Focus AreasWhere We WorkCentral Asia EU member states and Turkey South Caucasus South-East Europe Russia and Western CIS
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Gender in region of Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States
 The goal of the UNDP RBEC Gender Practice is to promote gender equality and empowerment of women. UNDP’s capacity in the region to implement programming in this area is demonstrated through our portfolio of 59 active projects with the total available budget of more than US$ 13 million in 2009. In addition, gender issues have been integrated into UNDP projects in other areas. To deliver on this portfolio, we utilize the expertise of more than 30 practitioners in 28 countries in the region, and a network of 50 recommended external practitioners from NGOs, academia and think tanks who partner with us. This network is supported by an interactive online learning and collaboration workspace as well as a collection of resources to support gender mainstreaming initiatives. Such resources range from cutting-edge research papers to a gender review of national policies, to a compilation of good practices in gender-responsive programming and a database of qualified gender experts. Gender mainstreaming tools and guidance materials support the work, such as:  Gender-Aware Legislation Gender-Responsive Budgeting: A Manual for Trainers Gender Mainstreaming in Practice: A Handbook Gender Mainstreaming in Practice: A ToolkitGender newsGeneva, 2 November 2009: UNDP Panel Discussion on Enhancing Women’s Political Participation was held a side event to the Europe and CIS Beijing 15 Regional Review Meeting that feeds into global Beijing+15 Review.
Turkmenistan, UN celebrate 30th anniversary of CEDAW, Ashgabat, 30 September 2009 – The 30th anniversary of the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was officially marked in Turkmenistan by holding a one-day international conference which focused on CEDAW’s international and national aspects. Read more from UNDP Turkmenistan [ more news ] The Regional Gender Equality StrategyThe Regional Gender Equality Strategy 2008-2011 for Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States (RBEC GES 2008-2011) draws on current challenges of the region and suggests a feasible range of locally-relevant and targeted activities aim to achieve improvements in national capacities to support gender equality and ultimately to contribute to long-term improvement of women’s situation in the region. Three critical areas for action are
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Gender publications
Gender in Transition, 8th issue of Development and Transition Gender statistics
Gender in Bosnia & Herzegovina Thematic Bulleting [ more statistics ] Gender equality strategiesEvents
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UNDP National Projects
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“It is impossible to realize our goals while discriminating against half the human race.” 
Bratislava, 28-30 October 2009, UNDP Bratislava Regional Center hosted the 
Gender Mainstreaming in Practice: A Toolkit
Gender Mainstreaming 