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IT’S A LONG-STANDING GLOBAL AGREEMENT: WOMEN HAVE THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE AND LEAD IN POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS. Recognizing that right, more countries than ever before have moved towards gender parity in parliaments, local governments and political parties, as has the United Nations in its upper echelons. Yet to fully realize this right in our lifetime, much remains to be done. UN Women collaborates with legislatures, electoral management bodies, women’s networks and other United Nations entities to end stereotypes that keep women out of leadership roles, increase the number of women leaders, and build their skills and capacities. We help countries plan and budget based on gender equality principles, measure progress through better gender data and guarantee equality under the law. CLAIMING WOMEN’S RIGHTFUL ROLE IN POLITICS TUNISIA is passing through its requiring gender parity on electoral UN Women convened all of the second revolution in recent years – lists, training helped women actors in the 2018 general elections a women’s revolution. When polls candidates develop aptitudes in ZIMBABWE (government for local elections closed in 2018, to run and win. UN Women- ministries, academia, civil society women had taken 47 per cent of sponsored research on women groups, gender advocates, the seats, the highest share by voters provided candidates with security officers, Parliament far in the Arab States and one of the insights needed to craft and independent commissions the highest in the world. Leading appealing campaigns, while on gender and human rights, up to the poll, UN Women was gender-sensitive monitoring of among others) through a “Gender a tireless supporter for women elections entailed deploying 75 Observatory”. The first institution realizing their rights to participate election observers who were alert of its kind in the country, the in politics. After collaboration with to the barriers deterring women’s Observatory drew on UN Women’s women’s advocates and others to participation. global experience of integrating push through a 2016 electoral law gender issues in the electoral cycle. Each observer was charged IN TUNISIA’S 2018 LOCAL ELECTIONS, WOMEN TOOK with encouraging women’s 47% OF THE SEATS, THE HIGHEST SHARE BY FAR participation, better understanding IN THE ARAB STATES AND ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN women’s equal rights and roles in THE WORLD. elections and monitoring obstacles that might stand in the way. UN WOMEN ANNUAL REPORT 2018-2019 | 11

UPHOLDING EQUALITY IN LAW AND JUSTICE Around the world, over 2.5 billion the law still frequently fails to became the first of four Caribbean women and girls suffer the deliver for women and girls. In nations to establish a Gender consequences of discriminatory 2018, UN Women convened close Equality Protocol for Judicial laws and gaps in legal protections. to 200 gender experts, activists, Officers. It provides detailed In 2019, UN Women joined other legislators, jurists and government guidance to make sure that leading international and regional officials to debate what more must women can access justice not organizations to roll out a road be done to end discrimination just in theory, but in practice. map for eliminating discriminatory in laws and policies. The event In applying it, judicial officers laws. It calls for fast-tracking followed the release of a UN Women- can better respond to the repeals in 100 countries by 2023, sponsored study of laws and difficulties some women face in removing some of the most policies in 18 Arab countries. The getting to court, such as missed egregious legal barriers. Over 50 study was conducted with the appearances related to a lack of million women and girls will no United Nations Development childcare. Officers have reported longer live with legal provisions Programme (UNDP), the United being more informed on how to allowing them to be paid less, for Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) protect women’s rights in cases example, or denied full citizenship, and the UN Economic and Social determining child support and among other priority issues. The Commission for West Asia. One responding to gender-based initiative will build on UN Women’s of the most comprehensive violence. significant global track record in assessments ever of these issues, it working with countries to ‘level shed much-needed light on gender In INDONESIA, UN Women the law’. In 2018, assistance helped in constitutions and a variety of supported the development of a UKRAINE repeal discriminatory laws. The findings provide sound training module that helps judges provisions against women in the evidence for future action. None of avoid gender discriminatory armed forces. Women lawyers the 18 countries, for instance, grant attitudes and stereotyped in AFGHANISTAN gained skills women equal rights in marriage, behaviours when adjudicating in gender-responsive legislative divorce, guardianship and custody cases involving women in conflict analysis and advocacy. of children. with the law. The module has been adopted and piloted by Indonesia’s Across the ARAB STATES, After UN Women shared a Supreme Court, which has legislative reforms are unfolding demonstrated practice from committed to institutionalizing it in to protect women’s rights, yet Mexico, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO the training of in-service judges. 12

CHANGING INSTITUTIONS TO ADVANCE EQUALITY Across the UNITED NATIONS, A NETWORK OF OVER 200 GENDER FOCAL UN Women coordinates actions POINTS CONTINUOUSLY ADVOCATES FOR THE to advance gender equality, ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN WITHIN INDIVIDUAL accelerating momentum on many ORGANIZATIONS OF THE UN SYSTEM. levels. In 2018, for the first time, gender parity was attained in Equality and the Empowerment Mayors and Councillors’ Association both the UN Senior Management of Women and the UNCT-SWAP in BOLIVIA hosted regional and Group and among the Resident Gender Equality Scorecard. The national gatherings attended by Coordinators who oversee country updates more closely aligned over 20,000 women. The meetings operations. Based on extensive the frameworks to UN reform shared information on international consultations, UN Women priorities, including new guidance norms and standards, which issued the Enabling Environment on the 2030 Agenda. Sixty-six women used to design a national Guidelines and Supplementary United Nations entities reported on agenda for dismantling patriarchy. Guidance. The guidance provides performance indicators under the The President of Bolivia created a comprehensive recommendations updated UN-SWAP; 24 UN country Cabinet dedicated to implementing to achieve a working environment teams used the updated scorecard. the agenda, which spells out that prizes inclusivity, diversity and Thirty-two teams piloted UN INFO, measures to realize women’s equality. A network of over 200 which includes a mandatory gender rights under seven pillars. Early gender focal points continuously marker to keep spending in line with priorities include better integration advocates for the advancement commitments to gender equality. of gender equality in regional and of women within individual local development plans, fully organizations. UN Women works on institutional accounting for women’s economic changes within national contributions in the national budget, Updated accountability frameworks governments as well. A partnership and enacting a law upholding sexual have mainstreamed gender into with the Legislative Assembly, the and reproductive rights. United Nations entities and country Ministry of Justice and the Women teams using the second generation of the United Nations System-wide Action Plan (UN-SWAP) on Gender LISTENING TO EVERY VOICE As the REPUBLIC OF SERBIA women, older women, women with to strengthen the prevention of and prepared its fourth report on national disabilities and Roma women. After responses to gender-based violence. efforts to comply with the Convention considering the reports, the UN on the Elimination of All Forms committee that oversees CEDAW Towards opening more space for of Discrimination against Women urged the Government of Serbia to women to express their voices in (CEDAW), UN Women worked take measures to achieve the equal media outlets in the CENTRAL with women’s non-governmental representation of all women in all AFRICAN REPUBLIC, where most organizations on parallel “shadow” areas of public and political life, to journalists are men and gender reports that actively encouraged the provide free legal aid for all cases of stereotyping is common, UN Women participation of women frequently gender-based discrimination, and has provided training on gender- left out of such discussions: rural balanced reporting. It has also stood behind the creation of a network Photo: Justice Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds and Justice Judith Jones in Trinidad and Tobago and Justice Maureen Rajnauth-Lee of journalists committed to content of the Caribbean Court of Justice oversee training that makes court officers more responsive to gender issues. free of sexism. UN WOMEN ANNUAL REPORT 2018-2019 | 13

The Fund for Gender Equality The Fund for Gender Equality is UN Women’s global grantmaking mechanism and multidonor fund dedicated to supporting civil society in its key role in realizing the SDGs. The Fund seeks to accelerate women’s economic and political empowerment. IN 2018, THE FUND MANAGED 25 PROJECTS WITH A VALUE OF USD 7.6 MILLION REACHING 82,000 DIRECT BENEFICIARIES. In ALBANIA, years of advocacy led by the Association access to sustainable employment. SVSG provided for Women’s Security and Peace (AWSP) contributed livelihood trainings to nearly 5,200 Nofotane women to the Government’s adoption of the first National living in 182 villages, linked them to job markets and Action Plan on UN Security Council resolution 1325 on raised awareness among 630 employers about the women, peace and security. The numbers of women in legal responsibilities when employing them. Nofotane leadership positions in the State Police and the Ministry women now have an increased presence in jobs that of Defense have already increased as a result. AWSP are productive, secure and deliver a fair income. galvanized previously fragmented civil society groups around the first national coalition on resolution 1325. Supported by the Fund, women-led organizations from It is now testing new approaches to strengthen the a handful of countries have learned to apply human- coalition’s capacities to monitor implementation of the centred design tools that boost engagement among national plan and generate further public awareness. project participants. In PARAGUAY, for example, the Centro de Documentación y Estudios helped establish In SAMOA, through the support of the Samoa Victim a radio programme produced and led by domestic Support Group (SVSG), historically marginalized workers. The number of women planning to join Nofotane women – women married to men from a domestic workers organizations rose by 40 per cent different village and living with their in-laws and often after only five weeks. exploited as domestic servants – have improved their Photo: The launch of Albania’s first National Action Plan on UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security has already led to more women leaders in the police. 14

Investments that deliver MAKING EVERY WOMAN AND GIRL COUNT Who helps NUMBERS TELL A STORY. OR DON’T, IF THEY ARE MISSING, as is the case with sex- UN Women make disaggregated statistics in much of the world. Too often, statistics fail to measure the specific every woman and girl issues and obstacles women, men, boys and girls face, such as why women are in or out of count? the labour market, and how pervasive the problem of domestic violence really is. Our partners include the UN Women leads a global initiative, “Making Every Woman and Girl Count”, that marshals Governments of Australia, considerable technical expertise and a number of influential partners. The programme is Ireland, Mexico, Sweden, the committed to developing data that tells women’s and girls’ stories on all issues, and informs United Kingdom and the United policy and budget choices that accelerate gender equality. States of America as well as Alwaleed Philanthropies, Collaboration with the World Bank, for example, produced the first ever global estimates of Alibaba, the Bill & Melinda poverty by sex. Partnership with the International Labour Organization has resulted in new Gates Foundation and Revlon. figures for 88 countries breaking down labour force participation rates by sex and marital status. The exercise has provided some of the first compelling evidence of how marriage, often linked to Photo: Detailed records tracking the cultivation high burdens of unpaid care and domestic work, keeps women out of labour markets. and sales of crops allow women farmers in Brazil, like Glorinha Dantas de Paula Pereira, to know In 2018, UN Women joined the Government of MEXICO to launch the Center of Excellence the full value of what they produce. on Gender Statistics, which will push forward the frontiers of gender statistics around the world by sharing research and innovation. Mexico also hosted the first Global Conference on Gender Equality and the Measurement of Unpaid Care and Domestic Work, a dynamic exchange on gender, data and the global goals among representatives of national statistical agencies, international experts and leading academics. COLOMBIA is among the countries already moving forward with a new national agreement on innovative gender measurements capturing women’s status according to their level of income. Six pathfinder countries under Making Every Woman and Girl Count – BANGLADESH, KENYA, MOROCCO, NEPAL, TANZANIA and UGANDA – conducted national assessments of gender statistics in 2018. KENYA, for example, has committed to integrating gender dimen- sions in all data-collection activities, including at the county level, where governments have a central role in making choices related to public services. UN WOMEN ANNUAL REPORT 2018-2019 | 15