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	UNIFEM Azerbaijan Official website
		The UNIFEM Assessment was carried out by the Azerbaijan-based Sigma Research Center for Development and International Collaboration, with funding and technical support coming from the Agency.
		Through the support of the UNIFEM Regional Project, "Women for Conflict Prevention and Peace Building in the Southern Caucasus", the roundtable brought together local women's organizations, international partners and representatives of state bodies to discuss the importance of the Beijing Platform for Action to advancing gender equality in Azerbaijan.
		UNIFEM is pleased to announce the latest cycle of the Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women.
	www.un-az.org /unifem (1128 words)

	UNIFEM Eastern Africa Main Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		UNIFEM was created by a UN General Assembly resolution in 1976 following a call from women's organizations attending the 1975 First World Conference on Women in Mexico City.
		UNIFEM yesterday joined a solidarity mission to visit displaced women in Mathare slums, as a result of the recent community clashes that left hundreds of women and their families in the cold.
		UNIFEM's interventions on women's rights and gender equality in Somalia and Uganda received a major boost this week with financial assistance from SIDA and the government of Norway.........
	www.unifem-easternafrica.org /Main.htm (643 words)

	No Real Democracy Without Women, Says UNIFEM - Global Policy Forum - Social and Economic Policy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The UNIFEM report cited a 1999 World Bank study which found that governments that gave greater say to women were associated with lower levels of corruption.
		Speaking at the UNIFEM report's launch, Supatra agreed with the report's finding that the South-east Asian nation's impressive success in eradicating the gender gap in education will not be of much use unless it is matched by strides in the other two areas -- equality in paid work and in political representation.
		However, the UNIFEM survey noted that it was not enough for women to be elected to parliament as ''the power to make decisions about economic policy has moved elsewhere.'' This is why it was important for women to be in key positions in decision making bodies like financial ministries and central banks, said the report.
	www.globalpolicy.org /socecon/inequal/unifem.htm (920 words)

	UN-NGLS Publications: NGLS Handbook
		UNIFEM funds women's projects in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Commonwealth of Independent States and Central and Eastern Europe.
		UNIFEM's work is carried out by the joint efforts of staff in New York at UN headquarters and in regional offices in Barbados, Brazil, Ecuador, Fiji, India, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Senegal, Thailand and Zimbabwe.
		UNIFEM also works with governments to strengthen their capacity to develop the policies, programmes and tools necessary for gender responsive development planning.
	www.un-ngls.org /documents/publications.en/ngls.handbook/a22unifem.htm (1829 words)

	UNIFEM - Strengthening Women's Economic Capacity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		UNIFEM's focus on Strengthening Women's Economic Capacity is an integral part of the Fund's ongoing global strategy to increase women's access to and control over income and resources.
		UNIFEM's work on economic empowerment is undertaken within the context of trade and new technologies, which present both new threats and new opportunities to women's livelihoods.
		UNIFEM expands women's opportunities to lift themselves and their families out of poverty by ensuring that trade and other economic policies are gender-sensitive, by increasing women's participation in economic decision-making, by strengthening their bargaining power in both the household and marketplace, and by increasing their access to and control over economic and natural resources.
	www.snvworld.org /cds/rgGEN/VENA/unifem.htm (262 words)

	UNIFEM in India
		UNIFEM was established as an innovative and catalytic fund for women’s empowerment and gender equality in 1976.
		UNIFEM is an autonomous organization working in close association with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
		UNIFEM is trying to mobilize the participation of women in economic decision-making and ensure that economic and trade practices are gender sensitive.
	www.un.org.in /Agencies/unifem.htm (813 words)

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		UNIFEM's innovative work in peace building and reconstruction, particularly in East Timor, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Afghanistan, has created replicable models to increase women's leadership role in peace and reconstruction processes and has resulted in strengthened partnerships with UN Organisations such as UNAIDS and UNFPA to engender protection and assistance efforts.
		UNIFEM's key role in supporting gender mainstreaming in the UN system's response to the crisis in Afghanistan and its support to the drafting of the Afghan Women's Leadership Agenda provide strong evidence of the organization's ability to capitalize on strategic openings for the promotion of women's leadership role.
		UNIFEM Consultative Committee - whose members are appointed by the General Assembly and represent the five geographic regions - provides guidance in the development of programmes and annually monitors progress in the implementation of the organization's Strategy and Business Plan.
	www.un.int /jamaica/UNIFEMReportSept.02.htm (823 words)

	LOMTEC - Unifem
		UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women) was established on the basis of the UNO Resolution dated 1976.
		Its aim is to provide technical and financial support for projects and programs, focused on the assertion of the equal position of women and men, in the area of the defense of women's human rights, increase in the representation of women in decision-making processes, creation of economic conditions for the development of business, etc.
		UNIFEM takes account of the issues of women's rights with regard to specifics of particular regions of the activity.
	www.lomtec.com /italy/index.cfm?module=ActiveWeb&page=WebPage&s=WP_UNIFEM (958 words)

	UNIFEM Canada - News Release
		In 2004, UNIFEM worked with a local women's network, DUSHIREHAMWE, and journalists to produce a newsletter on women's role in peace-building and conflict; it is now being distributed throughout the country.
		UNIFEM also provided assistance in facilitating the women's regional meeting in October 2004, where over 100 women from the Great Lakes Region drafted the Kigali declaration.
		Prior to the regional meeting, UNIFEM worked closely with National focal points for the IC-GLR, women's organizations coordinated the activities of women from the nine core countries to ensure that different viewpoints on key issues were adequately reflected, and that national perspectives would feed into a broader regional vision.
	www.unac.org /unifem/winner_carolyn_mcaskie.html (1550 words)

	ABOUT OCHA - [UN in the oPt - UNIFEM] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations.
		UNIFEM was created in 1976, in response to a call from women's organizations attending the 1975 UN First World Conference on Women in Mexico City.
		Today, UNIFEM works in over 100 countries and has 14 Regional Programme Directors and a growing network of affiliated gender advisors and specialists in Africa, the Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, Latin America and the Caribbean.
	www.humanitarianinfo.org /opt/OCHA_Body-ASP_Files/About_Sec/[About-UN-in-oPt-UNIFEM_Txt].asp (262 words)

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		UNIFEM programmes support the mainstreaming of gender equality into efforts related to all of the goals.
		As part of UN system initiatives in support of national efforts and priorities, UNIFEM is providing its technical expertise to country-based initiatives aimed at developing MDG-based Poverty Reduction Strategies, and is also feeding into the UN coordinated efforts to develop an integrated package of services for countries to support MDG implementation.
		UNIFEM also helps make the voices of women heard at the United Nations — to highlight critical issues and advocate for the implementation of existing commitments made to women.
	siteresources.worldbank.org /INTGENDER/Resources/UNIFEM.doc (1007 words)

	UNIFEM Armenia
		Working in partnership with government and women's peace networks, the goal of UNIFEM's regional project is to support the advancement of gender equality, increased capacity of women to participate in peace-building and decision-making processes, and the creation of an enabling environment in support of conflict prevention and peace-building in the Southern Caucasus.
		Phase II of UNIFEM's regional project "Women for Conflict Prevention and Peace Building in the Southern Caucasus" began during 2004 through the generous support of the Governments of Sweden and Finland.
		Toward this end, UNIFEM forged closer partnerships with the national women's machineries in the three countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia) and developed strategies to build the governments' capacities to support and monitor implementation of UN SCR 1325 and CEDAW, and integrate these principles into emerging national policies and commitments (e.g.
	www.undp.am /?page=UNIFEM (500 words)

	UNIFEM China homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Nicole Kidman as UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador in Shanghai in June 2006 raised funds from OMEGA for China Gender Facility...
		UNIFEM established its office in China in 1998, with the initial program focused on empowerment of women through expanding economic opportunities, political participation and advancing women's human rights via combating violence against women and the spread of HIV/AIDS.
		UNIFEM China also served as an implementing agency for UNDP from 2001 through 2003 in conducting a research analysis of the specific impact of the WTO accession on the status of women in agriculture and industry.
	www.unchina.org /unifem (302 words)

	UNIFEM ESEASIA Lao Page
		UNIFEM involvement in Lao spans 13 years, during which time an effective partnership has been built with the Lao Women's Union.
		UNIFEM's first project in Lao was to support Lao Cotton, the marketing arm for women's cotton and silk garment producers.
		UNIFEM then acted to strengthen the LWU's capacity to advocate for women's issues and influence government policies and programmes.
	www.unifem-eseasia.org /country/lao.htm (227 words)

	UNIFEM - UNIFEM Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		UNIFEM Australia was incorporated in 1990 and has a membership base of a large number of women's organisations as well as approximately 850 individual members.
		One of UNIFEM Australia's current projects is in association with IDP, a global company offering student recruiting and testing services around the globe which is part-owned by 38 prestigious universities in Australia and represents all education sectors.
		UNIFEM Australia has established a Young Women's Network to engage young women and represent their interests in relation to the programs and activities that UNIFEM Australia undertakes.
	www.unifem.org.au /index.cgi?tid=1 (1116 words)

	Concerned Women for America - A Critique Of UNIFEM
		To align with UNIFEM is to align with a radical left agenda at virtually every point—from ”reproductive health services“ to ”working vigorously to support implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action“ in every agency and area of the United States government and around the world.
		UNIFEM partners with the leftist women's organizations —like the National Organization for Women and The Women's Economic and Development Organization (WEDO) to redefine the family and insist upon ”comparable worth“ (sex-based wage and salary price fixing).
		In addition, UNIFEM bases its programs and policies on faulty data and logic that conform to a flawed utopian perspective that assumes that the Western, developed nations know what is best for developing countries.
	cwfa.org /articledisplay.asp?id=2056&department=BLI&categoryid=reports (703 words)

	United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
		UNIFEM was established by the General Assembly resolution 39/125 (1984).
		UNIFEM focuses on three thematic issues namely strengthening women’s economic capacities and rights, engendering governance and leadership and promoting women’s human rights and the elimination of violence against women.
		UNIFEM is financed from voluntary contributions from both government and private donors.
	www.dfa.gov.za /foreign/Multilateral/inter/unifem.htm (462 words)

	Newsletter
		The A.G.M. of Unifem Ireland was held on the 27th March 03 at Bahai Centre, Dublin.
		A cheque for $5,000 was sent to Unifem, New York this is Ireland’s contribution to the project.
		Unifem Ireland will be represented at the European Meeting of UNIFEM National Committees 20th – 22nd June 2003 to be held in Bonn, Germany, by our Chairperson Mahin Sefidvash and committee member Siobhan D’Arcy Bewick.
	members.tripod.com /unifemireland/Newsletter.htm (649 words)

	UNIFEM Azerbaijan Official website - About Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		UNIFEM, created by a UN General Assembly resolution in 1976, is the women's fund at the United Nations, It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programs and strategies that promote women's rights, their political participation and economic security.
		UNIFEM works in partnership with UN System organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and networks to achieve social justice and gender equality.
		To support women in their efforts to be active participants and contributors in the conflict resolution and peace process, the UNIFEM project, "Women for Conflict Prevention and Peace building in the Southern Caucasus" was started in April 2001.
	www.un-az.org /unifem/aboutproject.php (295 words)

	UNIFEM - United Nations Development Fund for Women (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The December 2006 issue of UNIFEM's electronic newsletter highlights the recently released report of the Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on System-Wide Coherence, which recommends, among...
		UNIFEM is requesting more than US$4.1 million as part of the 2007 Consolidated Appeal which was launched today in New York.
		UNIFEM is aware of fictitious job vacancy announcements that are being circulated through the Internet, the purpose of which is to get people to register for a training and send in a fee.
	www.unifem.org.cob-web.org:8888 (263 words)

	UN Developement Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
		UNIFEM provides funding to work that promotes the political and economic empowerment of women in developing countries.
		UNIFEM focuses its work at the country level within the context of the United Nations Resident Coordinator System.
		UNIFEM is represented at the regional and country level by its 12 Regional Programme Advisors (RPAs).
	www.peacewomen.org /un/sec/unifem.html (355 words)

	Press Releases: Balkans, UNIFEM goodwill ambassador Nicole Kidman visits Kosovo
		UNIFEM established a presence in Kosovo right after the war in 1999 and has since been instrumental in supporting advocacy for women's rights and participation in economic and political governance, working in close partnership with women's organizations and with government institutions.
		UNIFEM works in close cooperation with all other UN agencies present in Kosovo and is taking the lead for a newly developed common UN programme to advance gender equality in which several UN agencies will participate.
		UNIFEM work has focused on integrating women's human rights into legal and institutional foundations, providing technical assistance to the government to advance implementation of the Kosovo Action Plan for the Achievement of Gender Equality and the recently adopted Gender Equality Law.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/YAOI-6UN8S8?OpenDocument (730 words)

	UNIFEM at the College of New Rochelle
		UNIFEM was founded at the College of New Rochelle in January of 1999 by Dr. Anne McKernan and several International Studies students who wanted to promote awareness of gender inequality around the world.
		The founders of UNIFEM at CNR invited Margaret C. Snyder, Founding Director of UNIFEM and a CNR alum to start the chapter.
		Currently UNIFEM-CNR is applying for formal recognision by UNIFEM as an official chapter at the College of New Rochelle.
	www.cnr.edu /home/sas/ISP/unifem.html (114 words)

	Home page of UNIFEM in Asia-Pacific and Arab States
		All speeches and presentations are now available for download from the report on UNIFEM input to the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper at the World Bank's Second Regional Meeting on Gender, held 18-19 Sep 2003 in Siem Riep.
		This meeting is another element in the emerging collaboration between UNIFEM and the World Bank in the Asia-Pacific Region.
		UNIFEM is working with many Indonesian partners on A Legal and Rights-Based Perspective on Women in the Indonesian Economy.
	www.unifem-ecogov-apas.org (479 words)

	UNIFEM Deutschland
		UNIFEM fördert die gleichberechtigte Teilhabe der Frauen an politischer, öko- nomischer und gesellschaftlicher Macht.
		UNIFEM wurde 1976 von der Generalversammlung der Verein- ten Nationen ins Leben gerufen und arbeitet heute als eigen- ständige UN-Organisation mit dem Hauptsitz in New York eng mit dem Entwick- lungsprogramm der Vereinten Nationen (UNDP) zusammen.
		Das Mandat von UNIFEM betrifft die Be- ratung und finanzielle Förderung von Frauenprojekten in den sich entwickelnden Ländern und Regionen.
	www.unifem.de (326 words)

	UNIFEM -United Nations Development Fund for Women (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		UNIFEM’s goal in Afghanistan is to increase opportunities for women that transform the development of Afghanistan into a more equitable and sustainable process.
		Since then UNIFEM has undergone a process of consultation with Afghan women to formulate its strategy for Afghanistan based on the needs identified by Afghan women and in the context of the country’s history and culture.
		UNIFEM’s goal in Afghanistan is to increase options and opportunities for women through programme activities that transform the overall development of Afghanistan into a more equitable and sustainable process.
	afghanistan.unifem.org.cob-web.org:8888 (467 words)

	News > Press Releases > UNIFEM mobilizes worldwide attention to end violence against women : Not A Minute More - ...
		UNIFEM's Trust Fund to Eliminate Violence Against Women provides resources to women in every region of the world to support their efforts to end violence.
		The event will highlight the work of grantees of UNIFEM's Trust Fund, who will tell their stories and share their strategies of working to end violence in their communities.
		UNIFEM will also release a new publication titled, 'Not A Minute More: Ending Violence Against Women', based on an assessment of the impact of violence against women around the world.
	www.nwmindia.org /news/round_up/unifem.html (387 words)

	US Committee for UNIFEM - Non-profit organization dedicated to supporting womens rights throughout the developing ...
		UNIFEM, the women's fund at the United Nations, supports women and girls by providing financial and technical assistance to projects that foster the development of women's economic security, promote women's human rights, and increase women's participation in decision-making processes that shape their lives.
		UNIFEM provides leadership within the United Nations and for women around the world by advocating for the elimination of violence against women, by speaking out for increased roles in peace building, and by working to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS.
		Since its inception UNIFEM has established itself as a leader in the pursuit of human rights by funding innovative initiatives for women around the world.
	www.forewomen.org (324 words)

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