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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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Understanding masculinities, results from the International Men and Gender Equality Study in the Middle East and North Africa

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

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

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

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