United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

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United Nations entity international organization

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) is a UN organization dedicated to promoting gender equality and empowering women worldwide through advocacy, policy support, and programmatic initiatives.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
UN Women	4
International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women	1
UNIFEM	1
United Nations Development Fund for Women	1
United Nations entities on gender equality	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations entity ⓘ international organization ⓘ
beganOperationsOn	2011-01-01 ⓘ
createdByResolution	UN General Assembly resolution 64/289 ⓘ
dateFounded	2010-07-02 ⓘ
focusArea	ending violence against women and girls ⓘ gender-responsive governance and national planning ⓘ humanitarian action with a gender perspective ⓘ women, peace and security ⓘ women’s economic empowerment ⓘ women’s leadership and political participation ⓘ
formedByMergerOf	DAW ⓘ INSTRAW ⓘ OSAGI ⓘ United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: UNIFEM
foundedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
fundingSource	contributions from private sector and foundations ⓘ individual donations ⓘ voluntary contributions from Member States ⓘ
hasGlobalPresenceIn	conflict-affected countries ⓘ developing countries ⓘ least developed countries ⓘ
headquartersCountry	United States of America ⓘ
headquartersLocation	New York City ⓘ
locatedInBuilding	United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
mandate	coordinate and promote accountability within the UN system on gender equality ⓘ empower women and girls ⓘ promote gender equality ⓘ support Member States in setting global standards for gender equality ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
partOf	United Nations ⓘ
predecessor	Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women ⓘ surface form: Division for the Advancement of Women United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women ⓘ United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United Nations Development Fund for Women
shortName	United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: UN Women
supportsAgenda	Sustainable Development Goals ⓘ surface form: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action ⓘ Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women ⓘ
supportsGoal	Sustainable Development Goal 5 ⓘ
typeOfUNBody	UN fund and programme ⓘ
website	https://www.unwomen.org ⓘ
worksWith	Member States of the United Nations ⓘ surface form: UN Member States civil society organizations ⓘ other UN entities ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CIM → collaboratesWith → United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ⓘ

subject surface form: Inter-American Commission of Women

this entity surface form: United Nations entities on gender equality

United Nations Population Fund → cooperatesWith → United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ⓘ

UNAIDS → coordinatesWith → United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN Women

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women → formedByMergerOf → United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNIFEM

United Nations development system → hasComponent → United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ⓘ

United Nations Development Group → hasMember → United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ⓘ

United Nations system → hasPart → United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ⓘ

United Nations country teams in Central Africa → includes → United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN Women

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women → predecessor → United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Development Fund for Women

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women → predecessor → United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women → shortName → United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN Women

UN Goodwill Ambassador → usedBy → United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ⓘ

United Nations Volunteers → worksWith → United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN Women