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Progress of the World’s Women
“Progress of the world’s women” is UN Women’s occasional investigation of progress made towards a world where women live free from violence, poverty and inequality. Provocative and insightful, this series is the product of multi-year processes that bring together leading practitioners and academics to undertake thorough research and in-depth analyses.
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Progress of the World's Women 2019-2020
Progress of the World's Women 2015-2016
Progress of the World's Women 2011-2012
The past century has seen a transformation in women's legal rights with countries in every region expanding the scope of women's legal entitlements. Nevertheless for many of the world's women the laws that exist on paper do not translate to equality and justice. Progress of the World's Women: In Pursuit of Justice looks at how the legal system can play a positive role in women accessing their rights citing cases that have changed women's lives both at a local and at times global level. It also looks at the important role women have played and continue to play as agents for change within the legal system as legislators as lawyers as community activists but also asks why despite progress on legal reform the justice system is still not delivering justice for all women. The report focuses on four key areas: legal and constitutional frameworks the justice chain plural legal systems and conflict and post-conflict. Drawing on tangible examples of steps that have been taken to help women access justice the report sets out ten key recommendations for policy and decision makers to act on in order to ensure every woman is able to obtain justice.
Progress of the World's Women 2008-2009
This volume of Progress of the World’s Women asks the question “Who answers to women?” at a pivotal moment. It demonstrates that the Millennium Development Goals and other international commitments to women will only be met if gender-responsive accountability systems are put in place both nationally and internationally. Acknowledging that different groups of women encounter distinct challenges in gaining access to their rights the publication examines how women including the most excluded women are strengthening their capacity to identify accountability gaps and call for redress. This publication was published by UNIFEM now known as UN Women.