Progress of the World’s Women: In Pursuit of Justice (2011). This report focuses on four key areas: legal and constitutional frameworks, the justice chain, plural legal systems and conflict and post-conflict. Drawing on tangible examples of steps that have been taken to help women access justice, the report sets out ten key recommendations for policy and decision makers to act on in order to ensure every woman is able to obtain justice.
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A Manager’s Guide to Gender Equality– and Human Rights–Responsive Evaluation (2010). This practical, online guide aims to help those initiating, managing and/or using gender equality (GE)– and human rights (HR)–responsive evaluations. It provides direction, advice and tools for every step in the evaluation process — from getting started, to preparation, conduct and evaluation use and follow-up. It contains tools to aid in the process and references to provide a greater depth of information on specific topics and issues.
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UNIFEM Resources on Women, Peace and Security (2010). This collection of UNIFEM papers brings together a considerable body of analytical and advocacy work undertaken over the last five years, grounded in programming that has helped advance the women, peace and security agenda in policy and practice. It includes papers on gender issues in early warning, peace processes, peacekeeping, post-conflict planning and financing, and transitional justice. Together, the papers in this collection describe a range of ongoing efforts to strengthen the UN’s capacities to promote peace and prevent violence.
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Ending Violence against Women and Girls: UNIFEM Strategy and Information Kit (2010). This information kit succinctly presents UNIFEM’s (part of UN Women) corporate strategy 2008–2013, including flyers on select major initiatives, such as the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, Safe Cities for Women and Girls, the Virtual Global Knowledge Centre, and other priority areas of work including the intersections of violence with HIV and sexual violence in conflict situations.
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