United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

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United Nations entity international organization

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) is a UN organization dedicated to promoting gender equality and empowering women worldwide through advocacy, policy support, and programmatic initiatives.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
UN Women	40
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women canonical	11
United Nations Development Fund for Women	3
International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women	1
UN Women Egypt	1
UN Women Headquarters, New York	1
UN Women Secretariat	1
UN Women Uganda	1
UN-Women Executive Board	1
UNIFEM	1
United Nations entities on gender equality	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T154510 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Context triple: [United Nations Development Group, hasMember, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women]

A. United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme is the UN’s global development agency that works to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities, and support sustainable development in countries worldwide.
B. Inter-American Commission of Women
The Inter-American Commission of Women is a specialized body within the inter-American system dedicated to promoting and protecting women’s rights and gender equality across the Americas.
C. United Nations Economic and Social Council
The United Nations Economic and Social Council is a principal UN body responsible for coordinating international economic, social, and related work of the organization and its specialized agencies.
D. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is the UN’s principal body responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide through monitoring, advocacy, and support to states and international mechanisms.
E. UN Department of Global Communications
The UN Department of Global Communications is the United Nations office responsible for promoting global awareness and understanding of the UN’s work through strategic communications, public information, and media outreach.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Target entity description: The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) is a UN organization dedicated to promoting gender equality and empowering women worldwide through advocacy, policy support, and programmatic initiatives.

A. United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme is the UN’s global development agency that works to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities, and support sustainable development in countries worldwide.
B. Inter-American Commission of Women
The Inter-American Commission of Women is a specialized body within the inter-American system dedicated to promoting and protecting women’s rights and gender equality across the Americas.
C. United Nations Economic and Social Council
The United Nations Economic and Social Council is a principal UN body responsible for coordinating international economic, social, and related work of the organization and its specialized agencies.
D. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is the UN’s principal body responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide through monitoring, advocacy, and support to states and international mechanisms.
E. UN Department of Global Communications
The UN Department of Global Communications is the United Nations office responsible for promoting global awareness and understanding of the UN’s work through strategic communications, public information, and media outreach.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations entity ⓘ international organization ⓘ
beganOperationsOn	2011-01-01 ⓘ
createdByResolution	UN General Assembly resolution 64/289 ⓘ
dateFounded	2010-07-02 ⓘ
focusArea	ending violence against women and girls ⓘ gender-responsive governance and national planning ⓘ humanitarian action with a gender perspective ⓘ women, peace and security ⓘ women’s economic empowerment ⓘ women’s leadership and political participation ⓘ
formedByMergerOf	DAW ⓘ INSTRAW ⓘ OSAGI ⓘ UNIFEM ⓘ linked to: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
foundedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
fundingSource	contributions from private sector and foundations ⓘ individual donations ⓘ voluntary contributions from Member States ⓘ
hasGlobalPresenceIn	conflict-affected countries ⓘ developing countries ⓘ least developed countries ⓘ
headquartersCountry	United States of America ⓘ
headquartersLocation	New York City ⓘ
locatedInBuilding	United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
mandate	coordinate and promote accountability within the UN system on gender equality ⓘ empower women and girls ⓘ promote gender equality ⓘ support Member States in setting global standards for gender equality ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
partOf	United Nations ⓘ
predecessor	Division for the Advancement of Women ⓘ linked to: Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women ⓘ linked to: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women ⓘ United Nations Development Fund for Women ⓘ linked to: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
shortName	UN Women ⓘ linked to: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
supportsAgenda	2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ⓘ linked to: Sustainable Development Goals Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action ⓘ Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women ⓘ
supportsGoal	Sustainable Development Goal 5 ⓘ
typeOfUNBody	UN fund and programme ⓘ
website	https://www.unwomen.org ⓘ
worksWith	UN Member States ⓘ linked to: Member States of the United Nations civil society organizations ⓘ other UN entities ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (62)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations Development Group → hasMember → United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ⓘ

UN Goodwill Ambassador → usedBy → United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ⓘ

United Nations system → hasPart → United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ⓘ

UNAIDS → coordinatesWith → UN Women ⓘ