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This UN Women’s flagship report shows that, all too often, women’s economic and social rights are held back, because they are forced to fit into a ‘man’s world’. But, it is possible to move beyond the...

The Year in Review features the activities of the UN Peacekeeping Missions in 2005, highlighting the successes and challenges that emerge throughout the year towards maintaining peace and security...

The Year in Review features the activities of the UN Peacekeeping Missions in 2004, highlighting the successes and challenges that emerge throughout the year towards maintaining peace and security...

2005 marks the fifth anniversary of the UN Millennium Declaration, adopted in 2000 and the tenth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995. In the decade since Beijing, the number of...

This report provides an extensive assessment of the reality of families today. It brings together global, regional and national data, and in-depth analysis about core issues of concern, including...

The Year in Review features the activities of the UN Peacekeeping Missions in 2006, highlighting the successes and challenges that emerge throughout the year towards maintaining peace and security...

The Year in Review features the activities of the UN Peacekeeping Missions in 2009, highlighting the successes and challenges that emerge throughout the year towards maintaining peace and security...

The Year in Review features the activities of the UN Peacekeeping Missions in 2008, highlighting the successes and challenges that emerge throughout the year towards maintaining peace and security...

The past century has seen a transformation in women's legal rights, with countries in every region expanding the scope of women's legal entitlements. Nevertheless for many of the world's women the...

The Year in Review features the activities of the UN Peacekeeping Missions in 2010, highlighting the successes and challenges that emerge throughout the year towards maintaining peace and security...

The Year in Review features the activities of the UN Peacekeeping Missions in 2011, highlighting the successes and challenges that emerge throughout the year towards maintaining peace and security...

This volume of Progress of the World’s Women asks the question “Who answers to women?” at a pivotal moment. It demonstrates that the Millennium Development Goals and other international commitments to...

The Year in Review features the activities of the UN Peacekeeping Missions in 2007, highlighting the successes and challenges that emerge throughout the year towards maintaining peace and security...

The Year in Review features the activities of the UN Peacekeeping Missions in 2012, highlighting the successes and challenges that emerge throughout the year towards maintaining peace and security...