Advocacy

Advocacy involves gaining and exercising power to influence a political action. Employing methods such as demonstrations, public campaigns and civic education, advocacy can be the primary mission of international agencies and civil society organizations seeking to influence global and national decision makers. Women worldwide frequently organize themselves for advocacy purposes, drawing on their collective power to affect legislation, official policies and governmental programs.

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Video: Let’s End Violence Against Women

This video showcases that violence against women is one of the most common forms of violence in the world.

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Empowering Young Women to Lead Change

This manual is to enable young women to prepare and facilitate training on a host of issues that are important to them, including young women’s leadership and human rights.

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MDG3 Global Call to Action Campaign

MDG3 Global Call to Action campaign focuses on the third Millennium Development Goal (MDG 3) on gender equality and women's economic empowerment. Half-way to 2015 we are still far from achieving the eight Millennium Development Goals to halve extreme poverty, which range from providing universal primary care to environmental sustainablility. We need to get on track.

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Addressing Violence Against Women: Piloting and Programming

This report highlights lessons learned from ten pilot projects that used a programme guide created by UNFPA to help health care providers address gender-based violence. It also summarizes presentations from ten experts on gender-based violence and recommendations from the three working groups.

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Resource Guide for Gender Theme Groups

This guide focuses on how to collaborate around women's empowerment and gender equality issues at the country level and to mainstream gender equality concerns into gender related international programs and plans of action.
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