ListarReports por tema "GENDER"
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Access to basic services for the poor : the importance of good governance
(United Nations, 2007)The United Nations Millennium Declaration, signed by 191 nations in 2000, resolved to spare no effort to free the world from the dehumanizing conditions of poverty. The Declaration gave rise to the Millennium Development ... -
Achievements of the United Nations decade for women in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 1987)
Growing world-wide recognition of the unequal participation of women in development culminated in the declaration of 1975 as International Women’s Year and of the subsequent ten years as the United Nations Decade ... -
Asian and Pacific decade of disabled persons : action targets gender dimensions
(United Nations, 1996)The Meeting to Review the Progress of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 1993-2002, was convened by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in collaboration with the Ministry ...
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Asian women for a culture of peace : report of the regional conference: Asian women for a culture of peace, 6-9 December 2000, Hanoi
(United Nations, 2001)The regional conference, Asian Women for a Culture of Peace, was organized by the Government of Viet Nam in cooperation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the United ...
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Emerging issues of health and mortality in the Asian and Pacific region
(United Nations, 2005)A collection of papers presented at the Fifth Asian and Pacific Conference held at Bangkok in 2002, with the main theme 'Population and Poverty in Asia and the Pacific'. It presents a summary of the situation in the region ... -
Empowering women economically : illustrative case studies from Asia
(United Nations, 2014)This publication addresses the economic aspect of gender mainstreaming, with a particular focus on gender budgeting and women's economic participation in the public domain. Concrete examples of initiatives from the five ... -
Empowerment of women in poverty : report of ESCAP/Grameen Bank Regional Seminar, 7-9 July 1999, Dhaka
(United Nations, 2000-03)This report covers a regional overview of integrating gender concerns into macroeconomic and social policies, social mobilization for collective empowerment of women in extreme poverty, and effective empowerment mechanisma. ...
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Fifth Asian and Pacific population conference : selected papers
(United Nations, 2003)The Ministerial Segment of the Fifth Asian and Pacific Population Conference was held at Bangkok on 16 and 17 December 2002. It was organized jointly by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the ... -
Financial resilience, inclusion, and entrepreneurship : is Asia and the Pacific close to gender parity?
(UN.ESCAP, 2024-03-13)ESCAP’s report Financial resilience, inclusion and entrepreneurship: Is Asia and the Pacific close to gender parity?, presents and analyses of a non-exhaustive set of indicators on women’s access to finance and ...
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Gender, the environment and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 2017)The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development strives for more balanced development by addressing the economic, social and environmental dimensions holistically. The momentum set forth by this agenda provides an historic ... -
Gender-responsive budgeting in Asia and the Pacific : key concepts and good practice
(United Nations, 2018)This booklet on gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) outlines key concepts, useful tools and good practices from around Asia and the Pacific. The good practices were identified based on ESCAP's previous engagement with countries ... -
Integrating unpaid work into national policies
(United Nations, 2003)The amount of time spent on unpaid work has received considerable attention both in developed and developing societies. Detailed information about the importance of undertaking time-use surveys and using the data for ... -
Issues, policies and outcomes : are ICT policies addressing gender equality?
(United Nations, 2002)This paper aims to map a regional information and communications technology ICT policy framework and legislation environment from a gender perspective and draw recommendations directed to narrowing the gender digital divide ... -
Looking into Pandora's Box : the social implications of international migration in Asia
(United Nations, 2008)International migration has become a structural element of societies and economies in Asia and the Pacific. In 2005, the region was home to over 30 per cent of the world's estimated 191 million international migrants. ... -
Pacific perspectives on the commercial sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children and youth
(United Nations, 2009)This publication comprises three papers commissioned by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). It provides a gender analysis of commercial sexual exploitation and sexual abuse ... -
Pursuing gender equality through the Millennium Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific
(Asian Development Bank, 2006)The Millennium Declaration endorsed by the world’s governments in September 2000 recog- nizes that gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are among the most effective ways to “combat poverty, hunger and ...
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Putting gender mainstreaming into practice
(United Nations, 2003)A compilation of the presentations made at the symposium on gender mainstreaming in the Asia-Pacific region. The foucs is on identifying entry points, approaches, methodologies and tool, to support gender mainstreaming at ... -
A regional perspective on the post-2015 : United Nations development agenda
(United Nations, 2013)As the world approaches the deadline for the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the five regional commissions have come together to propose a joint regional perspective on the post-2015 United ...
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Striving together : ASEAN and the UN
(United Nations, 2010)Striving Together: ASEAN and the UN traces the evolution of ASEAN from a grouping of five countries in 1967 to a dynamic regional body that has kept the peace among its ten member States and built a series of expanding ... -
Sustainable social development in a period of rapid globalization : challenges, opportunities and policy options
(United Nations, 2002)Social development goals are addressed in the context of a rapidly changing global environment to ensure that the goals of social development are self-sustaining. An overview of the socio-economic trends is presented ...