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Official records of the Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on the sixty-sixth session (26 March 2021 and 14–25 March 2022). The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal...

This policy review considers the opportunities e-commerce offers to women-led and women-owned small enterprises in developing and least developed countries (LDCs), and the challenges such enterprises...

This is the official report submitted to the General Assembly by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on its Seventy-ninth session (21 June–1 July 2021), Eightieth session...

This publication explains why gender-responsive standards are important, aiming to broaden the audience of GRS. Standards are an integral part of 
everything that surrounds us, from cell phones to...

This is the second joint UNODC and UN Women global research report on the gender-related killings of women and girls. While overall homicide numbers globally have started to fall after a peak in 2021...

Disaggregated gender statistics are critical for putting the spotlight on inequality and underscoring the need to realize the rights of poor and marginalized women and girls and prioritize them in...

As the pandemic forced governments to improvise responses, UN Women moved quickly to collect data on how COVID-19 was impacting women and men to inform decision-making. Since March 2020, rapid gender...

The publication assesses progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the UNECE region (Europe, Noth America, and Central Asia) relying on most recent internationally available data...

This publication presents an overview of the trade and gender nexus from a development perspective. It looks at the consequences of international trade for women’s economic empowerment and well-being...

The objective of this recommendation is to establish a mechanism that enables governments, industry partners, consumers, and all other relevant stakeholders to make risk-informed decisions, overcome...

The objective of this recommendation is to establish a mechanism that enables governments, industry partners, consumers, and all other relevant stakeholders to make risk-informed decisions, overcome...

Non-tariff measures (NTMs) are trade policy measures designed to achieve public policy objectives such as protecting public health, consumer safety, and the environment. While NTMs often bear high...

Since 2016, UNCTAD has been working to support women in informal cross-border trade in sub-Saharan Africa, carrying out analytical, capacity-building and policy advocacy activities. This report...

The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) produced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative measures poverty by considering...