Women's Empowerment

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Policy briefing paper: Gender Sensitive Police Reform in Post Conflict Societies

To further the UN’s commitment to empower women and work towards gender equality in times of war and of peace,in 2006, the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (UNDP/BCPR) and the Department more

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Powerful Synergies: Gender Equality, Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability

Since the Earth Summit twenty years ago, the international community has made historic achievements in advancing human development, including gender equality. But the world continues to face considerable social, economic and environmental challenges, and progress continues to be threatened by more

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Practice Note on Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration of Ex-combatants

This UNDP Practice Note is a contribution to a wider UN effort to enhance cooperation and improve effectiveness in the area of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration(DDR) of ex-combatants. This Practice Note defines DDR and outlines UNDP’s role in the process. It reflects on lessons learned more

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Price of Peace: Financing for Gender Equality in Post-Conflict Reconstruction

UNDP-commissioned case studies in Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Southern Sudan and Timor-Leste examine whether and how resources were allocated and used in post-conflict reconstruction initiatives to promote gender equality and address women’s needs. They also examine how funding of post-conflict more

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Primers in Gender and Democratic Governance #1

This paper explores some of the most common questions on gender, recalls basic obligations for UNDP staff, and develops a human rights-based approach to practical tools for democratic governance practitioners in terms of gender programming.   more

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Gender Equality and UNDP

Despite progress in recent years, women and girls account for six out of 10 of the worlds poorest and two-thirds of the world's illiterate people.UNDP addresses these crucial issues by integrating gender equality and women’s empowerment into its four focus areas.

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The Sustainable Future We Want

UNDP has decades of concrete development experience in countries ranging from fragile States to middle-income countries like Brazil and Indonesia. This, combined with our four focus areas, make us uniquely situated and qualified to answer the UN’s call for a better and more sustainable future.

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