This report presents the latest evidence on gender equality across all 17 Sustainable Development Goals, focusing not only on the current level of progress, but also on the likelihood of achieving gender equality across the Goals at the current trajectory. Among this year’s recommendations is a call to significantly expand national investments and international financing in support of gender equality. More
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Generation Equality is the world’s leading effort to unlock political will and accelerate investment and implementation on gender equality. Launched at the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, this report presents the latest evidence on the implementation of commitments of the Economic Justice and Rights Action Coalition. The report demonstrates, through compelling evidence, that stakeholders are mobilizing new resources and are delivering game-changing results.
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UN Women’s work on women’s economic empowerment has a broad and ambitious mandate and aims to strengthen women’s economic rights and respond to pressing global needs. This issue of TRANSFORM features the recent “Corporate evaluation of UN Women’s contribution to women’s economic empowerment by advancing gender-responsive laws, frameworks, policies, and partnerships”.
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The “Women’s economic empowerment strategy articulates” UN Women’s vision, priorities as an organization, and ways of working to enable women to thrive and economies to prosper.
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This report examines food system organizations’ efforts in promoting diversity and gender equality. For the first time, the 2023/2024 report expands its focus on the extent to which workplace policies recognize and support employees’ care responsibilities. The report identifies gaps in family leave, such as elderly care, and advocates for inclusive solutions, recognizing family-friendly policies as central to promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment.
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This brochure summarizes UN Women’s strategic note (SN) for Tunisia, 2022–2025, which provides a roadmap for improving the lives of women and girls in Tunisia. The SN articulates UN Women’s multi-year strategy, rationale, envisioned results, targets, and resource requirements for the next four years.
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This position paper highlights key Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) recommendations that can be incorporated in the Global Digital Compact. The paper suggests a dual approach: (1) inclusion of a stand-alone goal on gender equality that elevates freedom from technology-facilitated gender-based violence and discrimination; equitable educational and economic opportunities; and equal voice, leadership, and participation; and (2) robust mainstreaming of gender considerations across all parts of the framework.
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This toolkit provides an overview of gender bonds in the African markets, bringing together recent case studies and existing resources. It encompasses both use of proceeds bonds and sustainability-linked bonds for sovereign and corporate issuers. With the goal of mobilizing capital to tackle gender gaps and stimulate economic growth in the region, the toolkit provides comprehensive support for gender-focused financial initiatives in Africa.
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This report unpacks gender lens investing models and practices, while highlighting potential challenges and contradictions that they pose to feminist agendas. Drawing on case studies of funds and data, the report considers how impact funds can strengthen gender lens investing (GLI) to pave the way for inclusive and sustainable development that leaves no woman or girl behind.
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As part of the UN Women Corporate Evaluation Plan, the Independent Evaluation Service (IES) conducted a meta-synthesis of UN Women evaluation evidence related to advocacy and communications from 162 corporate and decentralized evaluations undertaken by UN Women in 2018‒2022.
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This document provides an overview of the situation in Gaza and articulates UN Women’s work as part of its six-month multisectoral response to the crisis.
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This publication provides a summary of the 2023 Annual Global Gender Focal Point Meeting. It highlights key discussions on achieving gender parity, addressing sexual harassment, and promoting diversity within the United Nations. The report also outlines the tools and resources available to Gender Focal Points, emphasizing their role in fostering change.
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UN Women and UNDP's Financial Centres for Sustainability Network (FC4S) joined forces to launch a comprehensive Gender Finance Booklet to advance gender equality within financial services.
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ+) people face unique and specific risks at all stages of migration. Their experiences of migration are distinct from other migrants due to the multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination they may face, especially owing to their diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC).
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Drawing on a selection of country experiences, this policy brief identifies emerging trends and practices on gender and disability-inclusive budgeting.
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This checklist is designed to help national statistics offices and other national research and data institutions and research teams to think through the steps needed to produce high-quality survey data on intimate partner violence—from the planning stages through analysis, report write-up, and dissemination of accurately interpreted findings.
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Adolescent girls and young women are the strongest advocates and leaders in the HIV response. This publication documents results, lesson learned, and powerful stories from the UN Women programme “Investing in Adolescent Girls' and Young Women’s Leadership and Voice in the HIV Response” implemented in partnership with the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
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This paper unpacks the concept of feminist climate justice. It provides guidance on how to transition to low-emission economies that are resilient to a changing climate, while recognizing the leadership of women and gender-diverse people in driving the change that is so urgently needed. It shows how the framework can be applied to the global food sector and analyses the major barriers to accountability for gender-responsive climate action.
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This brief overviews UN Women’s approach to disability inclusion and intersectionality. UN Women is fully committed to mainstreaming disability inclusion and intersectionality throughout its work, to ensure a more systematic approach to ensuring the rights of women and girls with disabilities across UN Women’s areas of work.
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The gender-related killings of women and girls represent the lethal end point of a continuum of gender-based violence. This publication includes global estimates of gender-related killings of women and girls by an intimate partner or family member, with data from 2022, and features policy recommendations. By ensuring that every victim is counted, we can ensure that perpetrators are held to account and justice is served.
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This brochure summarizes UN Women’s strategic note (SN) for Bolivia, 2023–2027, which provides a roadmap for improving the lives of women and girls in Bolivia. The SN articulates UN Women’s multi-year strategy, rationale, envisioned results, targets, and resource requirements for the next five years.