Outcome Area 4

Outcome Area 4:
Ending Violence against Women

Over the duration of the Strategic Plan, UN-Women will:

  • Increase its focus on prevention and the delivery of quality services to victims and survivors
  • Ensure that more cities and other settings have safe and empowering public spaces for women and girls
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Programme expenses under Ending Violence Against Women:

US$102 Million (2020)
 

Outcome Indicators

Outcome Indicator 4.1 

Proportion of women who have experienced physical or sexual violence who seek help, by sector (health, police, justice, social services)
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  Health Police Justice
Baseline (2005-2016) 2.7% 10.5% 2.2%
Result (2007-2017) 2.6% 11.2% 2.9%
Result (2007-2020) 2.7% 12.4% 2.5%
Result (TBC) 2.7% 12.4% 2.6%
  Social Services
Baseline (2005-2016) 2.5%
Result (2007-2017) 3.1%
Result (2007-2020) 2.8%
Result (TBC) 2.8%
2021 Target(s):-

Outcome Indicator 4.2 

Percentage of people who think it is justifiable for a man to beat his wife, disaggregated by sex
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  Female Male
Baseline
(2005-2016)		 34.8% 29.4%
Result
(2003-2018)		 33.2% 27.8%
Result
(2003-2020)		 33.3% 27.7%
Result
(TBC)		 32.5% 26.6%
2021 Target(s):

Outcome Indicator 4.3 

Number of cities supported by UN-Women where data on the prevalence of sexual harassment against women and girls in public spaces is availableC
34
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Baseline 7
Result
(2018)		 16
Result
(2019)		 24
Result
(2020)		 34
Target 30
 

Outcome Indicator 4.4 

Number of countries that have adopted or strengthened legislation addressing violence against women and girls in private and public spaces that is (1) in line with best practices (2) is allocated a budget and (3) has an oversight mechanism for monitoringC
12
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Baseline 7
Result
(2018)		 8
Result
(2019)		 10
Result
(2020)		 12
Target 17
 

Outcome Indicator 4.5 

Number of countries with legislation (in line with best practices) to prevent, investigate, sanction and redress femicide/feminicide/gender-related killings of womenC
13
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Baseline 6
Result
(2018)		 7
Result
(2019)		 8
Result
(2020)		 13
Target 15
 

Outputs for Outcome Area 4

Output 11:
More countries and stakeholders are better able to prevent violence against women and girls and deliver essential services to victims and survivors.

 

Output Indicator 4.11.1 

Number of National Action Plans and Strategies to end violence against women that have a component that addresses social norms, attitudes, and behavior transformation, developed with UN-Women’s supportC
Progress against 2020 Milestone
Achievement rate against 2021 Target
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Baseline 50    
Milestone
(2018)		 58 Result 59
Milestone
(2019)		 66 Result 67
Milestone
(2020)		 74 Result 83
Target
(2021)		 82 Result  
 

Output Indicator 4.11.2 

Number of countries that have, with UN-Women’s support, (1) conducted community activities with women and men, boys and girls on gender equality and respectful relationships and (2) developed national informal or formal education curricula on gender and violence against women in primary and/or secondary schools C
Progress against 2020 Milestone
Achievement rate against 2021 Target
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Baseline 17    
Milestone
(2018)		 22 Result 23
Milestone
(2019)		 27 Result 29
Milestone
(2020)		 32 Result 34
Target
(2021)		 37 Result  
 

Output Indicator 4.11.3 

Number of countries supported by UN-Women to improve guidelines, protocols, standard operating procedures (in line with best practices) on the provision of quality services for victims and survivorsC
Progress against 2020 Milestone
Achievement rate against 2021 Target
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Baseline 24    
Milestone
(2018)		 33 Result 37
Milestone
(2019)		 41 Result 43
Milestone
(2020)		 49 Result 53
Target
(2021)		 57 Result  
 

Output Indicator 4.11.4 

Number of countries that provide information about women’s rights to access quality essential services for victims and survivors of violence, with UN-Women’s supportC
Progress against 2020 Milestone
Achievement rate against 2021 Target
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Baseline 56    
Milestone
(2018)		 61 Result 61
Milestone
(2019)		 66 Result 67
Milestone
(2020)		 71 Result 73
Target
(2021)		 76 Result  
 

Output Indicator 4.11.5

Number of people benefiting from projects supported by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women^
Progress against 2020 Milestone
Achievement rate against 2021 Target
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Baseline 6,400,000    
Milestone
(2018)		 N/A Result -
Milestone
(2019)		 N/A Result -
Milestone
(2020)		 3,000,000 Result 31,071,058
Target
(2021)		 6,000,000 Result  
 

Output Indicator 4.11.6 

Number of countries that have, with UN-Women’s support, put in place measures to address gender-based violence (GBV) during the COVID-19 pandemic, which a) integrate violence prevention and response into COVID-19 response plans b) raise awareness through advocacy and campaigns, with targeted messages to both women and men c) provide options for women to report abuse and seek help without alerting perpetrators d) ensure continued functioning of shelters for victims of violence and expand their capacity e) ensure women’s access to justice through police and justice response to address impunity of perpetrators and protect women and their children (Derived from Indicator 2.4 in the UN Framework for the Immediate Socio-Economic Response to COVID-19C
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a) integrate violence prevention and response into COVID-19 response plans

Baseline
(March 2020)		 0    
Milestone
(2018)		 - Result -
Milestone
(2019)		 - Result -
Milestone
(2020)		 - Result 25
Target
(2021)		 60 Result  

b) raise awareness through advocacy and campaigns, with targeted messages to both women and men

Baseline
(March 2020)		 0    
Milestone
(2018)		 - Result -
Milestone
(2019)		 - Result -
Milestone
(2020)		 - Result 30
Target
(2021)		 59 Result  

c) provide options for women to report abuse and seek help without alerting perpetrators

Baseline
(March 2020)		 0    
Milestone
(2018)		 - Result -
Milestone
(2019)		 - Result -
Milestone
(2020)		 - Result 31
Target
(2021)		 49 Result  

d) ensure continued functioning of shelters for victims of violence and expand their capacity

Baseline
(March 2020)		 0    
Milestone
(2018)		 - Result -
Milestone
(2019)		 - Result -
Milestone
(2020)		 - Result 26
Target
(2021)		 39 Result  

e) ensure women’s access to justice through police and justice response to address impunity of perpetrators and protect women and their children

Baseline
(March 2020)		 0    
Milestone
(2018)		 - Result -
Milestone
(2019)		 - Result -
Milestone
(2020)		 - Result 17
Target
(2021)		 43 Result  

Output Indicator 4.11.7 

Number of women’s organizations with increased capacities to respond to and mitigate the pandemic, fight against COVID-19 related gender-based violence, racism, xenophobia, stigma, and other forms of discrimination, prevent and remedy human rights abuses, and ensure longer-term recovery (Derived from Indicator 5.2 (a) in the UN Framework for the Immediate Socio-Economic Response to COVID-19, with UN-Women custodianship)C
Progress against 2020 Milestone
Achievement rate against 2021 Target
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Baseline
(March 2020)		 0    
Milestone
(2018)		 - Result -
Milestone
(2019)		 - Result -
Milestone
(2020)		 - Result 590
Target
(2021)		 800 Result  
 

Output 12:
More cities and other settings have safe and empowering public spaces for women and girls.

 

Output Indicator 4.12.1 

Number of safe cities/safe public spaces partnerships in place which include women in decision-making positionsC
Progress against 2020 Milestone
Achievement rate against 2021 Target
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Baseline 30    
Milestone
(2018)		 40 Result 37
Milestone
(2019)		 61 Result 50
Milestone
(2020)		 62 Result 69
Target
(2021)		 70 Result  
 

Output Indicator 4.12.2 

Number of local development plans developed or strengthened with the support of UN-Women that are gender-responsive and address sexual harassment against women and girls in public spacesC
Progress against 2020 Milestone
Achievement rate against 2021 Target
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Baseline 15    
Milestone
(2018)		 32 Result 32
Milestone
(2019)		 46 Result 38
Milestone
(2020)		 61 Result 233
Target
(2021)		 78 Result  
 

Output Indicator 4.12.3 

Number of countries where different sectors address the elimination of sexual violence against women and girls in public spaces through the transformation of social normsC
Progress against 2020 Milestone
Achievement rate against 2021 Target
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Baseline 35    
Milestone
(2018)		 37 Result 37
Milestone
(2019)		 51 Result 40
Milestone
(2020)		 56 Result 46
Target
(2021)		 58 Result  
 

Output Indicator 4.12.4 

Number of partners supported by UN-Women whose knowledge and skills to influence legislation and policies on sexual violence against women and girls in public spaces are improved, disaggregated by sex^
Progress against 2020 Milestone
Achievement rate against 2021 Target
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Baseline 6,327    
Milestone
(2018)		 6,400 Result 7,094
Milestone
(2019)		 6,400 Result 3,583
Milestone
(2020)		 4,000 Result 7,602
Target
(2021)		 6,400 Result  
 

Footnotes

All references to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999).

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Outcome Indicator 4.1: For this indicator, the global average is derived from country surveys data that include women from different ages (mostly 15-49), different partner status (mostly all women vs. ever married/partnered) and women who experience different forms of violence (mostly physical and or/sexual by any perpetrator vs. by a partner and including other forms, i.e. psychological).Back  

Outcome Indicator 4.2: For this indicator, the global average is derived mostly from latest available Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) that include comparable data. Data from some other relevant national household surveys are included where data from DHS was not available. These latter surveys may include samples with different age ranges or partner status as compared with DHS, and some of them include only a sample of women (not men).Back  

Outcome Indicator 4.3: Of 64 countries/territories reporting under this indicator for 2018, 4 reported 9 cities with results: Ecuador (Cuenca), Mexico (Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey, Puebla, and Torreon), Morocco (Marrakech and Rabat), Viet Nam (Ho Chi Minh).
Of 50 countries/territories reporting under this indicator for 2019, 4 reported 8 cities with results: Albania (Shkodra and Korça), Argentina (Buenos Aires), India (Udalguri and Dibrugarh), Indonesia (Medan, Semarang and Surabaya).
Of 43 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2020, 7 had results reported: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Uganda, Viet Nam. Back  

Outcome Indicator 4.4: Of 65 countries/territories reporting under this indicator for 2018, 1 reported results: Ecuador.
Of 61 countries/territories reporting under this indicator for 2019, 4 reported results:Bolivia (Plurinational State of), El Salvador, Kosovo, Philippines.
Of 57 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2020, 4 had results reported: Argentina, Georgia, Mexico, Uganda. Back  

Outcome Indicator 4.5: Of 64 countries/territories reporting under this indicator for 2018, 1 reported results: Ecuador.
Of 48 countries/territories reporting under this indicator for 2019, 1 reported results: Georgia.
Of 37 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2020, 10 had results reported: Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, El Salvador, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Lebanon, Mexico, Tanzania. Back  

Output Indicator 4.11.1: Of 59 countries/territories reporting under this indicator for 2018, 9 reported results: Bangladesh, El Salvador, Georgia, Kiribati, North Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Mozambique, Samoa, Sierra Leone.
Of 55 countries/territories reporting under this indicator for 2019, 8 reported results: Cambodia, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Liberia, Mexico, Pakistan, South Africa.
Of 57 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2020, 16 had results reported: Argentina, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Fiji, Georgia, Haiti, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Malawi, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tunisia, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe. Back  

Output Indicator 4.11.2: Of 59 countries/territories reporting under this indicator for 2018, 12 reported results: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, China, Fiji, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, State of Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania, Viet Nam.
Of 60 countries/territories reporting under this indicator for 2019, 13 reported results: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, India, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, North Macedonia, Mali, Republic of Moldova, United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda.
Of 57 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2020, 15 had results reported: Barbados, Colombia, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Georgia, India, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Liberia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Viet Nam. Back  

Output Indicator 4.11.3: Of 59 countries/territories reporting under this indicator for 2018, 22 reported results: Albania, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Georgia, Guatemala, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Liberia, North Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, State of Palestine, Serbia, United Republic of Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Viet Nam.
Of 55 countries/territories reporting under this indicator for 2019, 24 reported results: Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji , Guatemala, Kiribati, North Macedonia, Mexico, Republic of Moldova, Morocco , Nigeria, Pakistan, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Serbia, Solomon Islands, United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda.
Of 57 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2020, 35 had results reported: Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Colombia, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Tunisia. Back  

Output Indicator 4.11.4: Of 59 countries/territories reporting under this indicator for 2018, 38 reported results: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR, Liberia, North Macedonia, Maldives, Republic of Moldova, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Tajikistan, United Republic of Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Viet Nam.
Of 57 countries/territories reporting under this indicator for 2019, 41 reported results: Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji , Georgia, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, North Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Republic of Moldova, Morocco , Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Senegal, Serbia, South Sudan, Tajikistan, United Republic of Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Uganda, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe.
Of 55 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2020, 44 had results reported: Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Georgia, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, FYR Macedonia, Malawi, Mexico, Republic of Moldova, Mozambique, Niger, Pakistan, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tunisia, Uganda, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe. Back  

Output Indicator 4.11.6: Of 59 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2020, 50 had results reported: Afghanistan, Albania, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Liberia, FYR Macedonia, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tonga, Tunisia, Uganda, Vanuatu, Viet Nam. Back  

Output Indicator 4.11.7: Of 51 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2020, 50 had results reported: Afghanistan, Albania, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Philippines, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe. Back  

Output Indicator 4.12.1: Of 20 countries/territories reporting under this indicator for 2018, 6 reported results: Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (El Alto), Canada (Vancouver), Mexico (Guadalajara and Monterrey), Spain (Madrid), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (London), Uruguay (Montevideo).
Of 19 countries/territories reporting under this indicator for 2019, 9 reported 13 partnerships: Canada (Montreal and Halifax), Ecuador (Guayaquil), Egypt (Alexandria and Damietta), Ethiopia (Addis Ababa and Hawassa City), Kenya (Kericho), Mexico (Coahuila), United Republic of Tanzania (Dodoma and Shinyanga), Ukraine (Rubizhne), Uruguay (Canelones).
Of 16 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2020, 13 had results reported: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Egypt, Ethiopia, Morocco, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, Viet Nam. Back  

Output Indicator 4.12.2: Of 16 countries/territories reporting under this indicator for 2018, 4 reported 17 local development plans: Egypt (5), Mexico (1), Papua New Guinea (3), Philippines (8).
Of 14 countries/territories reporting under this indicator for 2019, 3 reported 6 local development plans: Kenya (2), Mexico (1), Viet Nam (3).
Of 14 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2020, 6 had results reported: Colombia, Mexico, Morocco, Tanzania, Tunisia, Viet Nam. Back  

Output Indicator 4.12.3: Of 16 countries/territories reporting under this indicator for 2018, 9 reported results: Ecuador, Egypt, Honduras, Indonesia, Morocco, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Viet Nam.
Of 15 countries/territories reporting under this indicator for 2019, 7 reported results: Dominican Republic, Egypt, Kenya, Mexico, Mozambique, Ukraine, Viet Nam.
Of 18 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2020, 14 had results reported: Argentina, Belgium, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, Tunisia, Ukraine, Vanuatu, Viet Nam. Back  

Output Indicator 4.12.4: Of 17 countries/territories reporting under this indicator for 2018, 11 reported a total of 7,094 partners: Afghanistan (3,112), Dominican Republic (5), Ecuador (2,008), Egypt (187), Indonesia (217), Mexico (159), Morocco (266), Mozambique (12), Philippines (573), Tunisia (310), Viet Nam (245).
Of 18 countries/territories reporting under this indicator for 2019, 10 reported a total of 3,583 partners: Afghanistan (24), Egypt (200), India (550), Mexico (342), Morocco (2,217), Mozambique (45), Papua New Guinea (86), Republic of Moldova (11), Ukraine (47), Viet Nam (61).
Of 14 countries/territories with reporting under this indicator for 2020, 10 had results reported: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Malawi, Morocco, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, Tunisia, Ukraine, Viet Nam.
This indicator has disaggregation in support of efforts to “leave no-one behind”. Please see further information on the Global Overview page. Back  

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