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Women
of the World: Regions and Countries
Region- and
country specific information on the promotion of gender equality and
the empowerment of women
- Regional Information
- The World's Women
The World's Women is
a statistical source-book produced by UN Department of Economic
and Social Affairs providing a comprehensive analysis of women in
different parts of the world. It highlights the main findings of
statistical analysis worldwide in a broad range of fields --
including families, health, education, work, human rights and
politics.
- DAW: CEDAW country reports, national action plans
and government commitments to implement the Beijing Platform for
Action.
[ www.un.org ] Languages: English
- UNIFEM at Work
Worldwide
[ www.unifem.org ] Languages:
English
UNIFEM's thematic
priorities, economic security and rights, women's human rights and
governance and leadership in relation to regional realities in
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and
Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent
States (CEE/CIS).
- WorldBank's
GenderStats
[ devdata.worldbank.org ]
Languages: English
Regional and
country-specific information and gender statistics
- WHO
country profiles
[ www.who.int ]
Languages: English
Sex-disaggregated
information on various health-related topics
- ILO Gender Equality Tool country
list
[ www.ilo.org ] Languages: English
Searchable
database
- OHCHR
Treaty Body Database
[ www.unhchr.ch ]
Languages: English
Includes
information on CEDAW state parties reports, concluding comments
etc.
- OHCHR: Commission on Human Rights documents on
women's rights
[ www.unhchr.ch ]
Languages: English
Selection of
country-specific and thematic documents
- UNHCR country operations
plans
[ www.unhcr.org ] Languages:
English
Include
information on refugee groups, including refugee
women
- UNHCR: Women, children and older
refugees
[ www.unhcr.org ] Languages:
English
Paper on sex and
age distribution of refugee populations with special emphasis on
UNHCR policy priorities
- UNICEF country
information
[ www.unicef.org ] Languages:
English
- UNFPA:
Population and Reproductive Health country
profiles
[ www.unfpa.org ] Languages:
English
Published every
two years with updated policy descriptions and
indicators.
- IFAD: Gender and Household Food Security - Thematic
and Country Studies
[ www.ifad.org ]
Languages: English
- UNDP: Millennium Development Goals: National reports
- A look through the gender
lens
[ www.undp.org ] Languages: English
UNDP
publication
- FAO: From farmer to planner and back: Harvesting
best practices
[ www.fao.org ] Languages:
English | French | Spanish
2003 publication
with case studies from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Near
East
- FAO: Good practices in gender mainstreaming -
country fact sheets
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
1999 Project fact
sheets on Afghanistan, Bolivia, Burundi, Costa Rica, Gambia,
Honduras, Indonesia, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Sikkim
(India), Tunisia
- FAO: Women, agriculture and rural development:
Findings of an FAO study in the Near
East
[ www.fao.org ] Languages: English
1996 synthesis of
report on national
studies
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