UNIFEM is the women’s development fund at the United Nations. Since 1976 it has provided financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes which foster women’s empowerment and gender equality.
Today the organisation’s work touches the lives of women and girls in more than 100 countries around the world. UNIFEM also helps to make sure that the voices of women are heard at the United Nations.
UNIFEM NZ is one of 16 national committees based in developed countries which offer a global network of support.
National Committee for UNIFEM NZ 2008-2009
President - Rae Julian
Vice President - Liz Brown
Immediate Past President - Jean Corbin Thomas
Secretary - Beryl Anderson
Treasurer - Helen Scott
Members: Alana Bowman, Joy Dunsheath, Kimberly Cullen, Christine Low, Susan Miller-Thevenard, Elizabeth Ponter, Faye Gardiner (Auck Rep), Wendy Carryer (Canty Rep)
Co-opted: Â Â Jenny Neale, Joany Grima
UNIFEM International has its headquarters in New York and works worldwide out of 15 regional and 2 country programme offices.
Two international agreements frame UNIFEM’s work:
- the Beijing Platform for Action resulting from the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995
- the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), known as the women’s bill of rights