UN Women in China

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Working in China since 1998, UN Women provides technical and financial assistance to innovative programmes and strategies for gender equality and women's empowerment.

UN Women works in partnership with governments, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), UN agencies, donors, communities and networks to advance gender equality.

Placing the advancement of women's human rights at the centre of our work, UN Women China focuses on:

• Eliminating Violence against Women
• Strengthening Women's Economic Rights
• Gendered Face of Climate Change and Environmental Effects
• Gender Responsive Governance & Women's Political Empowerment
• Feminization of HIV/AIDS

UN Women China's programmes are guided by:

• The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
• The Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA)
• The Millennium Declaration and Development Goals (MDGs)

China ratified CEDAW in 1980 and is legally obliged to take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women and advance gender equality. UN Women assists China to meet its obligations to implement CEDAW by strengthening the capacity of national partners. The spirit of CEDAW and BPFA has been affirmed by the Millennium Declaration and the MDGs.

UN Women China is the Secretariat for the United Nations Theme Group on Gender (UNTGG). The objective of the UNTGG is to serve as a forum and a channel for experience sharing in an effort to develop effective gender mainstreaming strategies and advocacy in the work of the UN system and the wider donor community. Through the UNTGG, UN Women also serves at the secretariat for the China Gender Facility for Research and Advocacy (CGF).