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-ECA_O_2
Advancing partnerships & resourcing; Effectively influencing for impact & scale.
In 202 2 , c ountries develop ed and finalize d 35 agreements with donors that led to over 20mill dollars mobilized for gender equality programming in the region , with unwavering support from ECARO. Notably, Ukraine signed a new agreement with Sweden for 4.8mill supporting the Strategic Note and similarly BiH received 1.5mill from Sweden focusing on women resilience in rural areas. Moreover, a new agreement was signed with US A for over 1.9mill for the regional refugee response. New partnerships were established with KOICA and agreements were signed with Poland, MFA Austria and Netherlands for targeted programming activities in Ukraine and Moldova. On nurturing existing partnerships, UN Women continued cooperation with E uropean B ank for R econstruction and D evelopment (EBRD) and jointly partnered on Women Entrepreneurship Expo regionally and at the country level facilitate new business connections for women entrepreneurs. The ongoing partnership with Regional Cooperation Council has been further deepened- and a joint side event for CSW66 was co- organized on climate and gender whilst a joint action plan has been developed focused on key priorities such as digitalization and the green agenda. ECARO also established a new partnership with UNECE and organized a donor’s roundtable to mobilize resource for a joint programme on gender responsive standards that will lead to join t activities in the region. 1.5mill for GEF implementation in Kosovo was successfully secured by ECARO after organizing the Regional GEF (Gender Equality Facility) event to share knowledge, experiences & lessons learned about gender mainstreaming into the EU accession process for Western Balkans with national Gender Machineries (NGMs), relevant line ministries, EUD representatives whilst also providing a learning platform for new EU candidates such as Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. All these efforts have been instrumental in building bridges and bringing key partners together to continue protecting and advancing the rights of women and girls in the region.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-ECA_O_3
Advancing business transformation.
1. ECARO Regional O perations M anager set up a period call between all ROMs and DMA senior management to ensure sharing of initiatives to promote innovation 2. Implementation of a Power BI reporting dashboard for month end compliance to flag key considerable issues for management update. 3. Development and implementation of a contract tracking module 4. A dashboard for sharing and tracking use of regional SSA retainer contracts 5. Implementation of back to office booking App Furthermore, ECARO has proactively volunteered to support in the development of new or updated policies and procedures in HQ, bringing in the COs for their inputs whenever possible to ensure that 1) the policies are relevant to field requirements and 2) get buy-in from the end users. Lastly, ECA pushed to ensure that they were the first region to receive the Q u antum procure-to- pay cycle training and were the first to strongly request the post-COVID re-initiation of CIPS3 training, the first one run in over two years, based on ECARO's demand to ensure high standards are continually followed in ECA.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-ECA_O_4
Nurturing an empowered workforce and advancing an inclusive and advancing inclusive UN Women culture.
Following to the conclusion of Time-use Survey, ECA RO identified work-life balance as a priority and make it a reality for each and every staff member. The staff retreat that took place in September 2022 was one of the key steps to discuss and look for solutions in a joined up way. All agreed steps taken very seriously by the senior management which turned into action with the help of a consultant as well as task forces establised by staff members. Counselling services were offered to all staff in addition to special coaching sessions for programme managers. New planning modalities introduced in order to balance the work load and ensure equal distribution. ECA pays utmost attention to the well being of staff which improved in a gradual manner. Regading empowerment of staff, ECARO piloted job-swap within the second half of the year and also availed various missions amoung COs and RO to faciliate knowledge exchange. These exercises contributed to UNW's inclusive culture that attracted and retained talent in the region.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-ECA_O_5
Effective normative, programmatic and coordination products, services and processes.
All normative, programmatic and coordination products and processes improved in 2022. Moldova, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine submitted t hree new , t op quality Strategic Notes (SNs) in a timely manner. To st r eamline the processes, ECARO combined RO & HQ technical reviews in one meeting and also introduced 'peer review' into the process to cultivate an exchange of experience and learning. All field office annual reports for 2021 were drafted, reviewed and finalized with detailed quality assurance by ECA RO. Mor eo ver , ECARO took a very active role and engaged all levels of the process for one-time course correction of the SP indicators which leads the organization for a more accurate and result focused reporting. Under various programme and projects, many knowledge products were produced which contributed to the Community of Practice exercises both at the regional and corporate levels. UNW's coordination mandate has been strengthened further both at regional and field levels through Issue-based Coalition on Gender Equality, close cooperation with Gender Theme Groups as well UNW's engagement with UNSDCF development processes.Showing 6 - 9 of 9
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