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United Nations Development Fund for Women - UNIFEM
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UNIFEM promotes gender equality and women’s social, economic and political empowerment. It works to ensure the participation of women in all levels of development planning and practice and acts as a catalyst within the UN system, supporting efforts that link the needs and concerns of women to critical issues on the national, regional and global agendas, such as water. UNIFEM’s work focuses on strengthening women’s economic capacity as entrepreneurs and producers, increasing women’s participation in the decision-making processes that shape their lives and promoting women’s human rights.
Areas of expertise: Financial and technical assistance, women’s human rights, economic security, gender mainstreaming, women’s empowerment
Key publications and resources:
Annual Report
Picturing a Life Free of Violence
Progress of the World’s Women
Media contacts:
Mark Gwozdecky
Public Information Director and Spokesperson
P.O.Box 100
A-1400 Vienna, Austria
Tel: +43 1 2600-21270
Fax: +43 1 2600-29610
Website: http://www.unifem.org
Leigh Pasqual
UNIFEM Media Officer
304 East 45th Street, 15th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel: +1-212-906-5463
Fax: +1-212-906-6705
E-mail: leigh.pasqual@undp.org
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