Help shape UN WOMEN’s new strategic plan!
The organisation is still in the midst of its first 100 days. And it’s seeking input on how best to achieve its goals.
UN Women is dedicated to gender equality and empowering women. The organisation, which is headed by former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet, was set up earlier this year to champion women & girls and accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.
Courtesy of UN Women
The Feminist Task Force of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty is asking for your opinion . . . it will bring together everyone’s input, then share it with Ms. Bachelet and UN Women.
Go to 100 Days –> 100 Ways, scroll to the bottom of the page, click on Comments, then share, share share. What needs to be done to stop violence against women, support the Millennium Development Goals and address issues of peace and human security, climate change & national budgets, particularly as they relate to women?
Be sure to write your name, country and organisation, if you have one.
Read on to learn more about UN Women’s areas of work . . .
UN Women’s focus areas include:
- Peace & Security, because women bear the brunt of modern conflicts and must be at the centre of peace talks and post-conflict reconstruction
- Leadership & Participation – the percentage of women in political and other leadership roles is small
- National Planning & Budgeting
- Economic Empowerment – Women lag far behind men in access to land, credit & decent jobs
- MDGs
- Violence Against Women
Additional Resources
- UN Women
- “What UN Women Means to Me” (3-min video)
- More about UN Women’s Focus Areas
- “Gender Justice: Key to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals”
- The Journey of Women’s Rights, 1911 – 2011 (2-min video)
- “UN Women Grassroots Speakout,” 2 March 2011, Outcome Document (.pdf)
