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UNA Women's Advisory Council
The UNA Women's Advisory Council (WACUNA) functions as an issue-specific interest grouping within UNA-UK.
It provides a forum for the exchange of opinions with women's organisations on the work of the United Nations, its specialised agencies and UNA-UK. It offers advice to, and responds to requests from, UNA’s policy-making sections on issues important to women. It normally meets three times a year in London and invites a speaker to share their experiences.
Membership is drawn from women's national organisations and the women's sections of national and international organisations. Individuals, UNA members and others are welcome to join WACUNA or to be observers at the Council's meetings.
WACUNA focusses on gender-specific issues related to UNA-UK's policy areas: a safer world, a fairer world and a more sustainable world. Along with UN institutions and population, gender is a cross-cutting theme within UNA-UK's policy framework.
At present, UNA-UK's gender work is particularly focussed on:
- Furthering UN Security Council Resolution 1325
- Supporting progress on tackling violence against women, especially sexual violence in conflict
- Promoting gender equality and women's empowerment through UN bodies, mechanisms and initiatives such as: UN Women, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, the Commission on the Status of Women, the Human Rights Council, the Millennium Development Goals and the processes to establish a successor framework to the Goals post-2015
Through its representation on UNA-UK's Policy Advisory Group, WACUNA seeks to ensure that clear priorities on gender-related issues are included in UNA-UK's annual operation plans. It also engages interested individuals and organisations within and outside UNA-UK on how these priorities can be promoted and supported.
WACUNA normally sends a member to the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York.
Related news items, articles and campaigns:
WACUNA member Sally Spear's conclusions from the 2015 Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59)
Jane Tatchell's conclusions from the 2015 Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59)
WACUNA member Sally Spear's conclusions from the 2013 Commission on the Status of Women
WACUNA member Sally Spear reports from the 2012 Commission on the Status of Women
WACUNA member Sally Spear on women in the boardroom - New World Summer 2012
New World Summer 2011 - gender issue
Women and security in Nepal - New World Autumn 2011
UNA-UK updates on UN Women
Former Chilean President to head UN Women
Events
UNA Women's Advisory Council: Ordinary Council meeting + AGM with a talk...
4 November 2020
On Wednesday 4.11.20 all are welcome to a short business meeting for WAC-UNA's Ordinary Council and its AGM. This will be followed by talk of special...
UNA Women's Advisory Council Women to the rescue! Effective strategies for...
15 September 2020
This will be a very interesting and useful meeting. Speaker is professional linguist Lynn Everson BA Hons, MA, MCIL, MITI was President of...
UNA Women's Advisory Counci: "Cries Unheard" - a presentation by...
9 July 2020
Sreepriya Bhowmik is the founder Director of British Education Support Services (BESS UK), advocating a Multidisciplinary approach. She will be...
Women's Advisory Council of UNA-UK: Meeting with Lynn Everson speaking on...
London 24 March 2020
On the Tuesday after a short business meeting, Lynn Everson will speak on useful strategies for achieving gender equality. She has been the President...
WACUNA: AGM of WAC-UNA, with speaker Helen Buni of the IMO, on Empowering Women...
London 6 November 2019
After a short business meeting Helen Buni will speak on "The importance of the IMO's 2019 plans for "Empowering Women in the Maritime Community"" the...
WACUNA: "Pressing for Progress:holding the UK Government to account on...
London 11 July 2019
At WAC-UNA's meeting on July 11th Hayley Willingalewill speak on implementing women's human rights in the UK. Hayley is an experienced policy and...
News
UNA Women's Advisory Council: AGM with speaker Helen Buni from the IMO
17 February 2020
WAC-UNA-UK’s November AGM was on 6.11.19, at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), London. In a short business meeting the results of a...
UNA Women's Advisory Council: Report of meeting 11.7.19, Hayley...
21 September 2019
At the meeting of WAC-UNA at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) on 11.7.19, after some business, Hayley Willingale spoke. She is the...
WAC-UNA: Elements of a Sustainable Infrastructure for gender equality, WAC-UNA...
11 June 2019
The speaker Dr. Wendi Momen JP FRSA is a promoter of social justice and empowerment of women, an author and publisher. She is the founder of EBBF (...
WAC-UNA: WAC-UNA on 26.3.19 Chair's report on CSW 63 and infrastructure...
11 June 2019
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 63) met this March, to discuss the priority theme on social systems, access to services and sustainable...
WAC-UNA: Report of WAC-UNA AGM, 8.11.18, with two speakers on SDGs in the UK
27 February 2019
After a short business meeting there were presentations by two speakers with discussion. A report of 2 speakers at meeting of WAC-UNA on 8.11.18 Lynn...
UNA Women's Advisory Council: Report of WACUNA meeting of 11.7.18 ,...
14 November 2018
After a little business was discussed (about the Commonwealth Heads of Government Forum, GDPR and social media), there were two presentations:- 1...