Baseline study to collect baseline data for indicators in UN Women Sudan 2012 annual workplan

The United Nations Entity on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) was created in July 2010 by General Assembly resolution A/Res/64/289 to assist countries and the UN system itself to progress more effectively and efficiently toward the goal of achieving gender equality, women’s empowerment and upholding women’s rights. UN Women’s vision is a world where societies are free of gender-based discrimination, where women and men have equal opportunities, where the comprehensive development of women and girls is ensured so that they can continue to be active agents of change, where gender equality and women’s empowerment are achieved and where women’s rights are upheld in all efforts to further development, human rights, peace and security.

The development of UN Women Sudan 2012-2013 Annual Work plan (AWP) has been guided by key principles and frameworks. At the national level, the results have been guided by Sudan’s development priorities as stated in the current IPRSP pillars 1 & 2; the Sudan National Strategic Plan Goal 1 on sustaining peace, Goal 3 on poverty and MDGs and Goal 5 on good governance;  sectoral priorities in the National Policy for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality, on Goal 3 on Women’s Economic Empowerment, on Goal 4 on Women’s Human Rights and Rule of Law, Goal 5 on Political Participation and Decision Making, Goal 6 on Peace Building and Conflict Resolution and ongoing reforms by the Government of Sudan after the end of the CPA. Results have also been identified based on the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for Sudan;  Outcomes 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well as lessons learnt from implementing the 2008-2011 Country Programme. The country AWP contributes directly to the achievement of UN Women’s global DRF Goals 1, 3, 4 and 5.