UN Women Asia and the Pacific Annual Report 2018-2019
The 2018-2019 Annual Report highlights progress made around the Asia Pacific Region to make the vision of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals a reality for women and girls. UN Women stands behind women’s equal participation in all aspects of life, focusing on five priority areas: increasing women’s leadership and participation; ending violence against women; engaging women in all aspects of peace and security processes; enhancing women's economic empowerment. More
The COVID-19 Outbreak and Gender:
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
[Key Advocacy Points from Asia and the Pacific] Emerging Gender Impacts - Exacerbated burdens of unpaid care work on women and girls : Where healthcare systems are stretched by efforts to contain outbreaks, care responsibilities are frequently “downloaded” onto women and girls, who usually bear responsibility for caring for ill family members and the elderly. The closure of schools further exacerbates the burden of unpaid care work on women and girls, who absorb the additional work.
16 things you can do to help end violence against women and girls
Monday, November 12, 2018
16 things you can do to help end violence against women and girls
Beijing+20 in Aisa Pacific in Brief
Thursday, November 20, 2014
The Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) adopted at the 1995 United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, in Beijing, China, is an unprecedented agenda for women’s empowerment, offering a policy framework and roadmap for achieving gender ...
Agenda for Economic Empowerment of Women through entrepreneurship
Monday, December 16, 2013
A leaflet on the women’s economic empowerment is published with partnering to Federation of Woman Entrepreneurs Associations of Nepal.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Every year, representatives of Member States, UN entities, and NGOs in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and other stakeholders gather for the annual session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at United Nations Headquarters in New York.