Gender equality and inclusive growth: Economic policies to achieve sustainable development

Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2019

This publication shows that economic growth is an inherently gendered process and that gender-based inequalities can, in fact, be barriers to shared prosperity. It argues that, for growth to be gender-equitable and truly inclusive, the pattern of growth must create decent work and productive employment for women and men. This would require policymakers to rethink the role of macro-level economic policies, including trade, industrial, macroeconomic, finance, and investment policies.

Step it Up: Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2016

This book compiles the concrete steps and measures to achieve gender equality under UN Women’s “Step It Up” initiative, pledged by 72 Heads of State and Government who came together at the Global Leaders' Meeting in September 2015.

Beijing+20: Past, present and future. The representation of women and the United Nations system

Date: Monday, March 9, 2015

The Beijing Platform for Action mandates the full participation of women in the decision-making, including within the UN system. Twenty years later, statistical trends and future projections on representation within the UN system are analysed, and action points to overcome obstacles and accelerate progress are presented.

Conceptual references for gender-responsive budgeting

Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2015

"Conceptual references for gender-responsive budgeting" explains basic concepts such as gender, public budget, gender, gender equality, gender-responsive budgeting. It also details the lines of action and regulatory framework in Mexico at the federal level in this area.

International experiences in elaborating public budgets with a gender perspective

Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2015

This booklet presents the cases of Australia, South Africa, Ecuador, Italy, Morocco, Nepal and the earmarking of resources in Mexico, and focuses on successful tools to accelerate progress towards gender equality.

Budgets with a gender perspective at federal and state levels in Mexico

Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2015

The publication is an introduction to the process of mainstreaming gender in public budgeting and synthesizes the Mexican experience, from signing international human rights treaties to actions at federal and state levels in harmonizing gender-responsive laws, policies and budgets.

(un)Equal Rights, (un)Equal Opportunities: 30 Years of CEDAW, 30 Stories of Women in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Date: Friday, January 1, 2010

Although women's human rights have advanced in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), serious legal and cultural barriers in numerous aspects of women's daily life have prevented their rights from fully being realized.

Economics and Gender: Macroeconomics, Fiscal Policy and Liberalization: An Analysis of Their Impact on Women

Date: Thursday, January 1, 2004

This book (in Spanish) focuses on macroeconomics, fiscal policy and trade liberalization, and their impact on women. It includes a series of presentations made at a course on the subject organized by UNIFEM, ECLAC, ILPES and the national women's mechanisms of Chile, SERNAM, and some key articles from the special edition of World Development on feminist economics.