United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
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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.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T154510 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women Context triple: [United Nations Development Group, hasMember, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women]
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A.
United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme is the UN’s global development agency that works to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities, and support sustainable development in countries worldwide.
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B.
Inter-American Commission of Women
The Inter-American Commission of Women is a specialized body within the inter-American system dedicated to promoting and protecting women’s rights and gender equality across the Americas.
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C.
United Nations Economic and Social Council
The United Nations Economic and Social Council is a principal UN body responsible for coordinating international economic, social, and related work of the organization and its specialized agencies.
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D.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is the UN’s principal body responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide through monitoring, advocacy, and support to states and international mechanisms.
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E.
UN Department of Global Communications
The UN Department of Global Communications is the United Nations office responsible for promoting global awareness and understanding of the UN’s work through strategic communications, public information, and media outreach.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women Target entity description: 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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A.
United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme is the UN’s global development agency that works to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities, and support sustainable development in countries worldwide.
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B.
Inter-American Commission of Women
The Inter-American Commission of Women is a specialized body within the inter-American system dedicated to promoting and protecting women’s rights and gender equality across the Americas.
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C.
United Nations Economic and Social Council
The United Nations Economic and Social Council is a principal UN body responsible for coordinating international economic, social, and related work of the organization and its specialized agencies.
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D.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is the UN’s principal body responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide through monitoring, advocacy, and support to states and international mechanisms.
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E.
UN Department of Global Communications
The UN Department of Global Communications is the United Nations office responsible for promoting global awareness and understanding of the UN’s work through strategic communications, public information, and media outreach.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United Nations entity
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international organization ⓘ |
| beganOperationsOn | 2011-01-01 ⓘ |
| createdByResolution | UN General Assembly resolution 64/289 ⓘ |
| dateFounded | 2010-07-02 ⓘ |
| focusArea |
ending violence against women and girls
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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
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INSTRAW ⓘ OSAGI ⓘ United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
UNIFEM
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| foundedBy | United Nations General Assembly ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
contributions from private sector and foundations
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individual donations ⓘ voluntary contributions from Member States ⓘ |
| hasGlobalPresenceIn |
conflict-affected countries
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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
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empower women and girls ⓘ promote gender equality ⓘ support Member States in setting global standards for gender equality ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
Arabic
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Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| partOf | United Nations ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women
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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
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| shortName |
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
UN Women
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| supportsAgenda |
Sustainable Development Goals
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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
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surface form:
UN Member States
civil society organizations ⓘ other UN entities ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
United Nations Development Group
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UN Goodwill Ambassador
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United Nations system
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hasPart
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United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
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this entity surface form:
UN Women
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
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shortName
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United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
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UN Women
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
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United Nations Development Fund for Women
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
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International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
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UNIFEM
United Nations Volunteers
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UN Women
United Nations Population Fund
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Inter-American Commission of Women
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United Nations entities on gender equality
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United Nations country teams in Central Africa
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UN Women
Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women
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United Nations Development Fund for Women
Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women
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this entity surface form:
UN Women
Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women
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dissolvedInto
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this entity surface form:
UN Women
this entity surface form:
UN Women
this entity surface form:
UN Women
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UN Women
Emma Watson
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affiliation
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United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
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UN Women
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United Nations Volunteers
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UN Women
Gender Unit
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United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
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this entity surface form:
UN Women
Gender, Peace and Security Team
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United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
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UN Women
United Nations peace operations
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UN Women
Commission on the Status of Women
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United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
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this entity surface form:
UN Women
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
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this entity surface form:
UN Women
Department of Global Communications
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UN Women
UNFPA Executive Board
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United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
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UN-Women Executive Board
Archewell
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UN Women
Executive Director of UN Women
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UN Women
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UN Women
Executive Director of UN Women
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seat
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United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
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this entity surface form:
UN Women Headquarters, New York
Executive Director of UN Women
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this entity surface form:
UN Women
United Nations country team in Angola
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member
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United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
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this entity surface form:
UN Women
United Nations country team in Uganda
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member
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United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
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this entity surface form:
UN Women Uganda