Resources
IGC Resources
Find out more about the ways in which the IGC initiative breaks down gender barriers.
A two-pager on the initiative
Learn what the initiative is about and how you can become an International Gender Champion with this wrap-up two-pager!
What is the International Gender Champions initiative?
Watch this short video to better understand what the IGC is about!
IGC 2019 Annual Report
Read up on IGC activities of 2019 spanning from Geneva over New York to Vienna, Nairobi, The Hague and Paris.
Representation
Gender-Responsive Assemblies toolkit
The Gender-Responsive Assembly Toolkit is intended for all actors that drive change within organizations, including Director-/Secretary-Generals, Secretariats, Member States, civil society and staff to uphold common standards for gender-responsive assemblies by sharing current actions on agenda-setting, participation, governance, working environment, and decision-making.
COVID-19 & Gender
The global pandemic is likely to exacerbate gender inequalities: here is why and how to address this issue. Please email admin[at]genderchampions.com to share additional analysis, resources, policy responses or suggestions.
COVID-19: What does this mean for gender?
An opinion piece co-signed by Martin Chungong, Chair of the IGC Global Board and Secretary-General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and the International Gender Champions Secretariat.
UN Secretary-General's Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on Women
To achieve this, the policy brief emphasizes three cross-cutting priorities: 1) Ensure women's participation, 2) Drive transformative change for equality by addressing the care economy - paid and unpaid, 3) Target women & girls in all efforts to address the socio-economic impacts of the crisis.
Family-friendly policies and other good workplace practices in the context of COVID-19
This ILO-UNICEF-UN Women joint brief provides key steps employers can take to promote family-friendly workplaces.
COVID-19 sex-disaggregated data tracker
Understanding gender is essential to understanding the risk factors of poor health, early death and health inequities. Check out Global Health's live gender data tracker.
Essentials
Make sure not to miss these key resources to make gender equality a reality.
All things being equal: Gender Equality Guidelines from Public Service Media
This report by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) explores the strategies that underpin a gender-equal media organization: workplace data and staff feedback to diagnose the issues; effective workplace policy to support equality of opportunity; and enabling a positive workplace culture through flexibility, leadership and behaviours to retain talent.
Guidelines for the elimination of sexism, harassment and violence against women in parliament
These Inter-Parliamentary Union guidelines offer advice and practical information for parliamentarians and parliamentary staff on how to transform parliaments into gender-sensitive environments free from sexism and abuse.
Egalité : au travail !
Cette plateforme propose des outils, ressources et bonnes pratiques à choix pour promouvoir une culture et un environnement de travail égalitaire, inclusif et sain, exempts de préjugés sexistes, homophobes ou transphobes.
UN Enabling Environment Guidelines
These guidelines include good practices and recommendations to help guide and support all UN entities to make progress on a better work environment.
New Research & Debates
Stay up to date on current groundbreaking policy and research debates.
Tackling social norms: A game changer for gender inequalities
Globally almost 50 percent of people say they think men make better political leaders, while more than 40 percent feel that men make better business executives—a social judgement, just for being a woman, an invisible barrier and an affront to fairness and real meritocracy.
Gender-based violence and environment linkages
This publication establishes that patterns of gender-based abuse are observed across environmental contexts, affecting the security and well-being of nations, communities and individuals, and jeopardising meeting sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Global Gender Gap Report 2020
None of us will see gender parity in our lifetimes, and nor likely will many of our children. That’s the sobering finding of the Global Gender Gap Report 2020, which reveals that gender parity will not be attained for 99.5 years.
Rewrite her Story
How film and media stereotypes affect the lives and leadership ambitions of girls and young women.
Ressources en Français
Representation
Guide pour une Assemblée prenant en compte l'égalité des sexes
Une liste de vérifications pour s'assurer qu'une Assemblée prenne en compte l'égalité des sexes.
Une brochure sur l'initiative
Découvrez ce qu'est l'initiative et comment devenir un(e) Champion(ne) de l'égalité des sexes avec cette brochure !
Going Further
For more in-depth analyses of the topic.
Disarmament
Gender Perspectives in Arms Control and Disarmament: Views from Africa
A report by UNIDIR.
Representation
Women in parliament: 1995–2020 - 25 years in review
This year’s report looks back at 25 years of women in parliament on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Beijing conference and its groundbreaking action plan for gender equality.
A Quantum Leap for Gender Equality: For a Better Future of Work for All
This report is the culmination of the extensive and often ground-breaking work undertaken in the ILO’s Women at Work Centenary Initiative.
Disarmament
Missing Links
A UNIDIR publication on Sex- and Gender-Related Impacts of Chemical and Biological Weapons.