Gender Mainstreaming is a globally accepted
strategy for promoting gender equality. Mainstreaming involves
ensuring that gender perspectives and attention to the goal
of gender equality are central to all activities.
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The Focal Point was mandated to monitor the
status of women in the United Nation's Secretariat, and
report on progress to the Secretary General.
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The Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender
Equality (IANWGE) is a network of gender focal points in UN entities.
The Network is chaired by the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and
Advancement of Women. IANWGE monitors and oversees the mainstreaming of
a gender perspective in the programmatic, normative and
operational work of the UN system.
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The adoption of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on
women, peace and security marked an important step toward increasing the
participation of women and bringing gender perspectives to the centre of
all United Nations peace-making, peacekeeping, peace-building and reconstruction efforts. Learn more >>
2007 Report of the Secretary-General on women and peace and security (S/2007/567)
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information on gender issues. It provides regular updates
on gender statistics, recent resolutions, administrative instructions,
and other policies and issues concerning gender. The latest
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In our efforts to disseminate UN vacancy announcements to reach as many senior qualified professional women as possible, please find enclosed the latest list of vacancies at the senior levels. Click here. |
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Panel
Discussion on Intersecting Human Rights Crises: Organ Transplantation and
Organ Trafficking, organised by the IHEU-Appignani Center for Bioethics
in NYC, co-sponsored by the UN Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues
and the Advancement of Women (OSAGI), and The Council of Europe - New York, 11
December, 2007
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Statement by Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Assistant Secretary-General Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, at the Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security - New York, 23 October 2007
Introductory statement by Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Assistant Secretary-General Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women, at the 62nd session of the General Assembly - 15 October 2007
Statement by Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Assistant Secretary-General Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women, at the 10th session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean - Quito, Ecuador, 6 August 2007
Panel Discussion on Breaking Barriers: Achieving Balance In Numbers And Work-Life organized by OSAGI on the occasion of International Women's Day 2007 - Thursday, 8 March 2007
>> Statement by UN Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Asha-Rose Migiro
>> Statement by Dr. Kyung-wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
>> Presentation by Dr. Sylvia Ann Hewlett, President, Center for Work-Life Policy and Director, Gender and Policy Program, Columbia University
>> Presentation by Ms. Diane White, Senior Diversity Adviser, and Co-Manager of Calvert Women's Principles, Calvert Group
>> Speech by Mr. Douglas Freeman Founder of the World Diversity Leadership Summit and CEO of Virtcom Consulting
March 8: International Women's Day >>>
Statement by Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Assistant Secretary-General Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women, at the Preparatory Meeting of Commonwealth Heads of National Women’s Machineries to plan the 8th Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Meeting “Financing Gender Equality for Development and Democracy” - New York, 25 February 2007
Closing remarks by Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, Chairperson, Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality, at the sixth session of the Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) - New York, 22 February 2007
Opening remarks by Ms Rachel Mayanja, Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women and Chairperson of the Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality, at the sixth session of the Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) - New York, 20-22 February 2007
Statement by Ms Rachel Mayanja, Assistant Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, at The DPKO Strategy Workshop with Women’s Constituencies from Troop and Police Contributing Countries - Pretoria, South Africa, 7-9 February 2007
Gender, Water And Sanitation: Case Studies On Best Practices
The 15 case studies presented in this handbook depict best practices in securing sustainable safe drinking
water and sanitation for communities by engaging both men and women as critical stakeholders. The case
studies are drawn from 14 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.
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Statement by Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Assistant Secretary-General, Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women at the launching of the Secretary-General’s study on all forms of violence against women- 9 October 2006, New York
Introductory statement by Ms. Rachel Mayanja Assistant Secretary-General, Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women at the sixty-first session of the General Assembly - 9 October 2006, New York
Statement by Ms. Rachel Mayanja Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women at the ECOSOC Substantive Session of 2006 on Agenda Item 7(e): Mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system and Agenda Item 14 (a): Advancement of Women - 25 July 2006, Geneva
Statement by Ms. Rachel Mayanja Assistant Secretary-General Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, at the Policy Dialogue with Troop and Police Contributing Countries to Review Strategies for Enhancing Gender Balance among Uniformed Personnel in Peacekeeping Missions New York, 28 March 2006
Remarks by
Ms. Rachel Mayanja,
Special Adviser
on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women
at
The joint panel meeting organized by Femmes Africa Solidarite
and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
On "Equal Participation of women and men in decision making processes at all levels" 3 March 2006
Feature Address by Ms. Rachel Mayanja,
Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and
Advancement of Women at the Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers meeting
"Opportunities and threats to the international gender equality agenda presented by current UN Reforms and UN Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security" New York, 26 February 2006
Opening remarks by
Rachel Mayanja,
Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women,
Chairperson, Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality
at
the fifth session of the
Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) New York, 22-24 February 2006
Closing comments by Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Assistant Secretary-General, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issue and Advancement of Women, at the Meeting of the Advisory Committee for the Secretary-General’s in-depth study on violence against women Conference room 8, UN Headquarters, 16-17 February 2006
Statement by
Ms. Rachel Mayanja,
Assistant Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secretary General
on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women,
at
the High-level consultation "Promoting the Gender Equality MDG: The Implementation Challenge"
World Bank, Washington, D.C., 16 February 2006
Statement by
Ms. Rachel Mayanja,
Special Adviser
on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women
at
NGO CSW Interactive Roundtable Discussion
On "Equal Participation of Women and Men in Decision-Making Process at all Levels"
New York, 14 February 2006
Recent appointments / elections of women to senior positions
Radhika Coomaraswamy of Sri Lanka was appointed the Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict on 7 February 2006.
Ms. Coomaraswamy is also a former Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
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Rosalyn Higgins of the United Kingdom was elected President of the International Court of Justice on 6 February 2006. Judge Higgins is the first ever woman President and has been a member of the Court since 1995. She has also served as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee.
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The Status of Women in the UN Secretariat (as of 30 June 2005) >> read more
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Women & Elections
Guide to promoting
the participation of
women in elections.
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Letter by the Women Ministers for Foreign Affairs (19-9-2005)
..Last week, our Heads of States or Governments agreed on how to strengthen the United Nations to the benefit of all people – women and men, girls and boys.
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12-8-2004: Secretary-General appoints Rachel N. Mayanja
of Uganda as Special Adviser on Gender Issues, Advancement of Women
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Press Release: "Africa cannot develop unless women exercise real power", says Secretary-General in message to Addis Ababa session
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Women as peacemakers: from victims to re-builders of society
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To shine a spotlight on some of the important international issues and developments that often do not get sufficient media attention, the United Nations Department of Public Information presents a new initiative - "Ten Stories the World Should Hear More About." |
Former Secretary-General of the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, China) elected President of PanAfrican Parliament
On 18 March 2004, Ms. Gertrude Mongella was elected president of Africa's first pan-continental parliament. |
ECE/OSAGI Regional Symposium
The United Nations Economic Commission for
Europe (UNECE) and the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender
Issues (OSAGI) organized a regional symposium on gender
mainstreaming in economic policies from 28 to 30 January
2004 in Geneva, Switzerland.
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