Implementation of gender equality and women’s empowerment commitments strengthened at national and local levels
Related national priorities as outlined in the National Strategy for Transformation 2017 - 2024 (NST1) Transformational Governance Pillar: - Priority area 5: Strengthen Capacity, Service delivery and Accountability of public institutions
Implementation of gender equality and women’s empowerment commitments strengthened at national and local levels
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)
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CommonNational Gender Machinery Institutions’ capacity to coordinate and oversee gender mainstreaming at national and local level strengthened
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).
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.
Capacities to execute gender-responsive development strategies, sector strategies, district development plans and budgets by Government institutions at national and local levels increased
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).
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).
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.
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. 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).
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.
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).
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). 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).
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).
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)
Implementation of gender equality and women’s empowerment commitments strengthened at national and local levels
UN Women Rwanda in 2022, made strong advancements in the implementation of gender equality and women’s empowerment commitments at national and local levels. As such, the capacity of Gender machinery institutions were strengthened with UN Women technical and financial support to effectively coordinate and oversee gender mainstreaming at national and local levels. UN Women continued to provide technical assistance to these Institutions by availing technical hands-on support that facilitated the coordination, and improved delivery on gender commitments, quality assurance and oversight of these institutions at different levels. Rwanda Women Parliamentary Forum (FFRP) secretariat benefited from the provision of technical support on its day-to-day functioning which is instrumental in conceiving and operationalizing FFRP plans and programmes of action. In this regard, FFRP was also financially supported to implement planned interventions that strengthened gender responsive oversight and accountability of Parliamentarians through community oversight as well as expanding strategic partnerships with other stakeholders involved in gender promotion and women empowerment at national, regional and international levels. UN Women has also supported the functioning of the National Coordination Mechanism on Gender through the National Gender and Family Cluster (NGFC) by ensuring efficient coordination and strengthening the technical capacity of its secretariat so as to effectively deliver on national and global gender equality commitments as well as to utilize partner efforts to improve gender-related interventions. Moreover, in this reporting period, UN Women strengthened different Sub-clusters under the NGFC including Family Promotion and GBV Prevention sub-cluster, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment and Child Development to bring together actors who intervene in these sub-clusters to discuss pertinent issues and plan key interventions related to gender equality and women’s empowerment. The stakeholders under these sub-clusters include Government institutions, Development partners, Civil Society and Faith-Based Organizations. Furthermore, GBV prevention and response coordination mechanism was strengthened at the local level through UN Women’s financial support to the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion (MIGEPROF). Provincial coordination meetings were organized in different provinces including the City of Kigali under the Leadership of the Minister of Gender and persisting issues were discussed that resulted in a commitment by local government leaders to ensure the development of joint action plans are in place and implemented by districts. Furthermore, policy advices, programming and informed advocacy were strengthened through the availed and updated gender data that were produced by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda with technical support of UN Women. As such two gender statistics reports were produced namely (1) National Gender Statistics Report 2021 with gender-specific data in twelve different development areas including governance, economic empowerment, EVAW, etc. and (2) Gender thematic report from the Establishment/Business census of 2020 with data on women ownership of businesses, their sizes, working capital, annual turnover, etc. The data will inform the development of the next National Strategy for Transformation (NST2, 2024-2031) and development partner's strategies including, United National Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF, 2024-2031) and UN Women Strategic Note 2025-2029. In addition, Gender Monitoring Office (GMO), with support from UN Women and in collaboration with several partners and stakeholders that include ministries and government agencies, CSOs as well as development partners organized and conducted the Gender Accountability Day (GAD) events in the Northern, Eastern, and Southern Provinces. This GAD was organized under the theme “Gender accountability, a driver for inclusive and transformative Governance”. One of the key achievements of the GAD is the development of the gender profile of one of the participating districts (Gicumbi district) which indicates the district’s increased commitment to gender equality and the empowerment of women. The gender profile will be used to inform the planning and decision-making of different partners in the district. It will also instruct the district in gender-inclusive and transformative planning and decision-making in the future. The gender profiling exercise captured some of the significant players and stakeholders in Gicumbi District that have innovatively and inclusively contributed to the promotion of gender equality and women empowerment in different sectors and domains. This exercise however, revealed a gap in collecting sex-disaggregated/gender-relevant data at the district level and it is recommended that collection and analysis of gender-relevant disaggregated data be embraced to facilitate evidence-based decision-making that takes into account the needs of women and men in the district. Furthermore, with UN Women support, 148 staff (79 males and 69 females) from Government Ministries in the infrastructure and agriculture sectors, as well as districts’ focal persons including directors of good governance, National Women’s Council elected coordinators at sector level, chairpersons of the Economic Commission of the district councils and the Directors of One Stop Center committed to ensuring that all plans and budgets including the gender budget statements are gender-responsive. This was a result of capacity-building sessions in Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) and Gender Economic Policy Management Initiatives (GEPMI) for them to execute gender-responsive development strategies, sector strategies, district development plans and budgets at national and local levels.Disclaimer and notes
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