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THE ORGANIZATION

The objectives of he Women and Gender Equality Unit include:

  • reinforcing gender mainstreaming in UNESCO's programmes through institutionalized networks of empowered gender focal points within Member States and within the Organization's secretariat, and through closer collaboration between National Commissions for UNESCO and "national machineries for Beijing follow-up".

  • capacity-building in Member States to respond better to women's needs, particularly by developing a holistic, multi-disciplinary approach to gender issues.

  • increasing the awareness of and respect for women's human rights through worldwide dissemination of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), in collaboration with other UN entities and concerned NGOs.

  • development of awareness-raising and training tools for gender mainstreaming in UNESCO's fields of competence, including gender sensitive indicators to assess progress in each of these areas.
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