UN Women
- A Advocate
- F Funder
- P Policymaker
Description
UN Women is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide. UN Women supports UN Member States as they set global standards for achieving gender equality, and works with governments and civil society to design laws, policies, programmes and services needed to ensure that the standards are effectively implemented and truly benefit women and girls worldwide. It works globally to make the vision of the Sustainable Development Goals a reality for women and girls and stands behind women’s equal participation in all aspects of life.
Primary Functions
- Awareness Raising/Advocacy
- Networking/Convening
- Policy Development/Implementation
Secondary Functions
- Funding
- Program/Project Implementation
- Research - other
Geographic Scope
- Global / regional
Areas of work Back to Top
Education topics addressed
Other skills
- Financial literacy
- Rights/empowerment education
- Social and emotional learning
- Vocational training
Quality
- Curricula/lesson plans
- School-related gender-based violence
- Teacher training
Cross-cutting topics addressed
- Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
- Female genital mutilation/cutting
- Gender equality
- HIV and STIs
- Masculinities/boys
- Other
- Social and gender norms and beliefs
- Sports
- Violence (at home, in relationships)
Funders and partners Back to Top
Current girls' education partners
Locations and contact information Back to Top
Website
Headquarters location(s)
- New York, New York, United States of America
Office location(s)
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Colombia
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Denmark
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Georgia
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- India
- Iraq
- Israel
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kyrgyzstan
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Republic of Moldova
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Switzerland
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Türkiye
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- United Republic of Tanzania
- United States of America
- Viet Nam
- West Bank and Gaza
- Zimbabwe
Contacts
- Dina Deligiorgis
- Policy Specialist, Ending Violence against Women
- dina.deligiorgis@unwomen.org
- +16467814636
- UN Women
Locations of current girls’ education work
Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Guatemala
- Jordan
- Kiribati
- Kyrgyzstan
- Liberia
- Mali
- Mexico
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Republic of Moldova
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- South Africa
- Tajikistan
- Timor-Leste
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Vanuatu
- Viet Nam
Projects Back to Top
Project/Program
Goal Programme
Advocacy Campaign/Project
National Multi-Sectoral Coordination Framework for Adolescent Girls in Uganda
Project/Program
Joint Programme on Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Women through Education
Project/Program
National Strategy for the Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Equality for Women and Girls Program
Project/Program
Rapariga Biz
Network/Convening/Conference
Better Life, Better Future
Research Project/Report/Study
Women Count
Project/Program
Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Women through Education in Tanzania
Project/Program
Education Plus Initiative
Project/Program
UN Women’s Second Chance Education and Vocational Learning Programme
Research Project/Report/Study
Strengthening Gender Measures and Data in the COVID-19 Era
Project/Program
HerStory
Network/Convening/Conference
Global Education Coalition
Project/Program
Initiative to Allow Afghan Women to Study in Neighbouring Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan