contribution:$10,352
Development:$10,352(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$213,255 2021
United Nations COVID-19 Multi-Partner Trust Office ReponseUnited Nations pooled fund
Total contribution:$213,255
Development:$213,255(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$16,002 2020
United Nations COVID-19 Multi-Partner Trust Office ReponseUnited Nations pooled fund
Total contribution:$16,002
Development:$16,002(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
--
2019
No data available
|
--
2018
No data available
|
| United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | --
2022
No data available
|
$142,645 2021
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)United Nations organization
Total contribution:$142,645
Development:$142,645(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$73,398 2020
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)United Nations organization
Total contribution:$73,398
Development:$73,398(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
--
2019
No data available
|
--
2018
No data available
|
| United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office | $11,548 2022
United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund OfficeUnited Nations pooled fund
Total contribution:$11,548
Development:$11,548(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$117,037 2021
United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund OfficeUnited Nations pooled fund
Total contribution:$117,037
Development:$117,037(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$8,194 2020
United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund OfficeUnited Nations pooled fund
Total contribution:$8,194
Development:$8,194(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
--
2019
No data available
|
--
2018
No data available
|
| Peacebuilding Fund | $135,854 2022
Peacebuilding FundUnited Nations pooled fund
Total contribution:$135,854
Development:$135,854(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
$426,718 2021
Peacebuilding FundUnited Nations pooled fund
Total contribution:$426,718
Development:$426,718(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
--
2020
No data available
|
--
2019
No data available
|
--
2018
No data available
|
| United Nations Department of Political & Peacebuilding Affairs (UNDPPA) | $37,871 2022
United Nations Department of Political & Peacebuilding Affairs (UNDPPA)United Nations organization
Total contribution:$37,871
Development:$37,871(100%)
Humanitarian:$0(0%)
|
--
2021
No data available
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--
2020
No data available
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--
2019
No data available
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--
2018
No data available
|
2022
Republic of Korea (the)$188,229
Total contribution$188,229
Development$188,229(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
Sweden$528,686
Total contribution$528,686
Development$528,686(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
Spain$2
Total contribution$2
Development$2(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
United Nations COVID-19 Multi-Partner Trust Office Reponse$10,352
Total contribution$10,352
Development$10,352(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office$11,548
Total contribution$11,548
Development$11,548(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
Peacebuilding Fund$135,854
Total contribution$135,854
Development$135,854(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
United Nations Department of Political & Peacebuilding Affairs (UNDPPA)$37,871
Total contribution$37,871
Development$37,871(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
2021
Republic of Korea (the)$32,400
Total contribution$32,400
Development$32,400(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
Sweden$172,673
Total contribution$172,673
Development$172,673(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
Spain$6,575
Total contribution$6,575
Development$6,575(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
United Nations COVID-19 Multi-Partner Trust Office Reponse$213,255
Total contribution$213,255
Development$213,255(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)$142,645
Total contribution$142,645
Development$142,645(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office$117,037
Total contribution$117,037
Development$117,037(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
Peacebuilding Fund$426,718
Total contribution$426,718
Development$426,718(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
2020
Italy$268,046
Total contribution$268,046
Development$268,046(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
Sweden$10,500
Total contribution$10,500
Development$10,500(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)$102,595
Total contribution$102,595
Development$102,595(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
Spain$135,415
Total contribution$135,415
Development$135,415(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
United Nations COVID-19 Multi-Partner Trust Office Reponse$16,002
Total contribution$16,002
Development$16,002(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)$73,398
Total contribution$73,398
Development$73,398(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office$8,194
Total contribution$8,194
Development$8,194(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
2019
Italy$598,636
Total contribution$598,636
Development$598,636(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)$175,856
Total contribution$175,856
Development$175,856(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
Spain$104,831
Total contribution$104,831
Development$104,831(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
2018
Iceland National Committee$30,000
Total contribution$30,000
Development$30,000(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
Italy$184,596
Total contribution$184,596
Development$184,596(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
Republic of Korea (the)$15,000
Total contribution$15,000
Development$15,000(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
Sweden$52,957
Total contribution$52,957
Development$52,957(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)$140,661
Total contribution$140,661
Development$140,661(100%)
Humanitarian$0(0%)
Strategic plan contributions
- Impact areas
- Systemic outcomes
- Organizational output
Documents
Bolivia: Strategic note 2023–2027 brochure
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