UN Women

Published: Tuesday, July 13, 2010

AFTER FOUR years of difficult talks, and 15 years after the landmark Beijing women's conference, the member states of the United Nations have finally agreed to establish an umbrella agency to represent the interests of women. It will be responsible for supervising projects around the world, lobbying for better laws for women, and ensuring that other UN agencies also promote women's equality.

Known officially as the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNEGEEW), although to avoid the awful acronym, officials say it will be referred to simply as "UN Women". The agency will consolidate four little-known UN divisions: the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women; the Division for the Advancement of Women; the UN Development Fund for Women; and the UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women.

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