UN Women Transformative Approaches to Achieving GE in Ukraine Fas II 2022-2026 UN Women Transformative Approaches to Achieving GE in Ukraine Phase II 2022-2026 - UN Women Ukraine Phase II The project aims to employ transformative approaches to the advancement of gender
equality and women’s empowerment by focusing on barriers that women face and
empowering women through working with women, gender-transformative approaches
engage a variety of agents of change.
Transformative approaches aim at removing the root causes, structural barriers and
restrictive social norms that underpin the persistence of gender inequalities in various
areas of life. In the case of the proposed project, a transformative approach means
engaging with the key institutions at the same time, specifically those that either have a
significant impact on the replication of restrictive gender stereotypes or can help break
down these social norms and pave the way for greater gender equality and women’s
empowerment. The project builds on involving the three below specified groups of actors to acheive the
proposed objectives described in the project proposal.
1) Key national- level institutions that will develop, implement, monitor and coordinate
Ukraine´s international and national commitments to gender equality and women´s
empowerment (here abbreviated GEWE)
2) Women and women´s organisations, that will participate in decision-making,
monitoring of governmental commitments and advocacy for GEWE priorities
3) Private business companies - who will contribute to advancing GEWE in the
workplace, value chains and in communities.
By involving these actors, all in their specific responsibility, right as well as competence,
the project aims at bringing about systemic change in the preconditions setting
limitations for womens full participation and enjoyment of equal rights. The project
strategy is that by involving the above mentioned key stakeholders the implementation of
international standards and national GEWE commitments will be well coordinated,
financed, and monitored in partnership thus strenghtening joint accountability to
contribute to transformative changes to improve the lives of women and girls in Ukraine. Insatsen syftar till att bidra till transformativa tillvägagångssätt för att bidra till ökad jämställdhet och kvinnorss egenmakt genom att fokusera på de hinder som kvinnor möter. 

Genom att arbeta på ett holistiskt sätt med en bred grupp av aktörer (lokala och nationella institutioner, civila samhället och näringslivet) ämnar man bidra till ökat genomslag och genomförande samt implementering av internationella och nationella åtaganden rörande kvinnors rättigheter och jämställdhet och öven bidra till förbättrad dialog mellan parterna. The project goal, that the Government, civil society and the private sector have joint accountability to contribute towards transformative results for gender equality and women's empowerment in Ukraine, will be achieved under three Outcomes and five Outputs:

OUTCOME 1  Key national-level institutions develop, implement, monitor and coordinate Ukraine's international and national commitments to GEWE.

     OUTPUT 1.1  Key institutions of the National Women's Machinery (NWM) have strengthened capacities to implement their respective GEWE mandates.
      OUTPUT 1.2  The national-level GEWE Coordination Mechanism is strengthened to be fully operational, participatory and inclusive.

OUTCOME 2  Women and women's organizations meaningfully participate in evidence-based decision-making, monitoring of governmental commitments and advocacy for GEWE priorities.

       OUTPUT 2.1  Women and women's organizations have improved capacities to participate in the development and monitoring of the Governments GEWE commitments.
       OUTPUT 2.2  Women's rights activists increasingly collaborate with the media to challenge patriarchal social norms and advocate for their priorities.

OUTCOME 3  Private business companies contribute to advancing GEWE in the workplace, in value chains and in communities.

       OUTPUT 3.1  Private business companies have strengthened knowledge, plans and mechanisms in place to implement the Women's Empowerment Principles.