Discover how a dedicated delegation, led by Minister Khadija Mohamed Diriye sponsored by UN Women Somalia, made waves at the CSW67 conference in New York. Somalia shared its insights on harnessing innovation and technology for gender equality, and key events included high-level meetings with UN Women and AU leaders. "DigiALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality" took center stage, celebrating women's achievements and the tireless efforts of women leaders in Somalia. From advancing women's roles in peace and security to raising awareness in IDP camps, this publication is a glimpse into Somalia's inspiring journey toward gender equality and capacity injection to Somalia national bureau of statistics in how to measure changes in crime levels and evidence-based policy and decision-making.

Unpaid care work by women is one of the most important constraints they face in running their businesses or advancing in their careers. This toolkit presents a compilation of case studies that have been selected to support governments and civil society in dialogue around the implications of unpaid care work on women’s lives and countries development outcomes and for positioning (unpaid) care reform in a more central role in policies in the region.

These guidelines seek to align the County Integrated Development Plans (CIDPs) with the Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) policies, regulations and strategies for gender mainstreaming in Laikipia County. The guidelines were developed under the Economic Empowerment of Women through Climate Smart Agriculture Programme, supported by the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).

These guidelines seek to align the County Integrated Development Plans (CIDPs) with the Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) policies, regulations and strategies for gender mainstreaming in Kitui Count. The guidelines were developed under the Economic Empowerment of Women through Climate Smart Agriculture Programme, supported by the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).

Women and girls are particularly vulnerable in volatile environments, where safety is not guaranteed. In conflict-affected settings, sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (SRMNCAH) needs increase, while available services and resources decrease.

This Initial Rapid Gender Assessment provides information on the different needs, capacities, and coping strategies of women, girls, boys, and men in Sudan. These needs are presented as follows: (a) Needs requiring immediate attention and, (b) Needs requiring mid-term interventions.

The newsletter highlights UN Women Liberia’s contribution to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women in the last quarter of 2022 and the first quarter of 2023. The newsletter is intended to give readers a broad insight into UN Women’s collaborations, achievements and impact in Liberia.

This report, prepared by UN Women and UNDP, highlights the global challenges faced by women and provides a roadmap for targeted interventions and policy reforms.

Women’s unpaid care responsibilities are one of the main barriers preventing women from fully profiting from new jobs created in the green economy and is limiting their contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation. Therefore, this brief calls for action on adopting appropriate public policies to ensure that women get an equitable share of green jobs; balancing men’s and women’s responsibilities for care; supporting private sector development in the care sector to scale-up promising solutions and increasing access to time-saving and energy-efficient infrastructure.

Women own 30 per cent of the small and medium businesses worldwide, yet women-owned businesses only access 1 per cent of all procurement contracts suggesting systemic gender disparities within procurement systems. This policy brief analyses the extent to and ways in which regional institutions in West Africa could adopt better policies for gender-responsive procurement.

Despite robust legislation through Kenya’s Constitution, and improved results in the 2022 election, the number of female politicians remains low. Kenya remains one of the lowest ranking countries in the region when it comes to women’s participation in politics. The study investigates the factors that inhibit women candidates from vying and obstacles that exist once elected. In particular, the study brings into perspective how barriers to women’s political life are evolving, from violence shifting to more brutal online attacks, sexual harassment within political party ranks, and the disproportionate cost of running for office for women candidates.

This First Edition of the Quarterly Newsletter covers the first quarter (January – March). It is intended to keep our partners informed about highlights of UN Women Ethiopia’s activities during the quarter. We hope you will find the information in this Newsletter useful.

As gaps remain in efforts to stem the tide of global economic crises, having fiscal policies in place to safeguard spending for women is essential. Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) can ensure a gender-equitable allocation of resources and expenditure tracking to promote gender equality. This briefing note provides information on the foundation established to determine entry points for this work, key partnerships, and plans to advance systemic financing for gender equality in the country.

As gaps remain in efforts to stem the tide of global economic crises, having fiscal policies in place to safeguard spending for women is essential. Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) can ensure a gender-equitable allocation of resources and expenditure tracking to promote gender equality. This briefing note provides information on the foundation established to determine entry points for this work, key partnerships, and plans to advance systemic financing for gender equality in the country.

As gaps remain in efforts to stem the tide of global economic crises, having fiscal policies in place to safeguard spending for women is essential. Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) can ensure a gender-equitable allocation of resources and expenditure tracking to promote gender equality. This briefing note provides information on the foundation established to determine entry points for this work, key partnerships, and plans to advance systemic financing for gender equality in the country.

This infographic is based on the results of an assessment of rural women's needs, carried out as part of UN Women's 3R Program in Senegal. It illustrates the challenges of unpaid care work faced by rural women, as well as innovative solutions and policy measures to address these needs, and to recognize, reduce and redistribute rural women's unpaid care work.

This policy note presents the results of the assessment of the needs of rural women, carried out as part of the 3R Programme in Senegal, and namely the unpaid-care work related needs faced by rural women, along with the innovative solutions and policy measures needed to address these needs and recognize, reduce, and redistribute rural women's unpaid care work.

This policy brief outlines the results of a study conducted by the National Observatory of the Demographic Dividend in 2022, that assesses time poverty in terms of unpaid care and domestic work in Mali. Research showed that women contribute 80% of the production of domestic labour time, strongly limiting the time at their disposal for paid work and educational opportunities. If accounted for, women’s unpaid care would represent 17.6% of the country’s GDP (2019).

The Report documents our work with communities and stakeholders to advance Gender Equality in Zimbabwe, the challenges, interventions and results achieved

The Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) provides accurate and representative data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition. The data was collected in 2022 and the report published in 2023.