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-KGZ_O_3
High quality of programmes through knowledge, innovation, results-based managementand evaluation
Within 2022, the ongoing UN joint programs were implemented as planned: The Spotlight Initiative (SI) aims to eliminate violence against women and girls (VAWG) and is implemented by RCO, UNFPA, UNDP, UN Women, UNICEF, UNODC within the timeframe 2020-2023. Within the SI, UN agencies worked jointly in 6 interrelated pillars to address/prevent VAWG in all areas – laws and policies (1), institutions (2), prevention (3), services (4), data (5) and women’s movement and civil society (6). Considering the last year of the program implementation, the team has started the discussion on the next steps and possible areas of continuation of joint work on EVAWG based on the lessons and experience of SI in Kyrgyzstan; Enhanced financing opportunities and alignment with national SDGs through an integrated National Financial Framework for Kyrgyzstan (UNDP, UNICEF) – 2020-2022, the implementation was intensified in 2022 and the timeframe has been extended. In 2022, WFP and UN Women commenced joint activities through UN-to-UN agreement aiming to ensure the gender-sensitive participation and engagement in potential climate change adaptation interventions and review of gender aspects in analyses on climate change, disaster risk management and livelihood and food security analysis (August-December 2022). The joint work was done in three pilot provinces – Osh, Batken and Jalal-Abad – and resulted in raising awareness and generating local activism for promoting gender transformative climate adaptation and disaster risk management initiatives. The findings of the analysis will provide key policy recommendations for the national and local partners to enable gender-responsive climate actions and facilitate women’s empowerment through national climate and environment-related policies and action plans. In 2022, UNDP and UN Women continued their partnership in provision of support to women leadership by undertaking a joint assessment of opportunities and challenges for women participation in politics. A series of workshops applying Design Thinking methodology were conducted and aimed to collect, accumulate and analyze knowledge and experience of women leaders who have experience of participation in election as candidates. The findings collected through the workshop will be used for the development of a joint program in support of women’s political participation (December 2022). Also, UNDP and UN Women are conducting gender and climate change assessment as part of a joint work. In 2022, UNFPA and UN Women partnered to support the National Statistical Committee to develop a Gender Data Portal, which will serve as a hub and a “one-stop shop” for all gender statistics of the country in a user-friendly and interactive manner. The aim of the gender data portal is to strengthen the quality of disaggregated and regionally/globally comparable data (in line with international standards) at the National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic and to improve the access to gender data so that it not only can inform policy and advocacy, specifically on the gender indicators of the SDGs but also to consolidate gender data across different thematic gender areas. The portal will, therefore, be a key opportunity for the National Statistical Committee to position itself as a comprehensive gender data resource at the country and regional level. Within 2022, the UN team worked on the development of joint proposals for resource mobilization, resulted in the following: Cross border joint program ‘Shared Heritage and Prosperity for Peace’ (UN Women, UNESCO, OHCHR) aiming to mitigate risks of recurring violence at the Kyrgyz-Tajik border by creating grounds for reconciliation, building capacity of communities, authorities and institutions, and connecting professionals from both countries. It harnesses the cultural and natural heritage as a uniting factor between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and entry point through which a sense of shared history, and prosperous future can be built. The joint program was approved by the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) for the period of 24 months (December 2022-December 2024, GEM-2), it has, however, been put on hold by one of the Governments due to the September 2022 escalation in violence at the border Joint program ‘Blossoming Aigul - Capacitated Women Civil Society Organizations Sustaining Peace in Kyrgyzstan’ (UN Women, FAO) aiming to build institutional capacity of women-led peacebuilding CSOs and create a conducive environment for their participation in strategic level decision-making as a basis for addressing climate security leading towards sustaining peace in Kyrgyzstan. The concept was approved by PBF, and the full-fledged project proposal was submitted to PBF in September 2022. Currently, the decision of PBF is pending (GEM-3). Joint concept on ‘Enhancement of Social Cohesion and Inclusive Development Processes by Promoting Safe Reintegration of Returned Migrant Workers, with a Special Attention to Women and Youth’ (developed by UN Women, IOM, UNESCO and UNFPA) was approved by Migration MPTF and included in the MPTF pipelines. Joint concept on “Strengthening National Capacity to Collect, Process, Analyze and Use Migration Data and Statistics for Evidence-based Policy Development in the Kyrgyz Republic (developed by UNFPA, UN Women, IOM, WFP, ILO) was approved by Migration MPTF and included in the MPTF pipelines.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-KGZ_O_4
Improved management of financial and human resources in pursuit of results
During the reporting period the operations unit was providing extensive support to timely and effective implementation of program/project plans. Regular financial updates and reqiored advisory services were rendered on as needed. With participation of the entire country office team SOPs were developed for all areas of operations to facilitate effective finance, procuremetn and hr services to program. On-demand training sessions were conducted for TJK and KGZ offices. Throughout the year the operations unit closely monitored the quality and timelines of all recruitments.Showing 6 - 7 of 7
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