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Coordination and Outreach Unit




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•  Coordination and Outreach

Acting Chief: Wenyan Yang

-Ensures outreach and interaction on gender issues with civil society including non-governmental organizations, academic and research communities, national machineries for the advancement of women, women's networks, and bilateral and multilateral development institutions;

-Coordinates reports on the experience of the United Nations system in integrating a gender perspective into programmes;

-Coordinates input received from UN entities on their implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, and the outcome of the 23rd special session of the General Assembly;

-Coordinates the production of Women2000, a periodic journal on relevant issues to the advancement of women and gender equality;

-Produces and maintains an Internet website that provides full text access to relevant UN documents, country reports and other key information on women and gender issues, as well as informs about activities of the Division;

-Serves as task manager for the WomenWatch project, a joint Internet initiatives in the followup to Beijing.


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