The Ministry of Transport is the first public entity in Colombia to obtain the UNDP Gender Equality Seal for Public Institutions, and the second globally, after the Mayor’s Office of Lima. The Gender Equality Seal for Public Entities – Equipares Público- is a methodological proposal to support and recognise the efforts made by entities to […]

In institutional strategies for addressing gender-based violence, a comprehensive approach involves taking into account at least: prevention, protection and comprehensive reparation for victims of gender-based violence.  With this approach in mind, the second session for the exchange of experiences between participating institutions in the Seal took place in webinar format on 9th december 2022, and gathered 15 […]

Institutions participating in the Gender Equality for Public Institutions Seal programme enter a global community of practice where they can share experiences and learning about the challenges they face in strengthening their capacities and results in gender mainstreaming in their work, and the best strategies to address them, in order to move towards the achievement […]

UNDP Country Office in RDC is aiming to develop and validate a practical and feasible methodology for supporting targeted NGOs on improving their capacities for promoting gender equality and women’s rights in their work in the context of UNDP’s Stabilization Pillar.  UNDP has been supporting different kinds of organizations, including its own UNDP Country Offices, […]

On December 1 of this year, a round table on “Ensuring gender equality in Uzbekistan by supporting gender activists and overcoming gender stereotypes” was held at the International Hotel in Tashkent. It was organized in cooperation with the Republican Commission on Enhancing the Role of Women in Society, Gender Equality and the Family and the […]

Gender equality is part of our commitment to make progress on the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda.” “… I would also like to announce that the IEC is launching the implementation of the Gender Equality Seal for Public Institutions programme supported by UNDP.”  H.E. Musa Maayta, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Election […]

The main pillar of the efficient public administration are people. Human Resources Management Authority (HRMA) is a best positioned institution within public administration to pilot GS in PI having in mind which mandate is recruitment of public institutions employees and capacity development to match public employees’ competences with 21st century skills, has piloted the Gender Equality Seal […]

Last 28th November UNDP, in partnership with the Agency for Gender Equality of BiH as co-lead institution, kickstarted a two day consultative event and training to support the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HJPC BiH) in implementation of Gender Equality Seal for Public Institutions. Implementation of gender equality standards is of utmost importance […]

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Service Centre for Africa, with the support of the Government of Canada, held the first Regional Training of Trainers on the Gender Equality Seal for the Public Institutions (GES-PI) in Africa  from 14 -16 November 2022 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The three day training attracted , up to 40 […]