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Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI)
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.

Overview
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Overview of OSAGI's gender mainstreaming mandate
Concepts and definitions
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Statements, papers and publications
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Fact sheet on gender mainstreaming
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Overview of OSAGI's gender mainstreaming policy and activities
Gender Mainstreaming: An Overview
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Major OSAGI publication [PDF]
Regional Symposium on Mainstreaming Gender into Economic Policies (2004)
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Geneva, 28-30 January 2004
Asia-Pacific Regional Symposium on Gender Mainstreaming, Bangkok, 10-13 December 2001
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