Resource Library
Manuals and Guidance
2022
UN-SWAP 2.0 Technical guidance that guides reporting and is updated with references and good practices annually.
Manuals and Guidance
2019
The Accountability Framework provides guidance on 14 performance indicators to guide United Nations Country Teams (UNCTs) to implement and report on the United Nations Disability Strategy (UNDIS).
Policy Reports Research and data
2018
The Report represents the first United Nations system wide effort to examine disability and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level. The report reviews data, policies and programmes and identifies best practices; and uses this evidence to outline recommended actions to promote the realization of the SDGs for persons with disabilities.
Manuals and Guidance
2021
This Technical Note aims to guide UNCTs on how to mainstream gender equality considerations into planning and programming work as part of their ongoing COVID-19 response and recovery effort.
Manuals and Guidance
2019
This guidance support UNCTs in the application of the GEM within UN INFO and the UNSDCF. The UNCT GEM tracks the resources allocated collectively by the UN system under the UNSDCF cycle, making clear the level of commitment and the degree of resources allocated by the UNCT in support of national GEWE priorities
Manuals and Guidance
2017
This resource book supports prioritizing and mainstreaming gender equality issues in UN common programming processes. Guidance and tips for UN staff, focusing on how to mainstream gender in the UNDAF (now the Cooperation Framework).
Manuals and Guidance
2020
Manual for facilitators: Gender-responsive Cooperation Frameworks provides guidance to facilitators and organizers on how to plan, prepare for, and conduct training on gender-responsive UN Cooperation Frameworks.
Manuals and Guidance Standards and procedures
2018
The Resource Guide for Gender Theme Groups is a key resource for further enhancing coordinated action on gender equality and the empowerment of women by UN staff operating in the field.
Reports
2020
Quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system provides in 2020. It emphasizes that realizing gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls will make a crucial contribution to progress across all the Goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda.
Legislative basis Tools and methodologies
2013
This background note provides an overview of existing gender equality markers and reviews issues relating to the tracking and monitoring of investments related to gender equality and women’s empowerment. It is intended as an input into the development of a guidance note for the UN system on principles and standards for the design, implementation and reporting systems on investments that support gender equality and women’s empowerment in the UN system. The target audience is the staff and leadership of UN entities and their development and humanitarian implementing partners
Manuals and Guidance
2024
UN-SWAP 2.0 Technical guidance that guides reporting and is updated with references and good practices annually.
Manuals and Guidance
2024
Guidance for UN-SWAP 3.0 Performance Indicator 2 - Reporting and Use of Data on Gender-related SDG results
Manuals and Guidance
2024
Guidance for UN-SWAP 3.0 Performance Indicator 8 Gender-responsive Performance Management
Manuals and Guidance
2024
Guidance for UN-SWAP 3.0 Performance Indicator 9 Gender Equality Marker
Manuals and Guidance
2024
Guidance for UN-SWAP 3.0 Performance Indicator 7 Leadership
Manuals and Guidance
2024
Guidance for UN-SWAP 3.0 Performance Indicator 4 Evaluation
Manuals and Guidance
2024
Guidance for UN-SWAP 3.0 Performance Indicator 6 Policy
Manuals and Guidance
2024
Guidance for UN-SWAP 3.0 Performance Indicator 5 Audit
Manuals and Guidance
2024
Guidance for UN-SWAP 3.0 Performance Indicator 14 Tackling the Protection from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (PSEA) and Sexual Harassment (SH)*
Manuals and Guidance
2024
Guidance for UN-SWAP 3.0 Performance Indicator 16 Knowledge Management and Communication