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%)
The national government and local entities strengthen their capacities to accelerate the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs with the support of the UN Women, strengthening the production, analysis and use of gender statistics (UNSDCF 3.1)
The national government and local entities strengthen their capacities to accelerate the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs with the support of the UN Women, strengthening the production, analysis and use of gender statistics (UNSDCF 3.1)
Indicator 3.1: Government entities, institutional spaces and intersectoral spaces competent in VCM that improve their production of data, registration of information and articulation in the matter at national and territorial level with the accompaniment of UN WOMEN.
Percentage of gender-specific Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicators with available data
Evidence on use of gender statistics, analysis, and policy relevant research is documented
Number of national plans and strategies that integrate gender statistics as an objective or strategy (CO)
- Complementary Indicator UNICEF
SP 4.11.1: Number of National Action Plans and Strategies to end violence against women that have a component that addresses social norms, attitudes, and behavior transformation, developed with UN-Women's support
SP 4.11.2a: Number of countries that have, with UN Women's support, (1) conducted community activities with women and men, boys and girls on gender equality and respectful relationships and (2) developed national informal or formal education curricula on gender and violence against women in primary and/or secondary schools.
SP 4.11.3: Number of countries supported by UN-Women to improve guidelines, protocols, standard operating procedures (in line with best practices) on the provision of quality services for victims and survivors
SP 4.11.4: Number of countries that provide information about women's rights to access quality essential services for victims and survivors of violence, with UN-Women's support
SP 4.11.2b: Number of countries that have, with UN Women's support, (1) conducted community activities with women and men, boys and girls on gender equality and respectful relationships and (2) developed national informal or formal education curricula on gender and violence against women in primary and/or secondary schools.
Indicator 3.1.1: Number of Strategies implemented and / or supported for the strengthening of government entities competent in prevention, protection, integral care and access to justice for women and girls victims of violence, with registration functions in the field of information systems.
Number of gender-sensitive indicators of the global SDGs monitoring framework reported and included in the National Statistical Plan.
Number of initiatives implemented at the national and local level with the support of the UN Women for the acceleration of the SDGs.
Number of data collection initiatives (surveys/assessments) reports made accessible through the global and national platforms.
Number of communities of practice or multi-stakeholder platforms on gender statistics established and/or supported.
Number of inter-agency coordination mechanisms governing the production of multi-level disaggregated gender statistics and sex-disaggregated data, established or strengthened (CO)
Number of data producers and users with strengthened capacities in the collection, analysis, dissemination and use of gender statistics (CO)
Number of gender statistics and sex-disaggregated data collection initiatives, including in emerging areas conducted or analyzed (CO)
Number of platforms/web-based databases for dissemination of multi-level disaggregated gender statistics, sex-disaggregated data and knowledge developed (CO)
Number of countries with institutionalized user-producer dialogues to increase accessibility, quality and demand for multi-level disaggregated gender statistics, sex-disaggregated data and knowledge (CO)
Number of countries with national gender equality profiles developed and published with UN Women support and informing national priorities (CO)
The national government and local entities strengthen their capacities to accelerate the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs with the support of the UN Women, strengthening the production, analysis and use of gender statistics (UNSDCF 3.1)
In 2022, UN Women Colombia made significant progress on Outcome 3.1 (on track). Thanks to the development and launch of the second edition of Colombia’s Gender Profile –known as "Women and men: gender gaps in Colombia" (2022) —, the bases for the new National Development Plan 2022 - 2026 include a specific section for women called "Women, power of change" that incorporates the analysis made in the publication. The publication was developed in partnership with the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) and was launched on November 17 th 2022 by UN Women together with DANE and the Presidential Council for Women's Equality (CPEM). During the event, the National Planning Department (DNP) acknowledged the important contribution of the publication to the new development plan. As part of its strategy to strengthen the production, analysis and use of gender statistics, UN Women informed the participation of women’s organizations in the National Binding Dialogues by disseminating with them strategic summaries and presentations on the Gender Profile. This allowed women’s organizations to prepare evidence-based proposals and present them in the Dialogues to position their needs and priorities. UN Women also presented “Women and Men: Gender gaps in Colombia” to diverse institutional stakeholders, including the National Planning Department (DNP), national and local entities to present the analysis of progress and lags on gender equality, as well as recommendations to bridge gender gaps through affirmative actions. As part of its efforts to enhance the production, analysis and use of gender statistics at a local level, UN Women developed and socialized 4 Territorial Summaries of the most relevant data and information contained in the second edition of Colombia’s Gender Profile for the departments of Chocó, Nariño, Cauca and Bogotá. These were used as a key input for the Regional Binding Dialogues, and informed the participation of local women organizations within them, and the creation of local care systems with a territorial approach in Bogotá. Finally, UN Women continued with its work to support the strengthening of local Gender Observatories through the development of an assistance strategy that responds to the particular need of each of the 5 observatories.Disclaimer and notes
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