UNIFEM is a learning and advocacy organization working strategically for women's economic and political empowerment and gender equality in Asia and the Pacific, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and CIS/CEE countries. UNIFEM's programme strategy is designed and guided by an empowerment framework based on promoting women's rights, opportunities and capacities. Within this framework, UNIFEM focuses on three areas of immediate concern: strengthening women's economic capacity; engendering governance and leadership; and the promotion of women's human rights. In order to achieve these goals, UNIFEM believes that it is critical to develop and support the leadership of young women.

Contact:

Ms. Ilana Landsberg-Lewis
Focal Point on Young Women
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
304 East 45th
Street, 6th floor
New York, NY 10017, U.S.A.

Tel.: (212) 906-6458Fax: (212) 906-6705

E-mail: ilana.landsberg-lewis@undp.org