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outcome XM-DAC-41146-RWA_D_3.1
Communities and other stakeholders are better able to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls and deliver essential services to victims
The Government of Rwanda’s commitment to GBV Prevention and response is reflected in various government efforts to increase community and other stakeholders' understanding of GBV Prevention and response. It is in this framework that UN Women in partnership with different key stakeholders namely Rwanda National Police, Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion, Ministry of Sports, gender monitoring office, and Haguruka and Rwanda Women’s network have contributed to community, youth, media, and local leaders’ engagement toward addressing negative social norms and behavior change. and embrace a positive attitude, timely report or and refer cases of GBV to relevant GBV service providers for proper case management. In addition, with UN Women support, GBV service providers (the multidisciplinary team at IOSCs and investigators, paralegals) have gained the capacity to effectively handle GBV cases as a result GBV victims have benefited from different services including legal aid support, socioeconomic reintegration, psychosocial and protection in the safe shelters. In terms of Leaving No One Behind, mobile GBV clinics are an efficient mean and approach to reach the most vulnerable and marginalized groups including those in remote areas without financial means to afford transport, awareness of their rights and/or available support services as well as women with disabilities. By using 15 mobile clinics, have reached more than 712 rights holders (509 females and 203 males) and helped to increase accountability among GBV service providers at both national and local levels as well as provide timely response to GBV cases. Furthermore, community-based monitoring and reporting tools were developed by UN Women in collaboration with Rwanda NGOs Forum on HIV/AIDS and Health Promotion to strengthen the capacity of institutions to respond effectively to GBV and HIV/AIDS-related issues with respect to leaving no one behind principle. In terms of building on the use of tools targeting female sex workers and adolescent girls and young women victims of GBV, 20 healthcare providers and peer educators were skilled in screening, referrals, and monitoring the quality of services rendered to girls and women at the community level and by health center facilities. 1451 female sex workers and 76 Adolescent Girls and Young Women benefitted from these services.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-RWA_D_3.2
Attitudes and behaviours related to women's and girl's rights to enjoy spaces free from VAW improved
Activities under this outcome were not implemented in 2023.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-RWA_O_1
Enhanced coordination, coherence and accountability of the UN system for commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment
UN Women’s effectiveness on the UN coordination mandate for gender equality as well its chairpersonship of Gender Technical Reference (GTRG) and PSEA Group (GTRG/PSEA). In 2023, key inter-agency programming frameworks were completed, including the new CCA. The CCA update provides alternative pathways to the One UN system which is the initial stage of developing the new UNSDCF, development partners and the Government of Rwanda (GoR) which is also developing the second generation of the National Strategy for Transformation (NST 2024 – 2029). It also explores progress on the overall priority of social inclusion and leaving no one behind, particularly focusing on gender equality and women’s empowerment, social protection, youth engagement, socioeconomic integration of refugees and migrants, and inclusion of people with disabilities. Gender equality lenses and principles guided the programming and adaptations combined with the inter-agency coordination architecture on gender and the diverse partnership, has resulted in over 70% of the UNCT System-wide Action Plan (SWAP) indicators meeting the requirements or exceeding minimum requirements. UN Women in collaboration with RCO enhanced the capacity of the GTRG/PSEA Group in gender scorecard as an accountability tool of the UNCT which led to the production, validation, and submission of the comprehensive SWAP Gender scorecard assessment and action plan in January 2022 and the UNCT gender scorecard report in December 2022. The UNCT SWAP on Gender equality and women’s empowerment guides the gender equality dimension. Gender equality is central to analyses with attributes assessing gender mainstreaming programming to take into consideration the needs, experiences and concerns of men, women, boys, and girls in all development sectors.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-RWA_O_2
Increased engagement of partners in support of UN-Women’s mandate
UN Women initiated the collective process, bringing together isolated interventions by some Development Partners and contributing to the gender policy brief “Strengthening Gender Accountability in Rwanda’s National Strategy for Transformation”. The Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion (MIGEPROF), as the institution that plays the major role of coordinating policy implementation, monitoring GEWE, led this process and submitted the policy brief to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN) which oversees the work of the development partners and is in charge of the country’s development agenda. The policy brief encapsulates key issues and challenges pertaining to gender equality and women’s empowerment in Rwanda and proposes key gender related priorities and outcomes to be integrated in the next generation of NST in order to accelerate and scale GEWE interventions at sustainable paces. Furthermore, the brief also serves a basis for the stakeholders’ engagement process through consultations in order to gain their insights and capitalize on their existing GEWE knowledge, expertise and experiences to enable formulation of most relevant and agreeable priority areas to be considered for integration in development of the next NST. Additionally, UN Women has consistently increased its working relationship with leading national media outlets, as a result, the CO's work has been covered extensively including in the Newtimes on the Status of Women in Agri-food systems: https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/9175/opinions/lets-close-the-gender-gap-in-agrifood-systems-it-will-boost-the-global-economy-by-usd-1-trillion , in African business on the Launch of the AGCCI: https://african.business/2023/07/apo-newsfeed/empowering-the-future-african-girls-can-code-officially-launched-in-rwanda , and in the in Kinyarwanda papers “Igihe” and “Kigali today” on ED’s visit to the Isange One Stop Centre https://www.kigalitoday.com/amakuru/amakuru-mu-rwanda/article/umuyobozi-wa-un-women-yasobanuriwe-imikorere-ya-isange-one-stop-center .
outcome XM-DAC-41146-RWA_O_3
High quality of programmes through knowledge, innovation, results-based management and evaluation
UN Women continued to endeavour to implement high quality of programmes. Through annual trainings in RBM and financial reporting for UN Women staff and all implementing and responsible partners has resulted in effective compliance with UN Women regulations. 43 UN Women programme and Implementing partner staff the CO is working with have increased their skills in Result Based Management (RBM) which helped the CO and partners to produce plans, reports and human-interest stories which are evidence based and inform the entire programme cycle and decision making. In 2023, 100% of donor reports were submitted on time and maintained a high quality.Showing 6 - 10 of 11