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REALIZING WOMEN’S RIGHTS TO LAND

Realizing Women’s Rights to Land and other Productive Resources

21 Apr 2016
This publication provides detailed guidance for lawmakers and policymakers, as well as civil society organizations and other stakeholders, to support the adoption and effective implementation of laws, policies and programmes to respect, protect and fulfil women’s rights to land and other producti...
EMPOWERING WOMEN PUBLIC P(F)

L’autonomisation des femmes par le biais de marchés publics

21 Apr 2016
Ce guide fournit aux gouvernements, aux entités adjudicatrices ainsi qu’aux autres parties concernées, une meilleure compréhension des difficultés auxquelles sont confrontées les entreprises appurtenant à des femmes pour participer aux marchés publics. Il propose des outils permettant de surmonte...
EOR 2015 SUPP7 COMM STAT WOM

Commission on the Status of Women

Report on the fifty-ninth session (21 March 2014 and 9-20 March 2015)

Series:
Report of the Commission on the Status of Women
20 Jan 2016
This is the official record of the report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its fifty-ninth session for the period of 21 March 2014 and 9-20 March 2015.
UNLOCKING MARKETS WOMEN TRADE

Unlocking Markets for Women to Trade

5 Apr 2016
This publication provides insights to decision makers on women's participation in trade and the challenges they face. It outlines where the barriers are, provides data from importers and exports in 20 developing countries, shares models of good public and private sector initiatives, and provides ...
WORLD FERTIL PATTERNS 2015 DATA

World Fertility Patterns 2015

Data Booklet

Series:
Population Studies
28 Jul 2016
This data booklet summarises and presents key fertility indicators on world fertility patterns from the latest population estimates and projections, World Population Prospects 2015. The relevant data and evidence are made available in an easily accessible manner.
GENDER EQUAL & WOMEN

Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Asia and the Pacific

Perspectives of Governments on 20 Years of Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action

15 Jun 2016
This publication provides a regional overview of progress made in implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in the Asia-Pacific region, from the perspectives of the national governments. More specifically, this report provides a summary of the identified achievements and c...
LEAVING NO ONE BEHIND

Leaving No One Behind

Humanitarian Effectiveness in the Age of the Sustainable Development Goals

Series:
OCHA Policy and Studies Series
18 Dec 2015
This study explores elements critical to effective humanitarian assistance and protection. It details global trends that shape humanitarian needs, risks and response expectations. It situates the study in the context of concurrent global agendas and recent trends in the dialogue on humanitarian ...
SAFEGUARD RGHTS OF GIRLS IN CJS

Safeguarding the Rights of Girls in the Criminal Justice System

Preventing Violence, Stigmatization and Deprivation of Liberty

4 Nov 2015
Gender-based violence is a pervasive and devastating manifestation of discrimination against women and girls. International human rights standards provide a solid framework for preventing and responding to violence against girls in both public and private spheres. Unfortunately, non-compliance wi...
PROGRESS WORLDS WOMEN 2015/16

Progress of the World's Women 2015-2016

Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights

Series:
Progress of the World’s Women
9 Jul 2015
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 status quo, to picture a world where economies are built with women’s rights at their heart. It ...
WORLD FERTILITY RPT 2013

World Fertility Report 2013

Fertility at the Extremes

11 Sep 2015
This report focuses on trends in fertility over the past 20 years and key factors underlying these trends for countries at the extremes of fertility: 66 countries with more than 3.2 children per woman in 2005-2010 and 70 countries with 2.0 children per woman or less in 2005-2010. The data present...
EOR 2014 SUPP7 COMM STAT WOM

Commission on the Status of Women

Report on the fifty-eighth session (15 March 2013 and 10-21 March 2014)

Series:
Report of the Commission on the Status of Women
29 Jul 2015
This is the official record of the report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its fifty-eighth session for the period of 15 March 2013 and 10-21 March 2014.
FEMMES DANS LE MONDE 2015

Les femmes dans le monde 2015

Des chiffres et des idées

30 Aug 2021
La présente publication met en exergue un nombre important de statistiques et analyses concernant le statut des femmes et des hommes dans le monde. Elle souligne la situation actuelle ainsi que les changements au fil du temps. Sixième d'une série publiée depuis la Conférence mondiale sur les femm...
WORLDS WOMEN 2015 TRENDS

The World's Women 2015

Trends and Statistics

14 Oct 2015
This publication presents statistics and analysis on the status of women and men in the world, highlighting the current situation and changes over time. It is the sixth in a series published since the World Conference on Women in 1995. It emphasizes that progress towards the goal of gender equali...
WOMEN & NATURAL RESOURCES

Women and Natural Resources

Unlocking the Peace Building Potential

Series:
UNEP Policy Series
31 May 2015
Thirteen years after the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, investment in women as agents of change in peacebuilding remains inadequate. One of the unexplored entry points for strengthening women’s contributions to peacebuilding relates to the way in which they use, manage, make dec...
COMPACTS FOR EQUALITY TOWARDS

Compacts for Equality

Towards a Sustainable Future

19 Feb 2015
Compacts for Equality: Towards a Sustainable Future is presented by ECLAC to the States members at the thirty-fifth session of the Commission (Lima, 5 - 9 May 2014). In this third volume, the aim of equality dovetails with development that is more economically, socially and environmentally sustai...
NUEVO PARADIGMA PRODUC Y TECNO

El nuevo paradigma productivo y tecnológico

La necesidad de políticas para la autonomía económica de las mujeres

Series:
ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
20 Jan 2015
El proceso de apropiación a través de la producción, el uso y la adquisición de habilidades para el manejo de tecnologías tiene importantes sesgos culturales y no es neutral desde una perspectiva de género. Las mujeres enfrentan en este sentido un importante rezago que configura una amplia brecha...
HNDBK EFFECTIVE PROSEC RESPONS

Handbook on Effective Prosecution Responses to Violence against Women and Girls

Criminal Justice Handbook Series

Series:
Criminal Justice Handbook Series
25 Feb 2015
Prosecutors play a critical role in the criminal justice response to violence against women and girls. Prosecuting gender based violent crime can be challenging. Often there are a number of challenges, due to the private nature of the offence, and police investigation may be substandard. Victims ...
POLITICAS PUBLICAS PARA IGUALD

Políticas públicas para la igualdad de género

Un aporte a la autonomía de las mujeres

Series:
ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
20 Jan 2015
En esta publicación se expone una matriz de análisis elaborada por el Observatorio de Igualdad de Género de América Latina y el Caribe con el propósito de identificar y sistematizar políticas públicas para la igualdad de género y se describen las políticas que se han analizado utilizando dicha he...
WORLD SURVEY ROLE WOMEN 2014

World Survey on the Role of Women in Development 2014

Gender Equality and Sustainable Development

Series:
World Survey of the Role of Women in Development
3 Apr 2015
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 by the interdependency between economic and social development. Social objectives need to be inc...
ABORTION POLICIES REPRO HEALTH

Abortion Policies and Reproductive Health Around the World

Series:
Population Studies
18 Dec 2014
The report on Abortion Policies and Reproductive Health Around the World provides up-to-date information on Government policies on abortion and related reproductive health issues for all 193 Member States, 2 Observer States and 2 non-member States of the United Nations. The report provides change...
WOMEN

Les droits des femmes sont des droits de l’homme

7 Sep 2021
Atteindre l'égalité entre les femmes et les hommes et éliminer toutes les formes de discrimination à l'égard des femmes sont des droits humains fondamentaux et des valeurs des Nations Unies. Partout dans le monde, les femmes subissent néanmoins régulièrement des violations de leurs droits humains...
WOMEN

Women's Rights Are Human Rights (Russian language)

16 Jul 2021
Attaining gender equality for and eliminating all forms of discrimination against women are fundamental human rights and United Nations values. Women around the world nevertheless regularly suffer violations of their human rights throughout their lives, and realizing women’s human rights has not ...
WOMEN

Women's Rights Are Human Rights (Arabic language)

16 Jul 2021
Attaining gender equality for and eliminating all forms of discrimination against women are fundamental human rights and United Nations values. Women around the world nevertheless regularly suffer violations of their human rights throughout their lives, and realizing women’s human rights has not ...
WOMEN

Women's Rights are Human Rights

20 Jan 2015
Attaining equality between women and men and eliminating all forms of discrimination against women are fundamental human rights and United Nations values. Women around the world nevertheless regularly suffer violations of their human rights throughout their life, and realizing women’s human right...
WOMEN

Los derechos de la mujer son derechos humanos

3 Jan 2017
La igualdad entre mujeres y hombres y la eliminación de todas las formas de discriminación contra la mujer forman parte de los derechos humanos fundamentales y de los valores de las Naciones Unidas. A pesar de ello, a lo largo de su vida, las mujeres de todo el mundo sufren regularmente vulneraci...
WOMEN

Women's Rights are Human Rights (Chinese language)

22 Feb 2016
Attaining equality between women and men and eliminating all forms of discrimination against women are fundamental human rights and United Nations values. Women around the world nevertheless regularly suffer violations of their human rights throughout their life, and realizing women’s human right...
GAOR 69TH SUPP38 ELIM DISCRIM WOM

Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Fifty-fifth Session (8-26 July 2013) Fifty-sixth (30 September-18 October 2013) Fifty-seventh Session (10-28 February 2014)

Series:
Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
18 Aug 2014
Official records of the Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Fifty-fifth Session (8-26 July 2013) Fifty-sixth (30 September-18 October 2013) Fifty-seventh Session (10-28 February 2014).
EOR 2013 SUPP7 RPT COMM STAT WOMEN

Commission on the Status of Women

Report of the Fifty-seventh Session (4-15 March 2013)

Series:
Report of the Commission on the Status of Women
28 May 2014
Official records of the Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on the Fifty-seventh Session
GAOR 68TH SUPP38 ELIM DISCRIM WOM

Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Fifty-Second Session, Fifty-Third Session, and Fifty-Fourth Session

Series:
Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
28 May 2014
Official records of the Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Fifty-Second Session, Fifty-Third Session, and Fifty-Fourth Session