Related Documents
The following are related documents that pertain to the UNIFEM co-sponsored events during the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development.
Outcome
- Draft Outcome Document of the Conference This document outlines the outcome of the debate on the world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development.
Statements
- UNDP/UNIFEM Joint Statment This statement on the three-day summit outlines the impact the financial and economic crisis has had on both men and women, and outlines the critical steps development partners have to take to ensure that those that need help most are not left behind.
- Statement of the Women’s Working Group on Financing for Development In this statement, the Women's Working Group (WWG) — an alliance of women’s organizations and networks that advocates for gender issues in the financing for development process — calls for a response that affirms the UN’s lead role in a new global development, economic and financial architecture that fully integrates gender equality and women’s empowerment. UNIFEM has supported the WWG throughout the financing for development process to highlight the centrality of gender equality to sustainable development and to ensure its recognition in conference outcome documents.
Publications/ Papers
- UNIFEM Working Paper: Making Economic Stimulus Packages Work for Women This paper is a contribution to the discussion on the gender dimensions of economic stimulus packages. It is in the process of review and comments are welcome.
- Bridging the Gap: Financing Gender Equality Produced by the United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS) and UNIFEM, this booklet is for those who wish to better understand the links between gender equality, public policy formation and development financing. It highlights the importance of expanding policy choices in setting the framework for national development plans, and emphasizes the central role of strategies to advance gender equality and the empowerment of women in achieving development effectiveness.
- Financing Gender Equality Is Financing Development Gender equality is recognized as being essential to human development, making it critical to ensure that all aspects of development financing, domestic and international, fully recognize women's economic contributions, and support their economic security and rights. This discussion paper is part of a larger conversation that looks closer at how gender equality plays an important function in financing for development.