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Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)
DAW advocates for 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. DAW is responsible for preparing reports to the CSW, ECOSOC and the GA on gender mainstreaming and on follow up to the Fourth World Conference on Women.

Fact sheet on gender mainstreaming
[ www.un.org ] Languages: English
Overview of DAW's gender mainstreaming policy and activities [PDF]
Gender mainstreaming: Some experience from the United Nations
[ www.un.org ] Languages: English
Speech by DAW Director at Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation conference: Gender mainstreaming – A way towards equality, 2003
2004 Joint work plan of the Division for the Advancement of Women and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
[ daccess-ods.un.org ] Languages: English | French | Spanish | Arabic | Chinese | Russian
Report of the Secretary-General, E/CN.6/2004/7
Transforming Empowerment and Gender Mainstreaming
[ www.un.org ] Languages: English
Presentation by DAW Director at Korean Women’s Development Institute symposium: A New Vision for Gender Policy: Equality, Development and Peace, 2003
Joint workplan of the Division for the Advancement of Women and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
[ daccess-ods.un.org ] Languages: English | French | Spanish | Arabic | Chinese | Russian
Submitted to the 2003 CSW and CHR sessions, contains information on gender mainstreaming activities
Gender mainstreaming in the work of the World Bank: Identifying the potentials and challenges
[ www.un.org ] Languages: English
Presentation by DAW Director at CSW 2002 side event

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