UN Women Asia and the Pacific Newsletter | January—June 2019

UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide. UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, operating in 32 countries in the region, focuses on ensuring gender equality and a rights-based approach towards ending violence against women, preventing violent extremism, women's economic empowerment, gender in humanitarian action, and an HIV/AIDS response that can unlock progress across the board.

In this edition

• Global partnership to empower female workers in apparel industry
• UN Women incoming Deputy Executive Director Anita Bhatia sees how a united nations project can help protect female migrant workers in thailand
• Appointment of the regional director for asia and the pacific
• and much more...