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A must-read for every concerned world citizen, the United Nations Chronicle is a quarterly, easy-to-read report on the work of the United Nations and its agencies. Produced by the United Nations...

This second Report presents a compilation of key indicators of fertility, nuptiality, contraceptive use and population policies regarding childbearing for 192 countries. The data cover the extremes of...

This third Report presents a compilation of key indicators of fertility, nuptiality, contraceptive use and population policies regarding childbearing for 192 countries. The data covers the extremes of...

This is the annual report submitted to the General Assembly by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on its activities for the thirty-fourth Session (16 January-3 February...

Official records of the Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Thirty-seventh Session (15 January-2 February 2007), Thirty-eight Session (14 May-1 June 2007)...

Official records of the Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Fortieth Session (14 January-1 February 2008), Forty-first Session (30 June-18 July 2008)

Official records of the Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Forty-second Session (20 October-7 November 2008) Forty-third Session (19 January-6 February 2009).

Official records of the Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Forty-Fourth Session (20 July-7 August 2009) Forty-Fifth Session (18 January-5 February 2010).

Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Forty Sixth Session (12-30 July 2010) Forty Seventh Session (4-22 October 2010) Forty Eighth Session (17 January- 4 February...

Official records of the Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Forty-Ninth Session (11-29 July 2011) Fiftieth Session (3-21 October 2011) Fifty-First Session (13...

In the last four years, Latin America has turned in its best performance in twenty-five years in economic and social terms. Progress with poverty reduction, falling unemployment, improving income...

This edition of The State of Food and Agriculture makes the "business case" for addressing gender issues in agriculture and rural employment. The agriculture sector is underperforming in many...

The current issue highlights the differences in the status of women and men in eight areas – population and families, health, education, work, power and decision-making, violence against women...

The World's Women 2010 uniquely reviews and analyses the current availability of data and assesses progress made in the reporting of national statistics, as opposed to internationally prepared...

This publication, in relation to legislation on harmful practices against women, supplements the DAW/DESA Handbook for legislation on violence against women, and it should be read in conjunction with...

This 17th version of the report - one of ECLAC's most important flagship publications - provides estimates for 2009 on poverty and indigence in the region and analyses social spending and government...

The whole world has been talking about carbon credits, carbon trading and emissions targets. But not enough has been said about the people whose activities contribute to those emissions or about those...