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-IND_D_1.1
Conducive policy environment and enhanced institutional capacities of governance institutions to mainstream gender
The current TA project was implemented in 4 states – AP, HP, MP and Manipur. The achievements under the project are four-folds: 1. Strengthened Institutional mechanism, through forming Gender Budget Cells, engendering of the Budget Call Circular and publication of the Gender Budget Statements as part of the state budget, development of GRB State Action Plan for a time period of 3-5 years across all 4 states, monitoring mechanisms developed through formation of the Inter-Departmental Monitoring Committee. 2. Development of Knowledge product including – sectoral studies, policy briefs, training modules, best practices of GRB, FAQ for GRB 3. Capacity building initiatives – conduct of GRB trainings, Lateral Learning programmes, Cross-Zonal Learning programmes, International Training of Trainers and National Training of Trainers 4. One of the key innovations under this project has been the organic development of the e-gov tool that is a one-stop resource tool that will facilitate all government officials associated with the GB work in their respective departments/ministries to keep a track of their progress around GB work in their respective departments/ministries. The Country Office, supported the Ministry of Women and Child Development to undertake gender budget analysis of 15 Ministries/ Departments, develop Ministry-specific guidance notes, and conduct orientation programmes for 28 Ministries/ Departments on gender budgeting. All these achievements have led to the outcome of the central government of India inviting UNW India Office to scale up the work on gender budgeting to 6 subnational regions and 30 central ministries. The partnership with BMGF will be addressing part of that work in the 2023-2024 financial year. Recognizing the effectiveness of the E-Gov tool and the Gender Budgeting Index developed under the TA project, the union government has advised UNW to scale this tool to the upcoming states and central ministries as well.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-IND_D_1.2
Conducive policy environment and enhanced institutional capacities of governance institutions to prevent and respond toall forms of violence against women
For creating conducive environment and enhancing institutional capacities of governance, UN Women India Country Office has provided technical support to several state governments (Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Rajasthan) in terms of providing quality inputs in governmental processes, SDG implementation, developing roadmap and facilitating training needs of governments and associated functionaries attached to schemes and policies). Apart from this UN Women India CO also has an MOU with the state of Punjab. We are also implementing the programme "COVID-19 Gender Responsive Programme"" in the states of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu along with the Department of Women and Child Development in the three programme states. Furthermore UN Women ICO has trained government officials from the Ministry of Skill Development and Entreprenuership on the POSH ( Prevention of Sexual Harassment at workplace, Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) in Delhi. Additionally, we have trained government officials from Gender Park in Kerala, Protection Officers under PWDVA ( Protection of women from Domestic Violence Act) on POSH, OSC centre administrator in Madhya Pradesh on coordination of services in relation to survivors of violence. Overall UN Women have built capacities of 1,248 government officials and functionaries in six states ( Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh). We have led processes of finalizing state women's policy in the state of Tamil Nadu this year. UN Women ICO has launched SAMBAL in UN RO website. (https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/countries/india ). Sambal Chatbot is a strength giving Chatbot by UN Women India to support survivors of violence and their allies. The objective of Sambal is to enhance access to essential services for women, and girls affected by violence through technology-based solutions and ease of reporting of domestic and other forms of violence, and to strengthen access to resources and tools to address Sexual and Gender-based Violence. A workshop was organized to provide a platform for key stakeholders working on the issue of VAW to learn, reflect and exchange ideas on what strategies, approaches, and programmes work or could work for primary prevention of VAW in India. It was aimed at understanding the evidence available in India on primary prevention strategies and programmes by civil society organizations (CSOs) in the face of VAW. The keynote address was given by Ms Anita Bhatia, Deputy Executive Director, UN WOMEN. The workshop was attended by 8 senior-level government officials from National Commission for Women, Panchayati Raj, Govt, of Rajasthan, Gender Park, Government of Kerala, Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board, Government of Madhya Pradesh, Department of Women and Child and Development, Assam, Delhi, and Department of Planning and Development, Tamil Nadu as well as representatives from 48 civil society organizations, academia and donor organisations.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-IND_D_2.2
More women lead, participate and have access to business opportunities to advance sustainable and inclusive growth
UN Women’s WeEmpowerAsia India programme partnered with the Empretec Programme of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to build the business capacity of 100 high-growth women-owned businesses during May 2021- March 2022. Empretec India Foundation in partnership with Ernst & Young conducted an Impact Assessment Survey to usher the tangible impacts of the Programme through its various interventions, which are stated below: 76% of the participants recorded increased BUSINESS CONFIDENCE through enhanced decision-making, improved customer satisfaction, better employee connect and clarity in thought for planning financial records 75% of the participants recorded increased DECISION-MAKING ABILITY through better awareness of their competencies, understanding their risks before taking them and conscious demonstration of behaviours for entrepreneurial success 74% of the participants recorded increased COLLABORATIONS as the Programme inherently promotes networking and extension of its approaches in everyday business interactions 66% of the participants recorded increased RESILIENCE by increasing their capacity to evolve based on situations and through peer learning and counter measures in testing situations 63% of the participants recorded increased OPPORTUNITY SEEKING by practising their ability to analyse the market to identify new opportunities and understanding the nuances of an opportunity and how it may be different from information-seeking. 56% of the participants recorded increased COMPETITIVENESS through cognizance of a link between sustainability and competitiveness, understanding the importance of social capital. On the request of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, UN Women undertook research on implementation of laws promoting Gender Equality in the corporate sector and readiness of companies to report against Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting and submitted the recommendations to the Ministry. https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2023/01/assess-the-implementation-of-laws-on-promoting-gender-equality UN Women leveraged the Business Sector Advisory Council to enter into partnership with TATA Trent that will create decent job opportunities for women in retail sector in TATA’s Westside and Zudio stores in the states of Mahrashtra and Gujarat. During the reporting year, 18 Women's Empowerment Principles Signatories reported implementing following WEPs.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-IND_D_5.1
Marginalized women and young women have access to, participate in and achieve quality learning, entrepreneurship and employment outcomes through second chance education.
In 2022, UN Women provided technical assistance to the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Government of India to develop and launch of the Inclusive Education policy. The policy document recognizes the contribution of UN Women in the acknowledgement section. This policy will ensure that more women and girls are able to access NIOS to complete their formal education while bridging the current gender gap in enrolment at NIOS, which stands at 33 percent. Furthermore, it provides an opportunity and space for non-binary persons and young adults to complete their schooling or vocational courses. NIOS has a cumulative enrolment of 4.3 million during the last 5 years, therefore, the policy will have a positive effect on future learners. UN Women reviewed NIOS's existing Gender Policy and developed and submitted the revised Gender Policy along with the Gender Action Plan for its implementation for approval by NIOS. UN Women introduced employability skills curriculum in 3 Government Industrial Training Institutes, 2 Government polytechnics and 1 Government Degree college to equip over 750 young girls with employability skills for decent job and entrepreneurship opportunities.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-IND_D_6.1
Governments and stakeholders (including civil society, UN and other relevant partners) have transparent systems and mechanisms in place to regularly review the implementation of global normative and policy frameworks on gender equality and women’s empowerment
Under the overall leadership of UNRCO in India, UN Women supported the Ministry of External Affairs and NITI aayog to undertake the review of and draft the national reports on UPR and SDGs. UN Women also supported its nodal Ministry - WCD, on progress review of CEDAW commitments as well as the annual CSW review report.Showing 1 - 5 of 12
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