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International Gender Champions - Geneva

International Gender Champions is a network of senior leaders working to advance gender equality in the executive management of their institutions and their programmatic work through concrete and measurable commitments. Among the International Gender Champions - Geneva are leaders of many International Organizations, Permanent Missions, and civil society entities, including UN Geneva Director-General Tatiana Valovaya.

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United Nations System-Wide Strategy on Gender Parity
The System-wide Strategy on Gender Parity covers targets and accountability; special measures; enabling environment; senior appointments; and mission settings. It balances accountability with incentives, recognizes different starting points and challenges, and provides tools to empower and encourage staff and managers alike.
Guidelines for gender-inclusive language
These Guidelines include strategies to help UN staff use gender-inclusive language.
In keeping with the Organization’s core value of multilingualism, the Guidelines have been produced in the six official languages of the United Nations as semi-autonomous projects that comply with the principle of parity among the official languages. They reflect the specificities and unique features of each language, recommending remedies that are tailored to the linguistic context.

UNHCR Refworld topic page: Gender Equality & Women
Refugee and human rights legal, policy and guidance documents on gender equality and women.

Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database (UN Women)
Compiles provisions related to gender contained in constitutions in countries around the world, available in the original language, along with English translations. Searchable by keywords, provisions, regions or countries.

InterviewHer
Connecting the Media with Women Experts on Conflict, Peace, and Security
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InterviewHer is a project of the Nobel Womens Initiative.

InterviewHer makes it easier for journalists to reach credible, women expert sources on issues of conflict, peace and security globally and thus achieve more balanced, fair, and gender-sensitive reporting.

Through our “Find an expert” page, journalists can locate experts by region, country, or search through a range of over 20 focus areas.

Women’s rights in review 30 years after Beijing by UN-Women
ISBN: 9789211071771
Publication Date: 2025
This publication summarizes the UN Secretary-General’s report on the 30-year review and appraisal of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which reflects global, regional, and national reviews of 159 countries, summarizing progress and priorities for further action.
Gender Data Outlook 2024: Unlocking Capacity, Driving Change by PARIS21; UN Women
Publication Date: 2024
The Gender Data Outlook, published by UN Women and PARIS21, assesses countries' levels of statistical maturity using a new global framework and corresponding measure for gender data capacity across countries along four dimensions: 1) an enabling environment; 2) production; 3) accessibility; and 4) use.
Women in Politics Map by Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women