Elsie Initiative Fund For Women in UN Peace Operations


Reporting Organization:UNDP Multi Donor Trust Fund office
Total Budget ($CAD):$ 17,500,000
Timeframe: March 26, 2019 - March 31, 2024
Status: Implementation
Contact Information: Unspecified

Partner & Funder Profiles


Reporting Organization


UNDP Multi Donor Trust Fund office

Participating Organizations


Unspecified

Funders (Total Budget Contribution)


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Location


Region - Total Budget Allocation


Europe - $ 3,500,000.00 (20.00%)

Oceania - $ 3,500,000.00 (20.00%)

Sub-Saharan Africa - $ 3,080,000.00 (17.60%)

South America - $ 2,450,000.00 (14.00%)

Southeast Asia - $ 1,155,000.00 (6.60%)

Central America - $ 1,067,500.00 (6.10%)

South Asia - $ 962,500.00 (5.50%)

East Asia - $ 840,000.00 (4.80%)

Central Asia - $ 525,000.00 (3.00%)

North Africa - $ 420,000.00 (2.40%)

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Areas of Focus


Other - Total Budget Allocation


Gender Equality (40 %)

Law, Governance & Public Policy (39 %)

Protection (21 %)

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Description


The project aims to support and incentivize efforts to increase the meaningful participation of uniformed women in United Nations (UN) peace operations. The project seeks to accelerate progress towards achieving the United Nations Security Council’s declared target of doubling the rate of women’s participation within police and military contingents by 2020 compared to 2015, as well as supporting targets to increase the proportion of women serving as military observers, staff officers and individual police officers.

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Target Population


Gender and age: Adult women
Total Direct Population: Unspecified
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Outputs


Unspecified

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Results & Indicators


Expected Results


The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased meaningful participation of uniformed women in UN peace operations; (2) increased use of policies and practices by Troop and Police Contributing Countries and UN organizations to increase meaningful participation of uniformed women to UN peace operations; and (3) expanded country-specific knowledge of barriers to deployment of uniformed women.

Achieved Results


Unspecified

Indicators


  • None Selected
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Associated Projects (If applicable)


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