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-NER_D_4.1
Outcome 5: Women participate in and inform decision-making processes & responses related to conflict prevention, protection and peacebuilding in Niger
Significant achievements have been registered in the accomplishment of this result: Six hundred women (youth and adults) are working for social cohesion between farmers and herders in the regions of Dosso, Tillaberi and Maradi through capacity building on topics such as conflict prevention and management, mediation and the culture of peace, these women are now actively involved in conflict prevention and management mechanisms and have increased the participation rate of women by 30%. These women conduct mediation between farmers and herders, mediate between families and communities, and conduct awareness sessions for social cohesion and peace building between communities. Although the project came to end, the activities of these women mediators continue in these two regions. This project was implemented with the technical and financial support of the Peace Building Fund. In addition to that, the same experience was replicated in five communes in the Tillaberi region, again with technical and financial support from PBF whereby two hundred and fifty women have received the same training and are actively involved in peacebuilding in their communities. Furthermore, through their leadership, these women who have been able to militate for the respect and promotion of women's and girls' rights their protection from gender-based violence in case of GANE attacks and their contribution to local governance. Drawing on lessons learned and gaps in the work of women mediators in the Tillaberi region, women mediators in the Tillaberi region are benefiting from official recognition, income-generating activities, and increased participation in local governance. Also, there are now three trainers of trainers on mediation through the technical and financial support of UN WOMEN.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-NER_D_4.2
Humanitarian /crisis response planning, frameworks & programming are gender inclusive and responsive
In 2021, UN Women chaired the Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group (GHAWG) whose members are the focal points for all humanitarian clusters under the Humanitarian Country Team leadership in collaboration of government technicians, UN agencies and NGOs. As part of humanitarian planning, UN Women has built the capacity of all members of the HWG and cluster coordination teams to ensure that gender is considered at all stages of humanitarian planning, response, and evaluation. UN Women trained humanitarian response plan projects review teams on the Gender and Age Marker to ensure that gender is really mainstreamed in their projects. These efforts have significantly improved the quality of the HNO/HRP in terms of gender mainstreaming. UN-WOMEN also conducted a gender study in Niamey to inform the HNO/HRP and contribute to the UN Common Country Analysis in Niger.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-NER_D_4.4
An enabling environment for implementation of WPS commitments is created in Niger
On September 2020, Niger adopted a second-generation Resolution 1325 National Action Plan thanks to the technical and financial support of UN WOMEN through a process that evaluated the first NAP and adopted a new one. The following revision makes it possible to take into considerations the new resolutions of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda adopted since 2017; to integrate the objectives of the new National Gender Policy adopted in August 2017; as well as to take into account the international mechanism dedicated to this theme which has also evolved. In 2021, UN-WOMEN has defined with the Ministry of Women's Promotion and Protection an operationalization plan with priority activities to be carried out. Thus, the activities are divided as follows: The primary activity consisted of supporting the Ministry of Women's Promotion and Child Protection in setting up the NAP Secretariat. To this end, UN Women supported the drafting of decrees on the creation, attribution, composition and functioning of the Secretariat and its steering committee, as well as the drafting of job descriptions for their members. This led to their appointment by decree N° 000025/MPF/PE/SG/DPF/G/DL of October 26, 2021. These members benefited from capacity building on their roles in the implementation of the NAP through a retreat from July 23 to 30, 2021 in Dosso. At the same time, the financial and operational planning of the priority actions of the NAP was developed for each region of the country and at the national level. The total budget is about 33 million USD for a period of 5 years. At the end of December 2021, the Secretariat was equipped with 4 computers, 1 photocopier, 1 video projector, 1 meeting table for 12 people, 5 electronic extension cords, 6 wooden cabinets, 4 desks, 4 chairs and computer consumables necessary for its operation for at least one year. 1400 copies of the NAP and 900 copies of the financial and operational planning have been printed and will be distributed to all stakeholders. Furthermore, a national mapping of the needs and actors involved in the implementation of the WPS agenda is underway since December 2021. This mapping, carried out by a firm, will allow the establishment of a dynamic and updated database by the members of the Secretariat. An international workshop took place to share experiences on the implementation of the NAPs which took place on December 2021, under the patronage of the Minister for the Promotion of Women. Still in this dynamic of operationalization of the National Permanent Secretariat, an international workshop of experience sharing and good practices, on the implementation of the national action plan of resolution 1325. The main objective is to strengthen the capacities of the members of the National Permanent Secretariat of the National Action Plan and their regional branches through the sharing of experiences and best practices of actors who have implemented the NAP of the Women's Agenda for Peace and Security. The workshop brought together participants from Mali, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon and Burkina Faso as well as participants from the eight regions of Niger. For one week, participants shared their experiences and good practices, which allowed them to mutually reinforce their capacity on the implementation of national action plans and to close with a joint declaration to decision-makers for a mobilization to take into account the gender needs of women and girls in key sectors.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-NER_D_5.1
Young and adolescent girls have access to an enabling environment and quality education in Niger
This outcome has not been achieved for the year 2021. The electoral process followed by the installation of the new government has caused an unavailability of state actors and a change in the first actors involved in the collaboration process. However, a collaboration for the technical assistance of UN Women in the government has been signed between UN Women, the Italian Embassy and the Nigerian government to improve the access of young girls and adolescents to an enabling environment and quality education in Niger. UN Women is accompanying the Government of Niger to finalize the signing and implementation of a major 3-year education programme to accelerate the education of young people in the Maradi region.Showing 6 - 9 of 9
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