UN Women East and Southern Africa Publications Reader Survey 2023 - Key Facts

These key facts emerge from the UN Women East and Southern Africa Publications Reader Survey 2023. UN Women East and Southern Africa Knowledge Management Strategy (2022-2025) provides for a biennial Publications Reader Survey to understand and appreciate the publications commonly sought by stakeholders of UN Women in the entire region. This survey also analyses what form of publications are being sought by diverse audiences and how often the publications are consulted by the audiences. It further mapped which parties seek UN Women publications in the region and in what format they preferred whether electronic or hard copies, accessibility for development and, policymaking (particularly in East and Southern Africa) and ways UN Women ESAR could improve on the presentation of their publications to accelerate demand by diverse stakeholders. Through this publications’ reader survey, the region has ensured continuous improvement of the user-friendliness, practicality and overall quality of UN Women’s publications. The analysis revealed that UN Women publications are readable and positions gender equality and women’s empowerment as a core principle of development.