Fund for Gender Equality 2015 Annual Report

UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality (FGE) is the largest global financial instrument dedicated exclusively to empowering women politically and economically through support for civil society-led programmes. In 2015 FGE supported Georgian NGO fund Sukhumi.

Fund Sukhumi in Georgia encouraged approval of gender action plans in three municipalities, Kutaisi, Ozurgeti and Senaki, allowing for the allocationof over US$440,000 to gender issues in 2016 municipal budgets—twice the amount spent in 2015.

Through gender advisory councils comprising elected representatives, civil society advocates and journalists, the programme trained members on gender budgeting and policy, and promoted the use of sex disaggregated data to define the needs and priorities of women. The councils have built broad consensus on the importance of systematic gender analysis and the integration of gender issues in policy-making and budget decisions. The Governor of the Guria region in Ozurgeti recently called for establishing the councils in another two municipalities.