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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded on 16 November 1945. For this specialized United Nations agency, Education, Social and Natural Science, Culture and Communication are key to build peace in the minds of women and men. UNESCO promotes international co-operation among its 193 Member States and 7 Associate Members in […]

United Nations Foundation

About the United Nations Foundation The United Nations Foundation links the UN’s work with others around the world, mobilizing the energy and expertise of business and non-governmental organizations to help the UN tackle issues including climate change, global health, peace and security, women’s empowerment, poverty eradication, energy access, and U.S.-UN relations. Learn more about our […]

United Nations gender equality architecture reform

On November 2006, a report by the Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on the System-wide Coherence found the UN’s contribution to achieving to be “incoherent, under-resourced, and fragmented” and in need of a complete overhaul in order to provide effective support to the Member States.Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on UN System-wide Coherence in the Areas of Development, Humanitarian […]

United Nations Rio+20 Conference

Table of Contents 1 About 2 Gender and the Rio+20 Conference 3 See also 4 References 5 External links About The United Nations Conference on Sustainable development will take place in Brazil on 20-22 June 2012 to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de […]

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Following this historic act the Assembly called upon all Member countries to publicize the text of the Declaration and “to cause it to be disseminated, displayed, read and expounded principally in schools and other educational […]

Université Paris Est Créteil (UPEC) and Université Gustave Eiffel (UGE)

As part of the partnership with Université Paris Est Créteil (UPEC) and Université Gustave Eiffel (UGE), the following articles are submitted in 2021 by students pursuing a Master 2 in Development Economics and International Project Management (DEIPM): Gender, Disability and Development, by Yasmine Bencherif Intersectional Responses to Gender-based Violence, by Darian Edelman (forthcoming) Women, Peace and Security: 20 […]

Unpaid Care Work

Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Understanding unpaid care work 2.1 Defining Unpaid Care work 2.2 Measuring Unpaid Care work 3 Economic Impact 4 International Framework 5 Unpaid Care in the Development Agenda 6 References 7 See also 8 External links Introduction Care work is carried out across the globe every day and is essential […]

USAID and Gender Equality

USAID was established to help implement the Marshall Plan’s reconstruction of Europe after World War Two and the Truman Administration’s Point Four Program. In 1961, the Foreign Assistance Act was signed into law and USAID was created by executive order. Since that time, USAID has been the principal U.S. agency to extend assistance to countries […]

V-Day

V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop , including , battery, incest, (FGM) and sexual slavery. Activities Through V-Day campaigns, […]

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