Governments and civil society are able to assess and inform progress in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the SDGs as well as other global and regional normative frameworks
This outcome is focused on the strengthening the capacity of governments and civil society so that they will be able to assess and and inform progress of the implementation of the BPfA, SDGs and other global and regional normative frameworks.
Number of countries supported by ROAP to contribute to the review theme of the CSW
ROAP supports the countries to undertake a 25-year review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action
Number of UN system COVID-19 response plans that have integrated gender responsive considerations based on research / tools produced by UN Women
Number of regional and national disaster risk reduction laws, regulations, policies, frameworks, strategies/plans that address gender specific disaster risks with UN Women support
# of ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management Working Groups integrating activities pertaining to gender, protection, and inclusion in their work programme
Percentage of resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Human Rights Council that integrate a gender perspective (Desk Review)
SDG 5.1.1: Whether or not legal frameworks are in place to promote, enforce and monitor equality and non-discrimination on the basis of sex (Desk Review)
- SDG Indicator 5.1.1
- Complementary Indicator UNAIDS, UNFPA
- Common Indicator UNDP, UNICEF
- Complementary Indicator UNAIDS, UNDP
Number of national and/or local (multi) sectoral strategies, policies and/or action plans that are adopted with a focus on gender equality (CO)
- Complementary Indicator UNAIDS, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF
Number of legal and policy frameworks that promote gender balance in decision making institutions and processes (CO)
- Complementary Indicator UNICEF
- SDG Indicator 5.6.1
- Common Indicator UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO
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)
Percentage of HCT response plans and strategies that demonstrate the integration of gender equality (Desk Review)
- Complementary Indicator UNDP, UNICEF
SP 1.1.1: Number of countries supported by UN-Women to contribute to the review theme of the Commission on the Status of Women through voluntary national presentations(Not for country reporting)
SP 1.1.2: Percentage of Member States expressing satisfaction with the support provided by UN-Women for the annual session of the Commission on the Status of Women(Not for country reporting)
SP 1.1.3: Number of countries supported by UN-Women that undertake a 25-year review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action(Not for country reporting)
SP 1.1.4: Percentage of UN Country Teams' CEDAW reports submitted with UN-Women's support (Not for country reporting)
SP 1.2.1: Number of thematic briefings and dialogues convened by UN-Women at the global level in preparation for intergovernmental processes (Not for country reporting)
SP 1.2.2: Number of dialogues convened and platforms created by UN-Women for non-governmental organizations to contribute to global policy discussions
CSW preparatory meetings in AP region continue to inform global CSW outcomes
Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) receives technical inputs to mainstream GEEW into SDG review processes at regional level
Number of partners that have increased capacities to promote/influence gender responsive legislation (CO)
Number of multi-stakeholder dialogue processes to promote engagement of governments with civil society and other partners to advance gender equality and women's empowerment (CO, RO, HQ)
Number of countries in Asia-Pacific producing gender-responsive disaster assessments and risk profiles (e.g. include gender analysis, sex, age and diversity disaggregated data and analysis of occurrence and risk of GBV for women and girls)
Number of countries in Asia-Pacific with national disaster risk reduction laws, regulations, policies, strategies/plans that address gender specific disaster risks
Number of Gender in Humanitarian Action trainings conducted for humanitarian actors in the region
Number of events/statements with joint organization from ASEAN disaster management and gender actors
Number of draft policy/strategic documents informed by recommendations and/or perspective of civil society and women's organizations, including women living with HIV/AIDS and LGBTIQ, in the region
Number of partners that have increased capacities to promote/influence gender responsive legislation (CO)
Number of national AIDS coordinating bodies and/or national multi-sectoral HIV programmes that have strengthened capacity to integrate gender-responsive actions into national HIV strategies (CO)
Number of multi-stakeholder dialogue processes to promote engagement of governments with civil society and other partners to advance gender equality and women's empowerment (CO, RO, HQ)
Reach (# of downloads, distribution, etc.) of regional knowledge products developed
# actions taken by regional platforms to produce research and tools to inform gender-responsive response to COVID-19
Reach (# of shares/likes, listeners) of advocacy and media campaigns, including most vulnerable groups about preventing COVID-19 and accessing essential services
Number of platforms strengthened
Number of women and men representatives of civil society, academia and young bloggers, community leaders or cyber defenders who have increased their knowledge of issues pertaining to gender- responsive cybersecurity in Southeast Asia
Number of women and men who have increased their digital literacy skills to facilitate positive digital engagement in Southeast Asia
Number of women and men who accessed information related to digital security threats from a gender perspective in Southeast Asia
Number of members of civil society organizations, human rights defenders, journalists, and women in small e-commerce enterprises who enhanced their knowledge of how to assess their digital risks and how to strenghen their digital security practices.
Governments and civil society are able to assess and inform progress in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the SDGs as well as other global and regional normative frameworks
In 2022, UN Women supported Governments and civil society in the Asia-Pacific region to assess and stay informed on progress in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the SDGs as well as other global and regional normative frameworks through several processes, namely: (i) the CSW66 Regional Consultation which brought together state and non-state actors including national gender machineries, ministries in charge of environment, national disaster management organizations, civil society organizations representing diverse constituencies, UN entities, international financial institutions, intergovernmental bodies, philanthropic institutions and academia. Convened by UN Women and ESCAP, in collaboration with UNDP, UNEP, UNDRR, UNICEF and UNFPA, these consultations allowed these diverse actors to convene and agree on ways to accelerate progress on key frameworks including the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (in particular, the 2019 Asia-Pacific Declaration on Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Beijing+25 Review), the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These discussions were useful in that they were relevant to informing stakeholder perspectives during the COP 27. Further, UN Women also contributed to the sharing of good practices in line with the regional consultation recommendations, through two side events during the global CSW66 session. Link to resources: https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/stories/in-focus/2022/02/csw66 (ii) Secondly, UN Women ensured that all SDG goal profiles developed for the Ninth Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Forum (March 2022) i.e. for SDGs 4, 14, 15 and 17. UN Women also collaborated with ESCAP and UNFPA in leading on the development of the SDG 5 profile -as well as co-facilitating a roundtable on SDG 5 which allowed ESCAP member states, civil society, private sector and UN partners to discuss key impediments to progress on SDG 5 and strategies for accelerating progress in this area. The recommendations of the same were presented to ESCAP member states of 31 March and submitted at the 2022 HLPF. (iii) In the humanitarian sphere, UN Women were able to support the ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management and its Secretariat to strengthen tools and good practice case studies for gender-responsive operationalization of the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response Work Programme 2021-2025. (iv) Under the regional programme funded by the Government of Japan “Gender-Responsive COVID-19 Prevention and Response in Mekong Countries”, UN Women’s regional humanitarian and disaster risk reduction team provided support at regional and national levels, planning activities on inclusive and gender-responsive measures to prevent and respond to COVID-19, including support to COVID-19 vaccine access in Lao PDR, regional research and dialogues on women’s inclusion in socio-economic recovery, and development of communications campaign. Further, under the same programme, implemented in India and funded by ROK, a study on women’s leadership and meaningful participation in COVID-19 recovery and response in India were able to frame the planning of a similar regional study and dialogues to be replicated. Under the programme “Gender-Responsive COVID-19 Recovery in India” funded by MOGEF in the Government of the Republic of Korea, UN Women provided support to the India Country Office on implementing gender-responsive measures to prevent and respond to COVID-19 and support pandemic recovery efforts. In addition, the UN Women – through partnership with Humanitarian Advisory Group – rolled out two studies in India and Nepal on women’s inclusion and leadership in COVID-19 socioeconomic recovery efforts in Asia-Pacific, which aimed to: (1) Understand the current state of women’s leadership and participation in COVID-19 response and recovery in South Asia; (2) Identify recommendations to better support women’s leadership and participation in COVID-19 response and recovery. UN Women also partnered with the Korean Women’s Development Institute (KWDI) to jointly hold a regional dialogue with South Asian women civil society leaders on facilitating gender-response recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuring women’s leadership in crisis decision-making and response planning in Seoul, South Korea. The regional dialogue identified best practices and lessons learned from CSOs’ experience during the pandemic and provided recommendations for enhancing women’s leadership and participation in planning and decision-making for COVID-19 recovery. (v) UN Women worked with UNAIDS and other Cosponsors to ensure that needs of Women living with HIV and LGBTQI communities are reflected in UBRAF's priorities in the Joint Plans at Regional and country level. Inputs were also provided in the development of Integrated Regional Action Plan for viral hepatitis, HIV and sexually transmitted infections in South-East Asia, 2022–2026 by WHO to ensure that needs of women affected by HIV are reflected and addressed. UN Women also provided inputs fin the development of 'Born Too Soon' - Global report, coordinated by WHO, focusing on gender inequity and structural barriers that contribute to poorer maternal health and stillbirth. (vi) In 2022, UN Women have also been engaging with women’s civil society, digital rights organizations and cyber defenders to support regional network building among leading stakeholders advocating for gender-responsive cybersecurity across Southeast Asia and to ensure that a WPS lens is applied to cybersecurity issues. A collective of 26 civil society organizations and women’s rights advocates drafted an advocacy brief with the support of UN Women. UN Women shared the key advocacy points in several international and regional fora and including in a technical Briefing Meeting for the development of the ASEAN Regional Plan of Action on Women, Peace and Security. As a result of this advocacy work, the now adopted ASEAN WPS Regional Plan of Action includes reference to cybersecurity as an emerging WPS issue, as well as four specific action points on cybersecurity and WPS. The Government of Thailand has also expressed keen interest in UN Women's work on cybersecurity and on 29 November 2022, UN Women organized a government consultation with key Government bodies to support discussions on gender-responsive cybersecurity, building a foundation for continued government dialogue.Disclaimer and notes
References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).