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- Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
- Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)
[ www.un.org ]
Languages: English
DAW, the division of DESA, advocates the improvement of the status of women and the achievement of their equality with men. It substantively services a functional Commission of ECOSOC, the Commission on the Status of Women, and a treaty body, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. It also provides advisory services and technical cooperation to developing countries.
- Department of Public Information (DPI)
- Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO)
DPKO plans, prepares, directs and manages UN peacekeeping operations, so that they can effectively fulfill their mandates under the overall authority of the Security Council and the General Assembly, and under the command vested in the Secretary General.
- Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
- Office of the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI)
- Office of the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI)
[ www.un.org ]
Languages: English
OSAGI's main objective is to promote and strengthen the effective implementation of the Millennium Declaration, the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women (FWCW) and the Outcome Document of the special session of the General Assembly on Beijing+5. The Special Adviser advises the Secretary-General on integrating gender issues into the policy of the United Nations, drawing attention to issues of particular concern to women globally.
- Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR)
- United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat (UNISDR)
- Disaster reduction and gender
[ www.unisdr.org ]
Languages: English
Disasters affect women and men differently. The gender section of UNISDR's website lists documents and online resources on gender perspectives of disaster risk reduction.
- Making Disaster Risk Reduction Gender-Sensitive: Policy and Practical Guidelines
[ www.unisdr.org ]
Languages: English
This publication is the result of extensive consultations and a response to the call for clear policy and practical guidance for mainstreaming gender perspectives into disaster risk reduction. It offers much-needed policy and practical guidelines for national and local governments to further implement the Hyogo Framework for Action. UNISDR, 2009
- UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)
- Gender Perspectives on Disarmament
[ disarmament.un.org ]
Languages: English
Briefing notes published by the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) in collaboration with the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women (OSAGI)
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
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