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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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Report on the Legal Rights of Women and Girl Asylum Seekers in the European Union

March 2017 | Publisher: UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) | Document type: Regional Reports

Promoting the Rights, Needs and Agency of Women and Girls in Humanitarian Action

20 January 2017 | Publisher: UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Women in Politics: 2017, Situation on 1 January 2017

1 January 2017 | Publisher: UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) | Document type: Maps

UN Women Eastern and Southern Africa Publications Reader Survey Report

September 2016 | Publisher: UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) | Document type: Regional Reports

The Conflict Did Not Bring Us Flowers - The Need for Comprehensive Reparations for Survivors of Conflict Related Sexual Violence in Kosovo

July 2016 | Publisher: UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) | Document type: Country Reports

Women and Violent Radicalization in Jordan

March 2016 | Publisher: UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) | Document type: Country Reports

Shelters for Women and Girls Who are Survivors of Violence in Ethiopia

January 2016 | Publisher: UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) | Document type: Country Reports

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

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