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UNDP

UNDP is the UN's global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges.

Set up in 1987, the Gender in Development Programme (GIDP) advises, supports and facilitates UNDP gender equality policy, dialogue and practice, and promotes the empowerment of women. The unit, located within the Bureau for Development Policy (BDP) at headquarters, provides guidance on gender policy and programmes, advancing gender as a crosscutting theme in poverty, sustainable livelihoods, environment and governance programmes. It also furthers the BPD mandate to support innovation through pilot country initiatives on gender mainstreaming.

www.undp.org/gender/

UNDP

Moving from Policy to Practice: A Gender Mainstreaming Strategy for UNDP Indi The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and its predecessor organisations have been actively involved in supporting the national development priorities of India for the last five decades. Historically, UNDP has supported India in strengthening its national institutions and in the dissemination of advanced know-how in diverse areas. The directions for the new Country Programme (2003-2007) have emerged from rigorous assessment of the outcomes of on-going programmes and consultations with diverse actors, in close collaboration with the Government. The new Programme will cover four thematic areas: (a) the promotion of human development and gender equality; (b) capacity building for decentralization; (c) poverty eradication and sustainable livelihoods; and (d) vulnerability reduction and environmental sustainability.

http://www.undp.org.in/REPORT/Gstrat/Default.htm

Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE)

The IANWGE is a network of Gender Focal Points in United Nations offices, specialized agencies, funds and programmes. The Network has played a central role in promoting gender equality throughout the United Nations system and in follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 and the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (Beijing +5) in 2000. The Network also monitors and oversees the mainstreaming of gender perspectives in the normative operational work of the UN system.

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/ianwge/index.html

United Nations Human Settlements Programme

The comprehensive policy and action plan for ensuring a gender perspective in all of the programmes, projects and activities of UN-Habitat (Habitat) has been approved and adopted as UN-Habitat (Habitat) policy. However, UN-Habitat (Habitat) is presently involved in, developing a "revitalization" strategy which may alter considerably the. actual organisational structure of the Centre. Therefore, certain organisational matters mentioned in this document may change accordingly.

http://www.unchs.org/unchs/english/women/womenbody.htm

UNIFEM

UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies that promote women's human rights, political participation and economic security. Within the UN system, UNIFEM promotes gender equality and links women's issues and concerns to national, regional and global agendas by fostering collaboration and providing technical expertise on gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment strategies.

http://www.unifem.org/

Division for the Advanced of Women (DAW)

Grounded in the vision of equality of the United Nations Charter, the Division advocates the improvement of the status of women of the world and the achievement of their equality with men. It aims to ensure the participation of women as equal partners with men in all aspects of human endeavour. It promotes women as equal participants and beneficiaries of sustainable development, peace and security, governance and human rights. It strives to stimulate the mainstreaming of a gender perspective both within and outside the United Nations system.

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/

Office of the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI)

The OSAGI is headed by the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women and comprises a Principal Social Affairs Office in charge of Gender Mainstreaming and the Focal Point for Women in the Secretariat. The Office's main objective is to promote and strengthen the effective implementation of the Millennium Declaration, the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women (FWCW) held in Beijing in 1995 and the Outcome Document of the special session of the General Assembly on Beijing+5.

www.un.org/womenwatch/osagi/index.html

INSTRAW GAINS

INSTRAW works towards gender equality and the empowerment of women through its Gender Awareness Information and Networking System (GAINS), an internet-based research and training environment driven by a worldwide network. By facilitating collaborative work it seeks to create and share knowledge to improve development policy and practice.

http://www.un-instraw.org/

Women Watch

WomenWatch is a gateway to the information and resources on the promotion of gender equality throughout the United Nations system, including the United Nations Secretariat, regional commissions, funds, programmes, specialized agencies. WomenWatch is an inter-agency website. It was founded by the Division for the Advancement of Women, UNIFEM and INSTRAW. It is currently managed by the Interagency Network on Women and Gender Equality. As such it is a good practice example of United Nations coordination and collaboration. The website of the interagency network can be found on WomenWatch. A Project Committee supervises the work of WomenWatch. The committee is comprised of the Gender Focal Points in DPI, FAO, ILO, ITU, the Regional Commissions Office, UNDP, UNFPA, UNIFEM, INSTRAW and DAW. DAW is the task-manager.

http://www.un.org/womenwatch

United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)

UNESCO's three-pronged strategy

• Mainstreaming a gender perspective in all policy-planning, programming, implementation and evaluation activities.
• Promoting the participation of women at all levels and fields of activity, giving particular attention to women's own priorities and perspectives in redefining both the goals and means of development.
• Developing specific programmes and activities for the benefit of girls and women, particularly those that promote equality, endogenous capacity-building and full-citizenship.

http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php@URL_ID=3160&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html