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-LBN_O_3
High quality of programs through knowledge, innovation, results-based management and evaluation
This output was achieved. In 2022, UN Women staff and partners further strengthened their knowledge and skills on operational procedures, results-based management as well as PSEA improving the quality of UN Women’s programs. A total of 66 staff from 31 partner organizations enhanced their knowledge and skills on UN Women’s operational procedures as well as monitoring and reporting. This was a result of various trainings that took place in 2022. Evaluation findings further are used to further improve the quality of UN Women’s programmes. UN Women conducted four evaluations in 2022 and is closely following up on the recommendations to ensure that consider these in future programming. Partners have increased protection measures in place to prevent and respond to issues of sexual and exploitation and abuse by aid workers. 44 staff from 21 partners currently implementing programmes in partnership with UN Women Lebanon strengthened their knowledge. This is a result of a training conducted by UN Women’s PSEA focal point. Improvements include that all partners have a designated PSEA focal points; 75% have a PSEA policy in place; 30% trained all staff on PSEA; 75% have PSEA posters in field-sites (corroborated by UN Women field visits) and 50% have strong complaint and feedback mechanisms for affected populations. In addition, UN Women encouraged 6 of its partners to become full-time members of Lebanon’s PSEA In Country Network.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-LBN_O_4
Improved management of financial and human resources in pursuit of results
In 2022, UN Women Lebanon’s financial and HR management further improved. In 2022, UN Women Lebanon further increased its annual spending and its delivery rate to 95 percent. This was supported through the expansion and further training of the operations team, changes in the structure of the office and a clearer segregation of roles and responsibilities as well as improved business processes. In 2022, UN Women improved 12 Business Processes and documented these in SOPs. Monthly follow-up has been conducted between operations and programme to ensure timely delivery enhanced with staff training, quality assurance, guidance, policies, and procedures. UN Women has also joined forces with other COs in the region to ensure operational gaps such as Finance and Procurement functions are covered. Furthermore, the partner audits conducted in 2022 (for 2021) did not include any qualified audit findings. This shows that UN Women Lebanon is closely monitoring the implementation for their partners.Showing 6 - 7 of 7
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