Joint Evaluation of the UNDG Contribution to the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. This report presents the assessment of a joint independent evaluation of the contribution made by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to the implementation of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. It examines the extent to which cross-cutting issues, including gender mainstreaming, have been addressed within the context of the Paris Declaration. more 

Gender and Aid Effectiveness: The Road to Ghana and Beyond. This information brief is an awareness-raising tool addressed to institutional actors involved in development programming and gender equality advocates at international and national levels. It is designed to give a short explanation of the Third High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF 3) and the actors involved in it; inform on the approach proposed by UNIFEM and the EC/UN Partnership on Gender Equality for Development and Peace for advancing the gender equality agenda at HLF 3; and give guidance on the promotion of the gender equality agenda at HLF 3. more 

Transforming the National AIDS Response: Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights into the ‘Three Ones’. This guide highlights a number of approaches and presents case studies of successful initiatives that demonstrate how incorporating a gender equality perspective into HIV and AIDS programmes and policies can transform national responses to the AIDS pandemic. It provides a number of tools, checklists and guidelines that have been developed to inform HIV and AIDS policies and frameworks and their implementation. more 

Eliminating Female Genital Mutilation: An Interagency Statement. This joint Statement by a number of UN agencies is a call to all States, international and national organizations, civil society and communities to uphold the rights of girls and women. It calls on those bodies and communities to develop, strengthen, and support specific and concrete actions directed towards ending female genital mutilation. more 

Gender Equality for Development Effectiveness: National Development Planning in the Commonwealth of Independent States. This discussion paper examines the challenges for national development planning presented by the centrality of poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs) in the CIS following their integration into the aid effectiveness agenda, and argues that it is imperative for gender equality advocates to focus greater attention on development planning cycles and budget processes. more