UN Women Uganda 2020-2023
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UNW has requested support for the implementation of the UN Women Country Office Strategic Plan and Programme 2019-2022 in Uganda. The country programme is aligned with the UNDAF/UNSDCF in Uganda and the national development plan, national legislation and policies for gender equality, and the global UN Women strategy. It focuses on four thematic areas and four ...
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UNW has requested support for the implementation of the UN Women Country Office Strategic Plan and Programme 2019-2022 in Uganda. The country programme is aligned with the UNDAF/UNSDCF in Uganda and the national development plan, national legislation and policies for gender equality, and the global UN Women strategy. It focuses on four thematic areas and four areas of organisational effectiveness and efficiency; 1: Women lead, participate in and benefit equally from governance systems, 2: Women have income security, decent work and economic autonomy, 3: All women and girls live a life free from all forms of violence, 4: Women and girls contribute and have a greater influence in building sustainable peace and resilience, and benefit equally from the prevention of natural disasters and conflicts, and from humanitarian action. • more effective and efficient UN system coordination and strategic partnerships on gender equality and women's empowerment, • Increased engagement of partners in support of UN Women's mandate, • High quality programmes through knowledge, innovation, results-based management and evaluation, • Enhanced organisational effectiveness, with a focus on robust capacity and efficiency at country and project level. Sida provides non-earmarked support to UNW for implementing the programme in Uganda during the period 2020-2023. Several donors are funding UNW's operations in Uganda, primarily with project support.
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UN Women has accounted for many results per income area in the Narrative Report 2022. In addition, the Embassy conducted a field visit in April 2023 that showed impressive results of one specific project included in the country programme. Below, a few results examples divided into the three impact areas, are described as well as results from the field visit: Examples of results of the annual reporting for FY2022: Impact area 1: Inclusive Governance & Gender sensitive Peace & Security •Outcome 1: Inclusive and Accountable Governance and Women's Access to Justice A gender-based review of National Development Plan III (NDP III) was completed at midterm. The findings of this report informed the FY 2023/24 National budget and the roadmap for NDP(IV). 2022s commemoration of 16 Days of Activism led to renewed political commitment by the Parliament of Uganda towards the implementation of laws against GBV. 16,482 (12,848f) people accessed legal services. Out of this, 1,569 cases were either registered in court or handled through the alternative dispute resolution mechanism, of which 636 (40.5%) were concluded. •Outcome 2: Women's Rights, Gender Responsive Peace and Security Governments implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR)/CRRF was enhanced by UN Women by, among other things, addressing the needs of 11,467 refugees and host communities including with Cash for Work. Three Government agencies finalized their National Action Plans and are beginning to operationalize them. NAP IV progress report on UNSCR 1,325 was completed and submitted to African Union with UN Women support. Impact area 2: Share Prosperity in a Healthy Environment for all Women & Girls •Outcome 1: Women Have Increased Productivity, Income and Access to Resources A total 1,040 female members of 26 POWER clubs in 3 settlements of West Nile have continued to benefit and grow their businesses through their village savings and loan associations groups. The groups had saved a total of 231,650,400 Uganda shillings (USD 63,465.863) between June 2021 and June 2022. 71% of the members have started their own small-scale enterprises. •Outcome 2: Vulnerable Women Have the Capacity to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change & Disaster Risks 70% of the targeted 1,400 women under the Bugiri aquaculture project, benefited from employment opportunities along the project value chains, and re-invested income earned in other equally beneficial businesses. By the beginning of 2022, UN Women had transitioned most of the technical and financial operations of this project to Bugiri District Local Government (BDLG). Impact area 3: Human Well-Being and Resilience •Outcome 1: By 2025, People, Especially the Vulnerable and Marginalised have Equitable Access to and Utilization of Quality Basic Social and Protection Services Government agencies and seven non-government institutions were able to deliver inclusive quality services to vulnerable people, especially women and girls with support from UN Women. This enabled 16,482 (12,848f) out of the 317,929 cases registered in courts to access legal services during the reporting period. In the Humanitarian setting, 17,970 women and girls out of a total of 23,493 people benefited from social services and are positively coping with life. •Outcome 2: By 2025, Gender Equality and Human Rights of People in Uganda are Promoted, Protected, and Fulfilled in a Culturally Responsive Environment The Council of Traditional Leaders of Africa Uganda (COTLA-U) as a national multi-stakeholder in the VAWG coordination mechanism is stronger now with a Strategic Plan in place. Additionally, intensified advocacy efforts through multi-media increased the awareness of 4,728,229 people on social norms, laws and policies and available GBV services. As a result, many women and girls knew where to get services. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Field Visit: Women Fruit and Grain Farming Project in Nwoya District UN Women had prepared a well organised field trip 11 - 13 April 2023, covering two programmes supported by the Swedish Embassy the Nwoya Climate Smart Agriculture Programme and the Joint programme on GBV/SRHR. Focus on the field trip was on the Climate Smart Agriculture Programme. Empowering women through climate smart Agriculture was initially a three-year project implemented between 2019-2021 through a tripartite arrangement involving UN Women, Nwoya District Local Government and Delight Uganda Limited, targeting 3,000 women farmers. -Project achievements observed and reported: -Income for 3,000 women and 17,000 indirect beneficiaries. -Some of the women successfully saved between 5% - 15% of monthly income. -Access to 3 daily meals (compared to one year prior the project) -Access to brick and mortar houses -Access to education for the children -Women as change agents in Climate Smart Agriculture -Gender Based Violence and gender mainstreaming -Capacity building and financial literacy -Expanding family business.
Programme Focus: Impact area 1: Women lead, participate in and benefit equally from governance systems • 1.1: Women engage in political institutions and processes. • 1.2: National and Local Plans and budgets are gender responsive • 1.3: Policy and Financial Environment to track GEWE • 1.4: Gender statistics to monitor policies and reporting commitments under SDGs • 1.5: Gender statistics used by different players to inform advocacy, policies and programmes Impact area 2: Women have income security, decent work and economic autonomy • 2.1: Public and private procurement is gender responsive, • 2.2: Climate smart agricultural policies are gender responsive and womens land tenure security is increased. Impact area 3: All women and girls live a life free from all forms of violence • 3.1: An enabling legislative and policy environment in line with international standards on EVAWG, Womens Access to Justice, and other forms of discrimination is in place and translated into action, • 3.2: Favorable social norms, attitudes and behaviors are promoted at community and individual levels to prevent VAWG and end child marriage, • 3.3: Increased use of available accessible and quality essential services by women and girls who experience violence. Impact area 4: Women and girls contribute and have a greater influence in building sustainable peace and resilience, and benefit equally from the prevention of natural disasters and conflicts and from humanitarian action • 4.1: More commitments on women, peace and security are implemented by GoU and the UN, and more gender equality advocates influence peace and security processes, • 4.2: Women benefit from Humanitarian action in the context of refugee response. ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS • More effective and efficient UN system coordination and strategic partnerships on gender equality and women's empowerment, • Increased engagement of partners in support of UN Women's mandate, • High quality programmes through knowledge, innovation, results-based management and evaluation, • Enhanced organisational effectiveness, with a focus on robust capacity and efficiency at country and project level.
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