Women, Development, and the UN: A Sixty-Year Quest for Equality and Justice

List of Abbreviations

Abbreviations AAWORD Association of African Women for Research and Development AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome ATRCW African Training and Research Centre for Women AWID Association for Women’s Rights in Development CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women CONGO Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations CSW Commission on the Status of Women DAC Development Assistance Committee DAW Division for the Advancement of Women DAWN Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era DEDAW Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women ECA Economic Commission for Africa ECOSOC Economic and Social Council ECWA Economic Commission for Western Asia ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FEMNET African Women’s Development and Communication Network FGM female genital mutilation G-77 Group of 77 GDP gross domestic product HDR Human Development Report IACW Inter-American Commission of Women IACWGE Inter-Agency Committee on Women and Gender Equality ICTR International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ICTY International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia IDS International Development Strategy ILO International Labour Organization IMF International Monetary Fund xxiii Abbreviations xxiv INSTRAW International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women NAM Non-Aligned Movement NGO nongovernmental organization NIEO New International Economic Order OAS Organization of American States OAU Organization of African Unity OECD Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development SEWA Self-Employed Women’s Association UDHR Universal Declaration of Human Rights UNDP UN Development Programme UNESCO UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNFPA UN Population Fund (originally the UN Fund for Population Activities) UNHCR UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNICEF UN Children’s Fund UNIDO UN Industrial Development Organization UNIFEM UN Development Fund for Women UNIHP UN Intellectual History Project UNITAR UN Institute for Training and Research UNRISD UN Research Institute for Social Development UNSNA UN System of National Accounts USAID U.S. Agency for International Development VAW violence against women WEDO Women’s Environment and Development Organization WFS Women’s Feature Service WHO World Health Organization WID women in development WIEGO Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing Women, Development, and the UN ...