Publications

Agreements at the Global and Regional Levels

Agreements at Global Level

Conventions

Equal Remuneration Convention (Geneva, 29 June 1951)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (Geneva, 25 June 1958)

Convention against Discrimination in Education (adopted 14 December 1960 by General Conference of the UNESCO)

Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minmum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages (adopted 7 November 1962 by General Assembly resolution 1763 A (XVII))

Employment Policy Convention (Geneva, 9 July 1964)

Minimum Age Convention (Geneva, 26 June 1973)

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (adopted 18 December 1979 by United Nations General Assembly resolution 34/180)

International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (adopted 18 December 1990 by General Assembly resolution 45/158)

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (adopted 6 October 1999 by resolution A/RES/54/4 at the fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations)

Declarations

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Paris, 10 December 1948)

Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict (adopted 14 December 1974 by General Assembly resolution 3318 (XXIX))

Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are not Nationals of the Country in which They Live (adopted by General Assembly resolution 40/144 of 13 December 1985)

Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (adopted 20 December 1993 by General Assembly resolution 48/104)

Beijing Declaration (Beijing, 4-15 September 1995)

Declaration on Gender and Development, Southern African Development Community (Blantyre, 8 September 1997)

United Nations Millennium Declaration (adopted 8 September 2000 byGeneral Assembly resolution 55/2)

Women’s Caucus Declaration: 4th World Water Forum (Mexico, 18 March 2006)

Other documents

Protocol Instituting a Conciliation and Good Offices Commission to be responsible for seeking a settlement of any disputes which may arise between States Parties to the Convention against Discrimination in Education (Paris, 10 December 1962)

Recommendation on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages (adopted 1 November 1965 by General Assembly resolution 2018 (XX))

United Nations Principles for Older Persons (adopted 16 December 1991 by General Assembly resolution 46/91)

Statement of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on gender related dimensions of disaster risk reduction in the context of climate change (adopted by Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Sixty-ninth session, 19 February – 9 March 2018)

Gender Plan of Action, Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Montreal, 7-19 December 2022)

Documents of international organisations

The World Bank Operational Policy OP 4.20 - Gender and Development

The World Bank Bank Procedure BP 4.20 - Gender and Development