Region:Asia Pacific
Current UN Women Plan Period Afghanisthan:2018-2022
World Bank Income Classification:Low Income
The World Bank classifies economies for analytical purposes into four income groups: low, lower-middle, upper-middle, and high income. For this purpose it uses gross national income (GNI) per capita data in U.S. dollars, converted from local currency using the World Bank Atlas method, which is applied to smooth exchange rate fluctuations.
Least Developed Country:Yes
Since 1971, the United Nations has recognized LDCs as a category of States that are deemed highly disadvantaged in their development process, for structural, historical and also geographical reasons. Three criteria are used: per capita income, human assets, and economic vulnerability.
Gender Inequality Index:0.575
GII is a composite metric of gender inequality using three dimensions: reproductive health, empowerment and the labour market. A low GII value indicates low inequality between women and men, and vice-versa.
Gender Development Index:0.723
GDI measures gender inequalities in achievement in three basic dimensions of human development: health, education, and command over economic resources.
Population:209,497,025
Source of population data: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2022). World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision
Male:19,976,265 (9.5%)
Female:189,520,760 (90.5%)
outcome XM-DAC-41146-ARG_O_1
Increased UN coherence and accountability on GEEW
Acoording to the Strategic Note 2023-2025, this process will be covered under an specific output in the DRF.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-ARG_O_2
The office is adequately staffed to deliver programmes on budget, on time and on scope
According to the analysis made, the office reached a 77,71% of delivery rate and 89,30% of utilization of total funds. In the meeting held on December 6th, the Regional Director Maria-Noel Vaeza approved the Strategic Note 2023-2025 and highlighted the quality of the Strategic Note. Similarly, the Resident Coordinator Claudia Mojica, gave her proof endorsement by e-mail on December 14th. Through this e-mail, she expressed her support for the Strategy Note and its contents, also mentioning her and the RCO's commitment to continue strengthening cooperation and joint work within the framework of the United Nations Coordination Team.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-ARG_O_3
High quality of programmes through knowledge, innovation, results-based management and evaluation
The knowledge gained by the team through training and regular meetings was reflected in the Strategic Note and allowed the team to overcome a year full of challenges due to the Strategic Note itself and the Regional Conference. Actions to promote staff psychosocial wellbeing, team building and a healthy work environment had very positive results, as shown with the fact that there were no Human Resources rotation during the period, apart from those already planned. The activities carried out have allowed us to strengthen ties and consolidate spaces for the team to socialize.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-ARG_O_4
UNW CO Resource mobilization, partnerships and communication strategies provide a foundation to increase and diversify non core resources.
The most important achievements of 2022 are: - Thanks to the efforts made in terms of mobilization strategy, the Argentina country office managed to achieve around 80% of the expected resources for 2022, with an important presence of non-traditional donors: subnational governments and private sector. - Visibility in the media increased; A total of more than 2,000 mentions were recorded in 2022, achieving an economic impact of 2,419,885 USD. - With respect to the 16 days of activism and Spotlight's campaign, specifically “A life without violence is possible”, more than 3.002.826 million people were reached on Facebook and Instagram in less than a month. On YouTube, 286.885 views of the spots were achieved with digital advertising, achieving the top 10 most viewed videos. Furthermore a podcast coproduced with Feminacida got 1.085 views on Spotify. - New followers continued to arise, reaching in 2022 a total of 20187 across all platforms. Compared to 2021, the Facebook page increased its reach by 2426.3 % (+5,285,124), visits by 101.6 % (+13,907) and likes by 500.9 % (+11,296). On Instagram, it increased by 7289 followers (23.168 total) during 2022. With 3118 posts published on social networks, Argentina was the third country in the region with the most posts during the year, behind the regional office and Mexico. - After 4 years the Country Office was able to constitute its Civil Society Advisory Group integrated by known experts and activists, and approved its firs work plan: Alejandra Tolosa, Anny Ocoró Loango, Clelia del Carmen Avalos, Ethel Edith Zulli, Fabiana Menna, Lucía Cavallero, María del Carmen Feijoó, María Mercedes Pombo, María Soledad Deza, Mariana Paterlini, Mariela Belski, Natalia Gherardi, Paula Mercedes Alvarado y Vanina Escales.Showing 6 - 9 of 9
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