A Sida-funded partnership between NIRAS/CPM and Ukraine's Ministry of Finance embedded gender-responsive budgeting nationally, lifting gender-tagged budget programmes from 6 to 1,075 …
CAR's 2016 law set a 35% women-candidate quota. "Zebra list" alternation lifted local council representation to 45-53%, versus 12.5% of national candidates …
Bangui, Central African Republic
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 29%85/100
Burundi's World Bank-funded PRRPB land-certification programme registered rural plots in both spouses' names, delivering 93,000+ certificates -- nearly seven times the 14,000 …
Muyinga, Burundi
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 29%85/100
Since 2006, Mauritania has required a 20% women's quota on party lists plus reserved National Assembly seats (2012 reform). Women's representation rose …
Nouakchott, Mauritania
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 29%85/100
Suriname's Bureau of Gender Affairs issued a 15-year Gender Vision Policy (2021-2035) on political participation, building on a decade of steady, unlegislated …
Paramaribo, Suriname
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 29%85/100
UN Women's Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Jordan Network grew from 50 signatory companies in 2021 to 256 by 2025, covering 100,000+ employees; …
Amman, Jordan
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 29%85/100
Chile's Ley Karin (Law 21.643), in force since 1 August 2024, mandates employer protocols and fast-track investigations for workplace harassment and violence. …
Australia's civil-penalty scheme for non-consensual intimate image sharing and deepfake abuse saw reports rise 960% (849 in 2018/19 to 9,060 in 2022/23), …
Melbourne, Australia
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 29%85/100
UN Women's LEAP programme trained refugee and host women in Uganda's Yumbe and Adjumani districts in leadership and livelihoods; women's council seats …
Senegal's 2010 parity law requires alternating male-female candidate lists. Women's share of the National Assembly nearly doubled to about 43% in 2012, …
Mexico's 2019 constitutional reform mandates gender parity across all three branches of government at every level. Congress reached near-parity after the 2018 …
Mexico City, Mexico
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 29%85/100
Since 1992, the Vanuatu Women's Centre and its 45 community-based CAVAW committees have delivered thousands of counselling sessions a year and helped …
Port Vila, Vanuatu
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 29%85/100
Bosnia and Herzegovina's High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council became the first public institution in Europe to earn UNDP's Gender Equality Seal, meeting …
Ethiopia's land certification programme (1998-2021) put both spouses' names/photos on joint land certificates for millions of households. Women's perceived tenure security reached …
Côte d'Ivoire's 2019 family law reform set the minimum marriage age at 18, granted equal parental authority, equalised marital property and protected …
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 29%85/100
Two-year pilot in Amhara, Ethiopia (2004–2006) combining a conditional goat transfer for unmarried girls in school, safe-space mentoring and SRH education. Girls …
AUD 110.8m, 8-year programme (2012-2020): 170,000+ women helped to access government services; 73,000+ women in grassroots groups; 315 local-government rules changed for …