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-ETH_D_3.2
Women and girls who experience violence can use available, accessible and quality essential services so the impact of violence is addressed, and perpetrators are held accountable
UN Women significantly contributed to the achievement of this outcome. A total of 4,153 women and girls in the different parts of the country, who are subjected to violence, have received essential services from several women shelters and hotline service providers supported by UN Women. EU Women contributed to these results through providing financial and technical support in the establishment and running of six women shelters where in 2021, a total of 934 survivors and their 332 children have accessed and benefitted from the comprehensive services as well as 100 survivors benefitted from the hotline counselling services. UN Women has also built the capacities of service providers, including shelters, justice sectors and hotline counselling providers that improved service provision in terms of implementing survivor-centered approaches. UN Women supported the rolling out of the National Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), which now is used by Ethiopia Network of Women Shelters (ENWS). As the result, all members of ENWS have started to use the SOP in 2021 and implementing survivor-centered principles as per the global essential services package. UN Women also played a key role in the development of a national five- year strategy on VAWG prevention and response which aims to accelerate evidence-based multi-sectoral actions to address violence against women and children (VAWC) which will be led and implemented by the government with the support of development partners. UN Women through its support to Setaweet, a CSO partner, has developed a referral directory which enabled service providers in Addis Ababa know where to refer survivors based on their needs. This was considered as a best practice that has ensured proper referral linkages in Addis Ababa and can be replicated in other regions as well.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-ETH_D_3.3
Favourable social norms, attitudes and behaviours are promoted at community and individual levels to prevent VAWG
Despite COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing conflict, intensive efforts have been made to address social norms that perpetuate VAWG. As part of prevention strategy, UN Women works closely with existing structures including government, faith, and traditional structures as well as the community. UN Women continued supporting the implementation of SASA!, a community mobilization tool to prevent VAWG and HIV, through continuous engagement of communities. Moreover, UN Women through Norwegian Church Aid mobilized religious leaders, faith communities and institutionalized the issue of VAWG in the faith-based structures and regular activities including sermons, theology and Bible colleges, women of faith and youth group activities. Further to this, UN Women in close partnership with education sector continue to promote gender equal, respectful, and non-violent culture among students, teachers and other staff through educational curricula and programs that address gender inequality and ending VAWG. To that end, UN Women has been working with the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Women and Social Affairs, Amhara and Oromia Bureau of Education through continuous dialogue and capacity buildings towards gender sensitive curriculum and textbooks development. The school related gender-based violence (SRGBV) code of conduct has been revised and capacities of teachers, school communities and stakeholders in Oromia and Sidama regions to prevent and respond to SRGBV have been enhanced as result of UN Women initiatives.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-ETH_D_3.4
Women and girls in Hawassa and Addis Ababa empowered in public spaces and Favourable social norms, attitudes and behaviours are promoted at community and individual levels to prevent sexual harassment and other forms of SVAWG
As part of the global flagship initiative on “Safe City and Safe Public Spaces”, ECO has been supporting the implementation of the pilot programme in Hawassa and Addis Ababa aiming to create safe and empowering public spaces for women and girls free from sexual harassment (SH) and other forms of sexual violence against women and girls (SVAWG). Significant efforts were made to promote a positive attitude and behaviors to enable women and girls to enjoy their right and create violence free public spaces through capacity enhancement of school gender clubs, media professional, youth volunteers and organizing media advocacy and public awareness events. In addition, capacity of legal bodies, service providers, faith institutions and public transport service provides were built to ensure effective accountability mechanisms and collaborative actions to make the cities safe for women and girls. Addressing the issue of SVAWG at different level created some form of momentum among the community, government and faith structures in the intervention areas, particularly in Hawassa city. In the course of the year, UN Women ensured the voice of women in the community is incorporated in the development of the Addis Ababa Safe City Programme design which enabled the incorporation of the needs and priorities of women and girls in Addis Ababa.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-ETH_D_3.5
Normative and policy frameworks are promoted and adapted in line with international standards, and institutions have the commitment, knowledge and capacities to legislate, plan, implement and monitor policies to address VAWG and femicide.
During this reporting period, the following key milestones were achieved which contribute to tackling the multiple obstacles faced with regards to ratification, domestication, and enforcement of regional laws and policies- Desk review conducted was conducted to analyze the laws on SGBV, the status of domestication, and implementation of the subject laws, and the challenges experienced in the elimination of SGBV.- UN women through SIARP, revamped the gender observatory reporting platform and provided capacity-building training to enhance the accountability of members states' commitment to eliminate VAWG/SGBV/HP and promote /SRH&RR as mandated by African Union Instruments such as SDGEA and Agenda 2063. Strengthened AUC regional data and research gender observatory and scorecard to ensure periodic, inclusive, and quality reporting of member states and CSO’s on VAWG/SGBV/HP and SRH&RR to generate evidence to inform policy and programs in collaboration with UNECA and AUC.- The SIARP increased investments in and collaboration with CSOs and the women’s movement to implement a series of activities which intended to strengthen their technical, institutional, and networking capacities enhanced effectiveness and participation in AU policy and implementation processes to address issues of violence against women, and girls, and Harmful Practices. The program established formal agreements with 4 regional CSOs, research institutions, and Women's rights organizations and disbursed funds in line with the SIARP requirements of allocation of 30-50% SIARP resources to CSOs.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-ETH_D_6.2
Systems of accountability in place to hold duty-bearers to account to deliver on GEWE commitments in national and international frameworks
UN Women contributed significantly to the progress in expanding systems of accountability through the development and roll-out of the Gender Accountability Framework to assess the performance of CSOs on gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE). The Gender Accountability Framework was developed through a project with IIRR on citizen generated data. In addition, the performance levelling tool which is used to assess government sectors’ performance on GEWE is undergoing revision with UN Women support. In addition, the consolidated review of the National Policy on Ethiopian Women (NPEW) has been completed with clear recommendations for the revision and preparation of Ethiopia’s first National Gender Policy. UN Women will continue its support to the development of the National Gender Policy which will signal a significant development in the lives of women and girls in Ethiopia. The development of an inclusive and transformative gender policy and accompanying gender equality roadmap will chart the way for enhancing GEWE in alignment to international, regional and national commitments. With UN Women’s support, Ethiopia submitted international reports on progress on GEWE including the mid-term report as per the recommendations of the CEDAW Committee on Ethiopia’s 8th periodic report. Output Cluster 1: Enhanced coordination, coherence and accountability of the UN system for commitments to GEWE In 2021, UN Women lead, coordinated, and promoted the accountability of the United Nations system in its work on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, including in humanitarian action. UN Women has used its coordination mandate to advance the gender in humanitarian action agenda. UN Women has been an active participant in the Ethiopia Humanitarian Country Team (EHCT) to integrate gender into coordinated humanitarian action at the strategic leadership level. In addition, UN Women increased inter-agency and cross-sectoral coordination and integration of gender in the Inter-Cluster Coordination Group (ICCG), Inter-Agency Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) Analysis Working Group, Protection Cluster and Gender-Based Violence/Child Protection (GBV/CP) Area of Responsibility (AoR). UN Women in partnership with OCHA and the Inter Cluster Coordination Group (ICCG), the Ethiopia Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for 2021 was strengthened gender dimensions across sectoral responses, including COVID-19 response in the humanitarian sector. In addition, UN Women led development of the Protection against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) - Accountability to Affected Population (AAP) section of the same HRP, substantially increasing the relevance of PSEA within humanitarian needs and response. Recognition and upscaling of Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) from with 6 sub-regional networks having been established across the country under the leadership of UN Women and UNFPA. The role of UN Women Gender in Humanitarian Action team in strengthening the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) mechanisms and referral chains as part of the PSEA Network has been recognized by the UN system as key in enhancing system-wide accountability for gender equality and women's empowerment across the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus. Under the overall coordination leadership of UN Women and UN OHCHR, the UNCT produced and submitted a UNCT supplementary report on the follow-up report by the Government of Ethiopia to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Committee. The follow-up report provides substantial analysis of the situation of GEWE in Ethiopia in addition to the progress with regards to harmful practices and violence against women and girls and covers major developments in the country that have impacted the rights of women and girls in Ethiopia since the adoption of the concluding observations in 2020. UN Women has enhanced UN system’s coordination around GEWE by setting up a network of UN gender focal points. The network has been instrumental in supporting the African Union Commission (AUC’s) relevant sector departments to mainstream gender in their programs and initiatives. It also enhances coordination of UN system for “Delivering As One” on continental GEWE priorities with opportunities for synergy to advance the coherent implementation of SDGs and Africa Agenda 2063.Showing 11 - 15 of 15
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