Guidelines for gender mainstreaming for the effective implementation of the UN programme of action to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects United

The United Nations has endorsed the strategies of gender mainstreaming and gender balance in its pursuit of gender equality through the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), implementation of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (2000), the Beijing Platform for Action, ECOSOC-agreed conclusions for gender-mainstreaming (1997/2) and various other policy and practice initiatives.