ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSReport teamResearch director: Shahra RazaviReport manager: Laura TurquetReport coordinator: Mika MansukhaniChapter authors (alphabetical order): JamesHeintz, Shahra Razavi, Papa Seck, Silke Staab,Laura TurquetSubstantive editor: Sally BadenStatistics: Papa Seck, Ginette Azcona, NorbertoRodrigues, Amie GayeResearch assistance: Sophie Browne, Lauren BilliProgramme support: Talita MattosInterns: Chandler Hill, Jonathan Rodriguez,Malcolm ClaytonProduction and outreachProduction coordination: Mika Mansukhani, withCarlotta AielloEditor: Christina JohnsonCommunications: UN Women Communications andAdvocacy Section led by Nanette BraunMedia outreach: Oisika Chakrabarti and SharonGrobeisen, with Bartley Robb CommunicationsSocial Media: Beatrice FreyOutreach coordination: Natasha LamoreuxWebsite: UN Women Information Systems andTelecommunications SectionDesign and layout: blossoming.itPrinting: AGSExpert Advisory GroupMichael Cichon, Diane Elson, Jayati Ghosh, Mariado Carmo Godinho, Shireen Hassim, HibaaqOsman, Stephanie Seguino, Zenebework TadesseMarcos, Joann VanekUN Women Senior ManagementPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Under-Secretary-General and Executive DirectorLakshmi Puri, Assistant Secretary-General andDeputy Executive Director, IntergovernmentalSupport and Strategic PartnershipsYannick Glemarec, Assistant Secretary-General andDeputy Executive Director, Policy and ProgrammeMoez Doraid, Director, Coordination DivisionKristin Hetle, Director, Strategic PartnershipsDivisionKhetsiwe Dlamini, Chief of StaffBegoña Lasagabaster, OIC, Policy DivisionDaniel Seymour, OIC, Programme DivisionChristine Brautigam, Director, IntergovernmentalSupport DivisionJohn Hendra, Former Assistant Secretary-Generaland Deputy Executive Director for Policy andProgrammeSaraswathi Menon, Former Director, Policy DivisionGülden Türköz-Cosslett, Former Director,Programme DivisionAcknowledgementsWe thank everyone who has been involved in thisvolume of the Report, in particular the followingcontributions:
UN Women headquarters staffWritten comments and contributions from:Janette Amer, Rania Antonopolous, Samina Anwar,Tesmerelna Atsbeha, Christine Brautigam, LauraCapobianco, Somali Cerise, Nazneen Damji, DinaDeligiorgis, Sara Duerto Valero, Ingrid Fitzgerald,Sarah Gammage, Riet Groenen, Sylvia Hordosch,Zohra Khan, Begoña Lasagabaster, Sonia Palmieri,Alison Rowe, Nahla Valji.With additional support from:Maria Concepcion Del Rosario, Christine Harrop,Guro Iren Wiik, Nadezhda Kreshchuk, LornaMessina-Husain, Julien Pellaux, Vivek Rai, AryamaniRodríguez, Carmen Schuber, Yemarshet Sissay.UN Women staff in regional and national officesWritten comments and contributions from:Sameera Al-Tuwaijri, Melissa Alvarado, ChristineArab, Luiza Carvalho, Roberta Clark, Francisco Cos-Montiel, Sally Elmahdy, Ingibjörg Gísladóttir, PreeyaIeli, Welder Mtisi, Chrisine Musisi, MohammadNaciri, Josephine Odera, Hulda Ouma, AlisiQaiqaica, Jurgita Sereikaite, Victoria ElizabethVillagómez Morales.Additional reviewersThe following individuals reviewed chapters orelements of the report: Ginette Azcona, DebbieBudlender, Marzia Fontana, Duncan Green, NailaKabeer, Marjorie Mbilinyi, Maxine Molyneux.United Nations System and beyondWe also acknowledge and thank colleagues fromacross the United Nations system and beyond fortheir comments and contributions to this report:Noureddine Abderrahim (ICF International), NaydaAlmodóvar (World Bank), Christina Behrendt (ILO),Florence Bonnet (ILO), Oztomea Bule (NationalStatistical Office of Vanuatu), Sarah Cook (UNRISD),Ernesto Espíndola (ECLAC), Álvaro Fuentes (ECLAC),Caren Grown (World Bank), Gerald Haberkorn(SPC), Tazeen Hasan (World Bank), Sarah Iqbal(World Bank), Samil Johnson (National StatisticalOffice of Vanuatu), Oyuntsetseg Mashir (NationalStatistical Office of Mongolia), Maha Muna(UNFPA), Lucinda O’Hanlon (OHCHR), SamuelOtoo (World Bank), Mario Piacentini (OECD),Uma Rani (ILO), Nieves Rico (ECLAC), GuillermoRojas (ICF International), Lucía Scuro, (ECLAC),Magdalena Sepulveda (UNRISD), Roger Smithy(National Statistical Office of Vanuatu), TheoSparreboom (ILO), Alejandra Valdés (ECLAC), EpeliWaqavonovono (National Statistical Office of Fiji).Background paper authorsMerna Aboul-Ezz, Ayşenur Acar, Randy Albelda,Tomás Albuquerque, Pascale Allotey, Camila Arza,Martha Alter Chen, Isabella Bakker, Cem Başlevent,Merike Blofield, Elissa Braunstein, Merle Brown,Debbie Budlender, Daniela Casale, Rebecca Cichon,Virginie Comblon, Mary Daly, Xiao-yuan Dong,Diane Elson, Nancy Folbre, Sandra Fredman, SarahGammage, Beth Goldblatt, Janet Gornick, ShireenHassim, Mala Htun, Markus Jäntti, Margaret Jolly,Abbi Kedir, Amira Khalil, Miloon Kothari, Carla Kraft,Helen Lee, Katherine Lepani, Shi Li, Juliana MartínezFranzoni, Wadan Narsey, Anna Naupa, AndrewPetrovich, Lynda Pickbourn, Ania Plomien, DorritPosel, Monika Potoczna, Govindan Raveendran,Anne Sophie Robillard, Sally Roever, MichelleRooney, François Roubaud, Mona Said, Aili MariTripp, Sharuna Verghis, Laurel Weldon, Sui Yang.Other research inputs:Rosario Aguirre, Caitlin Boyce, Sarah Dix, EduardoFajnzylber, Sanjay Kumar, Katharina Greszczuk,Francie Lund, Marjorie Mbilinyi.Making Progress/Stories of ChangeAuthors: Annie Kelly, Flora Charner, Jenny Kleeman,Clar Nichonghaile, Alexandra Topping; with specialthanks to the interviewees: Kalpona Akter, CristinaBuarque, Mohamed Chafiki, Kay Kaugla, Ai-jenPoo, Rabéa Naciri, Violet Shivutse, Hania Sholkamy.Financial supportUN Women would like to thank the Department ofForeign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) of the AustralianGovernment and the William and Flora HewlettFoundation for their financial support for thepreparation of the Report. All of UN Women’ssupporters have played their part insofar asfunding for this volume of Progress was drawn inpart from the core budget to which they contribute.5
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