 UNITED NATIONS WOMEN
UN Women is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.
UNIFEM established its presence in Sierra Leone in 2002. The UN-Women Country Office (CO) was set up in 2011 (following the move from the previous UNIFEM).
VISION
UN-Women aims to achieve gender equality, the empowerment of all women and girls, and the full enjoyment of their human rights.
MISSION
UN-Women’s Strategic Plan is anchored in the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, UN Security Council resolutions on women, peace and security (WPS), the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, and other relevant intergovernmental outcomes, such as resolutions of the General Assembly and agreed conclusions of the Commission of the Status of Women. It contributes to the gender-responsive implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as well as commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment made in other relevant UN instruments and resolutions
MANDATE
UN-Women has unique triple mandate, encompassing normative support, UN system coordination and operational activities, to mobilize urgent and sustained action to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls and support the achievement of the 2030 Agenda.
The Country Office in Sierra Leone through three core mandates supports the following:
Normative work: to support inter-governmental bodies, such as the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and the General Assembly, in their formulation of policies, global standards and norms.
Coordination work: entails both work to promote the accountability of the United Nations System on gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE), and more broadly mobilizing and convening key stakeholders to ensure greater coherence and gender mainstreaming across the UN.
Programme work: to help Government implement international standards and to forge effective partnerships with civil society.
SUPORT AREA/SECTOR
Gender Equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
UNWOMEN in 2022 provided an estimated $0.19 million of core resources and $0.68 of tracked to support various projects implementation in Sierra Leone.
OVERVIEW OF AID AGENDA TO SIERRA LEONE (PORTFOLIO SIZE AS AT 2021)
UN-Women’s In 2021 UN-Women is implementing across four established thematic impact areas: (i) governance and participation in public life; (ii) women ’s economic empowerment; (iii) ending violence against women and girls; and (iv) women, peace and security, humanitarian action and disaster risk reduction
In line with international norms and standards, UN-Women Sierra Leone applies a human rights-based approach and is guided by the principle of leaving no one behind. The Country Office responds to discrimination and inequalities by identifying and addressing structural barriers and unequal power relations that reproduce inequalities, as well as discriminatory laws, policies, and practices. This approach is based on full respect for all human rights, including the right to development, and the recognition that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated.
At the country level, UN-Women ensures that interventions fully reflect and support national priorities, through its Strategic Notes and Annual Work Plan, which are closely aligned to United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF). The Country Office also supports civil society and women’s groups, through capacity development in line with lessons learned from evaluations.
UN-Women champions and supports more coherent and enhanced performance and accountability for gender equality, women’s empowerment and gender mainstreaming in the UN system in Sierra Leone through the UN Gender Theme Group.
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