In the present report, the challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls are examined in the context of the full, effective and accelerated implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the gender-responsive implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (General Assembly resolution 70/1).

In its resolution 2015/6 on the future organization and methods of work of the Commission on the Status of Women, the Economic and Social Council decided that the session of the Commission would include a ministerial segment to reaffirm and strengthen political commitment to the realization of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, as well as their human rights, and to ensure high - level engagement and the visibility of the d

The present report has been prepared in response to the request contained in resolution 60/1 of the Commission on the Status of Women on the release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts. It includes information from Member States and provides an update on attention given to issues relating to the topic in intergovernmental processes.

The present report, prepared for the sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women and the thirty-eighth session of the Human Rights Council, describes the impact and achievements of the trust fund in 2017.

The present note reflects the results, including decisions taken, of the sixtyseventh and sixty-eighth sessions of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, held in Geneva from 3 to 21 July and from 23 October to 17 November 2017, respectively.

The Women Thrive SDG5 Toolbox contains everything you need to understand the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and play your part to achieve gender equality by 2030. The Toolbox contains 16 tools to guide you through the individual targets of SDG5 on gender equality and provide you with opportunities to get involved and make a difference:

In preparation for the sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women, UN Women convened an Expert Group Meeting on the priority theme: “Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls.” The Expert Group Meeting was co-convened by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) at IFAD Hea

This document discusses updates and recommendations from the UNESCWA Arab Forum for Sustainable Development. The main goal was to solve the issues related to work and employment and increase job opportunities especially for vulnerable groups, and discussants emphasized on the lack of equal opportunity and gender parity which have to be a cross cutting theme in all the Arab governments efforts and PRSPs.