UN WOMEN Pakistan provides its technical expertise in gender equality and women empowerment to strengthen the effectiveness, coordination and quality of outputs of the UN mission on gender equality. With its links with the global women’s movement and the re-establishment of a programme office in Pakistan, UN WOMEN is uniquely positioned to support initiatives of the government leading towards a full realization of gender equality commitments in line with the National and International gender equality and human rights commitments such as the Beijing Platform for Action, CEDAW, Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals. UN WOMEN collaborates closely with civil society and women’s organizations both as a) partners in advocacy and lobbying with the government around implementation of gender equality in national laws, policies and strategies b) as partners in the implementation of specific initiatives at local and national level.