UNIFEM & the World Summit Agenda - World Summit 2005

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Progress of the Worlds Women 2002

Progress of the World's Women 2002, Volume 2 (2002). "Progress of the Worlds Women 2002" provides a snapshot of the state of womens lives around the world and how much further we have to go to achieve equality. The report is the second edition of a biennial publication first produced in 2000 to track and measure the world's commitment to gender equality. It assesses improvements made towards women's empowerment within the context of the Millennium Development Goals. more »

Pathway to Gender Equality: CEDAW, Beijing and the MDGs

Pathway to Gender Equality: CEDAW, Beijing and the MDGs (2004). "Pathway to Gender Equality" details how the synergy between CEDAW, the Beijing Platform for Action and the Millennium Development Goals can be used to generate a wealth of understanding and knowledge that portrays the nature of gender-based discrimination and defines the steps needed to achieve gender equality. more »

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UNIFEM & the World Summit Agenda

Issues

UNIFEM prepared the following briefing sheets on several gender issues related to the World Summit Agenda:

UNIFEM's Contribution

Millennium Project. Task Force on Education and Gender Equality (Noeleen Heyzer, Task Force Member)
Task Force Report: Taking Action: Achieving Gender Equality and Empowering Women
The Millennium Development Goals Report: an Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG Indicators, led by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat
Towards Achieving the MDGs in the Sudan – A Panel Discussion, New York, 13 September 2005.
Ministerial Roundtable: Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women at the Local Level: Think Globally – Act Locally, UN Secretariat, New York City, 29 June 2005.
Regional Conference on Development Effectiveness Through Gender Mainstreaming: Lessons Learnt From South Asia, New Delhi, India, 10–12 May 2005.
Celebrating Beijing Plus Ten: The Fifth South Asia Regional Ministerial Conference, Islamabad, Pakistan, 3–5 May 2005.
Strengthening Institutions to Deliver on Commitments to Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, during the ECOSOC 2005 Preparatory Meeting, High-Level Segment, 16-17 March 2005, United Nations Secretariat, New York City. Roundtable 5: Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.
UN Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality: Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals, Fourth Session, New York, 22–25 February 2005.
Consultation with Women’s Rights Groups on the Beijing Platform for Action and the Millennium Declaration, New York, 2–4 December 2004.
The Millennium Developments Goals: An Opportunity to Move Forward the Beijing Agenda?, roundtable discussion during the IX Regional Conference on Women from Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexico City, 10–12 June 2004.
Flora Tristán y las Metas de Desarrollo del Milenio [Flora Tristán and the Millennium Development Goals]. Project supported by UNIFEM.

UNIFEM Resources

The following is a selection of UNIFEM publications related to the deliberations at the 2005 World Summit. For more UNIFEM publications and tools on gender issues, please visit the UNIFEM website.

Progress of the World's Women 2005: Women, Work and Poverty. Makes the case for an increased focus on women’s informal employment as a key pathway to reducing poverty and strengthening women’s economic security. It provides the latest available data on the size and composition of the informal economy and compares national data on average earnings and poverty risk across different segments of the informal and formal workforces in six developing countries and one developed country to show the links between employment, gender and poverty.
Gender Equality & the Millennium Development Goals. This web portal provides access to resources to promote better understanding of and sharing of tools for addressing gender equality in all of the MDGs — from literature on gender equality as it relates to each goal, to tools for advocacy and action.
Towards Achieving the MDGs in Sudan: Centrality of Women’s Leadership and Gender Equality. This publication is an effort to show how Sudanese women, in their diversity and spirit of unity, are defining the critical development agenda for the country in the coming decade. It endeavors to provide a permanent record of some of the historic actions by Sudanese women on the agenda for peace and development, within the spirit of global partnership.
Pathway to Gender Equality: CEDAW, Beijing and the MDGs. Details how the synergy between CEDAW, the Beijing Platform for Action and the Millennium Development Goals can be used to generate a wealth of understanding and knowledge that portrays the nature of gender-based discrimination and defines the steps needed to achieve gender equality.
Partnerships for Gender Equality: The Role of Multilateral and Bilateral Agencies in Africa. This report documents the work of various multilateral and bilateral donors in Africa to meet the goals of the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action. It describes efforts to meet the Platform's strategic objectives, offers lessons learned that will be of value in the future, and identifies the challenges that remain.
Resource Guide for Gender Theme Groups. Provides practical guidance for UN Theme Groups working on gender equality. It focuses on how to more effectively collaborate and coordinate activities to incorporate gender equality and women's empowerment issues into key interagency coordination mechanisms.
Making the Links: Women's Rights and Empowerment are Key to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Statement by Noeleen Heyzer at the Workshop on Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals World Bank, Washington, DC., 19 November 2003.
Progress of the World's Women 2002, Volume 2. Provides a snapshot of the state of women's lives around the world and how much further we have to go to achieve equality. The report is the second edition of a biennial publication first produced in 2000 to track and measure the world's commitment to gender equality. It assesses improvements made towards women's empowerment within the context of the Millennium Development Goals.
Módulo de Capacitación: Metas de Desarrollo del Milenio y Acciones de Vigilancia para las Mujeres de Organizaciones Sociales de Base [Capacity Building Modules: Millennium Development Goals and Monitoring Activities for Women from Community-Based Organizations], by Flora Tristán, UNIFEM and UNDP.
Las Metas del Milenio y la Igualdad de Género: El Caso de México [The Millennium Development Goals and Gender Equality: The Case of Mexico], published by UNIFEM and ECLAC.
Las Metas del Milenio y la Igualdad de Género: El Caso de Nicaragua [The Millennium Development Goals and Gender Equality: The Case of Nicaragua], published by UNIFEM and ECLAC.
Las Metas del Milenio y la Igualdad de Género: El Caso de Perú [The Millennium Development Goals and Gender Equality: The Case of Peru], published by UNIFEM and ECLAC.