Resource Library
Briefs and brochures
2020
A brief overview to summarizing the impact of COVID-19 on the 17 performance indicator areas.
Manuals and Guidance
2023
UN-SWAP 2.0 Technical guidance that guides reporting and is updated with references and good practices annually.
Strategies
2018
This strategy document was developed to ensure a more systematic approach to strengthen the inclusion of the rights of women and girls with disabilities in UN Women's efforts to achieve gender equality empowerment of all women and girls and the realization of their rights
Media
Overview of UN Women's work to amplify the voices of women with disabilities and enable their equal representation, UN Women strives to ensure their active participation in intergovernmental meetings and consultative processes.
Tools and methodologies
This table is to facilitate UN-SWAP focal points to collect data from business owners for the 2023 UN-SWAP reporting, in word format.
Manuals and Guidance
2023
A simple guidance on the steps and reminders in using the UN-SWAP reporting platform.
Briefs and brochures
2021
Persons with disabilities have the same rights as anyone else to participate in society. However, in practice, persons with disabilities are often not able to enjoy these rights and participate but find themselves excluded and discriminated against
Briefs and brochures
2021
The purpose of this document is to provide a user-friendly guide for women with disabilities across the globe to understand their rights in accessing support when experiencing gender-based violence and to enable them to advocate with States for their rights.
Manuals and Guidance
2018
A brief intro of the 17 performance indicators under UN-SWAP 2.0 to measure UN system-wide progress on gender mainstreaming. Participating UN entities use the indicators for the annual UN-SWAP assessment and reporting.
Manuals and Guidance
2021
UN-SWAP 2.0 Technical guidance that guides reporting and is updated with references and good practices annually
Manuals and Guidance Policy
2021
Guidance on how to develop a UN-SWAP 2.0-aligned gender equality and empowerment of women policy at the corporate level
Manuals and Guidance Strategic plans
2020
Guidance on what to consider when developing a high-level result on gender equlity and the empowerment of women for the strategic plan, including examples from UN entities.
Manuals and Guidance
2019
Guidance on the steps and content to consider when conducting a UN-SWAP peer review
Manuals and Guidance
2019
The Enabling environment guidelines include good practices and recommendations to help guide and support all UN entities to make progress on a better work environment. The “Enabling environment guidelines for the United Nations system” focuses on three thematic areas: workplace flexibility, family-friendly policies, and standards of conduct. The “Supplementary guidance” covers also the areas of recruitment and talent management and includes a section on implementation.
Research and data
2021
The UN System-wide Dashboard on Gender Parity is a joint initiative by UNDP and UN Women to strengthen system-wide monitoring and data collection on the representation of women and men in the UN system, in support of the Secretary-Generalï's System-wide Strategy on Gender Parity. The dashboard uses the latest available data, with participation from nearly 40 UN entities.
Research and data
2020
A presentation on system-wide progress against the 17 UN-SWAP performance indicators in 2019. Includes key drivers of progress and factors hindering progress
Research and data
2021
A presentation on system-wide progress against the 17 UN-SWAP performance indicators in 2020. Includes good practices from reporting entities and an overview of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the promotion of GEEW as reported in the 17 indicator areas
Research and data
2020
Additional analysis of progress against the 17 UN-SWAP performance indicators in 2020. Includes good practices from reporting entities
Research and data
2017
Key drivers and lessons learnt from the first implementation phase of the UN-SWAP (2012-2016)
Manuals and Guidance
2015
This guidance shows how the Beijing Platform commits all stakeholders in development policies and programmes to take action.