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UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN)

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. In doing so, UN Member States took an historic step in accelerating the Organization’s goals on gender equality and the empowerment of women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact.

The main roles of UN Women are: To support inter-governmental bodies, such as the Commission on the Status of Women, in their formulation of policies, global standards and norms. To help Member States to implement these standards, standing ready to provide suitable technical and financial support to those countries that request it, and to forge effective partnerships with civil society. To hold the UN system accountable for its own commitments on gender equality, including regular monitoring of system-wide progress.  Website: www.unwomen.org/
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Preventing Conflict Transforming Justice Securing the Peace - A Global Study on the Implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1325

12 October 2015 | Publisher: UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Colombia: Construyendo Confianza en la Paz - Intervenciones ONU Mujeres 2014

6 January 2015 | Publisher: UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) | Document type: Maps

Women in Politics: 2015

1 January 2015 | Publisher: UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) | Document type: Maps

Progress of the World's Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights

2015 | Publisher: UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) | Document type: Annual Reports

Guidebook On CEDAW General Recommendation No. 30 And The UN Security Council Resolutions On Women, Peace And Security

2015 | Publisher: UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) | Document type: Thematic Reports

How To Design Projects To End Violence Against Women And Girls : A Step-by-step Guide To Taking Action

2015 | Publisher: UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Preventing Conflict: Transforming Justice Securing the Peace

2015 | Publisher: UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) | Document type: Thematic Reports

"Like a Bird with Broken Wings": Afghan Women Oral History 1978-2008

December 2013 | Publisher: UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) | Document type: Country Reports

Resilience for All? Towards Gender-Responsive Social Protection in South-East Asia

2013 | Publisher: UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Realizing Women's Rights to Land and other Productive Resources

2013 | Publisher: UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) | Document type: Thematic Reports

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