UN Women Project Support - Women Lead UN Women Project Support - Women Lead UN Women has applied to Sida for funding of 25 million SEK to carry out the "Advancing gender equality and women’s leadership in political and business life (Women Lead) Project" in Turkey during the period 2021-2024. 

The intervention aims at advancing women’s leadership and participation in decision-making in Turkey by focusing on key stakeholders and actors in the fields of politics and private sector by:
1. Providing support for increasing women’s leadership in political decision-making, establishing a cadre of interested, diverse and capable women to run for political office at local level, increasing solidarity and gender equality awareness among women from different political affiliations and with women from outside government, advancing the national and policy legal framework, strengthening gender sensitive governance at the local level.
2. Promoting women’s leadership and influence in the private sector, strengthen the engagement of male political and corporate leaders in advancing gender equality, work with media, current and future professionals, and media outlets to advance non-stereotypical portrayal of women in media as political and business leaders and to practice gender sensitive practices internally and externally.

The intervention’s total budget is 25 million SEK and Sida is the sole donor. UN Women har ansökt  om finansiering på 25 miljoner SEK från Sida för att genomföra projektet "Att främja jämställdhet och kvinnors ledarskap inom  politik och näringsliv (Women Lead) Projektet" i Turkiet under perioden 2021-2024.

Insatsen syftar till att främja kvinnors ledarskap och deltagande i beslutsfattande i Turkiet med fokus på viktiga intressenter och aktörer inom politik och den privata sektorn genom att:
1. Ge stöd för att öka kvinnors ledarskap som politiska beslutsfattare, etablera en grupp intresserade, kunniga och kapabla kvinnor som ska delta inom politiska områden på lokal nivå, öka solidariteten och jämställdhetsmedvetenheten bland kvinnor med olika politisk hemvist och tillsammans med kvinnor som inte tillhör regeringen främja det nationella och politiskt legala ramverket samt stärka genuskänsligt ledarskap på lokal nivå.
2. Främja kvinnors ledarskap och inflytande i den privata sektorn, stärka engagemanget hos manliga politiska ledare och företagsledare när det gäller att främja jämställdhet, arbeta med nuvarande och framtida yrkesverksamma inom media för att stärka en icke-stereotyp skildring av kvinnor i media, till  exempel som politiska ledare och företagsledare samt att praktisera genuskänsliga metoder både internt och externt.

Insatsens totala budget är på 25 miljoner kronor och Sida är den enda givaren. The overall objective of the project is to contribute to women’s leadership and participation in decision-making in Turkey by focusing on key stakeholders and actors in the fields of politics and business life.  The project comprises of 4 outputs under 3 outcomes.
Outcome 1: Legislative frameworks and arrangements promote gender balance in elections and decision-making bodies in line with the international normative framework.
Output 1.1 Strengthened capacities of political stakeholders to promote gender balance in decision making. 
Outcome 2: A cadre of interested, diverse and capable women political and business leaders is formed and supported to exercise leadership.
Output 2.1 Women in or aspiring for political leadership positions have increased technical capacity, knowledge and networking to engage in political life and to advance gender equality. 
Output 2.2 Increased understanding and commitment of political and business leaders, and the media, to promote gender equality and women’s participation in political and economic life. 
Outcome 3. Local level authorities with multi-stakeholder engagement, implement new and existing international commitments on gender equality and women’s empowerment through gender responsive plans and budgets.
Output 3.1 Local governments have enhanced awareness and capacity to develop and apply gender responsive plans and budgets.