parity and participation. Only in some cases was it gender responsive to the needs of men and women, addressing equitable distribution of benefits, resources, status and rights. It was still limited in addressing contributing to changes in norms, cultural values, power structures and the roots of inequalities and discrimination. The Development Minerals programme emphasized the inclusion of women, and 43 percent of training participants are women. UNDP built the capacity of the Zambian Association of Women in Mining, and members received $150,000 in increased income. UNDP supported training for women in cobblestone paving in 2018, however “the majority did not obtain contracts or jobs”. The project sought to engage the Roads Development Agency and other stakeholders to create links, but challenges remain.
other root causes of inequalities were identified and addressed.
Finding 12: Leave No One Behind – UNDP has not yet consistently mainstreamed the Leave No One Behind principle78 as a central and transformative promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Given the lack of data collection and disaggregation, it was challenging to ensure that discrimination and
UNDP was challenged, as identifying inequalities and discrimination requires the generation of evidence, data collection and disaggregation, which go beyond gender, geography and age to include all grounds of discrimination prohibited under international law, ensuring that all forms of discrimination
UNDP advocated for other marginalized communities, as indicated in the Leave No One Behind marker tracked by UNDP. UNDP has not yet fully integrated into the programme a more consistent mainstreaming of the principle with the five factors proposed as key to understanding who is being left behind and why: discrimination; place of residence; socio-economic status; governance; and vulnerability to shocks. UNDP has not yet consistently applied the factors to examine the disadvantages people face in and across the five factors to empower those who are being left behind, or who are at risk of being left behind, and to enact inclusive, far-sighted and progressive SDG policies.
FIGURE 9. Target populations (% of projects) People affected by armed conflict or violence People directly affected by natural disasters Unemployed people People living under the national poverty line People living in multidimensional poverty People living in urban areas People living in slums People living in rural areas People living in peri-urban areas Minorities Key populations for HIV, TB and malaria People with disabilities Youth Women
3% 0% 7% 31% 24% 41% 3% 83% 28% 3% 7% 21% 38% 72% 0%
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Source: Atlas/PowerBI data extracted October 2020
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