Progress at the UN

The UN announced last week that it will merge the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the Division for the Advancement of Women, the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW) into a singular agency focused on the advancement of women worldwide. This agency was born as a result of a massive UN internal restructuring effort, spurred by General Assembly President Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann. Hopefully this will translate into a more efficient model of global improvement. We look forward to following the work of the new agency as their projects progress.