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Gender Mainstreaming
Information on gender mainstreaming policies and practices in UN entities. Mainstreaming is the process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action, including legislation, policies or programmes, in all areas and at all levels. The ultimate goal of this strategy is to achieve gender equality.
- UN Women: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
On 2 July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women. In doing so, UN Member States took a historic step towards accelerating the Organization’s goals on gender equality and the empowerment of women.
- UN Secretariat and Inter-Agency bodies
- Intergovernmental bodies, including ECOSOC and functional/regional commissions
- General Assembly (GA)
Main deliberative organ of the United Nations composed of representatives of all Member States. As the highest intergovernmental body in the UN, it is also the principal policy-making and appraisal organ on matters relating to the follow-up to the major World Conferences on Women.
- Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
The Economic and Social Council coordinates the work of the 14 UN specialized agencies, 10 functional commissions, including the Commission on the Status of Women, and five regional commissions; receives reports from 11 UN funds and programmes and issues policy recommendations to the UN system and to Member States. ECOSOC also monitors follow up to the major World Conferences on Women.
- Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
The CSW is one of the functional Commissions of ECOSOC and the major policy-making body responsible for assisting in monitoring, reviewing, appraising progress and problems and maintaining public awareness of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, ensuring support for mainstreaming a gender perspective in UN activities, identifying emerging issues, trends and new approaches to issues affecting the situation of women.
- Commission on Population and Development (CPD)
Functional Commission of ECOSOC, which monitors, reviews, assesses and advises ECOSOC on the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development at the national, regional and international levels, and advises on any other matters relating to population and development.
- Commission for Social Development (CSocD)
Functional Commission of ECOSOC, which assists ECOSOC in monitoring, reviewing and appraising the progress achieved and problems encountered in the implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action and advises on any other matters relating to social development policy
- Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
Functional Commission of ECOSOC, which ensures effective follow-up to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, enhances international cooperation and the intergovernmental decision-making capacity for the integration of environment and development issues, and examines progress of the implementation of Agenda 21 at the national, regional and international levels, and advises on any other matters relating to sustainable development
- Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), African Centre for Gender and Development
Regional Commission of ECOSOC
- Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
Regional Commission of ECOSOC
- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Regional Commission of ECOSOC
- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Regional Commission of ECOSOC
- Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Regional Commission of ECOSOC
- Human Rights Council
The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the UN system made up of 47 States responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe. The Council was created by the UN General Assembly on 15 March 2006 with the main purpose of addressing situations of human rights violations and make recommendations on them.
- ARCHIVED: Commission on Human Rights (CHR) (replaced by the Human Rights Council)
On 15 March 2006, the General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/60/251
to establish the Human Rights Council. On 27 March 2006, the Commission on Human
Rights concluded its sixty-second and final session.
- Programmes and Funds
- Specialized Agencies
- UN Research Institutes
- Treaty Bodies
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