Rural women are key agents for achieving the transformational economic, environmental and social changes required for sustainable development. But limited access to credit, health care and education ...

War, violent conflict, terrorism and violent extremism have differential and devastating consequences for women and girls. In the face of this, women are all over the world are leading movements for ...

UN Women’s Directorate consists of Executive Director Sima Bahous, Deputy Executive Director Kirsi Madi, and Deputy Executive Director Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda.

The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) discusses global economic, social and environmental challenges. It coordinates the related work of UN entities and regional commissions, as well as of its ...

The Independent Evaluation, Audit and Investigation Services (IEAIS) provides UN Women management with independent evaluation, internal audit assurance, investigation, and advisory services relating ...

The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) awards grants to initiatives demonstrating that violence against women and girls (VAW/G) can be systematically addressed, reduced, and, ...

As part of UN Women’s innovation strategy to drive industry-wide action in this area, UN Women has created a Global Innovation Coalition for Change (GICC). The GICC is a dynamic partnership between UN ...

A number of internationally agreed norms and standards relate to women’s leadership and political participation. Among the most prominent are: The 2011 UN General Assembly resolution on women’s ...

UN Women National Committees are independent local non-profit, non-governmental organizations that support the mission of UN Women by raising funds from the private sector, promoting women’s rights, ...

The Network of UN Gender Focal Points (GFPs) is led and coordinated by the Office of the Focal Point for Women in the UN System (UN Women). There are currently more than 500 Gender Focal Points in the ...

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have made significant commitments to women’s rights. All have ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres launched the “System-wide strategy on gender parity” in mid-September 2017. This strategy includes recommended actions to reach gender parity by 2028. It covers, ...