Generation Equality accountability report 2023: Action Coalition on Economic Justice and Rights

GENERATIONEQUALITYACCOUNTABILITY REPORT2023 ACTIONCOALITIONONECONOMICJUSTICEANDRIGHTS UNWOMEN UNWomenistheUnitedNationsentitydedicatedtogenderequalityandtheempowermentofwomen.Aglobalchampionforwomenandgirls,UNWomenwasestablishedtoaccelerateprogressonmeetingtheirneedsworldwide.UNWomensupportsUNMemberStatesastheysetglobalstandardsforachievinggenderequalityandworkswithgovernmentsandcivilsocietytodesignlaws,policies,programmesandservicesneededtoensurethatthestandardsareeffectivelyimplementedandtrulybenefitwomenandgirlsworldwide.ItworksgloballytomakethevisionoftheSustainableDevelopmentGoalsarealityforwomenandgirlsandstandsbehindwomen’sequalparticipationinallaspectsoflife,focusingonfourstrategicpriorities:1)Womenlead,participateinandbenefitequallyfromgovernancesystems;2)Womenhaveincomesecurity,decentworkandeconomicautonomy;3)Allwomenandgirlslivealifefreefromallformsofviolence;and4)Womenandgirlscontributetoandhavegreaterinfluenceonbuildingsustainablepeaceandresilience,andbenefitequallyfromthepreventionofnaturaldisastersandconflictsandhumanitarianaction.UNWomenalsocoordinatesandpromotestheUNsystem’sworkonadvancinggenderequality. GENERATIONEQUALITY GenerationEqualityisamultistakeholderinitiativeconvenedbyUNWomeninpartnershipwithcivilsociety,youth,governments,theprivatesectorandphilanthropiststocatalysepartners,increaseinvestments,driveresultsandacceleratethefullandeffectiveimplementationoftheBeijingPlatformforActionandtheSustainableDevelopmentGoals.GenerationEqualityisanchoredintheUNDecadeofAction.ItemphasizestheachievementofSustainableDevelopmentGoal5ongenderequalityandthedeliveryofthe2030AgendaforSustainableDevelopmenttobenefitwomenandgirlsinalltheirdiversity. Viewthereportat:https://commitments.generationequality.org/accountability-report TheviewsexpressedinthispublicationarethoseoftheauthorsanddonotnecessarilyrepresenttheviewsofUNWomen,theUnitedNationsoranyofitsaffiliatedorganizations.Foralistofanyerrorsoromissionsfoundafterprinting,pleasevisitourwebsite. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Chief:JemimahNjuki(EconomicEmpowerment),PapaA.Seck(ResearchandData)Reportlead:MaureenGitonga Reportauthors:AshaMeagher,JocelynChu,MarieBerg,MaureenGitonga,RaymondShamaandSvenjaSiemonsenProduction,communicationandoutreach:SvenjaSiemonsen,CarlaAritaCarozzo,MarieBergandJocelynChuEditor:JenRoss Design:OliverGantner ©UNWomen2024Allrightsreserved ManufacturedintheUnitedStates SimaBahous UNWomenExecutiveDirector FOREWORD Thisyear’sCommissionontheStatusofWomencomesatadifficulttimeformanywomenandgirlsaroundtheworld.Theheavytollofconflict,climatechangeandothereconomicshocksareerasingthelittleprogresstheworldhasmadeinrecentdecadesonreducinggenderinequalities.Lessthansixyearsfromthe2030deadline,wearestillfarfromachievingtheSustainableDevelopmentGoals(SDGs),includingGoal5ongenderequality,andwomendonotenjoyequaleconomicrightsandopportunities.Despitewomen’scontributionstoeconomies,structuralandsystemicbarrierscontinuetoimpedetheirfullandmeaningfulparticipationintheeconomy.Womenacrossallregionsoftheworldaremorefoodinsecurethanmenandmorethanhalfoftheworld’spopulationisnotcoveredbyanysocialprotectionbenefits.By2030,ifcurrenttrendscontinue,8percentofwomenandgirlsgloballywillbelivingonlessthanUSD$2.15aday. Weneedcollectiveleadershipandunwaveringcommitmenttotackletheadversetrendsaffectinggenderequality.GenerationEquality,throughitswhole-of-societyapproach,servesasaguidinglight,mobilizingeffortstodismantleentrenchedinequalities,harnessnewenergyandelevateambition,cooperationandaccountability.Byforgingalliancesthatincludestakeholdersfromallwalksoflife,GenerationEqualityisdrivingtransformativeresultsforwomenandgirls. Asthisreportshows,inthethreeyearssincetheGenerationEqualityForumsinMexicoCityandParis,CommitmentMakershavepledgedatleastUSD$32billiontowomen’seconomicjusticeandrights.CommitmentMakershaveinitiatedorimplementedseveralinitiatives,including135policies,406advocacyinitiatives,andover440programmes.TheActionCoalitiononEconomicJusticeandRightsisacatalystthatbringsresourcesandstakeholderknow-howtoadvancetheglobalvisionofguaranteeingeconomicjusticeandrightsforallwomenandgirls. Atthesametime,thisreportrevealsthaturgentactionisstillneeded.Dataonfinancialinvestmentstowardscivilsociety,youthandadolescentgirl-ledorganizationsislimited,andtheyarebeneficiariesofonlyafractionofthereportedlysecuredbudgets. GenerationEqualityisakeyacceleratortoachievingtheinternationaldevelop-mentagenda.Women’seconomicjusticeandrightsisanecessaryenablerforachievinggenderequalityandattainingalloftheSDGs.Atthis68thSessionoftheCommissionontheStatusofWomen,Icalluponallsectorstoredoubletheireffortsandcommittogenderequalitythroughwomen’seconomicempowerment. 1 KEYFINDINGS 1 Stakeholdershavemovedquicklyonactionstoadvancewomen’seconomicjusticeandrightsworldwide.Basedonsurveyresults,12percentofeconomicjusticeandrightscommitmentsarealreadycompleted,85percentareinprogressorbeingplanned,2percentarenotstartedand,amongthelattertwocategories,96percentareontracktobecompletedby2026. 2 Strongallianceshav