abstract:The United Nations Development Fund for Women, commonly known as UNIFEM (from the French "Fonds de développement des Nations unies pour la femme") was established in December 1976 originally as the Voluntary Fund for the United Nations Decade for Women in the International Women's Year. Its first director was Margaret C.
The UnitedNations DevelopmentFundfor women (UNIFEM) is designing methods to feature women'scapabilities on WorldpovertyDay aimed to help eliminateglobal poverty involving women.
The report, from the UnitedNationsDevelopmentFundforWomen (Unifem), acknowledges that it is deeply embedded in the history and traditions of many societies.