12 Case: UN Women

PADM 5450. International Public and NGO Management

12. Case: UN-Women

13, 15 November 2018

UN-Women was one of the few results of a major reform effort started by Kofi Annan. It was based largely on pressure by some members of an expert group on reform who believed that women's advancement needed a strong, fund-based effort. UN-Women combined the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) that was part of UNDP, the Division for the Advancement of Women that was part of the UN Secretariat and the independent UN Institute for Training and Research on the Advancemernt of Women (INSTRAW). UN-Women has had a rocky start and provides an interesting contrast to the IAEA in terms of management.

Questions covered	International organization responses to changing external environments; Strategic planning; Innovative implementation (such as matrix management); Monitoring and evaluation.
Lecture	UN-Women lecture
Required readings	UN-Women, Strategic Plan, 2018-2021 UN-Women, Women in Power and Decision-Making Mathiason, John, Women in Governmental Decision-Making in the Early 21st Century: What has – and has not – been achieved in the post-Beijing period, Salzburg Seminar, 2007 UN-Women, END OF PROGRAMME EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT ‘ACTION TO PROMOTE THE LEGAL EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN IN THE CONTEXT OF HIV AND AIDS’ 03/2010 – 11/2011. Read the final report executive summary. Browse the other documents. Asian Development Bank, Gender Equality and the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific: Baseline and Pathways for Transformative Change by 2030
Recommended readings	Browse the UN Women public website
Discussion questions	What are the main strengths of UN-Women as an organization? To what extent does UN-Women have an RBM challenge?
Session recording	13 and 15 November recordings in the course Blackboard

12. Case: UN-Women

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