Gender Equality + The Division for Gender Equality (GE), located within the Bureau of Strategic Planning (BSP), is responsible for ensuring the implementation of UNESCO’s global priority, which is the "Priority Gender Equality Action Plan for 2008-2013". This work is supported by a two-pronged approach involving both gender-specific programmes and gender mainstreaming within UNESCO’s five Major Programmes (i.e. Education, Natural Sciences, Social and Human Sciences, Communication and Culture), intersectoral platforms and thematic areas of focus such as HIV and AIDS and climate change. For more information on the mandate of the Division, click here Click here to watch the Division for Gender Equality’s video: UNESCO Promotes Gender Equality Click here to take the Gender Equality Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

 

**************** IN FOCUS - UNESCO Priority Gender Equality Action Plan 2008-2013 The Priority Gender Equality Action Plan was presented to the 181st session of the Executive Board, in April 2009, in UNESCO Headquarters, and will be presented to all Member States during the 35th session of the General Conference in October 2009. Click here to access the document ****************

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UNESCO Future Forum: “The Potential Impact of the Global Financial and Economic Crisis on Women and Gender Equality” - (BSP/GE) The UNESCO Future Forum was held on 2 March 2009 at UNESCO Headquarters to reflect on the ramifications of the present financial and economic crisis and their implications for international cooperation in general and in particular for UNESCO’s domains, namely education, the sciences, culture, communication and information.

Action Agenda on Caregiving in the Context of HIV and AIDS - (BSP/GE) UNESCO is co-organising with six other agencies the 53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women 2–13 March 2009.

Billie Jean King named “Global Mentor for Gender Equality” - (UNESCO Press Release No.2008-114) Paris, 06 November 2008 – The Director-General of UNESCO Koïchiro Matsuura today named U.S. tennis legend Billie Jean King “Global Mentor for Gender Equality” within the framework of UNESCO’s partnership with the Sony Ericsson Women’s Tennis Association Tour. The naming ceremony took place in Doha, capital of Qatar, with Assistant Director-General for Strategic Planning Hans d’Orville representing the Director-General of UNESCO. Watch the video message by UNESCO’s Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura, on the nomination of Ms King as Global Mentor for Gender Equality.

UNESCO Forum on Gender Equality - (BSP/GE) Held on a regular basis, the UNESCO Forum on Gender Equality series is organized by the Division for Gender Equality of the Bureau of Strategic Planning. The seminars focus on the challenges in the field of gender within UNESCO’s five fields of competence. The objective is to raise awareness of the importance of promoting women’s empowerment and achieving gender equality.