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The mandates of the CIM are derived from:

• The Inter-American Program for the Promotion of Women's Human Rights and Gender Equity and Equality (IAP)
• Declarations and resolutions of the CIM Assembly of Delegates
• Resolutions of the General Assembly of the OAS
• Declarations and action plans of the Summits of the Americas

The IAP provides the basis for the Commission's Strategic Plans and Triennial Programs of Work, which aim to concretize the broad mandates of the IAP and to situate them within a results-based management framework. To that end, CIM has developed a Strategic Plan 2011-2016 that serves as a guide for CIM's project development and implementation, policy advisory, technical support and capacity-building work in the key areas of:

• Women's human rights and gender-based violence
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• Women's substantive political citizenship for democracy and good governance
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• Women's economic security and citizenship
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• Citizen security from a gender perspective
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• Institutionalization of a gender perspective in the work of the OAS
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For a complete overview of CIM's work in these and other areas, please see:

CIM Strategic Plans

• The CIM Strategic Plan of Action 2011-2016 (PDF)
• The CIM Strategic Plan of Action 1995-2005 (PDF)

Biennial Programs of Work

• CIM Triennial Program of Work 2013-2015 (Word)
• CIM Biennial Program of Work 2011-2012 (Word)
• CIM Biennial Program of Work 2009-2010 (PDF)
• CIM Biennial Program of Work 2007-2008 (PDF)
• CIM Biennial Program of Work 2005-2006 (PDF)
• CIM Biennial Program of Work 2003-2004 (PDF)
• CIM Biennial Program of Work 2001-2002 (PDF)
• CIM Biennial Program of Work 1999-2000 (PDF)

Other plans and programs

• CIM Plan of Action on Women's Participation in Power and Decision-Making 1998 (PDF)