Outcome GTM_O_2

Promotion of partnerships and resources; effectively influencing impact and scale: UN Women effectively leverages and expands its partnerships, communications, and advocacy capacities to increase support and funding for the gender equality program, while ensuring sustainable resources for the fulfillment of its own mandate.

During 2022, UN Women Guatemala has effectively leveraged and expanded its alliances by increasing support and funding for the gender equality agenda, one of the main results being the mobilization of USD 4´668,269 through 11 new programs: 1. Weaving the participation and development of the political and economic capacities of indigenous women in Guatemala (Indigenous Foundation – FSC-IPARD) 2. PDI Guatemala (FAO - UN to UN) 3. Building capacities to facilitate gender-inclusive climate change adaptation and mitigation in Guatemala (GREEN CLIMATE FUND) 4. Enabling a financially inclusive ecosystem that contributes to the reduction of gender gaps in access to capital and markets in the Northern Triangle. Government of Luxembourg 5. Addressing electoral conflict from a comprehensive perspective (Peacebuilding Fund) $500,118 USD. 6. Creating the infrastructure to sustain peace (PBF - INFRAPAZ) 7. Memory and truth: Alliances between young pioneers and women peacebuilders (Government of Catalonia) 8. Promoting Localized Gender Accountability to Address Inequality and GBV in Humanitarian Crisis (Government of Germany) 9. Women Weaving Lives Free of Violence: A Community-Based Program to Strengthen Protection and Livelihoods for Women and Girls (CARE-BHA) 10. Strengthening the actions of the Inter-institutional Roundtable on Women, Peace, and Security, MIMPA (GPI2.0) 11. Transformative Reparation for a Culture of Peace (PBF) Likewise, in relation to the private sector, the number of companies that have signed the Women's Economic Empowerment commitment - WEPs promoted within the framework of the alliance between the Global Compact and UN Women was increased (7 new companies in 2022 for a total of 45 companies). 5 member companies of the private WEPs carried out institutional action plans to address internal gender gaps, including: Association of Exporters of Guatemala (AGEXPORT), Banco Agromercantil (BAM), Banco de Desarrollo Rural (Banrural) Biotrash, and XUMAK. In addition, 20 private companies received training and attended the series of workshops to strengthen their knowledge to design gender strategies. Regarding the specialized gender group within the G-13 donor group, in 2022 it was led by the Swedish Embassy and UN Women served as the Technical Secretariat. In this Group, opportunities for collaboration and joint advocacy were strategically and technically analyzed, to improve efforts to incorporate the gender perspective at different levels and work topics. Finally, UN-Women took advantage of its communications and advocacy capabilities to make visible the situation of violence against women and girls, and renewed commitments from United Nations agencies, embassies, international cooperation agencies, State institutions, organizations from civil society, the private sector, and academia, who joined the United Nations Secretary General's UNITE Campaign to end violence against women (November 25 and 16 days of activism) in Guatemala. In 2022, 16 strategic interagency events articulated with the Agencies of the United Nations System were planned and implemented. As part of the activities of the UNETE Campaign, the special HeForShe event held in conjunction with the OCR stands out, where the Guatemalan actor Benjamín Levy was the spokesperson. ÚNETE: activismo para poner fin a la violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas | Naciones Unidas en Guatemala

Promotion of partnerships and resources; effectively influencing impact and scale: UN Women effectively leverages and expands its partnerships, communications, and advocacy capacities to increase support and funding for the gender equality program, while ensuring sustainable resources for the fulfillment of its own mandate.

During 2023, UN Women's strategic focus focused on the critical importance of partnerships in promoting gender equality in Guatemala. Highlighted below are the year's key efforts on partnerships, communications, and advocacy capabilities to increase support and funding: Resource mobilization: The UN Women Guatemala Resource Mobilization Strategy 2024-2025 was updated in 2023, this document aims to establish an action plan to mobilize resources in a sustainable manner and focus the efforts of the Country Office in Guatemala, in close collaboration with Headquarters and the Regional Office -RO-, to ensure that funds are raised for the implementation of the country program, while hoping to achieve its stated objectives in terms of gender equality and the effective advancement of the rights of women and girls . During the year, the Guatemala country office carried out resource mobilization efforts through the formulation, monitoring and negotiation of eight project proposals included in LEADS in 2023. The following four projects have been approved by donors: The Guatemala-Geneva Women Walking for Peace project, for a total of 295,000 euros, has been approved by the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation. Addressing gender violence in Guatemala from an evidence-based intersectional perspective has been approved by US International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs for a total of 1.3MUS$. PSEA Trust Fund Project for a total amount of US$150,055 approved. Building capacities to facilitate gender inclusive climate change adaptation and mitigation in Guatemala. Possible donor: GREEN CLIMATE FUND for a total of $182,000. The capacities of the companies that have signed the adoption of the Seven Principles for the Empowerment of Women (WEPs) in the country were strengthened through the cycle of regional webinars that ended in the last quarter of the year and where UN Women Guatemala supported the diffusion. Additionally, support was provided to BANTRAB, the Workers' Bank, Alorica (Call Center) and the Electric Company of Guatemala (EEGSA) in updating their WEPS implementation action plans. Within the framework of the Specialized Gender Group of the G-13 Donor Group, which is currently led by the Embassy of Sweden, with UN Women as Technical Secretariat, during 2023 dialogues were held on (1) the Coordination of the Únete Campaign inviting actors to activism to mobilize resources with the annual theme “Investing to prevent violence against women and girls”. (2) the analysis of women's participation in electoral elections. (3) the analysis of the situation of women's mechanisms and (4) the final conclusions and recommendations of the CEDAW Committee to the 10th Periodic Country Report. During the first half of 2023, UN Women Guatemala announced the call to form the new Civil Society Advisory Group (GASC) of Guatemala for the period 2023-2025. In September 2023, the new term of the GASC began (2023-2025), with the purpose of exercising a dual complementary role: as advisors on strategic issues for UN Women and as promoters for the advancement of the national agenda for gender equality. . Two meetings of the GASC Group were held in the second half of the year (September 7, 2023 and November 30), where a space for dialogue was generated on key topics such as: UN Women Strategic Note, Terms of Reference of the group, Únete Campaign 2023 and recommendations of the CEDAW Committee related to the 10th Periodic Country Report. The main achievements achieved in the communications area during 2023 are: Greater visibility of UN Women in the media. Among the main media in which it has been published are: Prensa Libre, TN23, Albavisión, Radio Punto, Canal Antigua, TV Azteca, etc. UN Women Guatemala led interagency activities in the field of communication, among which the commemoration of March 8, let's digitalize equality (UNFPA, OCR, UNW; UNDP and UNESCO); proposal for a training and awareness course on Human Rights for journalists (UNFPA, OCR, UNW; UNDP and UNESCO); workshop for journalists on digital political violence and violence against women journalists (UNW and UNESCO). Workshops have been held with traditional and alternative media on unbiased headlines. On December 5, UN Women led a meeting with journalists and communication professionals to talk about gender-based violence against female journalists and addressing political violence against women.

Result 2. Promotion of partnerships and resources; effectively influencing impact and scale: UN Women effectively leverages and expands its partnerships, communications, and advocacy capacities to increase support and funding for the gender equality program, while ensuring sustainable resources for the fulfillment of its own mandate.

During 2024, UN Women’s strategic focus centered on the fundamental importance of partnerships in promoting gender equality in Guatemala. Below are the year's key efforts in partnerships, communications, and advocacy capacities to increase support and funding: Strengthened the private sector's commitment to gender equality in Guatemala, achieving: (i) Two new companies in Guatemala joined the Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs), bringing the total to 51 companies committed to implementing concrete measures to promote gender equality in their workplaces, markets, and communities. (ii) Embotelladora La Mariposa S.A. (CBC), in partnership with UN Women under the Women, Local Economy, and Territories Program (MELYT II) and the HOSAGUA Network, designed, established, equipped, and inaugurated the HOSAGUA Digital Training Center in Chiquimula. (iii) The strategic alliance between UN Women and Fundación Banco Industrial (Fundación BI) was consolidated through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in November 2024. As part of this partnership, improved homes with cement floors were provided to 150 women in Pitahaya hamlet, Nearar village, Camotán, Chiquimula, benefiting more than 600 people. Maintained ongoing dialogue with the Civil Society Advisory Group (GASC), incorporating its inputs on key issues such as: Women’s Day commemoration, preparation for the CSW mission with the participation of the Vice President of the Republic, SEPREM, and women's organizations, the Prospective Analysis for Advancing Women's Human Rights in Guatemala to inform the Common Country Analysis, discussions on reforms to the Electoral and Political Parties Law, strengthening women's mechanisms, the 16 Days of Activism under the UNiTE Campaign to End Violence Against Women, and an analysis of UN Women’s progress, challenges, and opportunities in 2024, as well as priorities for 2025. Formal strategic collaboration alliances were established to jointly advance the rights of women and girls: (i) UN Women Guatemala and the Ministry of Economy of Guatemala reaffirmed their strategic alliance through the signing of a Letter of Intent; (ii) UN Women and the Syrups and Soft Drinks Company La Mariposa, S.A. (CBC) signed a Letter of Intent to facilitate actions supporting women’s empowerment, with a special focus on equipping the Digital Training Center of the Trifinio Women’s Network (HOSAGUA Network) in Guatemala; (iii) UN Women and Fundación Banco Industrial de Guatemala formalized a Memorandum of Understanding to promote women’s financial inclusion and drive initiatives for the economic empowerment of women’s networks in local territories; and (iv) UN Women and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Guatemala signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at advancing the rights of women and girls in situations of human mobility. A total of USD$4,161,974.40 was mobilized for key initiatives promoting gender equality, including: (i) A Letter of Agreement (LOA) was signed between UN Women and the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Section (INL) for USD$ 1,350,000, aimed at addressing gender-based violence through an evidence-based and intersectional approach. (ii) Negotiations with the new government authorities resulted in a favorable opinion from the Secretariat for Planning and Programming of the Presidency (SEGEPLAN) for the implementation of the Gender Promotion Initiative (GPI 2.0), a USD$ 2,500,000 project initiative through the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF), as part of a joint program led by UN Women in collaboration with UNFPA and UNDP. (iii) A second phase of the PBF project "Consolidating Infrastructures for Sustaining Peace (INFRAPAZ)" was approved, with an additional contribution of USD$ 250,000 to UN Women. (iv) A UN-to-UN agreement was negotiated with FAO for a total of USD$ 61,974.40 to develop a baseline study, "Gender Profile of the Petén Department," providing an analysis of women’s situation, condition, and status, with a particular focus on Indigenous and rural women. UN Women was positioned among key counterparts through strategic communication actions involving workshops, campaigns, and events, generating growing interest in gender equality, women's rights, and gender-sensitive communication. Notable actions included: (i) The "Accelerating Equality" event to commemorate International Women’s Day; (ii) The international seminar "From and For Us" featuring Michelle Bachelet; (iii) Activities during the 16 Days of Activism; and (iv) Strategic partnerships with UN agencies, civil society, and key stakeholders for the "Mi Ruta Segura," "Cambiemos las Formas", "#TuVozCuenta," "#ParidadYa," "#CambiarLasReglas," and "#NoHayExcusas" campaigns.