Flagship programme initiatives

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UN Women has developed a series of flagship programmes (ar, en, es, fr, pt) to deepen its efforts and achieve transformative results. These high-impact, scalable initiatives build on and supplement UN Women’s ongoing programming work. Using a human-rights-based approach focused on strengthening the voice of women and girls, they seek to remove structural barriers to gender equality and women’s empowerment. Each programme is guided by international human rights treaties and contributes to achieving UN Women’s Strategic Plan. There are 12 flagships and four “pipeline” flagship programmes.

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Supporting the SDGs with UN Women’s Flagship Programmes

Women’s political empowerment and leadership

Women’s access to justice

Transformative financing for gender equality

Demanding rights to reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health services

Women’s empowerment through climate-smart agriculture

Women’s entrepreneurship for sustainable energy

Income generation for women: Decent work and social protection

Stimulating equal opportunities for women entrepreneurs

Safe cities and safe public spaces

Prevention and access to essential services to end violence against women

Women’s leadership, access and protection in crisis response

Addressing the gender inequality of risk in a changing climate

Women’s engagement in peace, security and recovery

Better gender statistics for SDGs evidence-based localization

Programme and technical assistance

Within countries that request its assistance, UN Women works with government and non-governmental partners to help them put in place the policies, laws, services and resources that women require to move towards equality. It draws on extensive knowledge and experience with which interventions work best in a given environment, and which do the most to unlock rapid national progress in attaining national and international commitments to women. For more information, see “What we do”.