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-MWI_D_4.2
More women play a greater role in and are better saved by humanitarian response and recovery efforts
Technically supported the Department of Disaster Management Affairs with the development of a gender-sensitive 2022/2023 Multihazard contingency plan. This is to ensure women, girls and people living with disabilities have equitable access to resources, goods and services from the preparedness, response and early recovery interventions. Key hazards for the season include floods, strong winds, disease outbreaks, dry spells and. Of over 40,000 households approximately 204,000 women are expected to be affected; at least 70% (28,000 households) are temporarily displaced and will need food assistance among other basic needs. Large areas across the disaster-prone districts are anticipated to be flooded causing damage to crops, infrastructure (roads, public buildings, and private dwellings), and temporary disruption to access to basic services (health, security and education) which would increase vulnerabilities of women, girls and people living with disabilities if not considered
outcome XM-DAC-41146-MWI_D_6.1
Enhanced implementation of national, regional and international normative and policy frameworks
2 Reports developed, CEDAW confidential report and VNR.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-MWI_O_1
Enhanced coordination, coherence and accountability of the UN system for commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment
Supported the popularization of the gender discriminatory laws, through a validation meeting, under the Joint project on Poverty Environmental Action jointly implementing with UNDP, UNEP and FAO. Provided technical support on gender during the interagency needs and impact assessment of tropical storm Ana and Tropical cyclone Gumbe (WFP,UNICEF,WHO,UNHCR). Represented protection cluster in the Emergency Operation Centre, ensuring gender and protection issues are incorporated int he national disaster response plan and gender is mainstreamed across the 11 cluster.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-MWI_O_2
Increased engagement of partners in support of UN-Women’s mandate
No update. The Country office did not have resources to implement the activities
outcome XM-DAC-41146-MWI_O_3
High quality of programmes through knowledge, innovation, results-based management and evaluation
During the quarter, two separate sessions were organized for the ASWAP Project and the parters implementing SI Projects. The ASWAP II project and SI Projects enhanced capacities of 50 (37Male,23Female) district agriculture staff and 55 CSO implementing Partners in Result Management focusing on reporting. The training targeted District Agriculture Development Officers, District Extension officers, District Nutrition Officers and others who generate reports at district level. The second The session was for 1.5 days and was facilitated by the UN Women Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting Specialist. In responding to the gaps identified through the review of results and from consultations held with DAES, the training equipped participants (i) with knowledge about Results, result hierarchy and RBM concepts (basics of RBM), (ii) theory and practical session on definition of expected results from an intervention, (iii) defined gender specific results expected from the ASWAP SP II – mapped a results chain from the UNW supported interventions (iv) reporting and showcasing of results Representative from WPHF Secretariat visited the country projects from 22nd August to 29th August 2022. The main objective of the mission was to Monitor WPHF-Spotlight Projects. As such the mission focused on interacting with beneficiaries and stakeholders to appreciate progress, assess the successes and sustainability strategies. Also, focus was on appreciating the challenges and how these can be addressed as for some partners, project implementation is still going on. Overall, the implementation of projects in Malawi showed clear results and improvements for women and girls. Community conflicts in relation to SGBV and Harmful Practices are still very prevalent, and the community groups and networks continue to mediate, monitor and refer these conflicts. The TA’s in all sites visited are supporting the work of the WPHF partner organizations, which is crucial for the project’s success. These traditional leaders are working hand in hand with the various youth and women groups, including district officials. Structures put in place by the project go beyond project period, ensuring sustainability of the measures. UN Women has continued to be instrumental in providing technical support to the partners to ensure implementation is focused and result based. The final report on the Country Portfolio Evaluation was submitted in December 2022.Showing 6 - 10 of 11
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