PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES

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UNIFEM projects fall into the three thematic areas:

• Governance and Transformational Leadership

• Economic Empowerment and Rights

• Women's Human Rights and Eliminating Violence Against Women

Other areas of UNIFEM work include Support for Gender Mainstreaming in the UN System and Strengthening Partnerships with Key Stakeholders. The following notes are overviews (not formal project reports) of some of the projects and activities that we have either sponsored or implemented.

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GOVERNANCE AND TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP 

(Current)

• Women's Leadership for Peace Building and Gender Justice (East Timor)

• Women's Leadership Development in Shandong (China)

• Capacity to Implement the National Plan of Action for the Advancement of Women (Mongolia)

• Strengthening the Lao Women's Union and Preparing for a National Women's Machinery (Lao PDR)

(Completed)

• Peace for Prosperity: Media Advocacy and Training to Promote the Participation of Women in the 2002 Cambodian Commune Elections (Cambodia)

• Gender Issues in the 1993 Cambodian General Election (Cambodia)

• Support for Women in 2001 Elections (East Timor)

• Institutional Support for National Network of Women's Organizations (East Timor)

• Gender and Development Studies in Indonesia (Indonesia)

• Gender and Development Training Institute (GDRI) (Thailand)

• Seminar on women in leadership held by the Association of Thai Community Development Women Leaders (Thailand)

• Strengthening the Vietnam Women's Union (Vietnam)

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ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND RIGHTS

(Current)

• Engendering Economic Governance (regional; separate website)

• Gender, Globalization and Marketing: Timor Tais (traditional cloth) Weaving Project (East Timor)

(Completed)

• Improving Statistics on Gender Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region (1992-1996) (regional)

• Monitoring the Impact of Technological Changes on Women's Employment in the Asian Region (regional)

• UNIFEM Activities at UNCTADX, Bangkok, 12-19 February 2000 (regional)

• Developing Employment Opportunities in Khmer Handicrafts through Training and Development - Lotus Pond Centre (Cambodia)

• Advancement of Mongolian Women (Mongolia)

• Cottage Industry in North Korea (North Korea)

• Women in New Networking for Entrepreneurial Reinforcement (WINNER) (Philippines)

• Gender Sensitive Venture Capital (GCVC) (Thailand)

• Vietnamese Women in Fish Processing (Vietnam)

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WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS AND EVAW

(Current)

• Empowering Women Migrant Workers in Asia (2001 - 2003) (regional)

• Promoting the Realization of Women's Human Rights through the Elimination Of Violence Against Women (EVAW), 2001-2003 (regional)

• UNIFEM Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence Against Women (VAW) (regional)

(Completed)

• Facilitating the Fulfillment of Governments's Obligation to Women's Equality (regional)

• UNIFEM E&SEA Campaign on Elimination of Violence Against Women (regional)

• Domestic Violence Against Women - Training Workshop on Safety Issues and Legal Strategies for Empowering Battered Women (Cambodia)

• Popular Education and Organisation as a means to Prevent and Deter Violence Against Women (Cambodia)

• Mental Trauma Counselling Programme for Women (Cambodia)

• Popular Education and Organisation as a means to Prevent and Deter Violence Against Women (Cambodia)

• Domestic Violence Against Women - A Participatory Video Production on Women in Labor Migration (Philippines)

• A Community-based Legal Advocacy Project on Violence Against Women (Philippines)

• The National Informance Tour for the Prevention of Violence Against Women in the Family (Philippines)

• TV Programme on Violence Against Women (VAW) (Thailand)

• Community-based Trauma Counselling (East Timor)

   

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GENDER MAINSTREAMING AND COLLABORATION WITH THE UN SYSTEM

• Gender in the UN System (Philippines)

• Gender, Women and Development Working Group (GWAD) (Thailand)

Dated: 22Sep2003