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- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- Gender and Development
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
The Sustainable Development Department aims at stimulating growth with equity, while reducing rural poverty and achieving food security, through provision of adequate and equitable access to productive resources and essential supporting services to both rural women and men. The SDD is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the FAO Gender and Development Plan of Action (2002-2007) in consultation with all units of FAO.
- Gender and Food Security
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English | French | Spanish
- FAO Gender and Development Plan of Action (2002-2007)
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
Programme document
- Gender and Food Security
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
1997 presentation of FAO conceptual framework for analysing gender implications for sustainable agriculture and food security.
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- IAEA Resources for Women
[ www.iaea.org ]
Languages: English
This website gives information about women in the nuclear field, steps taken by the IAEA to recruit women, IAEA reports on women in the Secretariat, and descriptions of the ways in which the Agency's work impacts women.
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Gender equality at the heart of decent work, Campaign 2008-2009
[ www.ilo.org ]
Languages: English | French | Spanish
The year 2009 is significant in many ways for the International Labour Organization (ILO). It is the 90th anniversary of the founding of the ILO, the 10th anniversary of its gender equality action plan and the year the International Labour Conference (ILC) will hold a general discussion on "Gender Equality at the Heart of Decent Work". In the lead-up to this discussion, the ILO is launching a global campaign on gender equality and the world of work.
- ILO Bureau for Gender Equality
[ www.ilo.org ]
Languages: English | French | Spanish
The Bureau for Gender Equality's mandate is to promote equality between women and men throughout ILO. It acts as advisor, catalyst, advocate and communicator for mainstreaming a gender perspective, advocates ILO policies, instruments, work and activities on gender and gender equality, and disseminates information about gender issues in the world of work to ILO staff, constituents, and the international community.
- Guidelines for the Integration of Gender Issues into the Design, Monitoring and Evaluation of ILO Programmes and Projects
[ www.ilo.org ]
Languages: English
- Action Plan on Gender Equality and Gender Mainstreaming
[ www.ilo.org ]
Languages: English
- International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- Gender Issues
[ www.itu.int ]
Languages: English
ITU's policy recognizes that society as a whole will benefit from equal participation of women and men in policy and decision-making and from equal access to communications services.
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
- World Bank Group
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Department of Gender and Women's Health (GWH)
[ www.who.int ]
Languages: English
The Department of Gender and Women's Health is charged with helping WHO's various programs and departments undertake the challenge of integrating gender considerations into their work. It is also responsible for researching and disseminating information on topics directly pertaining to women's health, such as gender-based violence against women.
- WHO Gender Policy
[ www.who.int ]
Languages: English | French | Spanish | Arabic | Chinese | Russian
- Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)
[ www.paho.org ]
Languages: English | Spanish
PAHO works with the health sector to advocate, strengthen capacity, and involve stakeholders in formulating better health policies and improving prevention and health care. It was the first UN organization to pass a resolution recognizing violence as a human rights and public health problem (1993).
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- Women and Intellectual Property
[ www.wipo.int ]
Languages: English
Information about intellectual property issues and WIPO activities that may be of particular interest and concern to women.
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