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 Fund for Gender Equality (FGE) has one guiding purpose: to support national, women-led civil society organizations in achieving women’s economic and political empowerment and the Sustainable ...

British actor Emma Watson was appointed UN Women Goodwill Ambassador in July 2014. The accomplished actor, humanitarian and recent graduate of Brown University will dedicate her efforts towards the ...

UN Women procures more than USD 176 million worth of services and goods each year to support its programme of work. UN Women is committed to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women ...

The Strategic Plan 2022-2025 will guide UN Women’s work for the next four years. With an eye toward the 2030 deadline to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, it details how UN Women will ...

Forty-five Member States of the United Nations serve as members of the Commission at any one time. The Commission consists of one representative from each of the 45 Member States elected by the ...

Normative aspects of the work of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. Report of the Under-Secretary-General/Executive Director of UN-Women E/CN.6/2023/3 ...

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) first met at Lake Success, New York, in February 1947, soon after the founding of the United Nations. All 15 government representatives were women. From its ...

Annotated provisional agenda and proposed organization of work E/CN.6/2024/1/ADD.1 Proposed organization of work E/CN.6/2024/2 Normative aspects of the work of the United Nations Entity for Gender ...

UN Women focuses on cultivating a global community that advances gender equality by working on challenging and highly rewarding global initiatives. We work with governments and civil society to design ...

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 ...

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 ...