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The world survey explores the increasing role of women in the development of society. It examines the effects of the crisis on the advancement of women and the progress of women's participation in...

Ensuring women’s economic empowerment and access to and control over resources requires an integrated approach to growth and development, focused on gender-responsive employment promotion and informed...

This publication sets out to examine the major challenges for indigenous peoples to obtain adequate access to and utilization of quality health care services. It provides an important background to...

At its first session, the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) requested the United Nations System to produce a report on the state of the world’s indigenous peoples (SOWIP)...

This publication focuses on the ways in which the nexus of time and income poverty shapes or constraints the lives of women. It argues that addressing this double bind is critical to achieving...

On 13 September 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. It marked the culmination of decades of struggle among indigenous...

While indigenous peoples make up around 370 million of the world’s population – some 5 per cent – they constitute around one-third of the world’s 900 million extremely poor rural people. Every day...

A gender perspective is essential to understanding both the causes and consequences of international migration. Female migrants are increasingly part of worker flows, moving on their own to become the...

Compendium of country names in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish listed in English alphabetical order. It includes names of the United Nations Member States and members of...

This Bulletin gives a list in alphabetical order by name of country of the official basic units of currency and the appropriate currency abbreviations. It also lists currencies showing the country or...

This publication offers a wide-ranging perspective on indigenous peoples’ rights to lands, territories and resources, examining legislation and agreements at the national and international level...

This two-volume multilingual Terminology Bulletin was prepared specifically with the UNCED assembly in mind and is a valuable tool for anyone studying the international literature in this subject.

Este boletín de terminología multiligüe en dos volúmenes se preparó teniendo en cuenta la reunión de la CNUMAD y constituye un importante instrumento de referencia utilizado para promover vínculos...

Each terminology bulletin is a significant reference tool used to promote consistent, accurate and authentic conceptual links and terminology for use by experts and language staff in Arabic, Chinese...

This terminology bulletin is a compilation of terms found in recent United Nations documents on the subject of crime prevention and control. Where possible the terms have been checked against...

This Bulletin gives a list in alphabetical order by name of country of the official basic units of currency and the appropriate currency abbreviations. It also lists currencies showing the country or...

Compendium of country names in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish listed in English alphabetical order. It includes names of the United Nations Member States and members of...

A compendium of child-health and welfare terms used by the United Nations.

This new and important multilingual bulletin contains terms, expressions and titles related to the status of women as dealt with by the United Nations, in particular at the Fourth World Conference on...

The world survey explores the increasing role of women in the development of society. It examines the effects of the crisis on the advancement of women and the progress of women's participation in...