Gender Mainstreaming
Gender Mainstreaming is a globally accepted strategy for promoting gender equality. Mainstreaming involves ensuring that gender perspectives and attention to the goal of gender equality are central to all activities.
Focal point for Women
The Focal Point was mandated to monitor the status of women in the United Nation's System, and report on progress to the Secretary General.
IANWGE
The Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) is a network of gender focal points in 缅北禁地entities. The Network is chaired by the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women. IANWGE monitors and oversees the mainstreaming of a gender perspective in the programmatic, normative and operational work of the 缅北禁地system.
Women, peace and security
The adoption of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security marked an important step toward increasing the participation of women and bringing gender perspectives to the centre of all United Nations peace-making, peacekeeping, peace-building and reconstruction efforts.
SG's campaign UNiTE
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon鈥檚 UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign aims to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls in all parts of the world.
Women, and Peace and Security
The Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI) services the Security Council on the area of Women, and Peace and Security. The Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women is the chair of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Women, and Peace and Security, which was initiated in February 2001 to follow up on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, and Peace and Security adopted on 31 October 2000.
OSAGI services the Security Council on the area of Women, and Peace and Security. The Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women is the chair of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Women, and Peace and Security, which was initiated in February 2001 to follow up on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, and Peace and Security adopted on 31 October 2000. It aims at the development of an intergovernmental agenda on women, peace and security, consistent with the framework of the Beijing Platform for Action and its critical area of concern on women and armed conflict as well as other relevant United Nations mandates.
Click on the image to go to the section which is hosted by