Asia & the Pacific
In the Asia-Pacific region, UNIFEM's work focuses on achieving gender equality in democratic governance and on reducing feminized poverty and exclusion through the realization of women's human rights and human security. Particular emphasis lies on migrant women workers in the whole region; on women's political participation in the Pacific; and on human trafficking as well as HIV/AIDS in South Asia.
Field Offices
- East and South-East Asia Regional Office [ Contact | Website ]
- Pacific Regional Office [ Contact | Website ]
- South Asia Regional Office [ Contact | Website ]
- Afghanistan Country Programme [ Contact | Website ]
- UNIFEM Project Office in China [ Contact | Website ]
- UNIFEM Project Office in Mongolia [ Contact | Website ]
Latest
- Minister of Gender Equality Signs UNIFEM’s Say NO to Violence against Women Campaign on behalf of the Republic of Korea (News, 11.08.08) • eng
- Nepalese Minister of Women, Children and Social Welfare Says NO to Violence against Women (News, 11.07.08) • eng
- Indian Minister Renuka Chowdhury signs UNIFEM’s Say NO to Violence against Women Campaign (News, 30.06.08) • eng
- New Film Series Takes on Culture of Silence on Violence against Women (News Release, 17.04.08) • eng
- More than 125,000 Chinese Add Names to Say NO to Violence against Women Campaign (News Release, 06.03.08) • eng
- Timor-Leste's Council of Ministers Approves Initial CEDAW State Report (News, 11.01.08) • eng
- UNIFEM, Thai Government Host Regional Conference on Men as Partners to End Violence against Women (News, 04.09.07) • eng
- Public Launch of EC/UN Partnership on Gender Equality for Development and Peace (News, 04.09.07) • eng
- Noeleen Heyzer Appointed Under-Secretary-General to Head the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) (News, 30.07.07) • eng
- On the Eve of Elections in Timor-Leste, Women in Politics Unite for Change (News, 28.06.07) • eng
