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Direct Link to Full 129-Page 2014 UN Women Report:
2014 WORLD SURVEY ON THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT: GENDER EQUALITY & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The World Survey on the Role of Women in Development is a UN
Secretary-General report mandated by the Second Committee of the General
Assembly and comes out every five years. The 2014 report focuses on gender
equality and sustainable development, with chapters on the green economy and
care work, food security, population dynamics, and investments for
gender-responsive sustainable development. The report comes at a crucial
moment, as the global community grapples with the definition of the Sustainable
Development Goals and the emergence of the post-2015 framework. Against this
context, World Survey 2014 asserts the central role of gender equality in charting
the rationale and the actions necessary to achieve sustainable development. The
World Survey uses three criteria to assess whether policy actions and
investments for sustainable development adequately address gender equality. Do
they support women's capabilities and their enjoyment of rights? Do they
reduce, rather than increase, women's unpaid care work? And do they embrace
women's equal and meaningful participation as actors, leaders and
decision-makers? It offers a comprehensive set of recommendations for
gender-responsive policy actions and investments towards sustainable
development overall, as well as for the selected areas which the World Survey
emphasizes.