<P> The year 2015 has marked a number of significant milestones, such as the 20th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which was the focus of the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59) from 9--20 March 2015, where global leaders took stock of progress and remaining challenges for implementing this landmark agreement for gender equality and women's rights . UN Women played an active role in major intergovernmental negotiations and processes including the Financing for Development Conference in Addis Ababa in July 2015, the outcome of which was strong on the need to adequately fund gender equality and incorporate it in development planning, as well as the negotiations and successful adoption of the new post-2015 development agenda on 25 September 2015 . The new global development roadmap includes a stand - alone goal on gender equality and women's empowerment (Sustainable Development Goal 5), and mainstreams these priorities throughout all 17 goals . </P> <P> UN Women is empowered to: </P> <Ul> <Li> support intergovernmental bodies, such as the Commission on the Status of Women, in their formulation of policies, global standards, and norms </Li> <Li> help UN member states implement the above standards, standing ready to provide suitable technical and financial support to those countries that request it and to forge effective partnerships with civil society </Li> <Li> enable member states to hold the UN system accountable for its own commitments on gender equality, including regular monitoring of system - wide progress </Li> </Ul> <Li> support intergovernmental bodies, such as the Commission on the Status of Women, in their formulation of policies, global standards, and norms </Li>

The goal of the united nations entity for gender equality and empowerment is to
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