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Outcome 7: UN system coordination for gender equality

The UN system coherently and systematically contributes to progress on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.

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UN Women promotes interagency cooperation initiative for the economic empowerment of migrant women and refugees from Afghanistan in Chile

Location Chile

The Tu Oportunidad (Second Chance Education) program seeks to provide training tools for the autonomy and economic empowerment of women and thus promote their social reintegration in the country.

UN Women, within the framework of the Tu Oportunidad programme, in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Afghan-Chilean Institute of Culture Foundation and The Ascend Athletics Foundation presented an initiative to promote economic opportunities and support the social and cultural integration of refugee and migrant women from Afghanistan. Read more >

When we join our efforts, we achieve more: More than 50 UN Officials from 22 countries in East and Southern Africa, empowered to implement the UNCT-SWAP Gender Equality Scorecard and move the needle for gender equality

Location East and Southern Africa

When different parts of the UN system act together, they can deliver greater results—and maximize the use of scarce resources. Within the UN system, UN Women is mandated to lead, promote and coordinate efforts to advance the full realization of women’s rights and opportunities. The UN General Assembly has called on all parts of the UN system to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women within their mandates.

To this end, the UN Women East and Southern Africa Regional Office brought together more than 50 UN officials from 22 countries for a regional UNCT-SWAP Gender Equality Scorecard training for UN Country teams in East and Southern Africa. The UNCT-SWAP Gender Equality Scorecard is an accountability framework that promotes improved planning, coordination, programming and results for gender equality and women’s empowerment at the country level, tied to support to member states to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Read more >

The United Nations Country Team in Bahrain builds its skills to mainstream Gender Equality and Leave No One Behind in its strategic planning for enhanced results

Location Bahrain

On 4 and 5 October, the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in Bahrain participated in a skills-based training exercise to strengthen its capacity to advance the Leave No One Behind (LNOB) principle in its country programming in Bahrain.

With the successful signature of the Strategic and Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (SCF) in 2021, the UNCT is committed to advance the national development priorities of the Kingdom of Bahrain in alignment with the 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The four outcomes of the SCF address 1) environment, energy, and food; 2) quality, comprehensive social services; 3) economic diversification, public administration, and resilience; and 4) Bahrain among nations. Read more >
 

Adoption of the Gender Equality Marker as the 7th UN Financial Data Standard

In 2012 the Gender Equality Marker (GEM) was first included as a performance indicator in the UN-SWAP. Since then, the UN System Coordination Division at UN Women has undertaken advocacy efforts and collaborated with UN entities, the Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) Office, the UNSDG Fiduciary Management and Oversight Group (FMOG) and the UN Chief Executive’s Board for Coordination (CEB) to expand the use of the GEM. In addition, it has led the High-Level Task Force (HLTF) on Financing for Gender Equality, established by the Secretary-General in 2018, with the objective of harmonizing and extending GEM implementation. As a result of these efforts, the Gender Equality Marker is now set to become the 7th UN Financial Data Standard. 

Read more in the UN system coordination report by UN Women or the UN Data Cube page.

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Chile: Empowerment of Afghan women

Location Chile

The Tu Oportunidad (Second Chance Education) program seeks to provide training tools for the autonomy and economic empowerment of women and thus promote their social reintegration in the country.

UN Women, within the framework of the Tu Oportunidad programme, in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Afghan-Chilean Institute of Culture Foundation and The Ascend Athletics Foundation presented an initiative to promote economic opportunities and support the social and cultural integration of refugee and migrant women from Afghanistan. Read more >

our story When we join our efforts, we achieve more: More than 50 UN Officials from 22 countries in East and Southern Africa, empowered to implement the UNCT-SWAP Gender Equality Scorecard and move the needle for gender equality image

East and Southern Africa: UNCT-SWAP Scorecard

Location East and Southern Africa

When different parts of the UN system act together, they can deliver greater results—and maximize the use of scarce resources. Within the UN system, UN Women is mandated to lead, promote and coordinate efforts to advance the full realization of women’s rights and opportunities. The UN General Assembly has called on all parts of the UN system to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women within their mandates.

To this end, the UN Women East and Southern Africa Regional Office brought together more than 50 UN officials from 22 countries for a regional UNCT-SWAP Gender Equality Scorecard training for UN Country teams in East and Southern Africa. The UNCT-SWAP Gender Equality Scorecard is an accountability framework that promotes improved planning, coordination, programming and results for gender equality and women’s empowerment at the country level, tied to support to member states to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Read more >

our story The United Nations Country Team in Bahrain builds its skills to mainstream Gender Equality and Leave No One Behind in its strategic planning for enhanced results image

Bahrain: Mainstreaming Leave No One Behind

Location Bahrain

On 4 and 5 October, the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in Bahrain participated in a skills-based training exercise to strengthen its capacity to advance the Leave No One Behind (LNOB) principle in its country programming in Bahrain.

With the successful signature of the Strategic and Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (SCF) in 2021, the UNCT is committed to advance the national development priorities of the Kingdom of Bahrain in alignment with the 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The four outcomes of the SCF address 1) environment, energy, and food; 2) quality, comprehensive social services; 3) economic diversification, public administration, and resilience; and 4) Bahrain among nations. Read more >
 

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Gender equality in the UN Financial Data Standard

In 2012 the Gender Equality Marker (GEM) was first included as a performance indicator in the UN-SWAP. Since then, the UN System Coordination Division at UN Women has undertaken advocacy efforts and collaborated with UN entities, the Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) Office, the UNSDG Fiduciary Management and Oversight Group (FMOG) and the UN Chief Executive’s Board for Coordination (CEB) to expand the use of the GEM. In addition, it has led the High-Level Task Force (HLTF) on Financing for Gender Equality, established by the Secretary-General in 2018, with the objective of harmonizing and extending GEM implementation. As a result of these efforts, the Gender Equality Marker is now set to become the 7th UN Financial Data Standard. 

Read more in the UN system coordination report by UN Women or the UN Data Cube page.

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Key achievements

During the first year of its Strategic Plan 2022-2025, in collaboration with an expanded set of partners, UN Women worked to safeguard and advance the rights of women and girls across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus and achieved the following early results:

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peacebuilding processes

inclusive of young women supported in 9 countries and territories

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of humanitarian response plans
of Humanitarian Country Teams (HCTs) that UN Women engaged with incorporated steps to advance gender equality outcomes (exceeding the milestone of 75%)
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United Nations Country Teams
implemented the United Nations Country Team-System-wide Action Plan (UNCT-SWAP) (up from 38 in 2020 and 61 in 2021)
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Financial flows (expenses) in 2022 towards impact areas and systemic outcomes

Find out where UN Women's resources come from, where they go and how they are changing the lives of women and girls.

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Recipient regions Where resources go Impact areas What resources are
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Outcome indicators in 2022

SP_D_0.7.1
Percentage of ratings of reporting entities that meet or exceed UN-SWAP standards (derived from QCPR indicator 1.4.13) (Desk Review)
Achievement against 2022 milestone
103%
2022 Result (annual) 74%
2021
Baseline
70% 70%
2022
Milestone
72% 72%
Result
74% 74%
2023
Milestone
55% 55%
Result
- -
2024
Milestone
58% 58%
Result
- -
2025
Target
62% 62%
Result
- -
SP_D_0.7.2
Percentage of UNCTs that conducted the comprehensive UNCT-SWAP Gender Equality Scorecard in the past four years, and met or exceeded requirements for at least 60% of UNCT-SWAP standards (derived from QCPR indicator 1.4.15) (Desk Review)
2022 Result (annual) 36%
2021
Baseline
34.7% 34.7%
2022
Milestone
N/A N/A
Result
36% 36%
2023
Milestone
N/A N/A
Result
- -
2024
Milestone
N/A N/A
Result
- -
2025
Target
N/A N/A
Result
- -
SP_D_0.7.3
Percentage of UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks that have: a) a dedicated gender equality outcome; and/or b) that mainstream gender equality perspectives across Cooperation Framework outcomes (derived from QCPR indicator 1.4.16) (Desk Review)
2022 Result (annual) 66%
2021
Baseline
41.3% 41.3%
Please note that the 2021 Baseline referred to just part (b).
2022
Milestone
N/A N/A
Result
66% 66%
Between 2019 and 2022, 36 of 90 (40%) UNCTs reported having a dedicated gender equality outcome (indicator part a); 41 of 90 (46%) UNCTs reported having visibly mainstreamed gender into all their Cooperation Framework outcomes (indicator part b). A total of 59 of 90 (66%) UNCTs reported either having visibly mainstreamed gender equality perspectives into all Cooperation Framework outcomes or having a included dedicated gender equality outcome.
2023
Milestone
N/A N/A
Result
- -
2024
Milestone
N/A N/A
Result
- -
2025
Target
N/A N/A
Result
- -
SP_D_0.7.4
Percentage of UNCTs meeting/exceeding requirements in preventing and eliminating all forms of violence and discrimination against women and girls through multisectoral and coordinated approaches (derived from QCPR indicator 1.4.22) (Desk Review)
2022 Result (annual) 84%
2021
Baseline
TBD TBD
2022
Milestone
TBD TBD
Result
84% 84%
2023
Milestone
TBD TBD
Result
- -
2024
Milestone
TBD TBD
Result
- -
2025
Target
TBD TBD
Result
- -
SP_D_0.7.5
Number of action points to advance the implementation of UN-system commitments on women, peace and security (S/2019/800, paragraph120) that show progress (Desk Review)
2022 Result (annual) 11
2021
Baseline
TBD TBD
2022
Milestone
TBD TBD
Result
11 11
2022 data not available by reporting closure. Result refers to 2021.
2023
Milestone
TBD TBD
Result
- -
2024
Milestone
TBD TBD
Result
- -
2025
Target
TBD TBD
Result
- -
SP_D_0.7.6
Percentage of HCT response plans and strategies that demonstrate the integration of gender equality (Desk Review)
Achievement against 2022 milestone
150%
2022 Result (annual) 87%
2021
Baseline
54% 54%
2022
Milestone
55% 55%
Result
87% 87%
2023
Milestone
60% 60%
Result
- -
2024
Milestone
65% 65%
Result
- -
2025
Target
70% 70%
Result
- -
SP_D_0.7.7
Number of UN entities implementing disaster risk reduction, resilience or recovery initiatives with a focus on gender equality and women´s empowerment (Desk Review)

Complementary indicators are identified as those in the results framework that are not repeated verbatim in the results framework of another United Nations entity, but are related or provide different but complementary lenses or insights into the same issue, high-level result and/or area of complementary work, such as a Sustainable Development Goal target.

Complementary
sdg
UNDP
sdg
UNICEF
Achievement against 2022 milestone
113%
2022 Result (annual) 17
2020
Baseline
11 11
The baseline is from 2020: Progress Report on the Implementation of the UN Plan of Action on DRR for Resilience
2022
Milestone
15 15
Result
17 17
2023
Milestone
20 20
Result
- -
2024
Milestone
25 25
Result
- -
2025
Target
30 30
Result
- -
SP_D_0.7.8
Number of UNCTs implementing UN-system commitments and advocacy on women’s equal participation in elections and temporary special measures in their support to Member States (CO)
Achievement against 2022 milestone
64%
2022 Result (annual) 18
2021
Baseline
25 25
2022
Milestone
28 28
Result
18 18
Of 26 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2022, 18 had results reported: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chile, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Sudan, Timor-Leste, Tunisia.
2023
Milestone
31 31
Result
- -
2024
Milestone
34 34
Result
- -
2025
Target
38 38
Result
- -
SP_D_0.7.9
Number of countries that have endorsed a youth, peace and security framework (Desk Review)

Common indicators are those that appear verbatim the same in at least two entities' results frameworks and are drawn, where possible, directly from other globally agreed frameworks.

Common
sdg
UNDP
sdg
UNFPA
Achievement against 2022 milestone
150%
2022 Result (cumulative) 4
2021
Baseline
2 2
2022
Milestone
2 2
Result
4 4
In 2022, results attainment (4) achieved double the milestone (2). This was a result of joint effort from UNFPA, UNDP, UN Women and other stakeholders to provide dedicated support to countries developing national frameworks on youth, peace and security. As this is a common indicator with UNDP and UNFPA, the ambition is to jointly support more countries towards the adoption and implementation of youth, peace and security frameworks in coming years, and to also accompany the development and implementation of regional or subregional roadmaps. In 2022, the youth peace and security focal points of UNDP, UNFPA and UN Women, launched a global survey to identify priority areas for strengthening the organizational readiness to support development and implementation of youth, peace and security frameworks. In 2023, we therefore expect that a growing number of countries will endorse national frameworks on youth, peace and security.
2023
Milestone
5 5
Result
- -
2024
Milestone
15 15
Result
- -
2025
Target
25 25
Result
- -

Output indicators in 2022

SP_D_0.7.a
Number of thematic interagency mechanisms/teams that effectively address gender mainstreaming in priority areas (CO, RO, HQ)
Achievement against 2022 milestone
75%
2022 Result (annual) 265
2021
Baseline
337 337
2022
Milestone
355 355
Result
265 265
Of 29 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2022, 28 had results reported: Albania, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chile, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, Yemen, Zimbabwe.
2023
Milestone
345 345
Result
- -
2024
Milestone
345 345
Result
- -
2025
Target
345 345
Result
- -
SP_D_0.7.c
Number of interagency products or services with a focus on gender equality and women's empowerment developed and made available (CO, RO, HQ)
Achievement against 2022 milestone
104%
2022 Result (annual) 208
2021
Baseline
200 200
2022
Milestone
200 200
Result
208 208
Of 26 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2022, 22 had results reported: Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Bangladesh, Caribbean MCO, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, China, Colombia, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Malawi, Nepal, Niger, Philippines, Rwanda, Serbia, Sudan, Timor-Leste, Ukraine, Asia and the Pacific.
2023
Milestone
200 200
Result
- -
2024
Milestone
200 200
Result
- -
2025
Target
200 200
Result
- -
SP_D_0.7.d
Percentage of UN Joint-Programmes with a focus on gender equality in which UN Women participates as a Participating United Nations Organization (derived from QCPR indicator 1.4.17) (CO, RO)
Achievement against 2022 milestone
79%
2022 Result (annual) 30%
2021
Baseline
35% 35%
2022
Milestone
38% 38%
Result
30% 30%
2023
Milestone
41% 41%
Result
- -
2024
Milestone
44% 44%
Result
- -
2025
Target
47% 47%
Result
- -
SP_D_0.7.e

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Percentage of inter-agency pooled funds that are allocating 15% or more of their resources to programmes with gender equality and/or to women and girls as their principal objective (derived from QCPR indicators 1.4.20 and 1.4.21) (Desk Review)
Achievement against 2022 milestone
82%
2022 Result (annual) 42%
2021
Baseline
50% 50%
2022
Milestone
51% 51%
Result
42% 42%
2023
Milestone
52% 52%
Result
- -
2024
Milestone
52% 52%
Result
- -
2025
Target
53% 53%
Result
- -
SP_D_0.7.f

https://gendercoordinationandmainstreaming.unwomen.org/building-block/gender-equality-marker

Percentage of UN entities that track and report on allocations and/or expenditures on gender equality using gender equality markers and are allocating substantial resources to programmes with gender equality as their principal objective (derived from QCPR indicator 1.4.19) (Desk Review)
Achievement against 2022 milestone
85%
2022 Result (annual) 23%
2021
Baseline
27% 27%
2022
Milestone
27% 27%
Result
23% 23%
2023
Milestone
27% 27%
Result
- -
2024
Milestone
28% 28%
Result
- -
2025
Target
30% 30%
Result
- -
SP_D_0.7.g

No milestones or targets are currently set, in line with discussions with DCO and DESA in the context of the corresponding QCPR indicator.

Proportion out of total UNCTs with a Joint Work Plan in UN INFO 2.0 that allocated 70% or more of the UNCT annual funding framework available resources to activities with gender equality as a principal or significant objective (derived from QCPR indicator 1.4.18) (Desk Review)
2022 Result (annual) 47%
2021
Baseline
41% 41%
2022
Milestone
N/A N/A
Result
47% 47%
2023
Milestone
N/A N/A
Result
- -
2024
Milestone
N/A N/A
Result
- -
2025
Target
N/A N/A
Result
- -
SP_D_0.7.h
Number of Peacebuilding processes inclusive of young women supported by UN Women / UNFPA (CO)

Complementary indicators are identified as those in the results framework that are not repeated verbatim in the results framework of another United Nations entity, but are related or provide different but complementary lenses or insights into the same issue, high-level result and/or area of complementary work, such as a Sustainable Development Goal target.

Complementary
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UNFPA
sdg
UNICEF
Achievement against 2022 milestone
97%
2022 Result (annual) 33
2021
Baseline
32 32
2022
Milestone
34 34
Result
33 33
Of 18 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2022, 9 had results reported: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
2023
Milestone
38 38
Result
- -
2024
Milestone
39 39
Result
- -
2025
Target
43 43
Result
- -
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