Region:Asia PacificCurrent UN Women Plan Period Afghanisthan:2018-2022
World Bank Income Classification:Low IncomeThe 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:YesSince 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:0.575GII 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:0.723GDI measures gender inequalities in achievement in three basic dimensions of human development: health, education, and command over economic resources.
Population:209,497,025Source of population data: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2022). World Population Prospects: The 2022 RevisionMale:19,976,265 (9.5%)Female:189,520,760 (90.5%)
Level of influence of civil society organizations working on gender equality and women's empowerment, including womens organizations, in key normative, policy and peace processes (CO, RO, HQ)
2020 (B)0N/A
2022 (M)To be reported
2023 (M)To be reported
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)To be reported
SP_D_0.7.2
Percentage of UNCTs that conducted the comprehensive UNCT-SWAP Gender Equality Scorecard in the past four years, and met or exceeded requirements for at least 60% of UNCT-SWAP standards (derived from QCPR indicator 1.4.15) (Desk Review)
2020 (B)NoN/A
2022 (M)To be reported
2023 (M)To be reported
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)Yes, met or/exceeded-
SP_D_0.7.3
Percentage of UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks that have: a) a dedicated gender equality outcome; and/or b) that mainstream gender equality perspectives across Cooperation Framework outcomes (derived from QCPR indicator 1.4.16) (Desk Review)
2020 (B)60%N/A
2022 (M)65%-
2023 (M)70%-
2024 (M)75%-
2025 (T)80%-
SP_D_0.7.6
Percentage of HCT response plans and strategies that demonstrate the integration of gender equality (Desk Review)
2020 (B)NoN/A
2022 (M)Yes-
2023 (M)Yes-
2024 (M)Yes-
2025 (T)Yes-
SP_D_1.1A
SP 2.4.1: Number of gender equality reforms developed and/or being implemented by electoral stakeholders with UN-Women's technical support
(B)-N/A
2022 (M)To be reported
2023 (M)To be reported
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)To be reported
SP_D_1.1B
SP 2.4.2 : Number of women leaders, candidates and aspirants with strengthened capacities to engage in political life, with UN-Women's support
2017 (B)0N/A
2022 (M)To be reported
2023 (M)To be reported
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)To be reported
SP_D_1.1C
SP 2.4.3: Number of gender equality initiatives developed and/or being implemented by parliamentary bodies (Legislative Parliamentary Committees/ Women Caucus/ Speaker of Parliament's Office/Secretariat of the Parliament), with UN-Women's support
(B)-N/A
2022 (M)To be reported
2023 (M)To be reported
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)To be reported
SP_D_1.1D
SP 2.4.4: Number of initiatives developed and/or being implemented to monitor violence against women in politics, with UN-Women's support
(B)-N/A
2022 (M)To be reported
2023 (M)To be reported
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)To be reported
SP_D_3.2
SDG 5.2.2 Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence (Desk Review)
The Government of Ethiopia, the UN system, and development partners have enhanced capacities and strengthened political will to advance gender equality principles and practices in all initiatives relating to expanding women and young womens access to decent work and participation in civic life, and (humanitarian) decision making processes especially marginalised and disadvantaged young women
SP_D_0.1.e
Number of partners that have increased capacities to advance gender equality and womens empowerment through national and/or local (multi) sectoral strategies, policies and/or action plans (CO)
2020 (B)4N/A
2022 (M)41
2023 (M)51
2024 (M)71
2025 (T)91
SP_D_0.4.a
Number of institutions with strengthened capacities to improve the provision of essential services, goods and/or resources for women (CO)
2020 (B)14N/A
2022 (M)68
2023 (M)98
2024 (M)118
2025 (T)158
SP_D_0.4.d
Number of women accessing information, goods, resources and/or services through UNW supported platforms and programs in humanitarian and development settings (CO)
National and sub-national governments, the UN system, development partners, and civil society, produce and use evidence, have improved knowledge, capacity and resources as well as political will to develop, adopt, implement, and monitor legislation, policies, strategies, programs and systems to reduce gender inequality and combat VAWG in all its forms, including CRSV and other violence in crisis and conflict affected settings
SP_D_0.1.a
Number of governments that undertake national review processes in response to global intergovernmental outcomes (CO)
2020 (B)YesN/A
2022 (M)YesTrue
2023 (M)NoTrue
2024 (M)YesTrue
2025 (T)NoTrue
SP_D_0.1.d
Number of partners that have increased capacities to promote/influence gender responsive legislation (CO)
2020 (B)10N/A
2022 (M)107
2023 (M)167
2024 (M)227
2025 (T)267
SP_D_0.1.f
Number of institutions that have increased capacities to design and implement institutional reforms/strategies/policies that promote gender equality and womens empowerment (CO)
2020 (B)16N/A
2022 (M)20
2023 (M)40
2024 (M)60
2025 (T)90
SP_D_0.1.g
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)
2021 (B)NoN/A
2022 (M)YesTrue
2023 (M)YesTrue
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)To be reported
SP_D_0.1.h
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)
2020 (B)10N/A
2022 (M)1112
2023 (M)1912
2024 (M)2512
2025 (T)3012
SP_D_0.3.b
Number of community or organizational level UN Women programmes that address behaviour and/or social/gender norms using evidence/practice-based methodologies (CO)
2020 (B)5N/A
2022 (M)22
2023 (M)32
2024 (M)32
2025 (T)32
SP_D_0.4.b
Number of countries supported to develop and/or implement guidelines, protocols and standard operating procedures to strengthen EVAWG services in line with the Essential Services Package (CO)
2020 (B)NoN/A
2022 (M)To be reported
2023 (M)To be reported
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)YesTrue
SP_D_0.4.e
Number of countries with multi stakeholder initiatives in place to prevent and respond to sexual violence including sexual harassment in public and/or private spaces (CO)
2020 (B)YesN/A
2022 (M)Yes1
2023 (M)Yes1
2024 (M)Yes1
2025 (T)Yes1
SP_D_0.7.a
Number of thematic interagency mechanisms/teams that effectively address gender mainstreaming in priority areas (CO, RO, HQ)
2020 (B)2N/A
2022 (M)95
2023 (M)95
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)95
SP_D_0.7.c
Number of interagency products or services with a focus on gender equality and women's empowerment developed and made available (CO, RO, HQ)
National and subnational governments and civil society, including local womens organisations and networks have capacity to design and implement gender-responsive policy and regulatory frameworks, strategies and tools that ensure equitable, safe, and dignified response and recovery mechanisms to enable women and girls who are affected by conflict, humanitarian crisis and displacement to rebuild their lives in sustainable ways, particularly focusing on those that are marginalised and vulnerable
SP_D_0.4.c
Number of womens organizations with increased capacities to deliver and/or monitor the quality of services, resources and goods for women in humanitarian and development settings (CO)
SP 2.6.1: Number of National Strategies for the Development of Statistics that integrate a gender perspective, developed or implemented with UN-Women's support
(B)-N/A
2022 (M)To be reported
2023 (M)To be reported
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)To be reported
SP_D_1.3B
SP 2.6.2a: Number of national reports on (a) the implementation of the SDGs from a gender perspective or (b) the status of women, men, girls and boys in the country, developed with UN-Women's support
(B)-N/A
2022 (M)To be reported
2023 (M)To be reported
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)To be reported
SP_D_1.3C
SP 2.6.3: Number of national coordination mechanisms (i.e. multi-stakeholder governance mechanisms) governing the production of gender statistics established or strengthened with UN-Women's support
(B)-N/A
2022 (M)To be reported
2023 (M)To be reported
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)To be reported
SP_D_1.3D
SP 2.6.4: Number of data producers and users with strengthened capacities in the collection, analysis, dissemination and use of gender statistics, including in improving Tier II and Tier III SDGs indicators, with UN-Women's support
(B)-N/A
2022 (M)To be reported
2023 (M)To be reported
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)To be reported
SP_D_1.3E
SP 2.6.2b: Number of national reports on (a) the implementation of the SDGs from a gender perspective or (b) the status of women, men, girls and boys in the country, developed with UN-Women's support
Liaison Office: More girls have equitable access to STEM education and decent job opportunities
SP_D_0.4.d
Number of women accessing information, goods, resources and/or services through UNW supported platforms and programs in humanitarian and development settings (CO)
Liaison Office: More women and girls exercise their voice, agency and leadership, including through an enabling environment that supports women’s and youth organizations
SP_D_0.5.4
Level of influence of civil society organizations working on gender equality and women's empowerment, including womens organizations, in key normative, policy and peace processes (CO, RO, HQ)
2022 (B)TBDN/A
2022 (M)To be reported
2023 (M)To be reported
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)To be reported
SP_D_1.1A
SP 2.4.1: Number of gender equality reforms developed and/or being implemented by electoral stakeholders with UN-Women's technical support
(B)-N/A
2022 (M)To be reported
2023 (M)To be reported
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)To be reported
SP_D_1.1C
SP 2.4.3: Number of gender equality initiatives developed and/or being implemented by parliamentary bodies (Legislative Parliamentary Committees/ Women Caucus/ Speaker of Parliament's Office/Secretariat of the Parliament), with UN-Women's support
(B)-N/A
2022 (M)To be reported
2023 (M)To be reported
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)To be reported
SP_D_1.1D
SP 2.4.4: Number of initiatives developed and/or being implemented to monitor violence against women in politics, with UN-Women's support
Liaison Office: Gender statistics, sex-disaggregated data and knowledge are produced, analyzed and used to inform Africa continental policy- making, advocacy and accountability for delivering gender equality
SP_D_0.5.d
Number of civil society organizations working on gender equality and women's empowerment, especially womens organizations, that have strengthened capacity to exercise their leadership role towards the achievement of gender equality and womens empowerment (CO, RO, HQ)
Liaison Office/SIARP: Women's rights groups, autonomous social movements, and CSOs, including those representing youth and groups facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination/marginalization, more effectively influence and advance progress on GEWE and VAWG, including SGBV/HP.
SP_D_0.1.f
Number of institutions that have increased capacities to design and implement institutional reforms/strategies/policies that promote gender equality and womens empowerment (CO)
All people in Ethiopia live in a society resilient to environmental risks and adapted to climate change.
SP_D_0.4.3
Number of countries where multi-sectoral systems, strategies or programs are implemented to advance womens equal access to and use of services, goods and/resources, including social protection (CO)
SP 2.6.1: Number of National Strategies for the Development of Statistics that integrate a gender perspective, developed or implemented with UN-Women's support
2017 (B)YesN/A
2022 (M)To be reported
2023 (M)To be reported
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)To be reported
SP_D_1.3B
SP 2.6.2a: Number of national reports on (a) the implementation of the SDGs from a gender perspective or (b) the status of women, men, girls and boys in the country, developed with UN-Women's support
2017 (B)1N/A
2022 (M)To be reported
2023 (M)To be reported
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)To be reported
SP_D_1.3C
SP 2.6.3: Number of national coordination mechanisms (i.e. multi-stakeholder governance mechanisms) governing the production of gender statistics established or strengthened with UN-Women's support
2017 (B)YesN/A
2022 (M)To be reported
2023 (M)To be reported
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)To be reported
SP_D_1.3D
SP 2.6.4: Number of data producers and users with strengthened capacities in the collection, analysis, dissemination and use of gender statistics, including in improving Tier II and Tier III SDGs indicators, with UN-Women's support
2017 (B)5N/A
2022 (M)To be reported
2023 (M)To be reported
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)To be reported
SP_D_1.3E
SP 2.6.2b: Number of national reports on (a) the implementation of the SDGs from a gender perspective or (b) the status of women, men, girls and boys in the country, developed with UN-Women's support
(B)-N/A
2022 (M)To be reported
2023 (M)To be reported
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)To be reported
SP_D_4.3
Percentage of women and girls as direct beneficiaries in coordinated humanitarian responses (Not for unit reporting)
The GoE at national and subnational levels has capacity, evidence, and tools to develop and adopt gender and vulnerability responsive prevention, preparedness and disaster recovery legislation, strategies, and systems, to address climate and disaster risk adaptation, mitigation and environmental sustainability.
SP_D_0.4.a
Number of institutions with strengthened capacities to improve the provision of essential services, goods and/or resources for women (CO)
The GoE and womens civil society organizations have capacity to strengthen normative frameworks, institutions, systems and capacities to promote gender equitable benefit sharing from the use of natural resources, and women and girls leadership in disaster risk management, environmental governance and climate related planning .
SP_D_0.4.a
Number of institutions with strengthened capacities to improve the provision of essential services, goods and/or resources for women (CO)
2021 (B)13N/A
2022 (M)1414
2023 (M)1614
2024 (M)1814
2025 (T)2014
SP_D_0.6.c
Number of gender statistics and sex-disaggregated data collection initiatives, including in emerging areas conducted or analyzed (CO)
Liaison Office: A comprehensive and dynamic set of global norms and standards on gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls is strengthened and translated into gender-responsive laws, policies, and institutions.
SP_D_0.1.4
Number of laws that were adopted, revised or repealed to advance gender equality and womens empowerment (CO)
SP 2.5.2: Number of finance ministries with capacities to integrate gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) in public finance management systems with UN-Women's support
(B)-N/A
2022 (M)To be reported
2023 (M)To be reported
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)To be reported
SP_D_1.2D
SP 2.5.4a: Number of national women's machineries and women's organizations with capacities to advocate for gender-responsive budgets with UN-Women's support
(B)-N/A
2022 (M)To be reported
2023 (M)To be reported
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)To be reported
SP_D_1.2E
SP 2.5.4b: Number of national women's machineries and women's organizations with capacities to advocate for gender-responsive budgets with UN-Women's support
Liaison Office: Enhanced capacity of the AU to lead the design, implementation, monitoring and reporting of global GEWE normative frameworks in AU Member States
SP_D_0.1.f
Number of institutions that have increased capacities to design and implement institutional reforms/strategies/policies that promote gender equality and womens empowerment (CO)
2019 (B)1N/A
2022 (M)33
2023 (M)To be reported
2024 (M)To be reported
2025 (T)To be reported
SP_D_0.1.h
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)
Liaison Office/SIARP: Legislative and policy frameworks, based on evidence and in line with international Human Rights standards, on all forms of violence against women and girls and harmful practices are in place and translated into plans
SP_D_0.1.e
Number of partners that have increased capacities to advance gender equality and womens empowerment through national and/or local (multi) sectoral strategies, policies and/or action plans (CO)