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Gender-Responsive Procurement in Asia and the Pacific

Gender-responsive procurement (GRP) is the selection of services, goods and civil works that considers their impact on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

CSW67 Agreed Conclusions

The outcome of the Commission’s consideration of the priority theme during its 67th session will takes the form of agreed conclusions, negotiated by all Member States. 

Legal frameworks for gender-responsive procurement: A comparative review of regulatory and policy measures and international and national legal norms

Gender-responsive procurement applies a gender perspective to procurement, which is broadly speaking a process at the intersection of a complex web of policies, legal frameworks, business relationships, and market forces that span the globe.

The UN Women Care Accelerator

The UN Women Care Accelerator aims to identify and promote women-led and/or women impacting enterprises to build innovative solutions aiming to turn the unequal care burden put on women into opportunities that benefit women, families, and communities.

Think Piece: Innovations in Childcare to Advance Women's Economic Empowerment

Bringing together first-hand learnings from the Care Accelerator, a rapid policy assessment, and entrepreneurial landscaping, this document delves into the opportunities, challenges, and a

Gender responsive crisis management guideline

The COVID-19 pandemic affected all sectors of economy and provoked long-term changes in how the entire world population lives and does business. To address the challenges caused by the pandemic and to adapt to the new reality, private sector companies had to

Building gender-responsive procurement: Lessons from research and practice

This guidance note synthesizes UN Women’s gender-responsive procurement research in Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, and South Africa to derive recommendations for programming, policy, and advocacy.

Procurement’s strategic value: Why gender-responsive procurement makes business sense

The report presents the business case for gender-responsive procurement, defined as the sustainable selection of services, goods or public works from women-owned or women-led enterprises and/or those having gender-responsive policies and practices for employees and supply chains.

Rethinking gender-responsive procurement: Enabling an ecosystem for women’s economic empowerment

This publication, prepared by UN Women and the International Labour Organization, proposes an evolved vision of gender-responsive procurement (GRP) that leaves no one behind and creates outcomes for gender