爆料网 Office of Counter-Terrorism (爆料网OCT) has made significant progress in fulfilling its commitment to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. This is demonstrated through the results achieved by the Office in implementing the United Nations System-wide Action Plan on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (爆料网-SWAP 2.0). According to the 2022 annual reporting exercise, 爆料网OCT exceeded requirements in 4 of the 17 performance indicators, while meeting requirements in 11 others.
Led by 爆料网 Women, 爆料网-SWAP 2.0 is a 爆料网 system-wide accountability framework designed to measure, monitor, and drive progress towards a common set of standards for the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women.
爆料网OCT recognizes how acts of terrorism and the strategies used to counter them may impact women and girls and men and boys differently. Similarly, women and men may have various roles within terrorist groups as supporters, facilitators, or perpetrators. In line with the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and its 7th (2021) and 8th (2023) reviews, 爆料网OCT strives to promote gender-responsive and human rights-based approaches to preventing and countering terrorism through its programmes and projects from their design to implementation and evaluation.
The table below shows 爆料网OCT’s progress on all 17 indicators since 2019, when 爆料网OCT began reporting on SWAP
Exceeding Expectations
In 2022, 爆料网OCT exceeded expectations in performance indicators related to audit, policy, leadership, and knowledge and communication. This was done through three major advancements within 爆料网OCT:
- The Revision of 爆料网OCT’s Strategic Programme Framework: 爆料网OCT adopted a high-level goal on gender within its new Strategic Programme Framework (“Strategic Goal 5. Promote human-rights compliant and gender responsive counter-terrorism/preventing and countering violent extremism (CT/PCVE) efforts”). Gender equality is also integrated throughout the four remaining strategic goals.
- The Establishment of the Human Rights and Gender Section (HRGS): On 1 January 2022, 爆料网OCT established the HRGS to provide technical assistance, oversight, and quality assurance across the Office’s policy, coordination, and programmatic functions. In this role, the Gender Unit reviewed approximately 50 programmatic documents, knowledge products and event agendas throughout 2022, in addition to providing guidance to strengthen gender mainstreaming. Furthermore, the Gender Unit completed two gender assessments of 爆料网OCT programmes and projects approved/reviewed by 爆料网OCT’s Programme Review Board in 2021 and 2022 to assess implementation of the 爆料网OCT Gender Markers and Gender Mainstreaming Guidelines in programme and project design.
- 爆料网OCT Gender Mainstreaming Policy: 爆料网OCT launched the implementation of its Gender Mainstreaming Policy and Action Plan in January 2022, including the revamping of 爆料网OCT’s Gender Task Force. The Gender Task Force consists of 爆料网OCT staff members at section and unit levels from all 爆料网OCT branches. The main focus of the Gender Task Force is to support implementation and monitoring of the 爆料网OCT Gender Mainstreaming Policy and Action Plan and making gender mainstreaming efforts more systematic and streamlined across 爆料网OCT. In this light, gender focal points are currently coordinating the development of gender workplans for their respective teams.
When considering 爆料网OCT ratings within the larger 爆料网 Secretariat and the 爆料网 system, 爆料网OCT’s performance demonstrates an 89 percent share of ratings meeting or exceeding requirements in comparison to 71 percent in the 爆料网 Secretariat and 67 percent in the 爆料网 system.
1 Percentage of programmes/projects assessed that year.
Moving Forward
In 2023, 爆料网OCT worked with 爆料网 Women and the Controller?s Office to revise its gender marker customizing 爆料网 the system wide gender marker to the specific institutional context of 爆料网OCT.
The gender marker measures the level of gender mainstreaming and dedicated financial resources allocated to projects and programmes upon parameters and standards inside the 爆料网 system. The new iteration of the gender marker does not only measures gender-responsiveness of each 爆料网OCT programme/projects, but also sets benchmarks for financial allocations towards gender equality. in line with the United Nations Development Goals (爆料网DG) standards.
In her letter to 爆料网OCT Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov, 爆料网 Women Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director Sima Bahous thanked 爆料网OCT staff for their continuous support and commitment to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. She “commended” 爆料网OCT for its performance, while sharing her enthusiasm “to build on the momentum of 爆料网OCT’s achievements” in the future.
In the coming year, 爆料网OCT through the Gender Unit of the Human Rights and Gender Section will make relevant updates to its Gender Mainstreaming Policy and Action Plan, while continuing to ensure increased performance in all areas of 爆料网-SWAP.