Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality
Parent Institution:
United Nations
Acronym:
IANWGE
Address:
2 United Nations Plaza
New York City 10017 United States
See map: Google Maps
Email:
ianwge@un.org
Website:
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/ianwge/
Year Created:
2001 Intergovernmental Club/Forum
Normative standard-setting and deliberation
Media content creation/distribution
Research
Education
Monitoring
Global
Thematic Areas
Access, Inclusion and Participation, Information, Communication and Expression Rights, Social Justice & Democracy
Content, Uses
Culture, Development, Gender, Trade
Specific Themes:
Women's Rights
Specific Themes:
Violence against Women
Specific Themes:
International Institutions
Specific Themes:
Gender&Media
Specific Themes:
Gender Policies
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Gender Mainstreaming
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Equal Opportunities
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Empowerment Mission
The Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) supports and monitors the implementation of: the Beijing Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women and the outcome of the twenty-third United Nations General Assembly special session "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century" (Beijing+5); and gender-related recommendations emanating from other recent UN General Assembly special sessions, conferences and summits, especially by ensuring effective co-operation and coordination throughout the UN system.