UN Women - General Contribution 2018 - 2020
UN Women is the lead organisation to contribute to gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment, including women’s full enjoyment of their human rights. Switzerland supports UN Women because targeted attention for gender equality and women’s rights is a Swiss priority in its international cooperation.
Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
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Global |
Gender
Women’s equality organisations and institutions
Sexual & gender-based violence |
01.01.2018
- 31.12.2020 |
CHF 48’000’000
|
- To support inter-governmental bodies, including the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW in formulation of policies, global standards and norms on gender equality.
- To support Member States in implementing these standards, through technical and financial support, and build partnerships with civil society.
- To hold the United Nations system accountable for its own commitments on gender equality, including regular monitoring of system-wide progress.
- UN-Women’s priorities and activities, namely the promotion of gender equality and women’s empowerment, correspond perfectly with the Swiss strategic priorities as outlined in the Dipatch for International Cooperation 2017 – 2020, where gender equality is anchored as a specific objective and transversal theme, as well as the SDC Gender Equality Policy.
- The mandate of UN Women is coherent with the objectives of the Strategy on Gender equality and Women’s rights of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.
- Switzerland promotes women’s economic empowerment including through the improved cooperation between UN Women and the World Bank
- Improved institutional effectiveness, in particular evaluation, financial sustainability and gender parity among staff
- Switzerland contributes to the implementation of UNDS reform by ensuring UN Women’s full integration and implementation of the Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review (QCPR) recommendations.
- The representation of Switzerland as a Member State in UN Women is enhanced through an increased number of Swiss staff.
- United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
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Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY
GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY
Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation Women's equality organisations and institutions
Ending violence against women and girls
Cross-cutting topics Human rights
The project also supports partner organisation improvements
Aid Type Core contribution
Project number 7F03609
Area of responsibility |
UN-Women’s work on gender equality and women’s empowerment is strongly guided by the 2030 Agenda, in particular goal 5 on gender equality and by ensuring that gender is mainstreamed in other gender related goals and targets. UN-Women’s engagement contributes to the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action as well as the Convention on all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). UN Women has a triple mandate at normative, operational and coordination level: |
Switzerland's and the organisation's strategic priorities and their coherence |
The Federal Council’s Dispatch for International Cooperation 2017-2020 includes UN-Women as one of Swiss development cooperation’s 15 priority multilateral organisations. UN Women is an important partner of Switzerland in the achievement of the SDGs, in particular goal 5 on gender equality and to ensure gender mainstreaming of relevant targets within the 2030 Agenda. |
Results of the organisation's previous engagement | The Annual Report of UN Women for 2016 shows continuous progress in the implementation of the strategic plan with 80 per-cent achieved or on track respectively. UN-Women contributed to the amendment of laws to strengthen women’s rights in more than 60 countries reaching a combined population of nearly 1.6 billion women and girls. Regarding national planning and budgeting, more than 30 countries reported increased budget allocation for gender equality commitments compared to 2013 levels. UN Funds and agencies are making overall progress in their performance indicators to comply with the UN System wide action plan on gender equality and women’s empowerment except on some areas like resources tracking and gender parity. |
Results of Switzerland's engagement in previous phase |
Switzerland engaged in ensuring UN-Women’s implementation of the Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review (QCPR) and in the elaboration of the new Strategic Plan. Switzerland contributed to the establishment of the UN-Women Liaison Office in Geneva, including its funding as part of the regular budget of the UN. Switzerland contributed to a well-established and functioning Evaluation function. Switzerland took the lead in a joint statement on the regional architecture of UN-Women to ensure institutional coherence with resources at disposal. |
Medium-term outcome of organisation's current engagement |
Within its new Strategic Plan 2018-2021, UN-Women’s overall impact goal is to: achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, including women’s full enjoyment of their human rights. In addition to further enhance organizational effectiveness, outcomes will follow-up on performance of audit function, transparency as well as increased performance of regional and country offices. |
Effect in Switzerland |
Switzerland will continue to engage with UN Women on gender mainstreaming within the UN development system and will focus on the following topics: |
Directorate/federal office responsible |
SDC |
Credit area |
Development cooperation |
Project partners |
Contract partner United Nations Organization (UNO) |
Budget | Current phase Swiss budget CHF 48’000’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF 48’000’000 |
Donors |
Core contributions ranking (2016) 1.Switzerland 2.United Kingdom 3.Sweden 4.Finland 5.Norway 6.Denmark 7.Netherlands 8.United States 9. Australia 10.Japan. Additional donations from UN-Women national committees and the private sector. |
Coordination with other projects and actors |
Switzerland regularly coordinates its positions with the Western European and Other Group (WEOG) as well as establishing alliances with interested countries outside the WEOG. |
Project phases |
Phase
22
01.01.2022
- 31.12.2024
(Current phase)
Phase 21
01.01.2021
- 31.12.2021
(Completed)
Phase 20 01.01.2018 - 31.12.2020 (Completed) Phase 19 01.01.2015 - 31.12.2017 (Completed) |