A new United Nations entity for women

Book excerpt: Contents: (1) Why a New U.N. Entity for Women?; (2) Current U.N. System Efforts: Existing Gender Structure: U.N. Development Fund for Women; Div. for the Advancement of Women; Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advance. of Women; Internat. Research and Training Inst. for the Advance. of Women; Findings of the High-Level Panel of System-Wide Coherence; Gen. Assembly Action and the Sec.-Gen¿s. Proposal; (3) Policy Issues: Funding; Governance; Relationship with Other U.N. Entities; In-Country Operational Capacity; Links to Civil Society; Review and Eval.; (4) Obama Admin. Position; (5) Congress. Role: The New Entity and U.S. Foreign Policy: Women¿s Rights or Human Rights?; U.S. Priorities. Resources, and Contributions.