Background:

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

Financing for gender equality is situated within the broader context of financing for development as reflected in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, the primary global framework for financing sustainable development and implementing the Agenda. Since , UN Women has worked on sustainable finance, focusing on innovating alternative mechanisms and catalyzing an increase in both quantity and quality sources of financing of gender equality and womens empowerment. Through global convening, context-specific policy guidance, country technical support and capacity strengthening on the mobilization, and alloca...