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 ...

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

From the local to the global level, women’s leadership and political participation are restricted. Women are underrepresented as voters, as well as in leading positions, whether in elected office, the ...

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

National plans, policies, institutions and budgets are where governments begin to translate commitments to women into practical progress towards gender equality. Too often, however, they overlook ...

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, ...

The UN-Women Executive Board is made up of representatives from 41 Member States elected to three-year terms by the UN Economic and Social Council, with the following regional allocation and number of ...

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 ...

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; ...

Since the early 1950s, the United Nations has enlisted the volunteer services and support of prominent personalities from the worlds of art, music, film, sport and literature to highlight key issues ...