We are a group of professionals from a wide range of organizations and perspectives who are dedicated to addressing challenges to women's involvement in development - increased access, capacity, and equality in women's social, economic and political endeavors.

The Gender Community is co-facilitated by UNIFEM and UNICEF, and is moderated by a Resource Team comprised of Resource Person  Dr. Malika Basu and Ms.  Shweta Tyagi, Research Assistant. Click here for the welcome message from the UNIFEM Facilitator, and click here for the message from the Resource Team.

The Gender Community is now vibrating with more than 2200 members from India and abroad, with recognition from the facilitators; UNIFEM and UNICEF as well as from the Government, The Delhi Commission for Women and the development practitioners. The knowledge Management outreach is demand driven, both from within the UN and out side, with requests coming in from the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Universities, NGOs, Bi-lateral organizations and gender specialists.

The Community’s face-to-face meetings at regional levels and the visioning workshop at the National level had been outstanding landmarks with the Minister for Women and Child Development giving recognition to the community’s qualitative knowledge management efforts. 2008 will be the year in which much that we set the ground for during the visioning workshop of the Gender community shall be shared with all of you in the Annual forum 2008. We will be shortly announcing the Annual Forum.

Below are the current topics being addressed. To participate you must be a member. Go to the Mailgroup page to log in or sign up.

From Sagar Preet Hooda, Deputy Commissioner of Police, New Delhi