Women can and must play a powerful role in sustainable development and poverty eradication. When women are educated and healthy, their families, communities and nations benefit. Yet gender-based discrimination and violence pervade almost every aspect of life, undermining women's opportunities and denying them the ability to fully exercise their basic human rights.

For more than 30 years, UNFPA has been in the forefront of bringing gender issues to wider attention, promoting legal and policy reforms and gender-sensitive data collection, and supporting projects that empower women economically. The Fund aims to improve the status of women at every stage of their lives.

	Luncheon Meeting to Launch the Reports of the UN Millennium Project
	UNFPA Welcomes Millennium Project's Emphasis on Critical Roles of Gender and Reproductive Health in Poverty Reduction; Urges Speedy Implementation of Recommendations
	UNFPA Appeals to Donors for $28 Million for Women and Youth Affected by Tsunami
	UNFPA Calls for Greater Security for Women Affected by Tsunami
	UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board: Gender, Women and HIV/AIDS
	UNFPA Re-affirms its Commitment to the Family as the Basic Unit of Society