This summary report highlights findings from the UN Secretary-General’s review of global progress on gender equality 30 years on from the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. While the findings point to advances such as anti-discrimination laws and gender-responsive climate plans, they also note persistent gender discrimination and emphasize the platform’s continued importance, including in reaching the Sustainable Development Goals.
This poster presents data on women in executive positions, including Heads of State, Heads of Government, and Cabinet members heading ministries. The findings highlight…
This study used mixed methods data to analyse gender, poverty dynamics, and social protection amid shocks and crises in rural Bangladesh, Peru, and the United Republic…
This evaluation of UN Women’s approach to the prevention of and response to violence against women and girls assessed the relevance, adaptability, and effectiveness of…
As humanitarian crises intensify globally, women’s organizations are being pushed to a breaking point. A March 2025 UN Women survey of 411 women’s organizations across…
This corporate thematic evaluation assesses the relevance, effectiveness, value-added, inclusion, and ways of working of UN Women’s contributions to women’s…
This formative evaluation examines UN Women’s contributions to sustainable finance for gender equality from 2020 to mid-2024. It assesses achievements, challenges,…
This publication presents 54 promising practices from 24 UN entities of progress in gender mainstreaming towards the Beijing Platform for Action’s 12 critical areas of…
This paper offers a unified framework for increasing gender equality funding through macro policies and external finance. It explores government spending, taxation,…
This paper models how diverse gender equality policies impact various metrics unevenly across social groups and macroeconomic indicators. It emphasizes that “what”, “for…
This paper analyses how external debt, concessional finance, and special drawing rights (SDRs) impact fiscal space for gender equality amid the Global South’s debt…
