Women, including those in particularly vulnerable situations, will be empowered to strengthen the peacebuilding process, promote social cohesion and contribute towards lasting peace in Sri Lanka.
Women, including the most marginalized in particularly vulnerable situations, will be empowered to strengthen the peacebuilding process, promote social cohesion and contribute towards lasting peace in Sri Lanka. Knowledge sharing on Women, Peace and Security at local and regional level will be promoted. Capacities of government officials will be strengthened to implement and advocate for gender responsive policies, including the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security.
Women, including those in particularly vulnerable situations, will be empowered to strengthen the peacebuilding process, promote social cohesion and contribute towards lasting peace in Sri Lanka.
Data reported for 2022 results against this indicator was obtained as part of a learning process on social norms and therefore may not accurately reflect the results obtained. Internal reviews of data collected on social norms across relevant indicators, coupled with external reviews, are informing the design of UN Women’s principled approach to social & gender norms change. This will be reflected in changes to the indicators to be introduced in the Mid-Term Review of the Strategic Plan.
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ComplementaryComplementary indicators are identified as those in the results framework that are not repeated verbatim in the results framework of another United Nations entity, but are related or provide different but complementary lenses or insights into the same issue, high-level result and/or area of complementary work, such as a Sustainable Development Goal target.
ComplementaryUN Women reports on this indicator in a global scope, signified by "(Desk Review)" at the end of the indicator statement (see the Our Global Results page for the global result)
UN Women reports on this indicator in a global scope, signified by "(Desk Review)" at the end of the indicator statement (see the Our Global Results page for the global result)
Complementary indicators are identified as those in the results framework that are not repeated verbatim in the results framework of another United Nations entity, but are related or provide different but complementary lenses or insights into the same issue, high-level result and/or area of complementary work, such as a Sustainable Development Goal target.
ComplementaryUN Women reports on this indicator in a global scope, signified by "(Desk Review)" at the end of the indicator statement (see the Our Global Results page for the global result)
Common indicators are those that appear verbatim the same in at least two entities' results frameworks and are drawn, where possible, directly from other globally agreed frameworks.
CommonUN Women reports on this indicator in a global scope, signified by "(Desk Review)" at the end of the indicator statement (see the Our Global Results page for the global result)
Common indicators are those that appear verbatim the same in at least two entities' results frameworks and are drawn, where possible, directly from other globally agreed frameworks.
CommonA capacity, coordination mechanism and advocacy space for implementing gender responsive policies and promoting social cohesion are created, including through the development of a National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security.
Advocacy space is created and capacities of government is strengthened to develop and implement gender responsive policies related to WPS.
In addition to results reported by UN Women field offices (shown here), results achieved in countries and territories through the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UNTF) are included in a non-duplicative manner in the global reporting on this indicator (see the Our Global Results page).
Women and women’s groups, including grassroots women and the most marginalized, have capacity, resources and skills to promote peace and social cohesion at the community level.
In addition to results reported by UN Women field offices (shown here), results achieved in countries and territories through the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UNTF) are included in a non-duplicative manner in the global reporting on this indicator (see the Our Global Results page).
In addition to results reported by UN Women field offices (shown here), results achieved in countries and territories through the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UNTF) are included in a non-duplicative manner in the global reporting on this indicator (see the Our Global Results page).
Coordination and knowledge exchange at local, national and regional level is fostered including by acting as the national secretariat for the G7 WPS initiative.
Strengthened institutions and local authorities are better able to support resettlement needs and scale up service delivery.
In addition to results reported by UN Women field offices (shown here), results achieved in countries and territories through the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UNTF) are included in a non-duplicative manner in the global reporting on this indicator (see the Our Global Results page).
Vulnerable resettled communities have increased livelihood opportunities that are durable, disaster and climate change resilient.
In addition to results reported by UN Women field offices (shown here), results achieved in countries and territories through the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UNTF) are included in a non-duplicative manner in the global reporting on this indicator (see the Our Global Results page).
Community based organizations/producer organizations/civil society and other groups function effectively that also addresses prejudices and negative social norms.
In addition to results reported by UN Women field offices (shown here), results achieved in countries and territories through the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UNTF) are included in a non-duplicative manner in the global reporting on this indicator (see the Our Global Results page).
Women, including those in particularly vulnerable situations, will be empowered to strengthen the peacebuilding process, promote social cohesion and contribute towards lasting peace in Sri Lanka.
In 2022, UN Women was able to complete its project on furthering the WPS agenda in Sri Lanka. Despite significant challenges to the programme implementation and policy advocacy due to the economic crisis and political turmoil, UN Women has been able to produce results exceeding those initially envisioned, particularly at grassroot levels. Broadly, UN Women has produced results in its direct engagement with beneficiary groups, whereby women have been simultaneously capacitated and empowered to strengthen and expand the economic engagement as well as their leadership within communities and at local levels on peace and conflict prevention, and supplemented this by cementing the ground for national programming on the same, through the preparation of a draft NAP on WPS as the complementary strengthening of government institutions and officials to implement the same and to develop parallel localized work plans in their communities. On this policy front, UN Women completed the handover of the NAP on WPS to the Government of Sri Lanka, through the State Minister of Women and Child Affairs. This was preceded by bilateral consultations with the Development Division of the Ministry in finalizing the draft which incorporated input received during the validation process (end 2021 -February 2022), and the translation and copyediting of the draft in three languages by parliamentary professionals. While this work was significantly challenged by the political turmoil from April to September, UN Women was able to build a working relationship with the office of the new State Minister and share the draft NAP and accompanying Cabinet Memorandum. This is soon to be presented to the Cabinet for approval and adoption. In support of institutions towards strengthening their accessibility and sensitivity towards vulnerable and marginalized women, UN Women has produced guidelines on the implementation of the NAP on WPS in preparation for when it is adopted. It has also capacitated 124 government officials on formulating and implementing WPS-oriented policies, towards the protection and empowerment of marginalized women, across the national and field offices of the Ministries of Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment (MWCASE) as well as Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government. Towards ensuring adequate infrastructure for the protection of women and the furtherance of women's economic empowerment in rural areas, UN Women has continued to work with the MWCASE to refurbish and 13 government buildings including safe houses and business centres. 5 of these were completed and handed over to the government in 2022, contributing to much needed state infrastructure. The coordination of government field officers with the National Women’s Bureau, and tracking of data and results around gender equality has also been strengthened through the completion of a digital coordination/ reporting system developed by UN Women on behalf of the MWCASE. Towards supporting the empowerment of women in leadership, UN Women continued to support the multi-stakeholder dialogue process between elected local councillor and authorities and civil society and community based organizations, through capacity building sessions, sessions for participants to jointly develop localized workplans on peace and conflict prevention to be collectively implemented, and follow up dialogues across 6 processes engaging communities from 9 districts, and a total of 171 individuals (exceeding the number of participants initially envisioned). Immediate evaluations show that in some of these processes, there has been significant progress on the implementation of the joint work plans, signalling shift towards more people-centric and consultative governance and solutions. Towards supporting the empowerment of women through economic engagement, UN Women worked completed the training of 735 women engaging in medium and small enterprises, and following a competitive assessment of participants business plans, facilitated the provision of in-kind assistance to 384 of these women. This work included the strengthening of networks and mentoring processes as well as beneficiaries’ access to markets through Diversity Markets conducted in the project locations. These beneficiaries have also been recipients of relief packages of basic necessities, to enable their continued economic engagement and investment in long term progress. Towards strengthening the role of women in peacebuilding, UN Women conducted a training of trainers for 60 participants from 44 CSOs, and a second training for 164 women community leaders on peacebuilding and social cohesion. The latter has resulted in 90 small scale projects being implemented by community leaders, engaging a further 5406 volunteers at community levels. Recognizing the role of young women and new modalities of peacebuilding, 90 young women peacebuilders have been trained to combat online hate speech through social media, reflecting significant traction in their interventions following the training. Towards supporting regional and national dialogue and advocacy on WPS, UN Women conducted a large scale media campaign across mainstream media channels and social media; convened the first workshop for District-level women development officers and Directors/ Deputy Directors of Planning, to facilitate cross-country engagement and sharing of strategies, as well as developing priorities and coordination pathways for the year ahead; convened a high level meeting of approximately 60 development partners, government, and civil society to discuss the WPS landscape and ways forward, positioning its relevance in Sri Lanka’s crisis; and produced 5 knowledge products towards advocating for targeted support to, protection and empowerment of marginalized women. UN Women has also successfully closed a project on empowering women's resettlement following experiences of conflict-related displacement. Within this, government institutions in the target locations (Poonakary and Pachchilapali) have concrete data on the safety of public spaces, which is now being used to develop stronger local policy and planning around the protection of women and improving accessibility. Women - predominantly women heads of households with direct experience of the conflict - have been provided with financial and business literacy, mentoring around economic engagement, and access to markets, with 71 being provided with in-kind assistance towards their livelihoods following a competitive assessment of their business proposals. 20 CSOs and CBOs in resettled communities have been capacitated and empowered to fully engage with government processes and to advocate for rights and reforms, through the provision of technical training on gender responsive approaches and peacebuilding, as well as soft skills including leadership and advocacy skills.Disclaimer and notes
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