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Additional research and writing Cassandra Balchin (Co-author of Chapter 3) Tanja Chopra Megan Dersnah Annie Kelly (Gender Justice and the MDGs) Veronica Minaya Nahla Valji (Co-author of Chapter 4) Ismene Zarifis Production Béatrice Frey (Production Manager) Elana Dallas (Editor) Emily Newman (Notes and References) Sue Ackerman and Ilene Bellovin (Photo Research) UN Women communications team Nanette Braun, Oisika Chakrabarti, Jean Forbes, Béatrice Frey, Eduardo Gómez, Jaya Jiwatram, Yvans Joseph, Gretchen Luchsinger, Adina Wolf. Written contributions This volume of Progress benefited from a range of written contributions, including background papers, case studies and research notes. We acknowledge with particular gratitude the following contributors: Background papers and case studies Sara Bailey; Cassandra Balchin; Malika Benradi and Abdellah Ounnir; Anne Goldstein; Maria Nassali; Cecilia Sardenberg, Márcia Gomes, Wânia Pasinato and Márcia Tavares; Jacqueline Sealy-Burke; Yüksel Sezgin; Rachel Sieder and Mária Teresa Sierra; Karen Stefiszyn; Ritu Verma and Maggie Banda; Lee Waldorf. Background notes Mariela Belski and Alvaro Herrero; Megan Dersnah; Sohail Warraich.
UN Women Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Women Inés Alberdi, former Executive Director, UNIFEM (now part of UN Women) John Hendra, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy and Programmes, UN Women Lakshmi Puri, Assistant Secretary-General for Intergovernmental Support and Strategic Partnerships, UN Women Joanne Sandler, Deputy Director, UN Women Moez Doraid, Deputy Director, UN Women
Progress advisory group Kripa Ananthpur, Cassandra Balchin, Christine Bell, Susana Chiarotti, Tanja Chopra, Radhika Coomaraswamy, Shanthi Dairiam, Diane Elson, Michelo Hansungule, Ayesha Imam, Imrana Jalal, Nicholas Menzies, Rabea Naciri, Francesca Perucci, Laure-Hélène Piron, Sapana Pradhan Malla, Yüksel Sezgin, Yasmine Sherif, Rachel Sieder, Dubravka Šimonović, Joan Winship. Additional information and advice provided by: Carlotta Aiello, Cathi Albertyn, Kelly Askin, Pieter Bakker, Karen Campbell-Nelson, Rea Chiongson, Debra DeLaet, Valérie Gaveau, Jean-Yves Hamel, Kenneth Harttgen, Brigid Inder, Shelley Inglis, Kareen Jabre, Naina Kapur, Stephan Klasen, Milorad Kovacevic, Steven Malby, Eusebia Munuo, Jessica Neuwirth, Lisa Noor Humaidah, Catherine Pierce, Helen Scanlon, Theodoor Sparreboom, Patrick Vinck, Matthew Zurstrassen. Acknowledgements We thank everyone who has been involved in this volume of Progress and we wish to note in particular the following contributions: UN Women headquarters staff Gladys Acosta, Nisreen Alami, María José Alcalá, Melissa Alvarado, Gabriela Alvarez, Christine Arab, Meryem Aslan, Christine Brautigam, Sunita Caminha, Pablo Castillo Diaz, Letty Chiwara, Jennifer Cooper, Hanny Cueva Beteta, Nazneen Damji, Jean D’Cunha, Dina Deligiorgis, Rachel Dore-Weeks, Sarah Douglas, Inyang Ebong-Harstrup, Anne Eyrignoux, Sally FeganWyles, Anne Marie Goetz, Wendy Isaack, Karen Judd, Vilhelm Klareskov, Tolulope Lewis-Tamoka, Fatou Lo, Zina Mounla, Adriana Quinones, Tracy Raczek, Vivek Rai, Socorro Reyes, Limon Bade Rodriguez, Gülden Turkoz-Cosslett, Lee Waldorf.
UN Women regional staff Dena Assaf, Petra Burcikova, Florence Butegwa, Roberta Clarke, Elizabeth Cox, Amarsanaa Darisuren, Veronica Dos Anjos, Simone Ellis Oluoch-Olunya, Nuria Felipesoria, Jebbeh Forster, Ana Güezmes García, Marie Goretti Nduwayo, Steinunn Gudjonsdottir, Maxime Houinato, Sagipa Jusaeva, Sushma Kapoor, Wenny Kusuma, Erika Kvapilova, Elizabeth Lwanga, Sheelagh Kathy Mangones, Nomcebo Manzini, Maya Morsy, Nisha, Josephine Odera, Diana L. Ofwona, Moni Pizani, Junia Puglia, Leila Rhiwi, Rocío Rodríguez Martínez, Lucía Salamea Palacios, Damira Sartbaeva, Dagmar Schumacher, Alice Harding Shackelford, Anne Stenhammer, Rebecca Reichmann Tavares, Zineb Touimi-Benjelloun. We also acknowledge and thank colleagues from across the United Nations system for their work on women’s access to justice, including members of the Secretary-General’s Rule of Law Coordination and Resource Group (RoLCRG). Financial support All of UN Women’s supporters have played their part insofar as funding for this volume of Progress was drawn in part from the core budget to which they contribute. We owe very particular thanks to the Government of Spain, whose generous support facilitated additional research and dissemination that would not otherwise have been possible. Design Maskar Design Printer Consolidated Graphics