"Aid modalities and the promotion of gender equality"

2006 Bi-annual joint meeting with OECD/DAC Network
30 to 31 January 2006, Nairobi, Kenya
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Women and Peace and Security - Implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000)

2005 marked the fifth anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security. On 27 October, the Security Council held its annual debate on this issue. The debate resulted in a statement by the President of the Council.



For further information and a calendar of events, see the feature on the WomenWatch site on Women, Peace and Security:

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/feature/wps/

Resource Guide for Gender Theme Groups

This resource guide provides practical guidance to UN Theme Groups on Gender on how to increase effectiveness at the country level in incorporating gender equality and women's empowerment issues into interagency collaboration mechanisms, including the preparation of Common Country Assessment/UN Development Assistance Framework (CCA/UNDAF) documents as well as work around the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs).

The guide highlights the importance of successful experiences in developing a sense of purpose, clear workplans, and a commitment from UN Country Teams to coalesce around promoting women's rights and gender equality. It features tips, examples, good practices, concrete tools, and suggested organizational structures to enable theme group members to build on one another's positive experiences and support the commitment of UN Country Teams to gender mainstreaming.

Copies are available in English, French and Spanish on the page of the Task Force on Gender Mainstreaming in the CCA/UNDAF

New Issue of IANWGE E-Newsletter

Vol 2. No. 2 of "Gender Mainstreaming Highlights" (August 2005) is available:
Click here to read the E-Newsletter.

Summary of the Online Discussions

Held in Preparation for the 10 Year Review and Appraisal
of the Implementation of the Platform for Action in the 49th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Click here to read the summary report.

Annual meeting of the UN Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE)
New York, 22-25 February 2005

The fourth session of the IANWGE brought together gender focal points from most of the United Nations entities to review and follow-up on activities of different parts of the UN system during the previous year and to discuss challenges encountered and issues of common concern for the future. The Network considered the 10-year review and appraisal of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and ways to move forward; the 5-year review of the Millennium Declaration and the MDGs; developments related to gender statistics and indicators; follow-up to the 2004 ECOSOC coordination segment; human rights issues and human resources, and the status of women in the UN system. Reports on inter-sessional activities were presented by the Task Forces of IANWGE. A one-day workshop on “Ten-year review of gender mainstreaming: the way forward” was held in connection to the meeting. A joint statement was adopted at the end of the meeting. A full report from the meeting is available >>>

While the definition of gender mainstreaming may be difficult to understand, its goal is not: the achievement of gender equality. OIOS is helping in this process by monitoring and providing oversight of programmes’ efforts in this regard. Read more about the role of OIOS’ Gender Focal Point >> intranet link >>

Gender Mainstreaming Highlights, An E-Newsletter of IANWGE, prepared by the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (DESA/OSAGI) Vol 1. No. 4 – January 2005

Gender equality and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Photo Exhibit during the 49th Session of the Commission for the Status of Women