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The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has its headquarters in New York City and works worldwide out of 16 regional offices, 3 country programme offices, and a number of project offices. A dedicated group of volunteers and friends also provide valuable support to UNIFEM's work, including the National Committees for UNIFEM and the NGO Committee on UNIFEM.

Media Contacts. If you are a member of the media and have questions about UNIFEM and its work, please speak to a member of our communications team

Contact Form. You may submit your inquiry through an online contact form. However, due to the large volume of inquiries that we receive, we may not be able to respond, especially if your questions are already answered elsewhere on this website — please explore the website and the Frequently Asked Questions before submitting an inquiry.

Web Manager. If you have questions, comments or suggestions specifically about the UNIFEM website, please direct them to the Web Manager by phone at +1 212-906-6848 or send a message

Regional Offices

East and Horn of Africa Regional Office

Regional Programme Director: Meryem Aslan

UN Gigiri Complex

Block Q, Rooms 100-109

Nairobi

KENYA

Tel: +254 20-762-4301 or +254 20 762-4383

Fax: +254 20 762-4494 or +254 20 762-4490

Website: http://www.unifem-easternafrica.org/

Countries with UNIFEM Programmes: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

English-Speaking West Africa Regional Office

Regional Programme Director: Florence Butegwa

UN House, 2nd Floor, Wing 'A'

Plot 617/618 Diplomatic Drive
Central Business Area
P.M.B. 2851

Garki, Abuja

NIGERIA

Tel: +234 9-4616312 or +234 9-4616313

Fax: +234 9-4618579

Countries with UNIFEM Programmes: Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone

Francophone and Lusophone West Africa Regional Office

Regional Programme Director: Cecile Mukarubuga

Immeuble Soumex, 2ieme étage

Mamelles Almadies

BP 154

Dakar

SENEGAL

Tel: +221 33 869 99 70 or +221 33 869 99 36

Fax: +221 33 860 54 95

Countries with UNIFEM Programmes: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte D'Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Conakry, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo

Southern Africa Regional Office

Regional Programme Director: Nomcebo Manzini

UNDP Regional Service Centre

7 Naivasha Road

Sunninghill 2157

SOUTH AFRICA

Tel: +27 11 603-5033 or +27 11 603-5129

Fax: +27 11 603-5012

Countries with UNIFEM Programmes: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Andean Regional Office

Regional Programme Director: Moni Pizani

Edif. Naciones Unidas 2do. Piso

Avenida Amazonas 2889 y La Granja

P.O. Box 17-03-4731

Quito

ECUADOR

Tel: +593 2-2460-329 or +593 2-2460-334

Fax: +593 2-2460-328

Website: http://www.unifemandina.org/

Countries with UNIFEM Programmes: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

Caribbean Regional Office

Regional Programme Director: Roberta Clarke

United Nations House

Marine Gardens
Hastings

Christ Church

BARBADOS

Tel: +1 246-467-6000

Fax: +1 246-437-6596

Website: http://www.unifemcar.org/

Countries with UNIFEM Programmes: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and the British dependent territories of Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos

Mexico, Central America, Cuba and the Dominican Republic Regional Office

Regional Programme Director: Teresa Rodríguez

Presidente Mazaryk No. 29, Piso 6

Colonia Polanco

Mexico City, D.F. 11570

MEXICO

Tel: +52 555-263-9808

Fax: +52 555-203-1894

Website: http://www.unifem.org.mx/

Countries with UNIFEM Programmes: Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama

Southern Cone Regional Office

Regional Programme Director: Ana Falú

SCN Quadra 2, Bloco A, Módulo 1101

Ed. Corporate Financial Center

Brasília 70712-901

BRAZIL

Tel: +55 61 3038-9280

Fax: +55 61 3038-9289

Website: http://www.unifem.org.br/

Countries with UNIFEM Programmes: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay

Arab States Regional Office

Regional Programme Director: Mouna Mohamed Ghanem

14 Abdallah Bin Omar Street (near Tyche Hotel)

P.O. Box 830 896

Amman 11183

JORDAN

Tel: +962 6-520-0060

Fax: +962 6-567-8594

Website: http://www.unifem.org.jo/

Countries with UNIFEM Programmes: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

North Africa Regional Office

Regional Programme Director: Zineb Touimi-Benjelloun

Angle Avenue Moulay Hassan et

Rue Moulay Ahmed Loukili

Casier ONU, Rabat-Chellah

MOROCCO

Tel: +212 37-703555

Fax: +212 37-701566

Countries with UNIFEM Programmes: Algeria, Lybia, Morocco, Tunisia

East and South-East Asia Regional Office

Regional Programme Director: Jean D'Cunha

United Nations Building, 5th Floor

Rajdamnern Nok Avenue

Bangkok 10200

THAILAND

Tel: +66 2-288-2093

Fax: +66 2-280-6030

Website: http://unifem-eseasia.org/

Countries with UNIFEM Programmes: Cambodia, China, Indonesia, DPR Korea, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Viet Nam

Pacific Regional Office

Regional Programme Director: Elizabeth Cox

Level 5, Vanua House

Victoria Parade

Suva

FIJI

Tel: +679 3301-178 or +679 3301-118

Fax: +679 3301-654

Website: http://pacific.unifem.org/

Countries with UNIFEM Programmes: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

South Asia Regional Office

Regional Programme Director: Chandni Joshi

D-53, Defence Colony

New Delhi 110024

INDIA

Tel: +91 11-24646471 or +91 11-24698297

Fax: +91 11-24622136

Website: http://www.unifem.org.in/

Countries with UNIFEM Programmes: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Central and Eastern Europe Regional Office

Regional Programme Director: Osnat Lubrani

Grosslingova 35

81109 Bratislava

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Tel: +421 2 593-37-324

Fax: +421 2 593-37-171

Website: http://www.unifem.sk/

Countries with UNIFEM Programmes: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia (including Kosovo), Slovakia.

Commonwealth of Independent States Regional Office

Regional Programme Director: Damira Sartbaeva

67 Tole Bi Str.

Almaty 480091

KAZAKHSTAN

Tel: +732 72 582643 x604

Fax: +732 72 582645

Website: http://www.unifemcis.org/?en=1

Countries with UNIFEM Programmes: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Country Programmes

Afghanistan Country Programme

Country Programme Director: Wenny Kusuma

Shah Mahmmod Ghazi Watt

Shahre Naw

Kabul

AFGHANISTAN

Tel: +93 700 285 454

Fax: +873 763 468 836

Website: http://afghanistan.unifem.org/

Albania Country Programme

Country Programme Manager: Christine Arab

Rr. Leke Dukagjini

P. 11/1, Perballe QKR-se
Kati i peste, A1

Tirana

ALBANIA

Tel: +355 4 255 364

Fax: +355 4 255 364

Tanzania Country Programme

Country Programme Manager: Hendrica Okondo

Plot 134-140 Kingsway/Mafinga Street

(Off Kinondoni Road)

Dar es Salaam

TANZANIA

Tel: +255 22 266-8000 x9347

Fax: +255 22 266-8749

Project Offices

UNIFEM Project Office in China

China Programme Specialist: Ruixiang Guo

2 Liangmahe Nanlu

Chaoyang District

Beijing 100600

CHINA

Tel: +86 10-8532-0930

Fax: +86 10-8532-0903

Website: http://www.unchina.org/unifem/

UNIFEM Project Office in fYR of Macedonia

Project Manager: Wenny Kusuma

St. "Zeleznicka" 46, I-8

1000, Skopje

FYR MACEDONIA

Tel: +389 2 3109 307 or +389 2 3109 308

Fax: +389 2 3179 791

UNIFEM Project Office in Ghana

National Programme Coordinator: Afua Bubaa Ansre

No. 7, 7th Rangoon Close

Cantonments, Accra

GHANA

Tel: +233 21 762325

Fax: +233 21 762325

UNIFEM Project Office in Kosovo

Project Manager: Flora Macula

Perrandori Justinian, #1/A

Payton Place

Prishtina, Kosovo

SERBIA

Tel: +381 38 224 651

Fax: +381 38 224 651

UNIFEM Project Office in Liberia

Programme Manager: Signe Allimadi

1st Floor, LISCO Building

Mamba Point

1000 Monrovia 10

LIBERIA

Tel: +231 666-8708

UNIFEM Project Office in Mongolia

UN Building I, UN House

12 United Nations Street

Ulaanbaatar

MONGOLIA

Tel: +976 11-352512

Fax: +976 11-326221

Website: http://www.un-mongolia.mn/unifem/

UNIFEM Project Office in Nigeria

Country Manager a.i.: Tolulope Lewis-Tamoka

2nd Floor, Wing A

Plot 617/618 Diplomatic Drive
Central Business District

PMB 2851

Garki, Abuja

NIGERIA

Tel: +234 9 461-6314

Fax: +234 9 461-8579

UNIFEM Project Office in Senegal

National Programme Officer: Adjaratou Fatou Ndiaye

Immeuble Soumex, 2ieme étage

Mamelles Almadies

BP 154

Dakar

SENEGAL

Tel: +221 33 869 99 70 or +221 33 869 99 36

Fax: +221 33 860 54 95

UNIFEM Project Office in Serbia

Project Adviser: Post currently vacant

Internacionalnih Brigada 56

11000 Belgrade

SERBIA

Tel: +381 11 2454 351 x224 or +381 11 2445 968 x224

Fax: +381 11 3444 300

UNIFEM Project Office in Sierra Leone

Programme Officer: Melrose Kargbo

76 Wilkinson Street

Freetown

SIERRA LEONE

Tel: +232 22 231311

UNIFEM Project Office in Zimbabwe

Programme Coordinator: Eunice Njovana

7th Floor, Takura House

67-69 Kwame Nkrumah Avenue

Harare

ZIMBABWE

Tel: +263 4 795972

Fax: +263 4 704729

National Committees for UNIFEM

National committees support the mission of UNIFEM through their dynamic membership programmes, public education about UNIFEM and global women's issues, and private sector fundraising to support UNIFEM programmes worldwide.

National Committee for UNIFEM, Australia

President: Ms. Rosalind Strong

P.O. Box 249

Mawson, ACT 2607

AUSTRALIA

Tel: +61 2 9181-2796

Website: http://www.unifem.org.au/

National Committee for UNIFEM, Austria

President: Dr. Lilly Sucharipa

Obere Donaustrasse 81/23

1020 Vienna

AUSTRIA

Tel: +43 1 310 9696

Website: http://www.unifem.at/

National Committee for UNIFEM, Canada

Co-Presidents: Mr. Fred Faraq and Ms. Sue McGarvie

309 Cooper, Suite 300

Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0G5

CANADA

Tel: +1 613-232-5751

Fax: +1 613-563-2455

Website: http://www.unifem.ca/

National Committee for UNIFEM, Finland

President: Dr. Helena Ranta

Töölöntorinkatu 2 B

8. kerros

Helsinki 00260

FINLAND

Tel: +358 9-694-0944

Fax: +358 9-694-0990

Website: http://www.unifem.fi/

National Committee for UNIFEM, Germany

President: Ms. Karin Nordmeyer

Kaiserstrasse 201

D-53113 Bonn

GERMANY

Tel: +49 22828970717

Fax: +49 22828970718

Website: http://www.unifem.de/

National Committee for UNIFEM, Iceland

Executive Director: Ms. Steinunn Gudjonsdottir

Centre for the United Nations

Laugavegur 42

101 Reykjavik

ICELAND

Tel: +354 552-6200

Website: http://www.unifem.is/

National Committee for UNIFEM, Ireland

President: Ms. Carmen Monclús

14 Gosworth Park

Dalkey

Co. Dublin

IRELAND

Tel: +353 (0)87 9721337 or +353 (0)1 2859071

Fax: +353 (0)1 2859071

Website: http://www.unifem.ie/

National Committee for UNIFEM, Italy

President: Ms. Simone Ovart-Bruno

Via Uffreduzzi, 6

10134 - Torino

ITALY

Tel: +39 011-304-2626

Fax: +39 011-304-2634

Website: http://www.unifem.it/

National Committee for UNIFEM, Japan

President: Ms. Makiko Arima

Yokohama Women's Forum, 1F

435-1 Kami-kurata-cho, Totsuka-ku

Yokohama 244-0816

JAPAN

Tel: +81 45-869-6787

Fax: +81 45-869-6787

Website: http://unifemnihon.jp/

National Committee for UNIFEM, New Zealand

President: Ms. Jean Corbin Thomas

223 Victoria Avenue

P.O. Box 730

Palmerston North

NEW ZEALAND

Tel: +64 6 354-0372

Website: http://www.unifem.org.nz/

National Committee for UNIFEM, Philippines

President: Ms. Lourdes C. Quezon

23 Zaragoza Street

P.O. Box 8795

San Lorenzo Village, Makati City

PHILIPPINES

Tel: +632 840-3155 or +632 523-5024

National Committee for UNIFEM, Singapore

President: Ms. Saleemah Ismail

2 Nassim Road

258370

SINGAPORE

Tel: +65 238-6761

Fax: +65 238-6762

Website: http://www.unifemsingapore.org.sg/

National Committee for UNIFEM, Sweden

Co-Presidents: Ms. Mehri Afsahi, Ms. Birgitta Ahlqvist and Ms. Rigmor Mjörnel

Gamla Brogatan 27

Stockholm 111 20

SWEDEN

Tel: +46 08-34-61-04

Website: http://www.unifem.se/

National Committee for UNIFEM, Switzerland and Liechtenstein

President: Ms. Erika Linder

Bolligenstrasse 14b

CH-3006 Bern

SWITZERLAND

Tel: +41 (0)31 333 48 53

Fax: +41 (0)31 333 48 53

Website: http://www.unifem.ch/

National Committee for UNIFEM, United Kingdom

President: Ms. Juliet Colman

BM Box 6658

London WC1N 3XX

UNITED KINGDOM

Website: http://www.unifemuk.org/

National Committee for UNIFEM, United States

President: Ms. Carol M. Poteat-Buchanan

2345 Crystal Drive

Suite 301

Arlington, VA 22202

UNITED STATES

Tel: +1 703 236-1535

Website: http://www.unifem-usnc.org/

NGO Committee on UNIFEM

The NGO Committee on UNIFEM was established to promote the work of UNIFEM. It consists of representatives of 25 NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC. Inquiries about the committee may be directed to Jackie Shapiro, Convener of the Committee, at +1 212-249-4065.

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