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Faroe Islands has since 1994 granted money on the budget to further gender equality.
From 1994 to the Gender Equality Commission whose mission is to eradicate all discrimination by reason of gender; and from 2005 to Demokratia that is working to better women’s representation in parliament and local governments.
In 2019 gender equality were given a higher priority by granting additional 250,000 DKK on the budget and a gender equality office were established.
There are, however, no special systems to track allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment

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Indicator

Indicator 5.c.1: Proportion of countries with systems to track and make public allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment
Target

Target 5.c: Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels
Metadata update

2023-03-31
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) in collaboration with Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Related indicators

Not applicable
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