UN Women

Ending Violence Against Women in the Western Balkans and Turkey: Implementing Norms, Changing Minds

This report outlines the methods and findings of the Programme, ‘Implementing Norms, Changing Minds’ that ran between February, 2017 and January, 2020. The Programme’s objective was to end gender-based discrimination and violence (GBV) in the Western Balkans and Turkey and create a second, more informed Programme.

The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action Turns 20

This report critiques the progress that has been made since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA) was drafted in 1995.

Progress of the World's Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights

This report focuses on the economic and social dimensions of gender equality. It discusses how unequal outcomes for women and men persist despite significant achievements in womens rights - such as more girls enrolling in school, and more women working, getting elected and assuming leadership positions. Some of the current challenges and contradictions regarding women's social and economic position are examined. The report states that when economic and social policies are designed and implemented with a consideration of women, they are shown to

Realizing Women's Rights to Land and Other Productive Resources

The result of a 2012 expert meeting convened by UN Women and OHCHR, this comprehensive handbook identifies critical issues and recommends action to secure women's rights to land and productive resources. Urging that land should not be viewed simply as a commodity but as a life-giving resource, the report outlines how to ensure approaches to productive resources are pro-poor, gender-inclusive and responsive to human rights. The authors systematically approach each topic and provide case studies and examples of well-tailored legislation to emphasize how

Economic Growth and Social Reproduction: Gender Inequality as Cause and Consequence

This paper examines the nexus between structures of economic growth and social reproduction. Social reproduction is defined in terms of the time and money it takes to produce and maintain and invest in the labour force, so it includes both paid and unpaid work. Through analysis of data of macro mechanisms of growth and the distribution of social reproduction, the author develops four stylized regimes: time squeeze, mutual, wage squeeze, and exploitation. She then analyzes countries by economic structure, level of government, and structure of social

Guidebook on CEDAW General Recommendation No. 30 and the UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security

This guidebook discusses women's human rights and gender equality in issues of peace and security. Specifically, it looks at the interaction between the obligations established by CEDAW General Recommendation No. 30 and the UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security. It aims to increase knowledge of both frameworks and to explore the ways in which they can be implemented to reinforce each other. The background, significance, and content of CEDAW General Recommendation No. 30 and of the UN Security Council Resolutions on Women,