06 Oct 2019 The Asia-Pacific Portal for Gender Equality has been established to support governments and other stakeholders in the Asia-Pacific region in their efforts to realize gender equality and women’s empowerment, particularly with respect to the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and the Asian and Pacific Ministerial Declaration on Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment. The Portal is an initiative of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). It is, however, through cooperation with fellow United Nations entities, governments and civil society entities that this Portal is able to provide access to an extensive range of resources.