UN Women thematic briefs

Publication year: 2016

As the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women around the world, UN Women stands behind women’s equal participation in all aspects of life, focusing on priority areas such as:

  • increasing women’s leadership and participation;
  • ending violence against women;
  • engaging women in all aspects of peace and security processes;
  • enhancing women’s economic empowerment; and
  • making gender equality central to national development planning and budgeting.

The following thematic briefs outline UN Women’s work towards each of these key areas, focusing on solutions and illustrating selected results. 

For more information about UN Women’s programmatic work, view or download our Flagship programme briefs.

Additional documents

At a glance: UN Women and its key initiatives

Thematic briefs: Our priority areas of work

Publishing entities

 United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
Economic empowerment Education Ending violence against women and girls Fund for Gender Equality Governance and national planning Humanitarian action Leadership and political participation Peace and security Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces

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