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- Economic empowerment
- Ending violence against women
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Peace and security
- Facts and figures
- Global norms and standards
- Conflict prevention and resolution
- Building and sustaining peace
- Young women in peace and security
- Rule of law: Justice and security
- Women, peace, and security in the work of the UN Security Council
- Preventing violent extremism and countering terrorism
- Planning and monitoring
- Humanitarian action
- Governance and national planning
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- Women and girls with disabilities
- Sustainable development agenda
- HIV and AIDS
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In Focus
- CSW65
- International Women’s Day
- International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence
- Women, Peace, Power
- International Day of the Girl Child
- 75th session of the UN General Assembly
- International Youth Day
- Gender equality matters in COVID-19 response
- Generation Equality Action Pack, March 2020
- Generation Equality action pack, January 2020
- Generation Equality action pack, December 2019
- Generation Equality action pack, October 2019
- International Day of Rural Women
- World Humanitarian Day
- International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
- World Refugee Day
- Women and girls in sport
- International Girls in ICT Day
- CSW63
- CSW62
- Women and the SDGs
- In Focus: Climate action by, and for, women
- Indigenous women’s rights and activism
- Empowering women to conserve our oceans
- CSW61
- Women refugees and migrants
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- SIDS Conference
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Annual Report 2019–2020
This report tells UN Women’s story over the period 2019–2020. It shares how we and our many partners are striding forward to realize a better world for women and girls—one of equality and empowerment. Looking forward, we will draw on our full resources and experiences in protecting and advancing the rights of all women and girls. That is what we do and who we are, as a leader, mobilizer, convenor, provider of programmes, and partner for change. More
- Economic empowerment (176)
- Gender equality and women’s empowerment (143)
- Ending violence against women and girls (121)
- 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (97)
- Employment (84)
- Health (62)
- Human rights (61)
- Governance and national planning (60)
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (58)
- Peace and security (56)
- UN system coordination (55)
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- Leadership and political participation (54)
- Monitoring and evaluation (54)
- Migration (50)
- COVID-19 (44)
- Social protection (35)
- Migrant workers (35)
- Partnerships (31)
- Gender equality and inequality (30)
- Poverty (27)
- Intergovernmental processes (26)
- Women’s rights (26)
- Monitoring, evaluation and reporting (26)
- Education (25)
- Accountability in the UN system (24)
- Humanitarian action (24)
- Anti-violence interventions (21)
- Gender statistics (21)
- Sexual harassment (21)
- Macroeconomic policies (20)
- Rural women (19)
- Domestic violence/interpersonal violence (18)
- Productive resources (18)
- Gender mainstreaming (18)
- Peacebuilding (17)
- Conflict, war (17)
- Access to basic services (16)
- Financing for gender equality (16)
- Peace processes (16)
- Gender-responsive budgeting (16)
- Unpaid work (15)
- Fund for Gender Equality (15)
- Trust funds (15)
- Women in the UN system (14)
- Access to justice and legal protection (14)
- Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces (13)
- Youth (13)
- Political empowerment (12)
- Capacity development (12)
- Beijing Platform for Action (12)
- Government contributors (11)
- UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (11)
- Gender, culture and society (11)
- Gender wage gap (11)
- Gender discrimination (10)
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) (10)
- Women with disabilities (10)
- Innovation and technology (10)
- Crisis response and recovery (9)
- Trafficking/sexual exploitation (9)
- Sexual and reproductive health and rights (9)
- Health care services (9)
- Post-conflict recovery (8)
- Access to justice post-conflict (8)
- Human rights–based approach (8)
- UN Security Council resolutions (8)
- Parliamentary development (8)
- Land and property (8)
- Rape/sexual assault (8)
- Service delivery (8)
- Gender power relations (8)
- Climate change (8)
- Environmental protection (8)
- Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (8)
- Men and boys (masculinity) (8)
- Civil society (8)
- HIV and AIDS (8)
- Local development (7)
- National planning (7)
- Commission on the Status of Women (7)
- Gender data gaps (7)
- Training (7)
- Civil society participation (7)
- UN Security Council resolution 1325 (6)
- Financial resources (6)
- Communications and media (6)
- Disaster risk reduction (6)
- Constitutions and legal reform (6)
- Sex-disaggregated data (6)
- Electoral systems and processes (6)
- Access to justice and legal protection (5)
- Indigenous women (5)
- Markets (5)
- Information and communications technology (ICT) (5)
- Gender stereotypes (5)
- Urban development (5)
- Businesses and foundations (5)
- Women farmers (5)
- Girls (5)
- Entrepreneurship (5)
- Decision-making (5)
- Gender data production and collection (5)
- Primary prevention (5)
- Ageing/older people (4)
- Institutional mechanisms (4)
- Results-based management (4)
- Coordination, knowledge management (4)
- Adolescents (4)
- Science and technology for development (4)
- Schooling (4)
- Harmful practices (4)
- Mediation and conflict resolution (4)
- Women’s movements (4)
- Water (3)
- Children’s rights (3)
- Accountability (3)
- Sexual violence in conflict (3)
- Waste management (3)
- Peacekeeping (3)
- Violent extremism and terrorism (3)
- UNiTE campaign (3)
- Rural development (3)
- Care and support services (3)
- Prevention (3)
- Child marriage (3)
- Shelters (3)
- Treatment (2)
- Inheritance rights (2)
- Citizen engagement (2)
- Maternal health (2)
- Rights in marriage (2)
- Reparations (2)
- Executive Board (2)
- Energy (2)
- Temporary special measures, affirmative action (2)
- Feminicide/femicide (2)
- Political violence (2)
- Financial and economic crisis (2)
- Laws, legislation (2)
- Planning and monitoring (2)
- Traditional media (1)
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- Justice reform (1)
- UN Women administration (1)
- Human and financial resources (1)
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- Legal assistance (1)
- Public sector reform (1)
- Generation Equality (1)
- Fundamental freedoms (1)
- Sexuality (1)
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- Kenya (11)
- India (11)
- Nepal (11)
- Ecuador (9)
- Colombia (9)
- Uganda (8)
- South Africa (8)
- Jordan (8)
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- Bangladesh (7)
- Palestine, State of (7)
- Rwanda (6)
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (6)
- Canada (6)
- Ethiopia (6)
- Tanzania, United Republic of (6)
- United States of America (6)
- Indonesia (6)
- Somalia (5)
- Guatemala (5)
- Lebanon (5)
- Egypt (5)
- Albania (4)
- Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244) (4)
- Papua New Guinea (4)
- Nigeria (4)
- Sri Lanka (4)
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of (4)
- Australia (4)
- Germany (4)
- Zimbabwe (4)
- Mozambique (3)
- Uruguay (3)
- Yemen (3)
- Cambodia (3)
- North Macedonia (3)
- Singapore (3)
- Finland (3)
- Guinea (3)
- Syrian Arab Republic (3)
- Sudan (3)
- Ghana (3)
- Malawi (3)
- Serbia (3)
- Morocco (3)
- Peru (3)
- Oman (2)
- Costa Rica (2)
- China (2)
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- Chad (2)
- Spain (2)
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- Turkey (2)
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- Japan (2)
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- Denmark (1)
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- Zambia (1)
- Estonia (1)
- Qatar (1)
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- Switzerland (1)
- Georgia (1)
- Greece (1)
- Netherlands (1)
- Taiwan, Province of China (1)
- Kyrgyzstan (1)
- Tunisia (1)
- Cabo Verde (1)
- Iceland (1)
- Tonga (1)
- Croatia (1)
- Kuwait (1)
- Burkina Faso (1)
- Senegal (1)
- Czech Republic (1)
- Russian Federation (1)
- Vanuatu (1)
- Algeria (1)
- Nicaragua (1)
- Viet Nam (1)
- Slovakia (1)
- Tajikistan (1)
- Iraq (1)
- Norway (1)
- Panama (1)
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- United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) (557)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (11)
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (9)
- International Labour Organization (ILO) (8)
- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (8)
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (7)
- World Health Organization (WHO) (7)
- United Nations General Assembly (6)
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) (6)
- World Bank (4)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (4)
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- Interagency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) (3)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (3)
- United Nations Secretariat (3)
- Inter-Parliamentary Union (3)
- OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) (2)
- Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) (2)
- International Development Law Organization (IDLO) (2)
- Instituto para las Mujeres en las Migración (IMUMI) (2)
- United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) (2)
- Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies (2)
- Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) (2)
- Promundo (1)
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (1)
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UN-AIDS) (1)
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (1)
- National Institute for Health and Welfare (Finland) (1)
- International Disability Alliance (1)
- Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) of India (1)
- The Global Mechanism of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) (1)
- Women Enabled International (1)
- United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) (1)
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (1)
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO) (1)
- African Development Bank (1)
- Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF) (1)
- Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) (1)
- Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) (1)
- Plan International (1)
- Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) (1)
- Government of Cabo Verde (1)
- Indigenous Peoples with Disabilities Global Network (1)
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) (1)
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- Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) (1)
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Monday, November 9, 2020
This report was produced by UN Women following the global digital consultation on the gendered dimensions of violent extremism and counterterrorism responses (25 May – 5 July 2020), organized on behalf of the Gender Working Group of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact. It reflects the views expressed by civil society participants in the consultation, and it was presented to Member States ahead of the 7th UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy revision, 2021.
Friday, November 6, 2020
This discussion paper assesses the evidence base of the “men for gender equality” field in light of three aspects of its emergence as a field, namely: its un-interrogated use of the category of “men”, its recourse to social psychological accounts of gender norms, and the implications of its NGO form for its ability to collaborate with and be accountable to resurgent intersectional feminist mobilizations.
Women, peace and security annual report 2019–2020
Friday, October 30, 2020
This report documents UN Women’s work to accelerate the implementation of the women, peace, and security agenda throughout 2019. It highlights how to shape the global agenda; some of the organization’s numbers and solutions; how to finance the women, peace, and security agenda; and the priorities for 2020 and beyond.
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
This report examines the roles of women in fisheries and aquaculture in countries of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) and the challenges and opportunities for their economic empowerment. The report provides a set of recommendations for policymakers and other stakeholders to further advance gender equality and women’s economic empowerment in this sector.
Making the HIV response work for women through film: A toolkit for action
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Acknowledging the impact of gender inequality on women in the conetxt of HIV, this Toolkit for Action utilizes the award-winning film 'Pili' about a woman living with HIV in Tanzania to identify key gender equality issues women living with and affected by HIV face and actions that are required to address these challenges and existing gaps in the HIV response.
Realizing women’s rights to land and other productive resources (second edition)
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
This second edition, co-published by UN Women and OHCHR, aims to provide guidance to lawmakers and policymakers, as well as civil society organizations and other stakeholders, on supporting the adoption and effective implementation of laws, policies, and programmes to respect, protect, and fulfil women’s rights to land and other productive resources. The publication also provides recommendations for realizing women’s rights to land and other productive resources.
UN Women impact stories series
Monday, October 5, 2020
This series, updated quarterly, illustrates the human impact of UN Women’s work across the world, highlighting the partnerships that make this work possible. These stories share how we and our many partners are striding forward to realize a better world for women and girls
Insights on organizational effectiveness and efficiency: A meta-synthesis of UN Women evaluations
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
This meta-synthesis brings together evidence from evaluations of UN Women’s organizational effectiveness and efficiency outputs. In addition to highlighting progress, the synthesis captures commonly identified drivers of change in the form of good practices and innovation, as well as impediments.
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
This report is a first-of-its-kind initiative of the United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE), the single largest network of gender focal points in the UN system. It presents a critical stocktaking of 51 UN entities’ support to the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in 2014–2019.
Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2020
Thursday, September 17, 2020
The pandemic has interrupted progress on gender equality, but it can be brought back on course. This year’s edition of “Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot” brings together the latest available evidence on gender equality across all 17 Goals, underscoring the progress made, but also the progress interrupted as a result of COVID-19.