Evidence and Data for Gender Equality (EDGE) joint programme

The Evidence and Data for Gender Equality (EDGE) Initiative is a new partnership that seeks to accelerate existing efforts to generate comparable gender indicators on health, education, employment, entrepreneurship and asset ownership. This initiative was launched in May 2011 by the United States at the OECD Ministerial Session on Gender and Development and builds on the work of the United Nations Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics. 2. In 1995, the UN Beijing Platform for…

Recipients: Uganda, South Africa, Mexico, Mongolia, Philippines, Maldives, Georgia
Partners: UN Women
Donors: Australia, Canada, Republic of Korea, Unitead States of America, UNWomen
Status: Closed
Collection and use of international migration data in the context of the 2030 Agenda

The overall objective of the project is to strengthen national capacity in collecting and compiling comprehensive and internationally comparable migration data that meet international standards, and to enhance understanding of the uses and limitations of migration data for policy purposes and for the monitoring of the migration related goals and targets in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
More specifically, in collaboration with partner organisations, the project aims to…

Recipients: Dominican Republic, Mexico, Argentina, Thailand, Georgia, Jordan
Partners: UNDP, ECLAC, ESCAP, UNODC, IOM
Status: Closed
Social inclusion of children and youth with autism through sports

The objective of the project is to strengthen the capacity of Governments, civil society organizations and sport associations/federations, including Paralympic committees and national special Olympic organizations in the target countries to jointly elaborate plans for the full and effective inclusion of persons with disabilities, with a specific focus on autism, in society through sport. At the same time, the project aims at developing the skills of sport instructors in the field of running…

Recipients: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama
Partners: UNDP, UNICEF, UNCTs
Donors: Italy
Status: Active