Prospects for Ending Child Marriage in Africa - Executive Brief
This executive brief is a synthesis of key findings and recommendations from a multi country analytical study by UN Women on child marriage in Africa covering ten countries selected due to their comparatively higher prevalence of child marriage in the continent and globally. More
- Ending violence against women and girls (18)
- Gender equality and women’s empowerment (17)
- Economic empowerment (16)
- Leadership and political participation (11)
- Decision-making (8)
- Peace and security (6)
- Gender equality and inequality (6)
- Training (6)
- Political empowerment (5)
- 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (5)
- Governance and national planning (4)
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Joint Newsletter by AU, UNECA and UN Women on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment
Saturday, October 31, 2020
he newsletter aims to serve as an information-sharing platform to promote accelerated action for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (GEWE) in Africa. Among its contents, the newsletter features good practices, knowledge and efforts by the AUC, ECA and UN Women that help ensure GEWE in Africa is sustained.
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
VAW is recognized as both a cause and consequence of gender inequality, and is a major obstacle to women and girls’ enjoyment of human rights and their full participation in society and the economy. The findings of the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey show that more than 1 out of 4 (26%) women age 14-59 experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15 in Ethiopia.
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
In 2016, the fourth Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) was conducted at the request of the government, in particular the Ministry of Health and was implemented by the Central Statistical Agency (CSA); this 2016 EDHS included a VAW module for the first time in the history of EDHS at the request of the Ministry of Women, Children, and Youth Affairs.
Gender and Aid Effectiveness Manual
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
The gender and aid effectiveness manual is a component of the Transformative Financing for Gender Equality and Women Empowerment Programme of UN Women in partnership with MoF and Ministry of Women, Children and Youth (MoWCY). The programme aims to ensure equitable distribution of international financing to address gender inequality and empowerment of women as part of the efforts to ensure gender responsive national planning and budgeting system. The objectives of this Manual are to contribute...
UN Women Ethiopia: Changing the lives of women and girls
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
The publication presents UN Women Ethiopia key results on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE). It highlights thevaluable collaboration with government institutions, development partners, regional organisations, UN Agencies and CSOs as key approach for GEWE’s accomplishments.
Gender and agricultural mechanization in Ethiopia- Rapid Assessment
Thursday, June 11, 2020
The rapid assessment publication on Gender and Agricultural Mechanization in Ethiopia provides clear recommendations to inform the agricultural mechanization policy currently under development in the country by adding value to the process through introduction of gender responsiveness approach. The assessment also aims to strengthen enforcement of the existing agricultural mechanization by evaluating current practices in gender and mechanization in the...
Policy Brief: Gender and Agricultural Mechanization in Ethiopia-Rapid Assessment
Thursday, June 11, 2020
The brief provides policy recommendations on how agricultural mechanization in Ethiopia may be more gender responsive. it also informs the agricultural mechanization policy currently under development in the country by adding value to the process through introduction of gender responsiveness approach.
POLICY BRIEF: COVID-19 and Ending Violence Against Women and Girls in Ethiopia
Saturday, May 30, 2020
The crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic must be viewed with a gendered lens to protect women and girls and address the increase in VAWG during this pandemic. In Ethiopia, this can be accomplished with accelerated and concerted efforts of the Government and the United Nations, in partnership with other development agencies and national civil society organizations. This Policy brief presents overview of the increased in GBV in Ethiopia and give recommendations on measures to be taken to address the issue.
Gender Implications of COVID-19 Outbreak in Ethiopia
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
UN Women Ethiopia Country Office (ECO) calls on all partners to consider the sex and gender effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, both directly and indirectly. This will make certain that women and girls are kept in the front-line of preparedness and response.
Guideline for Gender Responsive Media
Friday, January 24, 2020
This Guideline for Gender Responsive Media published in two languages (Amharic and English) aims to inform and guide media houses, media practitioners, journalists, editors, and anyone in the media and communication sector about ethical reporting of issues related with gender and actions to take to create a gender sensitive media environment both within the media houses as well as in all the contents produced by the media houses
THE GENDER GAP IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: CAUSES, COSTS AND SOLUTIONS
Friday, May 17, 2019
Across sub-Saharan Africa, the agricultural sector remains critical to local and regional economies. It is the basis for food security and an important source of employment, particularly for women. Yet, studies consistently find that female farmers have lower rates of agricultural productivity than male farmers. Based on original research in five countries (Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda and United Republic of Tanzania), this policy brief shows that gender gaps in agricultural...
ETHIOPIAN PRIVATE SECTOR COMMITS TO WOMEN EMPOWERMENT PRINCIPLES (WEPs)
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
The workshop on Gender and Macroeconomics together with experience sharing on Women Economic Principles (WEPs) implementation from Kenya was held on 4-5 April 2019 in Addis Ababa. The purpose of the workshop was to create common understanding about Gender Equality and Women Empowerment (GEWE), to increase knowledge on Gender and Macroeconomics and its intertwined and complementarity nature, to enable the private sector to understand the positive impact of gender responsiveness to their respective business and to familiarize the participants with the concept of Women Empowerment Principles (WEPs) and how it is being implemented in other countries.
Thursday, January 31, 2019
The study assessed the state of child marriage in Africa from practice to policy and interventions towards its eradication with a focus on ten countries with a comparatively higher prevalence of child marriage in the continent and globally. A critical emphasis of the study was on the nexus between the existence and implementation of the policies/legislation, and the dominant cultural and religious practices that affect the outcomes of the interventions in those countries, especially in identified hotspot areas within the countries. By focusing on the socio-cultural conditions, policy environment and eradication initiatives, the study provides critical information and perspectives, effective and appropriate programs/investment and policies in Africa to delay the age of marriage and end child marriage as a practice.
UN Women Ethiopia: Changing the lives of women and girls
Sunday, December 30, 2018
The publication indicates key results of the UN Women Ethiopia country office on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE). It highlights the consistent collaboration with government institutions, development partners, UN Agencies and CSOs as the main approach for GEWE’s accomplishments.
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Problems of justice and lack of fairness in any society’s cultural, economic, social and political structure; owing to different reasons; have been observed to pose challenges to the extensive efforts exerted to realize comprehensive growth resulting in unequal access of economic resources for all citizens. In Ethiopia, the importance and inclusion of gender issues during budgeting and planning in order to respond to gender equality as well as ensuring equal benefit of all citizens...
Women’s Rights in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities and Proposals for Accelerated Implementation
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Building on the momentum of and leveraging on the African Union theme for 2016, the year of human rights with a special focus on the rights of women, a half day multi-stakeholder consultation under the theme “Accelerated Implementation of Women’s Right’s and the African Decade of Human Rights” reviewed progress on implementation of women’s rights commitments, identified priorities and proposed key recommendations to inform the development and implementation of the...
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Reliable gender statistics highlights different conditions for women and men, girls and boys. It is a fundamental tool for evidence-based decision making, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Women and men have different needs, access and control over resources in society. National statistics that does not reflect these differences is insufficient and potentially misleading. The key objective of the initiative behind this report is the development of...
Gender Gap Analysis of the Public Finance Management system of Ethiopia
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Public Financial Management (PFM) is a critical element of how governments raise and use resources to meet the public’s needs. The focus areas of this PFM assessment included planning, monitoring and reporting, budget preparation and implementation, revenue generation, approval by parliament and Audit. The analysis reveals that regardless of the challenges, in general there have been good progress towards integrating gender into national development plans and budget preparation....
Prospects for Ending Child Marriage in Africa - Executive Brief
Sunday, December 2, 2018
This executive brief is a synthesis of key findings and recommendations from a multi country analytical study by UN Women on child marriage in Africa covering ten countries selected due to their comparatively higher prevalence of child marriage in the continent and globally.
Friday, August 31, 2018
The three-day experience sharing forum on budget tracking tool development for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) was held from 24 – 26 August 2018 in Debre Zeit town with a call by the Government of Ethiopia on the need to identify financing gaps from gender perspective in sectoral budget allocation and developing a budget tracking system.