The document discusses women and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the UN in 2015. It provides an executive summary of the goals and their focus on gender equality. It then analyzes each of the 17 goals and how they relate to women, including examples of UN Women's initiatives in Eastern and Southern Africa to support each goal around issues like ending poverty, ending hunger, health, education, and others. The document aims to help countries in the region understand how to localize the SDGs and establish partnerships to achieve them, with a focus on women.
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This presentation discusses gender as a development issue. It aims to understand gender and development, gender discriminations and inequalities, and the importance of addressing gender issues and achieving the Millennium Development Goals. It provides data on global educational, health, economic, and political inequalities faced by women. While Bangladesh has made progress in some development indicators, it still faces challenges like lower female education rates, labor participation, and political representation. Existing policy gaps and recommendations to promote gender equality and women's empowerment are discussed to foster more inclusive development.
This document discusses women's political participation in Africa. It begins with an outline of the discussion topics, which include an overview of women's access to power and decision-making roles, progress made and current outlook, challenges to participation, and recommendations. Gender quotas have helped increase women's representation but their impact depends on how they are implemented. While progress has been made, social and cultural attitudes still present challenges. The document recommends addressing these challenges through civic education, supporting women leaders, and reforming parliamentary rules and practices.
Gender Equality in Sustainable DevelopmentGargi Bhatele
The document discusses sustainability, gender equality, and the SDGs. It emphasizes that promoting gender equality and empowering women is crucial for sustainable development. While progress has been made in increasing girls' education and women's workforce participation, significant inequalities remain regarding access to paid work, violence against women, and women's representation in decision-making. The SDGs aim to end all forms of discrimination against women. The SDG Fund places gender equality at its core and ensures all programs mainstream gender. Examples from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Palestine show efforts to increase women's economic opportunities, access to resources, and participation. Achieving gender equity is critical for sustainable development to benefit all of humanity.
Presentation made for the Officials of the State Health Dept., Govt. of Bihar. An overview of Gender Budgeting - What has worked for India, Need for states like Bihar to adopt GB and take it forward is discussed. Some gender mainstreaming initiatives of the Government to understand the process has also been highlighted as GB is not about accounts, but gender sensitive policy and planning.
Women’s Rights & SDGs: Concepts, Tools and Practical Action Pointshrf chennai
The document provides information on women's rights, the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), sustainable development goals (SDGs), and tools for monitoring gender targets and indicators at the state and local levels. It discusses key aspects of CEDAW and critiques the integration of gender in the SDGs. Group exercises are used to analyze how well gender is addressed in specific SDG targets and indicators. A variety of participatory tools are presented for monitoring SDG progress from a gender perspective.
This Presentation illustrates the status of women's participation in national & local level politics in Bangladesh. it also shows why women are lagging behind in politics. Hope this presentation will help readers to know about the condition of women in politics in Bangladesh.
The document introduces the Environment and Gender Index (EGI), which was created to monitor countries' implementation of global agreements regarding gender and the environment. It evaluates 72 countries across 6 categories related to livelihoods, ecosystems, gender rights/participation, governance, education/assets, and self-reported activities. The EGI found that gender data remains limited but gender policies seem to be improving representation and gender-responsive projects. It also identified gaps that countries and organizations should work to fill through better data collection on issues like women in leadership, employment, and technology access. The creator plans to expand country coverage and refine the EGI methodology over time.
It is a presentation illustrating the main highlights of Beijing Conference helpful for many others who wish to learn about it quickly at a glance. I hope your kind feedbacks.
This presentation discusses gender as a development issue. It aims to understand gender and development, gender discriminations and inequalities, and the importance of addressing gender issues and achieving the Millennium Development Goals. It provides data on global educational, health, economic, and political inequalities faced by women. While Bangladesh has made progress in some development indicators, it still faces challenges like lower female education rates, labor participation, and political representation. Existing policy gaps and recommendations to promote gender equality and women's empowerment are discussed to foster more inclusive development.
This document discusses women's political participation in Africa. It begins with an outline of the discussion topics, which include an overview of women's access to power and decision-making roles, progress made and current outlook, challenges to participation, and recommendations. Gender quotas have helped increase women's representation but their impact depends on how they are implemented. While progress has been made, social and cultural attitudes still present challenges. The document recommends addressing these challenges through civic education, supporting women leaders, and reforming parliamentary rules and practices.
Gender Equality in Sustainable DevelopmentGargi Bhatele
The document discusses sustainability, gender equality, and the SDGs. It emphasizes that promoting gender equality and empowering women is crucial for sustainable development. While progress has been made in increasing girls' education and women's workforce participation, significant inequalities remain regarding access to paid work, violence against women, and women's representation in decision-making. The SDGs aim to end all forms of discrimination against women. The SDG Fund places gender equality at its core and ensures all programs mainstream gender. Examples from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Palestine show efforts to increase women's economic opportunities, access to resources, and participation. Achieving gender equity is critical for sustainable development to benefit all of humanity.
Presentation made for the Officials of the State Health Dept., Govt. of Bihar. An overview of Gender Budgeting - What has worked for India, Need for states like Bihar to adopt GB and take it forward is discussed. Some gender mainstreaming initiatives of the Government to understand the process has also been highlighted as GB is not about accounts, but gender sensitive policy and planning.
Women’s Rights & SDGs: Concepts, Tools and Practical Action Pointshrf chennai
The document provides information on women's rights, the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), sustainable development goals (SDGs), and tools for monitoring gender targets and indicators at the state and local levels. It discusses key aspects of CEDAW and critiques the integration of gender in the SDGs. Group exercises are used to analyze how well gender is addressed in specific SDG targets and indicators. A variety of participatory tools are presented for monitoring SDG progress from a gender perspective.
This Presentation illustrates the status of women's participation in national & local level politics in Bangladesh. it also shows why women are lagging behind in politics. Hope this presentation will help readers to know about the condition of women in politics in Bangladesh.
The document introduces the Environment and Gender Index (EGI), which was created to monitor countries' implementation of global agreements regarding gender and the environment. It evaluates 72 countries across 6 categories related to livelihoods, ecosystems, gender rights/participation, governance, education/assets, and self-reported activities. The EGI found that gender data remains limited but gender policies seem to be improving representation and gender-responsive projects. It also identified gaps that countries and organizations should work to fill through better data collection on issues like women in leadership, employment, and technology access. The creator plans to expand country coverage and refine the EGI methodology over time.
This document discusses gender mainstreaming in organizations, policies, programs and projects. It begins by distinguishing between gender and sex, noting the biological differences but also harmful stereotypes. It then discusses case studies and questions about gifts for a new baby boy and girl that could perpetuate stereotypes. The document outlines why gender mainstreaming is important, noting gender inequalities and disadvantages women face in Pakistan. It provides strategies for making organizations gender responsive, including ensuring gender equity in vision/objectives, policies, practices, and decision-making. It also discusses integrating a gender perspective into situation assessments, goals/objectives, implementation, and monitoring/evaluation of projects. The Gender Analysis Matrix tool is introduced to analyze different impacts of projects on women
This short-but-thorough presentation from IWMI’s Valentine J Gandhi provides a valuable introduction to the gender analysis in agricultural research. Covering the many reasons for undertaking gender-sensitive research and the tools available for the job, it also looks at the skills required in an effective gender researcher, and ways to analyze and interpret results.
step-by-step tools for carrying out gender analysis, which help to raise
questions, analyze information, and develop strategies to increase women's and men's
participation in and benefits from projects and programmes.
Gender mainstreaming aims to promote gender equality by integrating gender perspectives into all policies, programs, and activities. It seeks to address inequalities that discriminate against both women and men. Gender mainstreaming is not just about improving access or balancing statistics - it targets major economic and social policies to ensure both women and men participate fully and benefit equally from development. It recognizes that gender affects lives from birth and aims to establish a balanced distribution of responsibilities between women and men through determined political action and support.
This document summarizes Pakistan's historical commitments and policies related to promoting gender equality. It discusses international commitments beginning in 1946 with the Commission on the Status of Women. It then outlines Pakistan's national commitments including protecting women's rights in the 1973 constitution. The document also summarizes several national policies and frameworks established over the years to promote gender, such as the National Plan of Action for Women in 1998 and the National Policy for Empowerment and Development of Women in 2002. It highlights some improvements made but also notes that progress on commitments like CEDAW has been poor.
The document discusses the concept of gender mainstreaming. It began in 1985 at the Third World Conference on Women in Nairobi and was further developed by the United Nations. Gender mainstreaming aims to promote gender equality by assessing how policies, programs, and legislation will impact men and women. It seeks to make gender perspectives central to all activities from policy development to implementation. The goal is to address inequalities that discriminate against both sexes and ensure initiatives work to reduce gender inequality.
The document summarizes key international instruments that establish and protect women's human rights. It discusses conventions like CEDAW that prohibit discrimination against women and establish principles of gender equality. It also outlines other agreements from conferences that further articulate concepts of women's empowerment, reproductive rights, and gender equity. However, it notes that while progress has been made, many challenges still remain in fully implementing these agreements and ensuring women's rights are upheld and respected in practice around the world.
Gender mainstreaming aims to promote gender equality by integrating gender perspectives into all policies, programs, and activities. It seeks to address inequalities that discriminate against both women and men. Gender mainstreaming is not just about improving access or balancing statistics - it targets major economic and social policies to ensure both women and men participate fully and benefit equally from development. It recognizes that gender affects lives from birth and aims to establish a balanced distribution of responsibilities between women and men through determined political action and support.
The document discusses gender disparity in technological, social, and economic development in third world countries. It notes that while overall living standards have improved, gains have not been equal between genders. Women tend to be disproportionately represented among the poor and have less access to resources like education, land, credit, and technical training. As a result, women often work in subsistence agriculture or low-paying manufacturing jobs. While efforts have sought to promote gender equality, continued work is needed to address barriers preventing women from entering male-dominated fields like technology education and ensure their full participation and decision-making in development.
Presentation by Jemimah Njuki at the FAO-ILRI Workshop on Integrating Gender in Livestock Projects and Programs, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 22-25 November 2011.
A Gender Transformative Approach: Why what and how?CGIAR
This presentation was given by Cynthia McDougall (WorldFish Center), as part of the Annual Scientific Conference hosted by the University of Canberra and co-sponsored by the University of Canberra, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The event took place on April 2-4, 2019 in Canberra, Australia.
Read more: https://www.canberra.edu.au/research/faculty-research-centres/aisc/seeds-of-change and https://gender.cgiar.org/annual-conference-2019/
Women make up over half the world's population and are disproportionately impacted by poverty and environmental degradation. UNEP works to highlight women's important role in sustainable development and has made gender equality a priority across its programs and activities. Over the past 20+ years, UNEP has pioneered efforts to link women and the environment, established advisory groups, co-organized conferences, and worked to mainstream gender perspectives internally and in its projects. UNEP's gender action plans aim to promote human equality, equity, and rights across gender in environmental policy, programs, and leadership.
This document provides an overview of a seminar presentation on women and agriculture in Ethiopia. It discusses the important role of women in Ethiopian agriculture, contributing up to 70% of food production. However, women face numerous challenges including less access to land, credit, extension services and technology compared to men. The document also outlines Ethiopia's national policies aimed at promoting gender equality and women's empowerment in agriculture through institutions like the Women's Affairs Office.
The document discusses several gender analysis frameworks that can be used to assess how policies, programs, and projects differentially impact men and women. It describes frameworks like the Harvard Analytical Framework, Moser's triple roles framework, and Longwe's Women's Empowerment Framework. Each framework asks different questions to analyze factors like who does what work, who has access to and control over resources, and how interventions may affect gender roles, status, and responsibilities.
Integrating Gender In Agricultural ProgramsIFPRI Gender
The document discusses integrating gender into agricultural programs by addressing constraints women face in agriculture. It outlines why focusing on gender is important, then discusses constraints women face in accessing key assets like land, water, livestock, soil fertility, new technologies, extension services, labor, markets, and support services. It provides strategies to alleviate these constraints, like strengthening women's land rights, increasing female extension agents, introducing labor-saving technologies, and investing in market interventions to improve women's access and asset base. Case studies show promising examples of projects that have successfully addressed gender.
The document discusses gender analysis in agriculture and allied sectors. It notes that women farmers contribute significantly to global food security but are often excluded from access to resources and decision making. Gender analysis aims to understand differences in men and women's roles, skills, access to resources and priorities. This helps overcome barriers, promote equal opportunities and ensure technologies do not negatively impact women. The document provides several case studies showing how commercialization can change traditional gender roles and impact women's livelihoods. It emphasizes the importance of understanding local gender norms and involving both men and women for agricultural interventions to be successful.
The document discusses women empowerment in India through social, economic and political means. It outlines various government schemes and policies that aim to empower women through education, health, livelihood opportunities, and legal protection. Socially, women are empowered through literacy programs, health initiatives to reduce maternal and child mortality, and laws against dowry and child marriage. Economically, microfinance programs, rural development schemes, and laws ensuring equal pay aim to empower women. Politically, reservations in local governance and laws against discrimination have promoted women's participation and rights. The overall goal of these multi-pronged efforts is to eliminate discrimination and poverty, and allow women to live with dignity, equality, and decision making power.
This document provides definitions and explanations of key concepts related to gender mainstreaming. It discusses:
- The definition of gender mainstreaming as developing policies, programs, and development plans from a gender equality perspective to benefit both women and men.
- The differences between women's empowerment, which targets actions specifically towards women, and gender mainstreaming, which takes a gender lens to all programs and considers their differential impacts.
- Key gender-related terms like sex, gender, gender equality, and gender equity and how they are defined.
- The importance of gender analysis and gender-responsive budgeting in mainstreaming gender and addressing inequalities.
The document summarizes three approaches to women and development: WID, WAD, and GAD. WID emerged in the 1970s and viewed women's problems as stemming from their exclusion from development programs. It aimed to integrate women but did not address gender discrimination. WAD emerged in the late 1970s and saw women as important economic actors, but failed to analyze patriarchy. GAD developed in the 1980s as an alternative that questions gender roles and the power relations between men and women. It views women as agents of change and emphasizes promoting women's emancipation through social services.
Women Empowerment (Bangladesh & Global Perspective)MEHEDI HΛSΛN
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Empowerment of women is such a process which controlling women rights, challenges gender disparity in parental and social institutions. The socio-economic condition of women refers to the social dignity, educational qualifications, family marriage system, mother, social value, occupation salary, wealth etc.
Talking points for the high level youth policy dialogue on sustainable develo...Dr Lendy Spires
The document discusses inequalities faced by young people, particularly young women, in Africa. It notes that over 70% of Africa's youth live on less than $2 per day, and unemployment rates for youth are much higher than for adults. Specific inequalities highlighted include lack of access to education, employment opportunities, financial resources, participation in governance, and benefits from extractive industries. The document proposes strategies for addressing these inequalities, such as ensuring youth participation in development processes, promoting women's financial inclusion, implementing gender-responsive policies, and engaging the private sector and men/boys to change social norms.
The document discusses International Women's Day 2013 in Uganda and focuses on connecting grassroots women to development. It notes that grassroots women face challenges including limited access to resources, low education levels, gender-based violence, and responsibility for unpaid care work. However, it also outlines opportunities the government has created through policies, land rights reforms, education programs, and promoting women's participation in agriculture and savings cooperatives. It concludes with recommendations like prioritizing women's economic empowerment and health, preventing gender-based violence, increasing adult literacy, and leadership skills development.
This document discusses gender mainstreaming in organizations, policies, programs and projects. It begins by distinguishing between gender and sex, noting the biological differences but also harmful stereotypes. It then discusses case studies and questions about gifts for a new baby boy and girl that could perpetuate stereotypes. The document outlines why gender mainstreaming is important, noting gender inequalities and disadvantages women face in Pakistan. It provides strategies for making organizations gender responsive, including ensuring gender equity in vision/objectives, policies, practices, and decision-making. It also discusses integrating a gender perspective into situation assessments, goals/objectives, implementation, and monitoring/evaluation of projects. The Gender Analysis Matrix tool is introduced to analyze different impacts of projects on women
This short-but-thorough presentation from IWMI’s Valentine J Gandhi provides a valuable introduction to the gender analysis in agricultural research. Covering the many reasons for undertaking gender-sensitive research and the tools available for the job, it also looks at the skills required in an effective gender researcher, and ways to analyze and interpret results.
step-by-step tools for carrying out gender analysis, which help to raise
questions, analyze information, and develop strategies to increase women's and men's
participation in and benefits from projects and programmes.
Gender mainstreaming aims to promote gender equality by integrating gender perspectives into all policies, programs, and activities. It seeks to address inequalities that discriminate against both women and men. Gender mainstreaming is not just about improving access or balancing statistics - it targets major economic and social policies to ensure both women and men participate fully and benefit equally from development. It recognizes that gender affects lives from birth and aims to establish a balanced distribution of responsibilities between women and men through determined political action and support.
This document summarizes Pakistan's historical commitments and policies related to promoting gender equality. It discusses international commitments beginning in 1946 with the Commission on the Status of Women. It then outlines Pakistan's national commitments including protecting women's rights in the 1973 constitution. The document also summarizes several national policies and frameworks established over the years to promote gender, such as the National Plan of Action for Women in 1998 and the National Policy for Empowerment and Development of Women in 2002. It highlights some improvements made but also notes that progress on commitments like CEDAW has been poor.
The document discusses the concept of gender mainstreaming. It began in 1985 at the Third World Conference on Women in Nairobi and was further developed by the United Nations. Gender mainstreaming aims to promote gender equality by assessing how policies, programs, and legislation will impact men and women. It seeks to make gender perspectives central to all activities from policy development to implementation. The goal is to address inequalities that discriminate against both sexes and ensure initiatives work to reduce gender inequality.
The document summarizes key international instruments that establish and protect women's human rights. It discusses conventions like CEDAW that prohibit discrimination against women and establish principles of gender equality. It also outlines other agreements from conferences that further articulate concepts of women's empowerment, reproductive rights, and gender equity. However, it notes that while progress has been made, many challenges still remain in fully implementing these agreements and ensuring women's rights are upheld and respected in practice around the world.
Gender mainstreaming aims to promote gender equality by integrating gender perspectives into all policies, programs, and activities. It seeks to address inequalities that discriminate against both women and men. Gender mainstreaming is not just about improving access or balancing statistics - it targets major economic and social policies to ensure both women and men participate fully and benefit equally from development. It recognizes that gender affects lives from birth and aims to establish a balanced distribution of responsibilities between women and men through determined political action and support.
The document discusses gender disparity in technological, social, and economic development in third world countries. It notes that while overall living standards have improved, gains have not been equal between genders. Women tend to be disproportionately represented among the poor and have less access to resources like education, land, credit, and technical training. As a result, women often work in subsistence agriculture or low-paying manufacturing jobs. While efforts have sought to promote gender equality, continued work is needed to address barriers preventing women from entering male-dominated fields like technology education and ensure their full participation and decision-making in development.
Presentation by Jemimah Njuki at the FAO-ILRI Workshop on Integrating Gender in Livestock Projects and Programs, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 22-25 November 2011.
A Gender Transformative Approach: Why what and how?CGIAR
This presentation was given by Cynthia McDougall (WorldFish Center), as part of the Annual Scientific Conference hosted by the University of Canberra and co-sponsored by the University of Canberra, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The event took place on April 2-4, 2019 in Canberra, Australia.
Read more: https://www.canberra.edu.au/research/faculty-research-centres/aisc/seeds-of-change and https://gender.cgiar.org/annual-conference-2019/
Women make up over half the world's population and are disproportionately impacted by poverty and environmental degradation. UNEP works to highlight women's important role in sustainable development and has made gender equality a priority across its programs and activities. Over the past 20+ years, UNEP has pioneered efforts to link women and the environment, established advisory groups, co-organized conferences, and worked to mainstream gender perspectives internally and in its projects. UNEP's gender action plans aim to promote human equality, equity, and rights across gender in environmental policy, programs, and leadership.
This document provides an overview of a seminar presentation on women and agriculture in Ethiopia. It discusses the important role of women in Ethiopian agriculture, contributing up to 70% of food production. However, women face numerous challenges including less access to land, credit, extension services and technology compared to men. The document also outlines Ethiopia's national policies aimed at promoting gender equality and women's empowerment in agriculture through institutions like the Women's Affairs Office.
The document discusses several gender analysis frameworks that can be used to assess how policies, programs, and projects differentially impact men and women. It describes frameworks like the Harvard Analytical Framework, Moser's triple roles framework, and Longwe's Women's Empowerment Framework. Each framework asks different questions to analyze factors like who does what work, who has access to and control over resources, and how interventions may affect gender roles, status, and responsibilities.
Integrating Gender In Agricultural ProgramsIFPRI Gender
The document discusses integrating gender into agricultural programs by addressing constraints women face in agriculture. It outlines why focusing on gender is important, then discusses constraints women face in accessing key assets like land, water, livestock, soil fertility, new technologies, extension services, labor, markets, and support services. It provides strategies to alleviate these constraints, like strengthening women's land rights, increasing female extension agents, introducing labor-saving technologies, and investing in market interventions to improve women's access and asset base. Case studies show promising examples of projects that have successfully addressed gender.
The document discusses gender analysis in agriculture and allied sectors. It notes that women farmers contribute significantly to global food security but are often excluded from access to resources and decision making. Gender analysis aims to understand differences in men and women's roles, skills, access to resources and priorities. This helps overcome barriers, promote equal opportunities and ensure technologies do not negatively impact women. The document provides several case studies showing how commercialization can change traditional gender roles and impact women's livelihoods. It emphasizes the importance of understanding local gender norms and involving both men and women for agricultural interventions to be successful.
The document discusses women empowerment in India through social, economic and political means. It outlines various government schemes and policies that aim to empower women through education, health, livelihood opportunities, and legal protection. Socially, women are empowered through literacy programs, health initiatives to reduce maternal and child mortality, and laws against dowry and child marriage. Economically, microfinance programs, rural development schemes, and laws ensuring equal pay aim to empower women. Politically, reservations in local governance and laws against discrimination have promoted women's participation and rights. The overall goal of these multi-pronged efforts is to eliminate discrimination and poverty, and allow women to live with dignity, equality, and decision making power.
This document provides definitions and explanations of key concepts related to gender mainstreaming. It discusses:
- The definition of gender mainstreaming as developing policies, programs, and development plans from a gender equality perspective to benefit both women and men.
- The differences between women's empowerment, which targets actions specifically towards women, and gender mainstreaming, which takes a gender lens to all programs and considers their differential impacts.
- Key gender-related terms like sex, gender, gender equality, and gender equity and how they are defined.
- The importance of gender analysis and gender-responsive budgeting in mainstreaming gender and addressing inequalities.
The document summarizes three approaches to women and development: WID, WAD, and GAD. WID emerged in the 1970s and viewed women's problems as stemming from their exclusion from development programs. It aimed to integrate women but did not address gender discrimination. WAD emerged in the late 1970s and saw women as important economic actors, but failed to analyze patriarchy. GAD developed in the 1980s as an alternative that questions gender roles and the power relations between men and women. It views women as agents of change and emphasizes promoting women's emancipation through social services.
Women Empowerment (Bangladesh & Global Perspective)MEHEDI HΛSΛN
Hi There!
If you need this PowerPoint Slide (.pptx) file, feel free to contact me. Thanks for your attention.
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Empowerment of women is such a process which controlling women rights, challenges gender disparity in parental and social institutions. The socio-economic condition of women refers to the social dignity, educational qualifications, family marriage system, mother, social value, occupation salary, wealth etc.
Talking points for the high level youth policy dialogue on sustainable develo...Dr Lendy Spires
The document discusses inequalities faced by young people, particularly young women, in Africa. It notes that over 70% of Africa's youth live on less than $2 per day, and unemployment rates for youth are much higher than for adults. Specific inequalities highlighted include lack of access to education, employment opportunities, financial resources, participation in governance, and benefits from extractive industries. The document proposes strategies for addressing these inequalities, such as ensuring youth participation in development processes, promoting women's financial inclusion, implementing gender-responsive policies, and engaging the private sector and men/boys to change social norms.
The document discusses International Women's Day 2013 in Uganda and focuses on connecting grassroots women to development. It notes that grassroots women face challenges including limited access to resources, low education levels, gender-based violence, and responsibility for unpaid care work. However, it also outlines opportunities the government has created through policies, land rights reforms, education programs, and promoting women's participation in agriculture and savings cooperatives. It concludes with recommendations like prioritizing women's economic empowerment and health, preventing gender-based violence, increasing adult literacy, and leadership skills development.
Fighting Poverty by enhancing women role in agricultureCynthia Sumaili
This document discusses the key role that women play in agriculture and food security in less developed countries (LDCs) in Africa, and how empowering women could help address issues of poverty and underdevelopment. It notes that women are heavily involved in food production, processing, and marketing at both national and household levels. However, women face numerous disadvantages compared to men, such as less access to education, assets like land, and greater vulnerabilities during crises. Empowering women by improving access to resources like land, credit, and education could boost agricultural yields and national food security, reducing poverty. Therefore, more focus should be placed on gender mainstreaming policies and empowering women in LDCs.
THE BREAKTHROUGH STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVING ALL THE MDGS INVESTING IN WOMEN AND GIRLS THE BREAKTHROUGH STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVING ALL THE MDGS Based on a speech by Jon Lomoy, Director of the OECD’s Development Co-operation Directorate, at the Helsinki High-level Symposium, United Nations 2010 Development Co-operation Forum, 4 June 2010 KEEP GIRLS IN SCHOOL 1 I believe that investing in women and girls in itself constitutes a breakthrough strategy for achieving the MDGs, and that almost any investment we make in women and girls will have multiplier effects across the Goals —Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator, 25 March 2010. W ithout a great leap forward towards achieving greater equality between women and men and increased empowerment of women and girls, none of the MDGs will be achieved. It is time to back up political promises with the investments and resources needed to do the job. Investing in women and girls has a powerful impact. It will make the world a better place for all – both women and men. Helen Clark has called it the breakthrough strategy for achieving the MDGs. The challenge is to identify how and where donor money can fuel that breakthrough strategy. There are four key areas where increased investments and attention could have catalytic and multiplier impacts on the lives of women and girls – and of future generations: • Keep girls in school to complete a quality secondary education • Urgently improve reproductive health, including access to family planning services • Increase women’s control over productive and financial assets (not just microcredit), and • Identify and support women leaders at all levels. Studies have shown that women with even a few years of primary education have better economic prospects, have fewer and healthier children, and are more likely to ensure that their own children go to school. Development would be accelerated if girls were kept in school to complete a quality secondary education. Education of girls is one of the most powerful tools for women’s empowerment, but discrimination continues to keep girls out of school. • In 2007, only 53 of the 171 countries with available data had achieved gender parity in both primary and secondary education1 . • Secondary school enrolment is very low in sub-Saharan Africa (24 percent of girls and 33 percent of boys). That means that girls are missing out – particularly when they live in rural areas and in poor households. Removing school fees and providing financial incentives for girls to attend school have proven to be effective. At the same time we need to build schools closer to remote communities, ensure that schools have quality teachers and adequate sanitary facilities and that they are safe places for girls. 1. United Nations (2009). The Millennium Development Goals Report 2009
UNFPA Sierra Leone is a principal actor that works to improve health and well-being in Sierra Leone, especially for women and girls. It has been active in the country since 1971, providing technical support for sexual and reproductive health, gender equality, population issues, and adolescents and youth. Guided by UN Sustainable Development Goals, UNFPA promotes health and equal opportunity for all. It supports the government's efforts to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights through initiatives like family planning, maternal and newborn healthcare, and empowering women and girls.
Poverty & concept of ‘feminisation of poverty’ poverty & human capabilities ...VIBHUTI PATEL
Universalisatio n of Education (UE)
UE was launched in 2000 with the primary objective of achieving Universalization of elementary education before 2010 with time bound integrated approach in participation with the states. The project aimed at completion of five years of primary schooling for all children by 2007 and completion of eight years of schooling by 2010 along with reduction of gender and social gaps. The expenditure was to be shared in the basis of 85:15 in the ninth plan and 75:25 from the tenth plan onwards. The SSA wanted to bring about the change in the following areas: Teacher training, improvement in quality of education, provision of teacher training materials, establishment of cluster groups for support and education guarantee centers.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is committed to providing development assistance that improves the lives of women, men, and children around the world. USAID has a special interest in the advancement of women worldwide. Women’s health, education, economic opportunity and human rights are at the core of successful, stable societies and economic growth.
One of the fundamental principles of the Department of State/USAID strategic plan is that “all citizens, men and women, are vital to meeting the critical challenges of today and reaching the goals of equality, peace and security.” USAID’s commitment to the full inclusion of women dates back to 1973, when the United States Congress passed the “Percy Amendment” to the Foreign Assistance Act, requiring that particular attention be given to integrating women into national economies to improve the status of women and to assist the overall development effort.
Today, USAID embraces this goal, and seeks to understand the different needs of men and women, to improve the efficiency and overall impact of its programs, and to ensure that both women and men have equitable access to development activities and their benefits. This document profiles USAID efforts to address barriers to full access to opportunity for women and men throughout the developing world. The success stories are a testament to the progress women and men have made. The selected examples illustrate the many efforts made by the USAID field missions, the Office of Women in Development, and other operating units in USAID to fully integrate women into development programs and policies throughout USAID. It is important to note that women’s leadership is not treated as a separate category in this report, but is reflected in all the examples.
Women are becoming political leaders, grassroots leaders, leaders in their professions, leaders in their communities, and heads of households, especially in regions ravaged by HIV/AIDS and conflict, and are growing into leaders in many other ways. As a result, all USAID efforts to support women’s skills, opportunities and rights contribute to “women’s leadership.” WOMEN, MEN AND DEVELOPMENT 1
UNICEF's 2013 Annual Report highlights progress and challenges in realizing children's rights. Key accomplishments include nearly halving under-five mortality since 1990 and increasing access to water and sanitation. However, disparities persist between and within countries. UNICEF worked with partners in over 190 countries, focusing on the most vulnerable through initiatives like Monitoring Results for Equity. The organization also strengthened partnerships, innovation, and public engagement on issues like ending violence against children. While humanitarian crises devastated many children's lives, UNICEF provided emergency support to millions of affected families. Going forward, UNICEF is committed to fulfilling promises to children beyond 2015 through its new Strategic Plan.
Os cuidados de saúde prestados durante a gravidez salvaguardam o bem-estar da mãe e do feto e proporcionam um bom começo de vida aos bebês. Os custos financeiros de ter um bebê podem ser catastróficos, impedindo as mulheres grávidas de procurar serviços essenciais de saúde materna e colocando em risco a vida das mães e de seus filhos.
De acordo com a análise recentemente divulgada, estima-se que 5 milhões de famílias vivendo na África, Ásia, América Latina e Caribe incorrerão em grandes dificuldades financeiras a cada ano - ou gastos catastróficos em saúde - devido a ausência de cuidados pré-natal e parto. Os gastos com saúde são considerados grandes se excederem 40% dos gastos não essenciais, não alimentares, de um domicílio. Quase dois terços dessas famílias, ou cerca de 3 milhões de famílias, estão na Ásia.
O documento aborda ainda, a epidemia de cesáreas, o casamento infantil, a gravidez na adolescência...
Obrigado e parabéns ao Unicef!
Prof. Marcus Renato de Carvalho
This document provides an overview and introduction to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Nigeria's National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS) for a seminar on youth development. It outlines the eight MDGs aimed at reducing poverty, improving health and education, and environmental sustainability by 2015. It also describes NEEDS' goals of wealth creation, employment, poverty reduction, and value reorientation through government and private sector reforms. Statistics are given on issues like poverty, hunger, education, health, and the environment to highlight the ongoing development challenges.
This document outlines a consortium project between World Action Fund and Peace Corps Organisation Uganda to implement the Strengthening Rural Education for Teenagers (SRET) project in Arua District, Uganda over 20 months with a budget of UGX 120,000,000. The project aims to increase access, retention, and completion rates among teenagers in Arua District through awareness campaigns on sexual health and HIV/AIDS, teacher trainings, and media campaigns to address high rates of teenage pregnancy, school dropout, and HIV transmission. Key activities include peer education clubs, radio programs, health talks in schools, and trainings for teachers and teenagers.
1) The document discusses how empowering women in developing countries through education, healthcare, and economic opportunities could lead to global peace and economic stability.
2) Currently, women in developing countries face significant barriers like lack of access to education, healthcare, financial resources, and leadership roles that limit their potential contributions.
3) Empowering women by addressing these inequities could boost agricultural productivity, reduce poverty and infant mortality, and create a more educated workforce, benefiting all nations.
Contracted by Centre for Development Results to create their first publication, Women Leading Change. Highly visualized reading experience that highlights women leading UK aid projects worldwide. Publication has since been seen by UK MPs, government, and DFID, and it is the first in a series of quarterly publications that highlight UK aid consultancies’ impact on global development.
The Impact of Development Interventions on Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment...AI Publications
The study investigated women led income generating projects in Mafutseni and Dvokodvweni both constituencies in the Kingdom of ESwatini. The aim was to gain some understanding on ways in which women transform their livelihoods taking into consideration household income, skills training, and access to finance and empowerment. The objectives of the study were to determine development intervention’s influence on rural women’s livelihoods, determining the extent to which these development interventions influence rural women’s livelihoods and how education and training impact their livelihood strategies. The study established that there are an increasing number of women entrepreneurs who are becoming active players in sustainable development. Rural women in these constituencies were found to be playing an important role in economic development and poverty alleviation in their communities. Most income generating activitieshowever, did not increase household’s welfare for women who lack education and training, access to credit and management skills. It was concluded that there is a greater need to empower women for sustainable development if the country is to meet its vision 2022 developmental agenda.
KIT_WPS_2015-7_Pyburn et al._Gender and YouthIngrid Flink
The document discusses gender dynamics in agriculture and the need for inclusive agricultural value chains that engage women and youth. It notes that women currently make up a large percentage of farmers in developing countries but face significant inequalities, including less access to resources and lower wages than men. This limits food production and security. The document argues that harnessing the potential of excluded groups like women and youth through market-oriented and inclusive value chain approaches can help meet future global food needs while providing livelihoods.
The Millennium Development Goals set out a mutual commitment between developed and developing countries to make sustained progress towards achieving this vision.
Specifically, the Millennium Development Goals aim to reduce poverty, fight disease and hunger, get girls in school and give more people access to safe water. African countries need to make the most progress if they are to meet these Goals.
This power point is an introduction to the challenges faced by women in today's world, and particularly in developing and post conflict countries. WCI addresses these challenges through its various advocacy and training programs which are discussed in the second half.
Earning Their Way to Healthier Lives: Women First in MozambiqueAIDSTAROne
A complex matrix of factors, such as low literacy, early sexual initiation, and limited economic opportunities, increases the vulnerability of women to HIV infection in Mozambique. The Women First program addresses the role that poverty and lack of access to health information play in the spread of HIV through legal rights and income-generating activities.
This case study covers one of the 31 programs from the Africa Gender Compendium, an AIDSTAR-One gender and HIV integration resource. A series of five Africa Gender Compendium case studies is accompanied by a findings report, which describes lessons learned, gaps, and common experiences across the programs.
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The document summarizes research on population aging and intergenerational relationships in Nigeria within the context of HIV/AIDS. It identifies two major challenges: 1) the need to strengthen and increase social pension schemes for elderly women caring for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS, and 2) for Nigeria to develop a comprehensive aging policy that protects elderly women. The document recommends disaggregated data collection, community-based research, and expanding social transfer programs to better support elderly female-headed households in the context of HIV/AIDS and population aging in Nigeria.
The document presents a progress chart assessing work toward the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. It shows the level of compliance and progress for various development targets across different world regions. The targets address reducing poverty, hunger, disease, and improving education, gender equality, health, environmental conditions, and global partnerships. Progress or lack of progress is indicated through color coding and text in each box on a regional and country basis.
Similar to Woman and Sustainable Development Goals (20)
This document lists 50 states and regional economic organizations that meet the minimum requirements of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for trading rough diamonds, excluding Cote d'Ivoire and Venezuela which do not currently meet the requirements. It also notes that Chinese Taipei, though not explicitly listed, meets the requirements to trade under the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.
This document provides an annual report on Liberia's implementation of the Kimberley Process certification scheme for rough diamonds. It details the institutional and legal framework for regulating diamond exports, imports, and transit in Liberia. Key points include:
- Liberia processed 87 Kimberley Process certificates for rough diamond exports totaling 39,004 carats worth $15,050,951.
- There was one rough diamond import from Belgium totaling 153 carats worth $774,907.
- Diamond export revenues for the reporting period totaled $451,530 while gold revenues totaled $471,726, bringing total precious mineral revenues to over $923,257.
- Some administrative changes in the Ministry of Lands, M
This document summarizes Canada's implementation of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) in 2016. It describes Canada's legal and regulatory framework for rough diamond exports and imports, including the Export and Import of Rough Diamonds Act. It also outlines Canada's process for issuing Kimberley Process Certificates to exporters, and the roles of agencies like the Canada Border Services Agency in verifying exports. Minor changes in 2016 included updating contact information and adding the Central African Republic to Canada's list of approved trading partners.
1) Canada implements the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) through the Export and Import of Rough Diamonds Act (EIRDA). The Minister of Natural Resources Canada administers EIRDA.
2) EIRDA provides the legal framework for Canada's implementation of the KPCS regarding exports and imports of rough diamonds, issuance of Kimberley Process Certificates (KPCs), internal controls, seizures, penalties, and data exchange.
3) Canada's import and export regime for rough diamonds is led by Global Affairs Canada and Natural Resources Canada. Exports require a KPC, which is issued following an application process. Imports must be accompanied by a KPC.
1. Este documento estabelece o Sistema de Certificação do Processo de Kimberley para prevenir o comércio de diamantes de guerra.
2. O sistema define termos como "diamantes de guerra", estabelece requisitos para certificados de exportação/importação de diamantes brutos, e compromissos dos participantes no comércio internacional de diamantes.
3. O objetivo é reduzir o financiamento de conflitos através de um sistema internacional de certificação de diamantes brutos baseado em normas mínimas
El documento resume las discusiones y decisiones clave de la reunión del Pleno del Proceso de Kimberley en Brisbane, Australia del 9 al 14 de diciembre de 2017. Se creó un Comité Ad Hoc de Revisión y Reforma para mejorar el Proceso de Kimberley. Se discutió el progreso en la República Centroafricana y otros temas relacionados con la producción de diamantes, estadísticas, y el trabajo de los grupos involucrados en el Proceso de Kimberley.
The document discusses conflict diamonds in the Central African Republic and the work of the Kimberley Process Monitoring Team. The Monitoring Team has been working since 2015 with the Central African Republic government and UN to carefully restart compliant exports of rough diamonds from designated zones in the country. As Kimberley Process Chair, the author welcomes CAR's commitment to work with the Monitoring Team on selective exports and appreciates the diamond industry's contributions to livelihoods in CAR.
2015 KPCS Civil Society Coalition guidelines and CriteriaAfrica Diamonds
This document outlines standards and guidelines for members of the Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition. It establishes criteria for membership, participation in KP working groups, and representation on review visits. The coalition aims to play a key role in the KP through enhancing member involvement and encouraging a wider, stronger coalition. Members are expected to speak with a unified voice, maintain independence, and educate others about KPCS requirements. The coalition is overseen by a steering committee and supports the KP's goal of halting conflict diamonds internationally and within members' own countries.
The speaker thanks participants for their contributions during the fruitful week-long discussions. Progress was made in verifying shipments from the Central African Republic and Venezuela's return to KP membership. Two additional workshops on rough diamond valuation will be held this year to establish best practices. The KP website will also be updated. Over the next six months, the speaker will visit several diamond centers to continue building knowledge around issues like blockchain and rough diamond valuation. Despite differences, the KP members are united in their collaborative efforts to strengthen oversight of the diamond industry.
The document provides suggestions for improving the annual report template used by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS). It recommends segregating annual reports into two parts: Part A would cover unchanged institutional, legislative, and statistical information from the previous year, while Part B would highlight any changes introduced in the past year. This aims to facilitate review by separating constant from variable information. The document also proposes developing a manual of best practices to help new participants and benchmark existing ones. Additionally, it suggests applying the two-part structure to the assessment matrix and including a column for best practices. Section-by-section recommendations are provided for the revised annual report template.
Kimberley Process annual report 2015 singapore finalAfrica Diamonds
The document provides suggestions for revising the annual report template submitted by participants in the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS). It proposes:
1. Segregating annual reports into two parts - Part A would cover unchanged institutional, legislative, and statistical information from the previous year, while Part B would cover changes made in the last year.
2. Adding a "Best Practices" section to highlight new regulations and facilitate sharing of best practices among participants.
3. Preparing an assessment matrix for annual reports that mirrors the two-part structure, and includes a column for best practices.
4. Providing section-by-section recommendations and examples for completing the revised annual report template.
The document summarizes an administrative decision by the Kimberley Process Plenary in 2017 regarding the use of technical certificates for scientific and/or forensic research involving rough diamonds. The decision replaces and expands a 2013 decision to apply to all situations. It allows for technical certificates to cover non-commercial shipments of rough diamonds for scientific research coordinated by the Working Group of Diamond Experts or forensic research notified to the Kimberley Process. The annex provides best practices for implementing the decision, including defining technical certificates, procedures for issuance, chain of custody requirements, and reporting results.
2013 KP Review Visit Report to the Russian Federation Africa Diamonds
This document provides a summary of a Kimberley Process review visit to the Russian Federation from July 27th to August 3rd, 2013. It begins with background on Russia's role as the largest diamond producer in the world, with ALROSA accounting for 99% of Russian production. The review team visited diamond mines and sorting facilities in Mirny to evaluate Russia's implementation of Kimberley Process standards and controls over rough diamond production and trade. The report outlines Russia's legal framework, production and export procedures, internal controls, and statistics related to the diamond industry.
This document lists members of the Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition from various countries and organizations in Africa, South America, Europe, and Canada. It includes their names and email addresses. The Coalition is made up of member organizations advocating for reforms around conflict diamonds and greater transparency in the diamond industry.
Kp cs coalition member list sept 2010 other cs os-newsletterAfrica Diamonds
This document contains a distribution list of organizations and individuals involved in the Kimberley Process for regulating blood diamonds, including their names and email addresses. The list includes organizations from Canada, Germany, Ghana, South Africa, Liberia, Angola, and the UK working on issues related to conflict diamonds, human rights, and sustainable development in southern Africa and elsewhere.
The UAE is currently serving as the Chair of the Kimberley Process, which regulates the global trade in rough diamonds. In the mid-term report, the Chair reviews progress made during the first half of their term. Key initiatives and accomplishments include facilitating discussions to allow Venezuela to resume participation in KP and supporting efforts to resume rough diamond production and exports from the Central African Republic. The Chair also organized a valuation seminar with the OECD and is exploring the potential for blockchain technology to improve transparency in the diamond trade. Overall, the report outlines the proactive approach taken by the Chair to strengthen the KP and support its member countries.
Combined Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) Vessel List.Christina Parmionova
The best available, up-to-date information on all fishing and related vessels that appear on the illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing vessel lists published by Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) and related organisations. The aim of the site is to improve the effectiveness of the original IUU lists as a tool for a wide variety of stakeholders to better understand and combat illegal fishing and broader fisheries crime.
To date, the following regional organisations maintain or share lists of vessels that have been found to carry out or support IUU fishing within their own or adjacent convention areas and/or species of competence:
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT)
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO)
North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC)
South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO)
South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO)
Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA)
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
The Combined IUU Fishing Vessel List merges all these sources into one list that provides a single reference point to identify whether a vessel is currently IUU listed. Vessels that have been IUU listed in the past and subsequently delisted (for example because of a change in ownership, or because the vessel is no longer in service) are also retained on the site, so that the site contains a full historic record of IUU listed fishing vessels.
Unlike the IUU lists published on individual RFMO websites, which may update vessel details infrequently or not at all, the Combined IUU Fishing Vessel List is kept up to date with the best available information regarding changes to vessel identity, flag state, ownership, location, and operations.
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Property appraisals completed in May for downtown Reno’s Community Assistance and Triage Centers (CAC) reveal that repairing the buildings to bring them back into service would cost an estimated $10.1 million—nearly four times the amount previously reported by city staff.
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Preliminary findings from OECD field visits for the project: Enhancing EU Mining Regional Ecosystems to Support the Green Transition and Secure Mineral Raw Materials Supply.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
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The Antyodaya Saral Haryana Portal is a pioneering initiative by the Government of Haryana aimed at providing citizens with seamless access to a wide range of government services
AHMR is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed online journal created to encourage and facilitate the study of all aspects (socio-economic, political, legislative and developmental) of Human Mobility in Africa. Through the publication of original research, policy discussions and evidence research papers AHMR provides a comprehensive forum devoted exclusively to the analysis of contemporaneous trends, migration patterns and some of the most important migration-related issues.
Monitoring Health for the SDGs - Global Health Statistics 2024 - WHOChristina Parmionova
The 2024 World Health Statistics edition reviews more than 50 health-related indicators from the Sustainable Development Goals and WHO’s Thirteenth General Programme of Work. It also highlights the findings from the Global health estimates 2021, notably the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on life expectancy and healthy life expectancy.
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With many thanks to the following for the analysis;
UN Women HQ Communications and Advocacy Section
UN Women ESAR Multi/ Country Offices
Simone ellis Oluoch-Olunya-Deputy Regional Director, UN Women ESAR
Florence Butegwa- Consultant on SDGs, UN Women ESAR
Jack Abebe-Knowledge Management and Research Specialist, UN Women ESAR
Martha Wanjala-Communications Assistant, UN Women ESAR
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On 25 September on 25 September2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development as the agreed framework for international development.
It is the successor to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, unlike the MDGs,
the 2030 Agenda presents a much wider scope by deliberately and more fully incorporating
economic and environmental sustainability, as well as the aspiration of many countries for
peaceful and inclusive societies. The agenda also applies to all countries rather than just the
developing countries. In this regard, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is more
ambitious envisaging the eradication of poverty, the systematic tack-ling of climate change and
building peaceful, resilient, equitable and inclusive societies. The Agenda, unlike the MDGs, has
a stand-alone Goal on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. In addition,
there are gender equality targets in other Goals, and a more consistent call for sex disaggregation
of data across many indicators.
UN Women Communications and Advocacy Section in New York conducted an analysis of what
the 17 SDGs adopted mean to women in order to inform strategic interventions building on
the e orts of localization at country and regional levels. This analysis has been collated in this
publication and linked to UN Women Eastern and Southern Africa Regional and Country Office
priorities. Concrete examples programming interventions by UN Women country offices in the
region are pro led in relation to specific SDGs and how those streams of interventions could lead
to localization e orts. This has been done through an analysis of all annual reports submitted
by regional/ multi/country offices to identify work streams feeding into the localization of
sustainable development goals. The team comprising UN Women’s consultant on SDGs,
Knowledge Management and Research Specialist and UN Women’s Regional Communications
Assistant, under the leadership of the Deputy Regional Director, linked to existing analysis
provided by UN Women on Women and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The publication showcases how women are affected by each of the 17 proposed SDGs, as well as
how women and girls can — and will — be key to achieving each of these goals. Data and stories
of the impact of each SDG on women and girls is illustrated. UN Women Eastern and Southern
Africa region’s efforts and interventions as they relate to SDGs are also discussed under each
SDG, including our programmes, intergovernmental work and advocacy for policy change.
This publication is intended to help countries in Eastern and Southern Africa understand and
appreciate the linkages between SDGs and women and girls in their localization e orts and in
establishing various partnerships and networks that feed into the vision of localizing SDGs at
the country and regional levels.
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The end of poverty can only be achieved with
the end of gender-based discrimination. All over
the world, gender inequality makes and keeps
women poor, depriving them of basic rights and
opportunities for well-being.
Women make significant contributions every
day from bringing an income to her household
as an employed wage earner, to creating jobs as
an entrepreneur, to taking care of her family and
elders. However, a woman farmer, for instance, may
not be able to make her crops thrive like a man can
because she doesn’t have the same access to seeds,
credit, technology and extension services. She is
very unlikely to own her land—only 20 per cent
of landowners globally are women. If she hopes
to someday inherit family property, the law may
deprive her of an equal share, or social convention
may simply favor her male relatives.
Poverty comes with many risks; discrimination
leaves women less resilient to these. In an economic
downturn, poor women are less likely to have
savings and abilities to make up for lost income.
Poor girls are more than twice as likely to marry in
childhood as
those who
are wealthy.
They then face
potentiallylife-
t h re a te n i n g
risksfromearly
p r e g n a n c y,
and often lost hopes for an education and a better
income.
Women have a right to equal access to all avenues
to end poverty, from social protection safety nets
to use of the latest technology. Fully realizing that
right will be key to achieving the first SDG.
UNWomenactstoendpovertythroughprogrammes
to provide training, loans and practical skills to
empower poor women economically, give them
a voice, strengthen social services and increase
awareness of women’s rights. We also work to
ensure women’s access to basic services, control
over land and other forms of property, inheritance,
natural resources, appropriate new technology and
financial services.
SDG 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Photo: World Bank/Shehzad Noorani
UN Women Country Initiatives on SDG 1 on Ending Poverty in All its Forms
UN Women Ethiopia is supporting the Government of Ethiopia to accelerate rural women’s economic
empowerment. The Rural Women Economic Empowerment program which was launched in 2012 at
global level and 2014 in Ethiopia, aims to secure rural women’s livelihoods and rights in the context
of sustainable development and the post MDGs. The programme is being implemented in Guatemala,
Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda and now in Ethiopia. Each country has defined its specific
detail programe implementation plan based on the local context, in partnership with government
and other national stakeholders in line with government priorities. The Joint Programme on Rural
Women’s Economic Empowerment aims at accelerating rural women economic empowerment in the
context of the country national policy priorities, as defined by Ethiopia’s Growth and Transformation
Plan 2011-2015, and in contributing to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), as well as, to the
emerging Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Women prepare up to 90 per cent of meals in
households around the world, yet when times are
tough, women and girls may be the first to eat less.
Households headed by women may not eat enough
simply because women earn at lower levels, and are
less prepared to cope with sudden crisis.
Nourishment is not just about the quantity of food,
but its quality. In poor households, women can be
less likely to get the nutrients they need, including
to manage the physical demands of pregnancy
and breastfeeding. Gender inequality intersects
with inadequate health care, insufficient education
and limited income to drive these deprivations.
Inequities in food consumption stand in contrast to
women’s significant role in agricultural production.
They comprise on average 43 per cent of the
agricultural labour force in developing countries,
and over 50 per cent in parts of Asia and Africa.
Yet their potential contribution to food security
remains constrained by unequal access to land and
other productive assets.
Ending hunger means that all women can
consume enough food with adequate nutrients. All
women working in agriculture, if unshackled from
d i s c r i m i n a t i o n ,
can contribute
to greater global
food security.
UN Women acts
to stop hunger
by supporting
women’s role in
food security, as
the cornerstones
of food production
and utilization. We
provide training
for women farmers and access to information and
technology, to help women can achieve significantly
higher agricultural productivity. UN Women also
raises awareness among rural women and decision-
makers alike, on the need for legal changes to allow
more equitable distribution of assets, such as land
and credit. The entity also steers the online global
knowledge hub Empower.org, where women can
share practical knowledge around food production
and technology.
SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition
and promote sustainable agriculture
Photo: UN Women/Janarbek Amankulov
Credit: Farming First and FAO.
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UN Women Eastern and Southern Africa Country Initiatives on SDG 2 on Ending
Hunger,AchievingFoodSecurityandImprovedNutritionandPromotingSustainable
Agriculture
To accelerate rural women’s access to agricultural technologies, UN Women, in partnership with
the African Union (AU), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for
Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the World Food Programme (WFP) hosted a regional Sharefair
for Rural Women’s Technologies in ESA coinciding with the International Day of Rural Women and
World Food Day 2014.
The Sharefair gathered more than 100 innovators from 14 countries showcasing their technologies
displaying affordable ways to accelerate productivity, enhance value addition and income, improve
nutrition, save women’s time, and reduce postharvest losses. In addition, more than 300 registered
participants attended the event. The Sharefair promoted technologies and innovations that support
rural female smallholder farmers in the ESA region and brought together rural women farmers/
innovators, policymakers, academics, food producers, investors, financial service providers, and other
technology innovators.
Specific results included creation of a permanent technology repository comprising a menu of
technology options that meet the needs of female farmers that is being finalized; establishment of a
Technologies Promotion Group to devise a strategy for upscaling the technologies demonstrated at
the Sharefair, with expected reach up to 2 million beneficiaries; through four high-level policy dialogues
enabling farming women and innovators to convey their voice and concerns to influence high-level
policy-makers; and youth innovators were awarded for innovations in agricultural technologies, hence
mobilizing young men and women for profitable engagement in agriculture. In 2015, ESARO scaled
its efforts from the results of the Sharefair in 2014 and focused on upscaling innovative technologies
for rural women through the establishment of African Women in Technology (AWIT) initiative, and
an Edutainment initiative with several partners (Kenya CO, FAO and IFAD) targeting about 6 million
viewers primarily in Kenya, but also in Uganda and Tanzania on issues such as post-harvest losses,
women’s land rights, women’s economic empowerment.
The African/Alliance Women in Technology (AWIT) initiative was launched at the World Economic
Forum in Cape Town in June 2015. Initially a website has been developed and hosted by UN Women and
it gathers all the information associated with and emerging from this initiative www.empowerwomen.
org/cop/awit.
Through this initiative, UN Women is establishing a global alliance to promote upscaling of rural
technologies for women. The initiative expands on the Sharefair on Rural Women’s Technologies held
in October 2014 in Nairobi and builds on the shared intent to upscale some of the great innovations to
meet robustly identified critical needs of rural women in line with the sustainable development goals.
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The highest attainable standard of health is a
fundamental right of every person. Gender-based
discrimination, however, undercuts this right. It can
render women more susceptible to sickness and
less likely to obtain care, for reasons ranging from
affordability to social conventions keeping them at
home.
Among women of reproductive age worldwide,
AIDS is now the leading cause of death. Not only
are women biologically more susceptible to HIV
transmission, but their unequal social and economic
status undercuts abilities to protect themselves and
make empowered choices.
Countries have committed to universal access to
sexual and reproductive health care services, but
many gaps have slowed progress so far. More
than 225 million women have an unmet need for
contraceptive methods. In developing regions,
where maternal mortality rates are 14 times higher
than in developed ones, only half of pregnant
women receive the minimum standard for antenatal
care.
Fulfilling the right to health requires health systems
to become fully responsive to women and girls,
offering higher quality, more comprehensive and
readily accessible services. Societies at large must
end practices that critically endanger women’s
health and well-being—among them, all forms of
gender-based violence.
UN Women advances women’s well-being and
health by working with governments to improve the
provision of health services for women and girls,
including survivors of violence, and backing non-
governmental partners in filling gaps. The entity
strives to end practices that endanger women and
girls, such as child marriage, female genital cutting,
dietary restrictions and others. The programmes
help meet women’s health needs during medical
humanitarian crises, restoring confidence in
maternal and child health services in the wake of
Ebola virus disease in West Africa. We also support
and empower women living with HIV and AIDS.
Photo: UNICEF/Sokol
SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
at all ages
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UN Women Country initiatives to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for
all at all ages
In August 2014, UN Women ESARO in partnership with its regional partner “LVCT Health” and other
capacity building institutions working in the health sector, collaborated in the development of training
materials and in the facilitation of a training programme which utilized capacity-building, peer-to-
peer and mentorship models and tools, towards strengthening the leadership, management and
advocacy skills of networks and associations of WLHIV and HIV/AIDS Caregivers. The training materials
borrowed from existing training models and tools, and the in-puts of experts within the region. The
training also borrowed from the lessons the successes of the global HIV and AIDS movement which
successfully advocated for the development of national HIV/AIDS policies and strategies, and HIV-
responsive business practices. The overarching aim was to build the capacities of women leaders
within these networks and associations to influence national and regional frameworks and policies to
respond to gender issues within the context of efforts to control and manage HIV and AIDS. Currently,
the module is undergoing review and revision to align it with the SDG 3 on ensuring healthy lives and
promotion of wellbeing for all at all ages.
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All developing regions of the world have achieved
— or almost achieved — equal enrolment of boys
and girls in primary school. This is an historic
accomplishment, but far from complete. In sub-
Saharan Africa, only 23 per cent of poor rural
girls finish primary school. Gender gaps widen
significantly in many countries in secondary and
tertiary schools.
Education is a right. It empowers individuals to
increase their well-being and contributes to broader
social and economic gains. Improved education
accounts for about 50 per cent of economic growth
in Organization of Economic Co-operation and
Development countries over the past five decades.
About half is due to more women entering higher
levels of education, and greater equality as to the
years men and women spend in school.
For education to deliver, it must be inclusive
and high-quality. Active efforts to end gender
stereotypes must tackle those that limit schooling
or channel women and girls into ‘acceptable’ areas
of study or work.
For all girls and boys, men and women, education
must be available across their lifetimes. Pre-primary
education establishes a foundation on which all later
schooling can build. Ongoing learning for adults
broadens choices for productive and fulfilling lives.
UN Women acts to promote education — a core
pre-requisite for gender equality and women’s
rights – through the revision of school curricula
and policies to counteract gender discrimination,
improving access to information technologies, and
training for teachers, students and parents. Along
with the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl
Scouts, UN Women has developed a non-formal
educational curriculum to prevent violence against
women and girls, which educators and youth
leaders are being trained to deliver in more than a
dozen countries.
Photo: UNICEF/LeMoyne
SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education
and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
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UN Women Eastern and Southern Africa Country Office Selected Initiatives on ensuring
inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities
for all
Malawi Country Office is working with the Ministry of Education in Malawi and Girls and not Brides to
influence the implementation of the girls’ education strategy in Malawi. UN Women also supported the
National Girls Education Network in implementing the National Girls Education Strategy in the country.
UN Women helped develop an advocacy plan focusing on ending child marriage and early pregnancies
in Malawi which will then contribute to access, retention and completion of schooling by girls in Malawi.
Traditional and religious leaders have been consulted, trained and lobbied to implement and monitor
action plans to engage traditional leaders in support of girls’ education as well. Best practices in the
support of the development and implementation of bylaws promoting girls’ education have been
documented, shared and disseminated with communities for future replication. A National Girls’
Education Conference was also held in 2015. Advocacy activities included the organization of a film
premier, Mercy’s Blessing, and that touched issues of inequality between girls and boys, especially in
education. Overall, the advocacy activities focused on empowering children and youth to enable their
voices to be heard and to promote a more participatory approach to find solutions and address the
root causes of violence while addressing inequalities evident in the education system in Malawi and
contributing to the implementation of sustainable development goal 4 on Education.
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The sustainable development goals seek to change
the course of the 21st century, addressing key
challenges such as poverty, inequality, and violence
against women.
Women’s empowerment is a pre-condition for this
Women have a critical role to play in all of the SDGs,
with many targets specifically recognizing women’s
equality and empowerment as both the objective,
and as part of the solution. Goal 5 is known as the
stand-alone gender goal because it is dedicated to
achieving these ends.
Deep legal and legislative changes are needed to
ensure women’s rights around the world. While a
record 143 countries guaranteed equality between
men and women in their Constitutions by 2014,
another 52 had not taken this step. In many nations,
gender discrimination is still woven through legal
and social norms.
Stark gender disparities remain in economic
and political realms. While there has been some
progress over the decades, on average women in
the labour market still earn 24 per cent less than
men globally. As of August 2015, only 22 per cent
of all national parliamentarians were female, a slow
rise from 11.3 per cent in 1995.
Meanwhile, violence against women is a pandemic
affecting all countries, even those that have made
laudable progress in other areas. Worldwide, 35
per cent of
women have
ex p e r i e n ce d
either physical
and/or sexual
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p a r t n e r
violence or
n o n - p a r t n e r
sexual violence.
UN Women
joined the voices of many global actors in pointing
out that violence was absent from the Millennium
Development Goals.
Women have a right to equality in all areas. It must
be embedded across legal systems, upheld in
both laws and legal practices, including proactive
measures such as quotas. Since all areas of life
relate to gender equality, efforts must be made to
Photo: UNPhoto/Sylvain Lietchti
SDG 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and
girls
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UN Women Eastern and Southern Africa Country Office Selected Initiatives on
Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
This directly falls within our ambit. UN Women is grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the
Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls;
the empowerment of women and girls; and the achievement of equality between women and men as
partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.
UN Women’s Regional focus varies in different countries depending on country specific needs but are
not limited to (i) expanding women’s leadership and participation; (ii) enhancing women’s economic
empowerment; and (iii) ending violence against women. In addition, UN Women in Eastern and
Southern Africa also actively participates and contributes to various UN inter-agency processes and
collaborates with UN organizations around specific programme areas and governments within the
UNCT frameworks to support and build development interventions feeding into the localization of
SDGs at country and regional levels. In 2015, for example, UN Women in Kenya supported the National
Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) in improving the ability of the Commission to carry out
its mandated role to allow a transformative gender equality in Kenya to take place, UN Women and
NGEC entered into a partnership to work together on a programme for public and private sector.
The cooperation yielded many diverse and complimentary results. For example, a tool to measure
inclusivity at the county level and capacity development on gender responsive budgeting (GRB)
at the counties in Kenya was developed. The capacity of NGEC was also strengthened to lead the
monitoring of compliance on planned inclusivity in the final national budget in Kenya. UN Women’s
analysis showed that the financial year 2015/16 budget was prepared with a focus on pro-poor growth
and sustainable development and the emphasis was on strategic intervention areas.
cut the roots of gender discrimination wherever
they appear.
UN Women works to empower women and girls
in all of its programmes. Advancing women’s
political participation and leadership and economic
empowerment are two of the entity’s central
goals. UN Women supports more women to get
on ballots, attain political office and go to polls
to vote. We assist women to secure decent jobs,
accumulate assets, and influence institutions
and public policies, while underlining the need to
recognize, reduce and redistribute the burden on
women for unpaid care. We promote women’s role
and leadership in humanitarian action, including in
conflict-prevention and efforts to ensure peace and
security. We advocate for ending violence, raise
awareness of its causes and consequences and
boost efforts to prevent and respond, including
ensuring the rights of women living with HIV. We
also work to ensure that governments reflect the
needs of women and girls in their planning and
budgeting, and engage men and boys, urging them
to become champions of gender equality, including
through our HeForShe initiative.
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Photo: UN Photo/Martine Perret
A drink of water sustains human life, but only if it is
safe and affordable. From 1990 to 2015, 2.6 billion
people gained access to improved drinking water,
but 663 million still rely on unimproved sources
like unprotected wells and springs. Water quality
has deteriorated through pollution, and worsening
scarcity pressures over 40 per cent of the global
population.
For women, inadequate water supplies pose
additional burdens. In a single day in 25 sub-
Saharan African countries, women spend 16 million
hours collecting water, often to the detriment of
schooling or paid work, and with potential health
risks from repeatedly carrying heavy burdens over
long distances.
Poorqualitysanitation—includingopendefecation—
can pollute water and spread disease. Sanitation
has improved for 2.1 billion people between 1990
and 2015, and open defecation has fallen by nearly
half, yet 2.4 billion people still rely on unimproved
sanitation facilities. In schools, a lack of separate
facilities for girls can be a major reason for parents
keeping them at home.
Ensuring water and sanitation for all is the goal;
achieving it must take all dimensions specific
to women and girls on board, and involve them
directly in the process.
UN Women acts to provide water and sanitation
to all by helping governments craft policies and
programmes that respond to women’s needs and
underpin sustainable services. Gender-responsive
budgeting, for instance, can channel funds towards
measures to improve easy access to safe drinking
water so that women have more time to earn an
income, girls are more likely to attend school, and
family health and hygiene improve.
SDG 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management
of water and sanitation for all
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Photo: UN Women/Gaganjit Singh
Sustainable modern energy fuels development, from the
light that allows a child to do her homework to streetlamps
allowing women to travel safely home at night. Universal
access requires energy to be affordable and reliable.
Generating it must not irreversibly harm the environment.
In households, women are often the primary energy
managers. When modern sources are not available, they
spend hours each day collecting fuel to cook and heat
their homes. Many suffer poor health through indoor air
pollution generated, for example, by a rudimentary stove
that smokes heavily as it burns wood or animal dung.
Some indications suggest that women are more likely than
men to conserve energy—using up to 22 per cent less,
including through a greater willingness to alter everyday
behaviours. However, women are largely absent in the
industries that produce modern sources of renewable
energy, comprising only 20 per cent of the workforce.
As primary energy managers in households, women could
play powerful roles in extending sustainable modern energy.
All elements of energy planning and policy-making need to
factor in gender dimensions and actively advance women’s
leadership. Within the energy industry itself, barriers to
women executives, entrepreneurs and employees must fall.
SDG 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable
and modern energy for all
WORLD ENERGY COUNCIL SECRETARIES
WORLD ENERGY COUNCIL CHAIRS
Women
Men
18%
82%
Women
Men
4%
96%
(24 men to 1 woman)
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UN Women Eastern and Southern Africa country office selected initiatives on
ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
In partnership with the UN Foundation, WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA, UN Women Uganda country
office systematically engaged the media in raising awareness of policy makers on women’s health
and energy service provision in health institutions. The project was aimed at bringing to light the
challenges that women face in accessing health services, especially maternal and child health services
in light of inadequate power and energy supply to health centres in Uganda. The media with support
from UN Women visited health centres in selected districts and produced many moving challenges
experienced by women especially during pregnancy.
The documented challenges have continued running in different media, with the result that Government
has adopted several resolutions to improve energy services in health centres for the benefit of women
and children. A multi-stakeholder consultation workshop was also held which helped in forming
thematic networks for collaboration, partnerships and advocacy for action. UN Women organized
consultations were meant to mobilize and advocate to gender, health and energy stakeholders in the
public and private sectors, CSOs, the UN system, and other partners to ensure electricity provision to
health facilities through sustainable energy improves health outcomes for women and girls, and also
for men and boys.
It was also used to identify and share best practices on health facility electrification, including through
renewable and efficient energy options, and ones that specifically address women’s and children’s
health by emphasizing gender concerns and involving gender stakeholders. It explored the extent
to which the policy environment is gender-responsive and supportive to providing energy access
across the health system and ways to induce progress and discussed means for inclusion of health
facility electrification in national energy and health planning and programming, especially low-carbon,
climate-resilient options. UN Women also used the consultations to identify funding opportunities –
in national budgets, via regional cooperation mechanisms, private financing or donor funding – that
could support expanded and reliable sustainable energy provision for health facilities that integrate
gender dimensions. UN Women Tanzania and South Sudan country offices have also been involved in
interventions around solar energy targeting women and contributing to the implementation of SDG 7
on ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all as well.
And their representation on national and global
energy council must grow.
UN Women’s efforts extend energy access and
enable women to electrify their communities.
Through the Barefoot College in India, the entity
has helped train illiterate older women from rural
communities in various geographic regions as
solar engineers. UN Women is also part of the
Global Alliance for Clean Cook Stoves, which
advocates for a global market for clean and
efficient household cooking devices. In Ghana, UN
Women’s Fund for Gender Equality has introduced
green cook stoves. And since 2011, UN Women has
sponsored the Gender Equality Award granted
by the SEED Initiative, a global partnership for
action on sustainable development and the green
economy, which has prized many clean energy
initiatives involving women. And new green energy
programmes are in the pipeline.
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SDG 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic
growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Photo: AFP/Luis Acosta
An inclusive, sustainable economy fosters
growth with benefits for all. It does not harm the
environment, and uses resources judiciously so
they will remain for generations to come. For
many people, employment is the entry point for
economic well-being. In an inclusive economy,
decent work means a living wage, workplace safety
and protection against discrimination.
There has been some progress. Twenty years ago
40 per cent of women were engaged in wage and
salaried employment; today 48 per cent of women
are being paid wages. Yet, globally, women still work
at lower rates than men. Gender stereotypes often
define what ‘women’s work’ is, and can channel
women into some of the worst jobs. Among 143
countries, at least 90 per cent have some legal
restriction on women’s employment.
When economies are geared towards achieving
women’s rights and gender equality, the benefits,
such as fairer societies and greater economic
dynamism, accrue to everyone. Women must have
equal access to decent work, productive resources
and financial services, as well as an equal voice in
economic decisions.
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UN Women prioritizes economic rights and growth
for all.
This includes advocating for legislation on equal
pay for equal work, better access to employment
opportunities, safety from sexual harassment in the
workplace, and other critical rights. The organization
promotes women’s ability to secure decent jobs,
accumulate assets, and influence institutions
and public policies determining growth and
development. It seeks to measure and redistribute
women’s unpaid care work, and to take actions
so women and men can more readily combine it
with paid employment. UN Women also engages
the private sector to create equal opportunities
for women at work, in the marketplace, and in the
board rooms, through the Women’s Empowerment
Principles.
UN Women Eastern and Southern Africa country office selected initiatives on
decent work and economic growth for women
Since 2012, UN Women has invested heavily in building the capacity of women entrepreneurs in the
area of public procurement so that they have the practical skills and knowledge to submit winning bids
for government tenders. In 2015, UN Women in Kenya continued working in this area with a deeper
focus at the county level. Redirecting capacity building forums to the county level was needed due
to lower awareness levels than in Nairobi. In addition to working with MSE suppliers, UN Women also
supported dialogue platforms that brought together the buyers (i.e. Procurement Officers from Public
entities) in order to sensitize them on their role in the implementation of Preference and Reservations
Scheme (2011 and subsequent amendment regulations) as well as Financial Institutions to discuss the
critical issue of access to trade finance. Trade finance continues to be a big barrier for disadvantaged
groups who need access to affordable capital in order for them to service government contracts
within the stipulated time. This unique three pronged approach was effective and contributed towards
achieving UN Women’s goals of decent and economic growth for women which subsequently leads
to the implementation of SDG 8 on promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth,
full and productive employment and decent work for all. Several countries in the region are working
on gender responsive budgeting as well.
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Photo: World Bank/Lakshman Nadaraja
Economic development builds on infrastructure
— the roads, bridges and facilities that allow
businesses to operate and people to obtain essential
services. Infrastructure needs to be sustainable
in its construction and use — including through
environmentally sound technologies — and resilient
to future risks.
All elements of planning, building and financing
must take gender dimensions into account, so that
women have facilities and services essential to their
needs and rights.
For many countries, particularly those less
developed, shifting from agriculture and towards
industry is the route to better-paying jobs and
higher standards of living. New and existing
industries must pursue sustainable paths, including
through innovation and upgraded technology.
Investments in research and development will be
key, but most researchers are still men — women
account for only 25 per cent in more advanced
Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development countries. Similarly, the construction,
manufacturing and energy businesses, with few
women employees and decision-makers, fall far
short of gender balance. From the factory floor
to the high-tech lab, women must have equal
opportunities in building a shared, sustainable
future.
SDG 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and
sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
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Photo: UN Women/Fatma Elzahraa Yassin
Inequalities have widened across and within many
countries, even amid high rates of economic growth.
Disparities, caused by practices within countries
and in the global economy, are unjust and weaken
the social fabric.
Today, more women are in the workforce, in
politics, in leadership roles, breaking stereotypes
and societal taboos. Yet, gender discrimination
makes women prone to deeper disparities. Globally
women earn 24 per cent less than men, with varied
gaps between countries. They are also more likely
than men to be in vulnerable employment, with up
to 75 per cent of women’s jobs being informal or
unprotected in developing countries. Worldwide,
83 per cent of domestic workers are women—most
are not legally entitled to a minimum wage.
Further, gender discrimination can intersect with
other types, such as regarding age, disability
ethnicity, economic status and so on, multiplying
the burden of inequalities many times over. Social
norms that treat women as second-class citizens
in many cases translate into structural obstacles
to progress, such as laws that fail to punish
perpetrators of gender-based violence. Or budgets
that do not fund the services women need most.
Whether the issue is fiscal policy or safe migration
or improved regulation of global financial markets,
different and potentially unequal outcomes for
women and men must be recognized. Only then
can deliberate actions be taken to correct them,
within and across countries.
UN Women works to reduce inequality within and
among countries through advocacy for decent
work, social protection and gender-sensitive
economic policies around the world. The entity’s
mandate is focused on empowering women and
reducing gender inequality in all spheres, whether
SDG 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
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by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and
practices or promoting appropriate legislation,
policies and actions. UN Women advocates for
employment policies that improve labour market
conditions and advance decent work for women, as
well as making sure domestic workers can migrate
safely and receive social protection.
UN Women Eastern and Southern Africa Country Office/ Regional Initiatives on
Reducing Inequalities among Countries
In 2015, UN Women Eastern and Southern Africa significantly contributed to generating credible
evidence and knowledge on the positive impacts of investing in gender equality and women’s
empowerment and to building capacity for development impact. This led to successful advocacy that
influenced the development discourse, policies and actions in the region specifically, in agriculture
and extractive industries (EI).
UN Women has been able to demonstrate with evidence and data the substantive losses from
inequality through its study in the ‘Cost of the Gender Gap in Agriculture in Malawi, Tanzania and
Uganda’. The study documented that the gap between male and female farmers is large: 28-31% and
represents a significant amount of money: $67-105 million which can only be closed through smart(er)
interventions and subsequently take up to 400,000 people out of poverty in Malawi, Tanzania and
Uganda. Africa needs to close the gap premised on the fact that for Africa to achieve its 2063 vision
and SDGs, it is important to bring women to the heart of Africa’s development and transformation
and address inequalities affecting women in diverse sectors of the economy.
Three countries participated in the Cost of the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity Study including
Malawi, Uganda and Tanzania. The evidence documented on the loss in GDP due to the inequalities
documented shall form a basis for diverse interventions contributing to reduction of inequalities
among countries in Africa.
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Photo: UN Women/Fatma Elzahraa Yassin
Theworldtodayisurbanizingatratesunprecedented
in history. For many men and women, the chance to
move to a city is a chance for a better life—a larger
income, more interesting employment, a more
comfortable residence and ready access to modern
amenities.
Yet cities are also places of deep inequality and
despair. New migrants, many of them women, can
end up in overbuilt slums, poorly connected to
public transport or essential services such as clean
water. Life becomes dangerous and unhealthy, with
many obstacles to gaining a secure foothold in the
urban economy.
For women, gender discrimination magnifies and
adds to the risks. Not being able to take a bus to
a clinic to deliver a child can result in permanent
disability or death. In general, natural disasters kill
more women than men and kill women at a younger
age than men. If she survives a disaster such as a
flood or earthquake, a woman will likely have fewer
options to recover.
Cities and human settlements can be safe,
prosperous, equitable and pleasant places to live.
But not without including every citizen in their
development. All elements of urban governance,
planning and finance need to actively embed
gender equality measures. And women deserve
equal roles in making decisions about an ever more
urban world.
SDG 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe,
resilient and sustainable
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UN Women’s efforts ensure urban public spaces
are safe and that women and girls can enjoy them
without being assaulted or harassed. UN Women’s
Safe Cities Global Initiative has generated a number
of innovative results through partnerships with
mayors’ offices, national Governments, women’s
groups and other community partners. To reduce
the number of women impacted by disasters,
the entity also promotes disaster-risk reduction
planning and training to help women become
more resilient and to mitigate the effects of climate
change.
UN Women Country Office Initiative on Safe Cities
In line with the implementation of the Kigali Safe Cities programme, UN Women Rwanda and the
City of Kigali municipality has identified and implemented priority physical improvements on 14 mini-
markets. This activity which aimed at boosting employment in the informal sector allowed access
of women hawkers to safer and more productive markets. In general, women dominate the informal
street vending activities and are more prone to sexual and gender based violence and harassment in
public spaces. In collaboration with the City of Kigali, UN Women Rwanda has also contributed to the
construction of a mini market for City of Kigali hawkers.
The construction is at its initial stage and the layout and architectural designs indicate that the mini
market will have infrastructure and services such as storage facilities, running water, electricity, refuse
collection, sanitary and storage facilities, display space, toilets, and rubbish bays including exterior
fencing, car park for the clients and day care center for children for breastfeeding mothers. Street
women hawkers are optimistic that their livelihoods will improve and their safety will be guaranteed.
The approach of constructing safe mini markets for women and girls taken by the City of Kigali will
solve the problem of Illegal Street hawking, and serves the city’s hygienic and environmental purposes,
as well as the problem of tax evasion.
UN Women also sponsored the participation of five delegates to the Safe Cities Global Leaders’ Forum
held in New Delhi, India from 10 to 12 June 2015. The global meeting shared and discussed evidence-
based approaches, practices, tools, and learnings to advance the international knowledge base on
safe cities for women and girls. Participants from Rwanda were able to provide up-to-date knowledge
and good practices from the implementation of Kigali Safe city Programme that aims to prevent and
respond to sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence against women and girls in public
spaces. Delegates were also able to discuss priority areas for safe city policy and programme actions
focusing on sustainability and national accountability which links to SDG 11 on Safe Cities.
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Photo: UNDP/Dilip Lokre
Unsustainable consumption and production
patterns, historically concentrated in countries and
groups with the highest standards of living, have
pushed the world against its planetary boundaries.
Surpassing these limits poses the risk of resources
being lost forever. Climate change, impacted by
greenhouse gas emissions, poses escalating threats.
At the high end of consumption and production,
patterns can be wasteful. Food losses occur at
every stage, from field to table. Forests are cut
down and minerals mined for products used one
year and thrown away the next.
The world of waste coexists with a world of want.
There, people consume barely enough to survive.
A safe and sustainable future depends on reducing
extremes. Women in consumption and production
must have equal access to means such as land and
technology that can boost their standard of living.
Women at large must assume equal leadership
in striking a better balance—in parliaments and
boardrooms, in their communities and families.
UN Women acts to redress imbalanced consumption
and production by advocating for policy reforms
that back equitable ownership and use of property
and resources. Property titles are one area of focus,
since these remain out of reach for many women,
due to legal or social barriers. Without them,
women typically lose access to the technologies
and resources they need to achieve sustainable
levels of consumption and production.
SDG 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production
patterns
UN Women Selected Country Initiatives on sustainable consumption and production
patterns
UN Women in collaboration with key partners – held a Regional Sharefair on Gender Equality in
the Extractive Industries from 13–15 October 2015 at the United Nations Complex in Nairobi, Kenya.
Focusing on the overarching theme of Building on Good Practices, the three-day Sharefair served as
an inspiring platform for sharing knowledge and experience, establishing partnerships, and developing
solutions to stimulate interest and collaborative efforts in engendering the extractive industries in
Africa. Over 400 participants – including researchers, policymakers, development agencies, United
Nations agencies, regional economic commissions, the African Union, civil society organizations,
women in the extractive industries, business leaders, investors, private sector representatives and
practitioners – gathered at the Sharefair to discuss innovations, best practices, evidence from research
and documented data, and legal frameworks and policies. The Sharefair also provided opportunities
for networking, advocacy and capacity-building in support of women in the extractive sector. Through
a series of plenary and interactive group discussions, challenges, solutions and opportunities were
identified for gender equality and women’s empowerment and active participation in the extractive
industries. Trends in the sector were discussed, and feasible interventions to amplify the impact of
gender equality in the extractive industries were identified. Through the proposed regional programme
on extractive industries, women shall have improved livelihoods and their production patterns through
the extractive industries shall increase. Throughout the Sharefair, special attention was given to the
role of women in the extractive industries in the post-2015 development agenda.
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Climate change poses growing risks. Catastrophic
storms destroy lives and homes. Droughts pressure
rural livelihoods. Sea level rise threatens low-lying
areas.
Slowing a dangerous rise in global temperatures
depends on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Since
some level of climate change is now inexorable, other
actions must help people adapt and become more
resilient. Adequate education and employment, for
example, help build safety nets against disaster.
The most vulnerable people are most at risk from
climate change, including many poor women. For
them, the impacts are already a daily reality. Many
spend increasingly long hours hunting for food, fuel
and water, or struggling to grow crops. When disasters
strike, women are far more likely to perish.
Through their experiences and traditional knowledge
SDG 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its
impacts
Photo: UNDP/Mohammad Rakibul Hasan
Credit: IUCN, EGI and UN Women
38% 26% 36% 45% 15% 27% 47% 48% 45%
WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN
THE RIO CONVENTIONS
CBD COP12 (2014)
UNCCD COP11 (2013)
UNFCCC COP20 (2014)
Government
Delegates
Bureau Members NGO
Representatives
% of Women
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as stewards of many natural resources, women can
offer valuable insights into better managing the
climate and its risks. They also have a right to all
capacities needed to protect themselves, and to
participate in decisions with profound implications
for people and the planet.
UN Women works to combat climate change
by advocating for gender equality and women’s
empowerment in mitigating and adapting to
climate change, against the backdrop of achieving
equitable and inclusive sustainable development.
The organization calls for women to be heard at
all levels of decision-making, from households
to political arenas. In global climate change
negotiations, UN Women actively promotes
commitments to gender equality and women’s
rights as well as women’s contributions to all
aspects of mitigation and adaptation.
UN Women Eastern and Southern Africa Initiatives on Climate Change
UN Women has recognized that more knowledge is needed on successful ways to enhance women’s
resilience in the region, and on how to integrate a gender perspective in the resilience agenda and
work. To redress this gap, UN Women, in partnership with a wide variety of other actors, propose to
hold a Sharefair on ‘Gender and Resilience’ in 2016. The event will facilitate a long-term collaboration
amongst the regional stakeholders. Key institutions and stakeholders will be gathered together with
the aim of identifying problems, using data and predictive methods, and mobilizing support and
resources to incubate, accelerate, and scale effective solutions. A strong networks will be created in
order to amplify resilience solutions beyond the Resilience Sharefair, sustaining change in policy and
practice while also contributing to the implementation of SDGs at regional and country levels.
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The world’s oceans—spreading over 70 per cent
of the planet—are in crisis. Destructive fishing
has decimated fish stocks and thrown marine
ecosystems out of balance, as have pollution and
ocean acidification. As temperatures warm from
climate change, melting ice caps are raising sea
levels, threatening homes everywhere.
Over the longer term, oceanic changes can result in
globally significant climate shifts. For now, the most
immediate impacts are felt in coastal communities
and among those who depend on oceans for
livelihoods.
Womenmakeup47percentoftheworld’s120million
people working in fisheries and outnumber men in
both large-scale marine fisheries (66 per cent) and
small-scale inland fisheries (54 per cent). And yet,
women are largely concentrated in low-skilled, low-
paid jobs with irregular, seasonal employment in
processing, packaging and marketing. They often
work without contracts or health, safety and labour
rights protections. Women also earn approximately
64 per cent of men’s wages for the same work in
aquaculture.
Women face the risks of ocean degradation with
fewer assets and alternatives for livelihoods, and
less resilience against the loss of natural resources.
All strategies for conservation and sustainable use
need to respond to these vulnerabilities. Women’s
limited representation in marine science must be
corrected towards tapping all perspectives for fair
and durable solutions.
Photo: UN Photo/Christopher Herwig
SDG 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and
marine resources for sustainable development
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Globally, forests have been cut at devastatingly
fast rates, often for profits that bypass local
communities. The felling of trees reduces carbon
dioxide absorption and biodiversity, cutting links in
the intricate web of life. Land use practices have
led to land degradation and desertification, as have
droughts, including those linked to climate change.
All of these patterns undercut resources that
sustain environmental health and human well-
being. Women can be among the first and most
affected, often charged with making up shortfalls
in food and fuel. Their limited ownership of land
reduces their capacity to adapt to losses or make
decisions about how land is used—for the benefit of
themselves and the environment.
Despite these constraints, women play a critical role
as stewards of the land, comprising much of the
agricultural labour force in developing countries.
They may be primary collectors of resources such
as wood for fuel, as well as wild foods and herbs
for medicines. Their knowledge about traditional
practices that are inherently sustainable, however,
is often excluded from decisions about sustainable
ecosystems.
This is a loss in terms of prospects for sustainable
ecosystem use, which also depends on gender
equality in all other dimensions—access to land,
livelihoods and natural resources, and a say in how
they are shared. Women, and indigenous women in
particular, need to be included in decision-making
on ecosystem use at all levels, as essential players
in preserving our planet.
Photo: UN Photo/Logan Abassi
SDG 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of
terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat
desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt
biodiversity loss
FOCAL POINTS TO THE UN FORUM
ON FORESTS (UNFF)
Women
Men
24%
76%
Credit: IUCN, EGI and UN Women
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Peaceful and inclusive societies uphold the rule
of law and ensure equal access to justice. They
protect people from all forms of violence, including
gender-based violence, and control corruption
and organized crime. Decision-making at all levels
is inclusive and responsive, and fundamental
freedoms are upheld. Laws and policies apply
without discrimination. During wars or conflict,
women often have fewer resources to protect
themselves and, with children, frequently make up
the majority of displaced and refugee populations.
War tactics such as sexual violence specifically
target them.
Women have made strides in representation in
decision-making, in some peace processes as well
as governance more broadly. Still, the numbers
reflect persistent inequality. From 1992 to 2011,
only 9 per cent of negotiators at peace tables were
women, despite the landmark UN Security Council
resolution 1325 in 2000, which recognized that
women must play central roles. Only 22 per cent
of all national parliamentarians were female as of
August 2015.
For women in many societies, prospects for peace
are undermined by gender-based violence. Women
comprise 98 per cent of the estimated 4.5 million
people forced into sexual exploitation, for instance.
Gender discrimination in legal systems includes
the failure to punish perpetrators of gender-based
violence.
By fully protecting all of women’s rights, without
exception, in all laws and practices, peaceful and
inclusive societies will be within reach.
UN Women advances peace and inclusion by
backing the engagement of women in all aspects
of peace negotiations, peacebuilding and
reconstruction for inclusive societies. The entity
Photo: UN Women/Ina Riaskov
SDG 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for
sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and
build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all
levels
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trains peacekeepers to detect, address and stop
conflict-related sexual violence. Other efforts
support the gender-responsive reform of justice
and security institutions, universal access to justice,
the introduction or implementation of laws against
violence against women, and provision of public
services that fully meet women’s needs.
UN Women Initiatives on Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
UN Women in Zimbabwe, under Gender, Peace and Security program, partnered with Peace-Building
and Capacity Development Foundation (PACDEF), a CSO, which successfully established a women led
community early warning system for EVAW, electoral processes and other peace building initiatives
in rural areas.
This will be utilized to influence gender sensitive electoral processes in preparation for elections in
2018. Furthermore collaboration with the partner enabled UN Women to increase awareness among
rural communities on gender, peace and security issues and this has led in creation of safe spaces for
women to come together and discuss peacebuilding issues without fear and hesitation.
UN Women sought to increase spaces of dialogue and peaceful exchanges between security sector
actors and women’s organizations at national level and this is the first output under outcome through
the support provided to Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe. Community dialogues were held among
the six Women for Peace Committees established in three provinces of Manicaland (Tsvingwe,
Penhalonga), Masvingo (urban and rural communities) and Mashonaland West (Chinhoyi), Bindura
and security sector actors.
UN Women in Zimbabwe also carried out an assessment of the curricula of the security sector state
institutions and private church-owned institutions for gender-sensitivity. The findings were used to
develop gender-sensitive modules for each respective institution that is applied by security sector,
peacebuilding and governance academic institutions as compulsory and examinable curricula,
accompanied by a Training of Trainers user guide for personnel of academic security sector institutions.
The revised curricula have so far been accepted by 3 institutions which are Africa University, Institute
of Correctional Services, Solusi University and Bindura University. On a different note, UN Women
ESAR has positioned a gender expert within the office of the special envoy of the great lakes region
to support with various gender issues in regard to peace and security in the region and contribute to
building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels in this regard.
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The SDGs will mean little without the means to
implement them. Finance, technology, capacities,
partnerships and data are among the primary tools.
Success also depends on a stable global economy
and the ability of each country to make policy
choices aimed at achieving all of the goals.
Gender equality is central to all of the SDGs, but
often, women end up on the short end of the
means of implementation, in whatever form. While
governments increasingly use gender-responsive
budgeting to direct funds to programmes that
benefit women, these exercises have revealed
huge funding gaps in what women need—up to
90 per cent. Only 5 per cent of foreign aid funds
had gender equality as a principle objective in
2012-2013. Just around a third of countries have
an office for gender statistics, even though data
distinguished according to gender is critical to
defining the best ways to achieve gender equality.
Many countries simply do not know, for instance,
how many women lack clean water or face abuse
within their homes.
Womenhavetherighttoequalaccesstoandbenefits
from each of the means of implementation. They
also need to lead decisions being made — whether
in ministries of finance, companies that produce
technologies, statistical offices or institutions
charged with global economic oversight.
UN Women’s efforts put women at the centre of the
means of implementation through global leadership
of the drive to adopt gender-responsive budgeting,
a tool to realize commitments to women’s rights.
Globally, regionally and nationally, the organization
backs innovations extending the collection of data
that make women’s issues visible and influence
policies delivering on gender equality. UN Women
helps women access technology, including to
achieve the double dividend of empowerment and
environmental sustainability.
At country office level, UN Women works with the
resident coordinator system to host and coordinates
the donor coordination group on gender in Ethiopia
and Rwanda.
Photo: UN Women/Fernando Bocanegra
SDG 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and
revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
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UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality as enshrined in the Charter of the United
Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the
empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men
as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action, and
peace and security. Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, UN Women
leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on
gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world.
It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and
efforts, building effective partnership with civil society and other relevant actors.
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