Thanks to UN support, in Guyana, 85% of school-aged children were back in classrooms thanks to post-pandemic support for ‘return to school’.

In Bangladesh, with UN support, more than 1.8 million people were reached via gender-based violence prevention efforts, including through a national Social Behavior Change Communication Plan for prevention of gender-based violence, and maintenance of crisis centers, safe spaces, shelters, and hotlines. 

In Montenegro, the number of children with disabilities enrolled in the education system increased by 50%, and 30% more children enrolled in preschool education. The UN team supported the Government and partners to reach this milestone.

In Kenya, with UN team support, 22,000 girls were provided with menstrual hygiene management kits in an effort to increase access to schooling; over 5,400 students gained access to gender and disability-sensitive WASH facilities; more than 15,000 children were enrolled in primary schools through enrollment drives; 30,000 newly enrolled out-of-school children benefitted from teaching and learning materials; and nearly 5,000 board of management members were trained on their role and responsibility for the development of sustainable and strategic plans for enrollment and retention.  

In Nepal, with UN support, 80% of child births were attended by skilled health personnel, exceeding the target of 73%.

In Zimbabwe, a joint UN effort reached 3 million children aged 6-59 months with measles vaccines through a nationwide campaign.

In Azerbaijan, the UN team and key stakeholders made strides on decent jobs: Nearly 300 new, small businesses were created, 83% led by women, and Women’s Resource Centers were established that allowed over 1,000 members to connect, learn and thrive.

In Pakistan, the UN team worked with health sector partners to reach 1.9 million people, supporting health facilities, delivering essential health services including full immunization of 76% of children, boosting disease surveillance and responding to disease outbreaks. 

In Yemen, the provision of WASH supplies, safe drinking water, sanitation services, and other life-saving support reached 6.6 million people, including about 3 million children, with UN support.  

The Bhutan National Legal Institute established the Legal Aid Centre, enabling those who cannot afford to hire lawyers or legal advisors to access legal aid services in civil and criminal cases. The UN team boosted these efforts.

In Eswatini, with assistance from the UN team, a national Education Sector Strategic Plan for 2022 to 2034 includes a costed Multiyear Action Plan to ensure implementation of quality, inclusive and equitable education programs in all schools.

In Nepal, with UN support, over 8,000 young people, largely from marginalized groups, were employed and earned a monthly average income of about US$85, and the construction of small-scale tourism infrastructures created temporary employment for over 30,000 people (27% female).

In Indonesia, a Ministerial Decree was issued promoting means to reduce electricity consumption, as part of the initiative supported by the UN team to advance Indonesia’s lighting market to high-efficient technologies and aiming to save up to 62,580 tons of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gas emissions by 2024.

In Bangladesh, more than 1.9 million people in urban low-income settlements accessed socioeconomic services, and close to 11 million people benefitted from increased financial inclusion. The UN team worked closely with the Government and stakeholders to make this possible. 

With UN support in North Macedonia, digital readers (such as e-books that read text aloud) now provide access to written data in Albanian for visually-impaired persons. The enhancement of digital innovation products is part of the country’s information and communications strategy for 2023-2027.

In Pakistan, 3.4 million people were reached with food, cash and agricultural inputs, and 1.5 million people received treatments for malnourished children, supplementary feeding, multi- micronutrient powders and counselling. The UN team was vital to this achievement.