Liberia

By 2024, people in Liberia especially the vulnerable and disadvantaged, benefit from strengthened institutions that are more effective, accountable, transparent, inclusive and gender-responsive in the delivery of essential services at the national and sub-national levels.

Output 4.1: Relevant government institutions draft, implement monitor and report on gender-responsive policies and plans at the national and sub-national levels.

Relevant government institutions draft, implement monitor and report on gender-responsive policies and plans at the national and sub-national levels.

Targeted members/committees of the National Legislature have strengthened capacity and skills in drafting Gender Responsive Laws and Policies and advocate for increased allocations to promote gender equality.

Women’s rights institutions and CSOs have strengthened capacities to better advocate for gender-responsive planning, programming, budgeting, and monitoring at the national and sub-national levels

Strengthened capacities of political institutions and electoral stakeholders to promote gender balance (The National Legislature, National Electoral Commission and political parties) to strengthen legal and policy frameworks to enable women’s leadership and participation

Women leaders, including aspirants and elected women, in Liberia, have increased technical capacity to engage in leadership contests, apply leadership skills and mentor young women

Communities and civil society have increased understanding of gender equality and women’s right to political participation through advocacy and social mobilization

By 2024, the UN system in Liberia coherently and systematically contributes to progress on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls

UNCT in Liberia has enhanced capacities to deliver its coordiantion mandate coherently in line with UN principles.

UNCT in Liberia has enhanced capacities to deliver its coordination mandate coherently in line with UN principles.

By 2024, Liberia has sustained, diversified and inclusive economic growth driven by investments in agriculture, food security and job creation and is resilient to climate change and natural disasters.

Rural women, including young women, rural communities and local authorities are aware of their rights and existing accountability mechanisms under the Land Rights Act for their equal access to, control and ownership of land for agricultural production.

Rural women, including young women, rural communities, and local authorities are aware of their rights and existing accountability mechanisms under the Land Rights Act for equal access to, control, and ownership of land for agricultural production.

Rural women have access to Second Chance Education, vocational skills, finance and are better organized in strong cooperatives around agricultural value chains.

Rural women have access to literacy and numeracy skills, business development and financial literacy skills, and vocational skills; disaster risk reduction and risk transfer; sustainable energy; Savings and Loan Associations and innovative financial intermediation services; and better organized in strong cooperatives around green and agricultural value chains.

Women entrepreneurs, including young women, have increased access to markets for their products through digital literacy, financial and digital services (ICT) (e.g. Buy from Women, Orange Money)

Women entrepreneurs, including young women, have increased access to markets for their products through digital literacy, and financial and digital services (ICT) (e.g., Buy from Women, Orange Money, etc.)

Policy reform supported in the context of unpaid care work, decent work opportunities, and women’s access to social protection services as the most transformative way to promote their economic empowerment and the achievement of substantive gender equality

Policy reform supported in the context of unpaid care work, decent work opportunities, and women’s access to social protection services as the most transformative way to promote their economic empowerment and the achievement of substantive gender equality.

By 2024, the most vulnerable and excluded groups have improved quality of life with rights-based, gender sensitive ,inclusive, equitable access and utilization of essential social services in an environment free of discrimination and violence including in humanitarian situations.

Community members and networks in targeted areas have increased knowledge, about their rights and responsibilities regarding gender equitable norms, attitudes and behaviours and understand the negative impacts of Sexual Gender Based Violence and Harmful Practices.

OUTPUT 3.1: Harmful social norms and practices and other forms of GBV are eliminated through inclusive participation, awareness of the negative impacts and through community driven solutions at the national, county, community, household and individual levels

Harmful social norms and practices and other forms of GBV are eliminated through inclusive participation, awareness of the negative impacts and through community driven solutions at the national, county, community, household and individual levels

Key Decision Makers including Traditional and Religious Leaders, Paramount Chiefs and Elders, Traditional Practitioners (including Zoes) have the capacity and knowledge to prevent HPs, particularly FGM

Media and Private Sector institutions (including key decision makers) have the capacity to advocate and implement policies, strategies and programs on EVAW/G, gender equitable social norms, attitudes and behavior.

Women’s rights groups and relevant Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have strengthened organizational capacities to design, implement, monitor, share knowledge and jointly advocate to end violence against women and girls at sub- national, national, and regional levels.

OUTPUT 6.1: A coherent, inclusive, and empowered CSO and Women’s movement framework to eliminate violence against women and girls is strengthened and operationalized at the national, subnational and community levels.

A coherent, inclusive, and empowered CSO and Women’s movement framework to eliminate violence against women and girls is strengthened and operationalized at the national, subnational and community levels.

By 2024, women, girls, men and boys in Liberia experience more sustained peace, inclusive and sustainable growth and development through strengthened formal and informal institutions providing access to effective and equitable justice and security services; promoting and protecting human rights; and strengthening social cohesion and reconciliation.

Targeted line Ministries and institutions, local Government and CSOs have the capacities to allocate financial resources, coordinate, monitor and report on the implementation of the National Action Plan for Women Peace and Security.

Targeted Line Ministries, Security and Justice Institutions have the capacity to promote gender equality.

Targeted local Peace infrastructure and CSOs are strengthened to prevent and address conflict, sustain peace and enhance social cohesion in a more effective and inclusive manner

The capacity of the GoL, gender equality advocates and other national stakeholders strengthened to assess progress and accelerate the implementation of continental and global normative and policy frameworks

Targeted Ministries Agencies and Commissions have strengthened capacity to implement, monitor, report on CEDAW concluding observations, Commission on the Status of Women agreed conclusions and Beijing Platform for action

CSOs, Networks and Youth Groups have strengthened capacity to advocate and monitor the implementation of CEDAW concluding observations, Universal Periodic review recommendations, Commission on the Status of Women agreed conclusions and Beijing Platform for action.