Raquel Lagunas, the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Global Director of GenderEquality, visited Kazakhstan from 16 to 20 October to participate in several strategic events hosted by UNDP and national partners. The mission enabled discussions on gender equality and highlighted priorities with members of parliament, the government and women’s rights organizations on the country’s progress […]

A four-day capacity building event on public finance and gender equality took place in the Comoros Islands from 17 to 20 October in the country’s capital Moroni. The event brought together over 20 officers from different public institutions that are stakeholder to fiscal planning processes and efforts to advance gender equality in the country, including […]

The Ministry of Economy and Finance of Uzbekistan (MoEF) and UNDP organized a three-day capacity building event on the Gender Equality Seal for Public Institutions on 23-26 October in Tashkent. The event brought together officers from different departments and divisions of the MoEF in addition to selected officers from other government departments, including the Customs […]

South Africa has made steady progress towards raising the representation of women in senior management service (SMS) which now stands at 45.5%. However, this pace has been slow and drawn out over the years since independence in 1994. There is therefore need to accelerate the pace of gender transformation in the public service to reach […]

Setting an important example and demonstrating true leadership for gender equality, the Mongolian Tax Administration (MTA) has become the first public institution in the country to implement the Gender Equality Seal for Public Institutions, in partnership with the National Committee on Gender Equality. This is part of the broader EQUANOMICS initiative, which was officially launched […]

Making progress towards gender equality, as set out in the Sustainable Development Goals, requires systematic and innovative approaches. One such approach is Gender-Responsive Budgeting (GRB) which is a fiscal planning and allocation process that ensures government budgets address and mitigate gender-based disparities and promote gender equality and women’s empowerment. GRB has played an important role […]

Seeking to learn about international experiences and identify opportunities for the design and execution of budgets with a gender perspective, the first activity of the Community of Practice was carried out for organizations that are part of the process of the UNDP Gender Equality Seal for public institutions. In Chile, In a hybrid format, the conversation “Public […]

Within the framework of the launching of Chile’s Feminist Foreign Policy, held in the O’Higgins Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and led by Foreign Minister Alberto van Klaveren, together with the Undersecretaries of Foreign Affairs, Gloria de la Fuente, and International Economic Relations, Claudia Sanhueza, the letter of commitment for UNDP Gender Equality […]

Implemented jointly in the country by UNDP and the Ministry of Women. The Gender Equality Seal for Public Institutions/Igualando RD is an accelerator towards gender equality aligned with the country’s National Development Strategy, the National Plan for Gender Equality and Equity, and other national policy instruments, as well as the 2030 Agenda. Through its implementation, […]