[Brazil, 2010] At the 2010 Beijing+15 regional meeting in Latin America and the Caribbean, NGOs delivered the following recommendations to the UN about UN Women.

[November 2010] UN Women must develop creative ways to engage with a diverse NGO constituency – particularly women’s and grassroots organizations. UN country teams are mandated to advance the UN Women’s agenda in the field, and as they do so, should draw upon the knowledge and experience of civil society groups and networks who have long worked in this area.

[Pakistan, September 2010] The following paper includes recommendations from Pakistani Women’s Rights Advocates to the government of Pakistan on the newly established entity UN Women.

[New York, July 2010] The Huairou Commission has developed a two-page framework that highlights the goals, shape and direction that UN Women should undertake to impact the role of grassroots women’s and development priorities.

[Brazzaville, Congo, 30 May 2010] Servitas Cameroon, the regional focal point of the GEAR Campaign for Francophone Africa, organized public meeting for signing the GEAR petition.

[Brussels, 24 March 2010] As the UN Member States discuss the elements of the resolution that will launch the new UN gender equality entity , the European GEAR campaigners remind that it is important to “get the reform right”.

[New York, 1 March 2010] Campaigners launched a spoof newspaper called The New Times for Women to mark the start of the 54th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

[Nairobi, 18 February 2010] FEMNET, the African focal point of the GEAR Campaign, sent African women’s analysis of the UN Secretary General’s proposal for the new UN gender equality entity for African Foreign Ministers.

[Brussels, 17 February 2010] The European GEAR Working Group urges the EU Member States to address the shortcomings of the UN Secretary-General’s proposal for the new UN gender equality entity.

[Brussels, 16 February 2010] UN Secretary General’s proposal for the new UN women’s agency starts process but needs to be improved in intergovernmental negotiations.